The URL’s Business & Management Studies, which are taught at IQS-URL, Esade-URL, and La Salle-URL, are consolidated in 1st place in Spain and 21st worldwide in the QS World University Ranking by Subject 2024.
The URL has also attained noteworthy rankings in Tourism and Hospitality Management studies, which are taught at IQS-URL and which are ranked in the top 5 in Spain (101-150 range worldwide).
Likewise, Marketing has been ranked 1st in Spain (20-50 range worldwide).
Finance studies have entered the ranking for the first time, in 4th place in Spain and in the top 100 worldwide.
In the field of Social Sciences & Management, the URL ranks 6th in Spain and in the top 100 worldwide out of a total of 530 ranked institutions. This field includes 16 different studies, including Management, Law, Political Science, and Economics.
Prestigious international educational excellence index
The QS World University Ranking by Subject 2024 is one of the most prestigious international university rankings and this edition has measured educational excellence at more than 1,500 higher education institutions in 96 countries around the world in 55 disciplines.
Five criteria were used to compile the rankings: the results of more than 150,000 responses from a reputation survey of academics around the world; 99,000 responses from another reputation survey of employers; the number of citations in scientific publications over a five-year period; the school’s international research network ; and, finally, the H Index, which is based on the combination of the most cited publications and the number of citations they have received in other scientific articles. Depending on the subjects, the ranking gives a different weight to each of these indicators.