UIC Barcelona once again appears in the ranking of Spain’s top universities created by the newspaper El Mundo. More specifically, the Bachelor's Degree in Dentistry has been ranked among the top three in its category, along with the programmes offered by the Complutense University of Madrid and the University of Granada. Next in the list after UIC Barcelona come the University of Santiago de Compostela and Alfonso X el Sabio University. UIC Barcelona is also ranked among the top 10 private universities in Spain.

El Mundo made particular mention of the Faculty of Dentistry’s University Dental Clinic and its cutting-edge facilities. The ranking analyses the 50 most popular bachelor’s degrees among students and the top five universities for each option. To draw up this report, the newspaper undertakes a detailed analysis based on 25 selection criteria, the opinion of 2,000 lecturers and other external studies (international rankings and reports by institutions such as the Spanish National Evaluation Agency for Quality and Accreditation).