The Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Barcelona has been ranked among the world’s best schools for business according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017. The centre to which the UB Business School belongs has been ranked the 135th best school that specialises in in Social Sciences and Management in the world. This puts our institution 54th in Europe.

The Faculty of Economics and Business also features in rankings for its excellence in specific subjects, such as Business & Management Studies, Accounting & Finance and Statistics & Operational Research. In the last case, the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Barcelona is the only Spanish higher education institution among the top 100 in the world, after having jumped from the 101-150 to the 51-100 band in one year.

Regarding Accounting & Finance, the University of Barcelona has maintained its ranking among the world’s top 150 higher education centres. This puts the Faculty of Economics and Business among the top three schools in Spain in this area. As for Business & Management Studies, the centre features among the best 250 schools in the word.

The QS World University Rankings by Subject ranks the world’s top universities in individual subject areas. Each of the subject rankings is compiled using four sources. The first two are global surveys of academics and employers. The second two indicators assess research impact, based on research citations sourced from Elsevier’s Scopus database. These four components are combined to produce the results for each of the subject rankings.