Bachelor's Degrees in English in Spain: Where They Are and What They Cost
Fee figures: catalogue of 6 October 2026.
Spain teaches almost all of its bachelor's degrees in Spanish, and in Catalonia, the Basque Country, Galicia and Valencia partly in the regional language as well. English-taught degrees exist, but they sit mostly in one corner of the system: private universities, many of them in and around Madrid. This guide shows what our catalogue holds, what it costs and where the data has gaps.
How many programmes
Our catalogue lists 100 programmes with English as a language of instruction, out of 1,921 bachelor's programmes in Spain. You can browse them on the English-taught list for Spain.
Two things to know before you read that number:
- Nearly all of them also list Spanish. Most are bilingual degrees or English-language groups inside a degree that also runs in Spanish. Only a handful are taught entirely in English. Each programme page shows the languages.
- Public universities are under-represented. Our catalogue records only a few English options at public universities, at Carlos III, the Autonomous University of Madrid, Pompeu Fabra and Granada. In reality some public universities offer more: Carlos III, for example, lists a long range of degrees taught in English or bilingually on its own website, in engineering, economics, law and social sciences. If you want a public university, check the degree pages of the universities in the region you are aiming for.
Where they are
By our count, the large majority of English-taught programmes are at private universities. The biggest providers in our data are the Universidad Europea de Madrid (campus in Villaviciosa de Odón), CEU San Pablo in Madrid, Loyola Andalucía near Seville, IE University in Segovia and Madrid, and CUNEF in Madrid. Navarra in Pamplona and Comillas in Madrid have a few more. In practice this means the Madrid region first, then Seville, Segovia, Pamplona and Barcelona.
Which subjects
Business administration and economics lead, followed by law, international relations, psychology and communication. Health degrees, including medicine, nursing and physiotherapy, appear in English or bilingual form at some private universities, as do architecture, biotechnology, biomedical engineering, computer science and teacher training. In health and teaching degrees, placements in Spanish hospitals and schools are part of the course, so check how much of the degree is really in English.
What it costs
Fees in Spain depend far more on whether the university is public or private than on the language.
- Across all English-taught programmes, an EU student pays between €757 and €29,880 a year in our catalogue, with a typical figure of €11,580. The bottom of that range is the regional per-credit price at public universities; the top is IE University.
- Private universities set one price, and most do not distinguish between EU and non-EU students. That is why the typical figure above is a private-university price.
- Public universities charge the regional per-credit fee. Where a region lets universities charge non-EU students without Spanish residence a higher price, our catalogue shows it separately; for English-taught programmes with such a price, the typical figure is €6,823 a year. Only a small number of programmes have a separate non-EU price in our data, so treat that figure as an indication.
The full picture, region by region, is in how much it costs to study in Spain.
How to apply
- Private universities run their own admission: an online application, your school grades, and often an interview, an aptitude test or an English test. The Spanish access score matters little, but the university will still ask for proof that your foreign school certificate gives access to Spanish university study, so ask it which document it needs.
- Public universities fill English groups through the normal regional pre-registration, ranked by the access score. That means UNEDasiss accreditation or homologation and, for competitive degrees, the PCE subject exams. Some universities add an English requirement for the English group. The full route is in how to get into a university in Spain.
IB students should read IB Diploma admission in Spain.
Proof of English
Universities usually ask for B2, and sometimes C1, through IELTS, TOEFL, a Cambridge certificate or their own test; schooling in English often exempts you. The exact score is on each programme's page. See IELTS and TOEFL for European universities.
Do you need Spanish?
For the degree itself, often less than you think, since many of these programmes are partly in Spanish. Outside the classroom, yes: landlords, doctors, part-time employers and internship hosts work in Spanish, and in Catalonia and other bilingual regions the regional language is common too. A year of Spanish before you start also opens the much larger list of Spanish-taught public degrees, which are cheaper.
Non-EU students need a student visa; see the student visa for Spain.
Where to look next
- English-taught programmes in Spain
- How much it costs to study in Spain
- Student housing in Spain
- Bachelor's degrees in English across Europe
Official sources
- Universidad Carlos III de Madrid: bachelor's degrees and their languages
- UNEDasiss: accreditation and PCE exams
- Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
Always check current information on the official website of the university before you apply.