The Barcelona School of Economics consistently ranks among the best Economics departments in the world in the RePEc/IDEAS Rankings based on research publications and the prestigious QS World University Rankings by Subject.

BSE continues to grow in reputation and maintain its position as a leading institution in the fields of Economics, Econometrics, and Social Sciences.

Rankings based on research publications in Economics

RePEc/IDEAS Rankings, Economics Departments, March 2024

• Ranked 1 in Spain 
• Ranked 3 in Europe
• Ranked 9 in the World

Source: ideas.repec.org

RePEc/IDEAS Top 10% Authors, March 2023

• 49 BSE Affiliated Professors (32% of the faculty) are ranked in the Top 10% of authors in Economics worldwide

Source: ideas.repec.org 

Rankings by subject and department: Economics and Econometrics

QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023 (Economics and Econometrics)

• Ranked 4 in Spain 
• Ranked 34 in Europe
• Ranked 86 in the World

Source: topuniversities.com

Shanghai Ranking 2023, Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (Economics)

• Ranked 2 in Spain
• Ranked 15 in Continental Europe
• Ranked Top 100 in the World 

 Source: shanghairanking.com/rankings

About the Barcelona School of Economics

The Barcelona School of Economics was founded as an institution for scientific cooperation between four existing academic units: two university departments and two research centers with a long tradition of collaboration. Our affiliated professors are all tenured or tenure-track faculty members of the academic units and have contributed to the successful ranking results achieved by BSE.

Academic units of the Barcelona School of Economics