ESADE Business School vs UIC Barcelona vs Universidad de Cantabria vs Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo - UIMP vs Centro Universitario CESINE

Side-by-side comparison from 92 verified student reviews. Scan one row at a time — winners are highlighted

Quick verdict
Higher overall rating: Tie
ESADE Business School: wins 0/1 categories
UIC Barcelona: wins 0/1 categories
Universidad de Cantabria: wins 0/1 categories
Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo - UIMP: wins 0/1 categories
Centro Universitario CESINE: wins 1/1 categories
Escuela Universitaria de Turismo Altamira - EUTA: wins 0/1 categories
European University of the Atlantic - UNEAT: wins 0/1 categories
Comparing
Barcelona, Spain
4.40
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52 reviews
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Best programme: BBA
Barcelona, Spain
4.20
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15 reviews
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Best programme: University Bachelor’s Degree in Audiovisual Communication
Best programme: Civil Engineering
Best programme: Bachelor in Global Sales and Marketing
Best programme: Business and Enterprise Management
Category ratings
Facilities
3.97
4.17
3.83
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5.00
Not rated
5.00
Location
3.85
3.91
4.83
Not rated
5.00
Win
Not rated
4.00
Professors
4.38
4.25
4.17
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5.00
Not rated
5.00
Internationality
4.09
3.83
3.83
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5.00
Not rated
5.00
Student life
4.12
3.75
3.50
Not rated
5.00
Not rated
5.00
Value
4.26
3.92
4.17
Not rated
5.00
Not rated
5.00
Accommodation
3.83
3.33
3.67
Not rated
5.00
Not rated
5.00
Pros & Cons
Pros
  • +Diverse and international community fostering personal growth and networking.
  • +Excellent professors and practical learning with real-world application opportunities.
  • +Supportive environment with intense, up-to-date academics and strong career placements.
  • +Excellent academic quality and well-prepared graduates
  • +Supportive and international student community
  • +Engaging and knowledgeable faculty
  • +Supportive and knowledgeable professors
  • +High-quality education and well-equipped facilities
  • +Positive student experience and personal growth

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  • +Industry-connected faculty and practical learning
  • +International and bilingual learning environment
  • +Integration of creativity and professional skills

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  • +Modern facilities and comfortable location
  • +Diverse international community
  • +High-quality teaching staff
Cons
  • -Administrative and financial issues, including poor handling of refunds and lack of server capacity.
  • -Lack of focus on intellectual development and critical thinking.
  • -Negative peer environment and perceived bullying.
  • -Administrative and management issues.
  • -Unhelpful and indifferent staff.
  • -Deceptive financial practices.
  • -Limited professor engagement with students.
  • -Perceived lack of practical application in coursework.

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  • -Administrative and management issues are consistently problematic.
  • -Outdated and poorly maintained facilities are a recurring complaint.
  • -Lack of effective communication and transparency is a significant concern.

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  • -Administrative and management issues cause significant frustration.
  • -Outdated facilities and a lack of essential resources are a constant problem.
  • -Poor teaching quality and a disconnect with curriculum expectations are common complaints.
Rating summary
What students say

This institution demonstrates robust performance across various metrics. Its strongest area is **Professors**, with an impressive rating of 4.38. **Value** also scores highly at 4.26, closely followed by **Student Life** at 4.12 and **Internationality** at 4.09. The weakest areas are **Facilities** at 3.97 and **Accomodation** at 3.83, though these still represent solid scores.

Overall, the university garners positive feedback, with **Professors** receiving the highest marks at 4.25, followed closely by **Facilities** at 4.17. **Student Life** is rated a respectable 3.75, while **Internationality** scores 3.83. Areas for potential improvement include **Accomodation**, which received the lowest rating of 3.33, and **Location** at 3.91. The university also scores well in **Value** at 3.92.

This university garners its highest marks for **Location**, achieving a score of 4.82. Professors and Value also received strong scores, both exceeding 4.1. Conversely, **Student Life** presents the weakest area, rated at 3.47. Facilities and Accommodation are rated moderately, around 3.8 and 3.6 respectively. The university also shows good Internationality at 3.8.

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Exceptional marks were awarded across the board, with perfect scores of 5 in all surveyed categories. This indicates a consistently outstanding university experience. Notably, strengths were found equally across facilities, professors, location, student life, accommodation, internationality, and value, suggesting no single area stands out as significantly weaker or stronger than others.

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Exceptional scores define this university's offerings, with perfect marks awarded for its facilities, professors, student life, accommodation, internationality, and overall value. The only area falling slightly below this perfect standard is its location, which still garners a strong rating of 4. This indicates a consistently outstanding experience with particularly notable strengths in academic and campus life quality.

Reviews summary
Highlights

With ~92% of reviews being positive, students highlight valuable international environments, diverse communities, and practical learning. Some negative feedback, representing ~8%, mentions concerns about program value and specific logistical issues.

With a 4.2/5 average rating from 15 reviews, ~93% are positive, highlighting strong academics, supportive classmates, and good job preparation. ~7% of feedback is negative, citing issues with unhelpful administration.

With ~74% positive feedback from 23 reviews and an average rating of 3.65/5, students praise the supportive professors, modern facilities, and high-quality education. Minimal negative feedback (~4%) noted limited professor engagement.

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The single review is positive (100%), awarding a perfect 5/5 rating. Themes highlighted include career-shaping experiences, strong industry connections, and an international atmosphere with bilingual classes.

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With a perfect 5/5 average rating, the single review highlights a pleasant atmosphere, excellent facilities, and a strong sense of community. The location and teaching staff were also positively noted.

Rating distribution
5★
63%
47%
13%
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100%
0%
100%
4★
29%
40%
43%
0%
0%
0%
0%
3★
0%
7%
39%
0%
0%
0%
0%
2★
2%
0%
4%
0%
0%
0%
0%
1★
6%
7%
0%
0%
0%
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Most useful review
Most liked
Networking

Esade has been a great start for my career. You have the opportunity to learn a lot from classes, but also from the people (professors and other students). They really help you to do your first steps in the world, referrings to your career

ADE Course

Classes are good, I would try to make them more interactive and with more practices in class. Professors normally are good, in the english course I believe the english of the teachers could be better specially if the course is taught in that language. I also believe professors could interact more with their students and try to get in contact with students they see may be struggling. Otherwise the campus, although a bit small is fine, really nice, the library could be a little bigger.

The laboratoty practices

I really like the organization of this university, you can see they put effort on that. And also the teachers and Doctors that work there. You can see they all have an amazing career and they do care for us.

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