UIC Barcelona has been included, for the second consecutive year, in the international Young University Rankings compiled by Times Higher Education, placing between 201–250 out of 539 universities worldwide, and 12th out of 32 universities in Spain.

This year, UIC Barcelona has improved its positioning compared to the previous ranking in four of the five pillars that make up the ranking: Learning (+0.2%), Research (+1.1%), Industry Income (+2.9%) and International Perspective (+2.9%).

In view of this ranking, the University is among the top three Spanish universities in terms of international perspective, and has also increased its positioning in terms of industry income (knowledge transfer), occupying sixth place on a national level.

In addition, in the 2022 edition, the institution has achieved first place in Spain in the “International Students” indicator of this prestigious international ranking.

About the Young University Rankings by Times Higher Education

The Young University Rankings provide a ranking of the best universities in the world that were founded between 1972 and the present day, i.e. that are no more than 50 years old. In short, it is an analysis of young universities, the future of universities.

A total of 539 universities were ranked in the 2022 edition, compared to 475 in last year's edition, as 64 new universities were added to the international rankings.

The methodology used for the Young University Rankings 2022 is based on the same 13 performance indicators used in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings grouped into 5 pillars: teaching, research, citations, international outlook and industry income, adjusting the weightings to give less weight to reputation. 

• View the methodology used to compile the Young University Rankings.
• Find more information about this year’s ranking by clicking here.