Universitat CEU Abat Oliba - CEU UAO vs ESIC Business & Marketing School vs IE University vs Escuela International de Gerencia - EIG vs Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia - UCAM

Side-by-side comparison from 390 verified student reviews. Scan one row at a time — winners are highlighted

Quick verdict
Higher overall rating: Tie
Universitat CEU Abat Oliba - CEU UAO: wins 1/7 categories
ESIC Business & Marketing School: wins 0/7 categories
IE University: wins 4/7 categories
Escuela International de Gerencia - EIG: wins 1/7 categories
Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia - UCAM: wins 0/7 categories
Universidad de Granada - UGR: wins 1/7 categories
ESADA – Escuela Superior de Arte y Diseño de Andalucía: wins 0/7 categories
Comparing
Best programme: Business Administration
Best programme: Business Management and Marketing
Madrid, Spain
4.40
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164 reviews
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Best programme: Bachelor of Business Administration
Best programme: Administrative and Accounting Systems
Best programme: Communication
Best programme: Applied Physics
Category ratings
Facilities
4.22
4.09
4.34
Win
3.71
3.50
3.66
Not rated
Location
4.00
4.00
4.55
Win
3.80
4.00
4.39
Not rated
Professors
4.33
3.82
4.35
4.47
Win
4.33
3.64
Not rated
Internationality
4.00
3.64
4.77
Win
3.33
3.83
4.31
Not rated
Student life
4.11
3.82
4.36
3.21
4.17
4.60
Win
Not rated
Value
4.11
3.64
4.24
Win
3.80
3.83
3.91
Not rated
Accommodation
4.38
Win
3.64
3.78
3.71
3.83
4.03
Not rated
Pros & Cons
Pros
  • +Practical, industry-connected programmes with experienced professionals as lecturers
  • +Close, personal relationships and dedicated support from professors
  • +Helpful staff and well-organized, clear academic environment
  • +Practical learning, real-world projects, and industry connections.
  • +Excellent teaching quality and knowledgeable professors.
  • +Supportive campus environment and strong academic/personal guidance.
  • +Outstanding professors and practical, career-focused learning
  • +Highly international and entrepreneurial student environment
  • +Vibrant campus life and valuable networking opportunities
  • +Outstanding faculty support and engaging teaching.
  • +Excellent facilities and resources for learning.
  • +Guidance and opportunities for future career development.
  • +Supportive and attentive faculty
  • +High-quality, well-organized programs
  • +Diverse and international community
  • +Strong academic level and knowledgeable professors
  • +Vibrant city, culture, and affordability
  • +Positive student-teacher relationships and social atmosphere

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Cons
  • -Administrative & management issues are problematic.
  • -Teacher quality is inconsistent.
  • -Poor administrative support and unclear communication regarding academic systems.
  • -Lack of orientation and support for international students.
  • -Misleading information about course delivery methods.
  • -Academic quality and outdated course content.
  • -Disappointing program management and misleading marketing.
  • -Lack of traditional college experience due to corporate campus.
  • -Outdated facilities and resources hinder learning.
  • -Poor communication and administrative support cause frustration.
  • -Lack of engagement and relevance in curriculum.
  • -Administrative and management issues cause significant frustration.
  • -Outdated facilities and poor maintenance are recurring problems.
  • -Inconsistent teaching quality and curriculum concerns are frequently mentioned.
  • -Administrative & management issues cause disorganization and lack of student consideration.
  • -Poor teaching quality and outdated academic practices are prevalent.
  • -Exam scheduling and distribution of holidays are poorly managed.

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Rating summary
What students say

This university demonstrates strong performance, particularly in Accomodation and Professors, receiving the highest ratings in these areas. Student Life and Value are also well-regarded. Facilities and Internationality are rated well, though slightly lower. Location, while solid, received the lowest score among the surveyed categories.

This institution demonstrates strong performance in its **facilities**, which received a high rating. Conversely, **accommodation**, **internationality**, and **value** represent areas that received comparatively lower scores. Other aspects like professors, location, and student life fall within a moderate range of satisfaction.

This institution receives particularly high marks for its **Internationality**, scoring an impressive 4.77. **Location** also stands out with a strong rating of 4.55. Conversely, **Accomodation** presents the weakest area, with a rating of 3.78. Other aspects like Facilities, Professors, and Student Life are generally well-regarded, as is the perceived Value.

Academic strengths significantly outshine other aspects, with Professors receiving the highest rating. Conversely, Student Life and Internationality represent areas with lower scores. Facilities and Accommodation are rated moderately well, while Location and Value fall within a similar mid-range.

Reviewing the university's performance reveals a mixed but generally positive picture. The strongest area for the institution is clearly its professors, who received an excellent rating. Students also appear to be well-served by the location and student life. Areas with slightly lower, though still respectable, scores include facilities, accommodation, internationality, and value for money.

This institution receives its highest marks for Student Life, with a score of 4.59, closely followed by its Location and Internationality. Conversely, the university's weakest areas are Professors and Facilities, both scoring around 3.64 and 3.65 respectively. Accomodation and Value also show solid, above-average performance.

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Reviews summary
Highlights

With an average rating of 4.4/5 from 10 reviews, ~80% are positive, highlighting practical teaching and professional lecturers. ~10% of feedback is negative, with one review citing issues with a director's professionalism and hiring practices.

With 4.13 stars from 55 reviews, ~85% of students praise the collaborative learning, practical projects with real companies, and good teaching quality. One review found the university experience poor.

Approximately 97% of reviews are positive, praising the modern campus, international environment, practical coursework, and networking opportunities. A small amount of negative feedback mentions academic deception and issues with specific programs.

With a 4.07 average rating from 15 reviews, students praise the university's excellent facilities, engaging lecturers, and diverse program offerings. All feedback was positive, with no negative reviews received.

With a 4.18 average rating from 11 reviews, students praise UCAM's high-level teaching, supportive faculty, and enriching academic and international environments. No negative feedback was provided.

~74% of reviews are positive, highlighting academics, affordability, and the enriching city experience. Approximately 14% of feedback is negative, citing disorganization and administrative issues.

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Rating distribution
5★
80%
31%
55%
7%
27%
12%
0%
4★
0%
55%
30%
93%
64%
40%
0%
3★
10%
13%
12%
0%
9%
34%
0%
2★
0%
0%
2%
0%
0%
9%
0%
1★
10%
2%
1%
0%
0%
5%
0%
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Esic university Valencia is the worst university ever 😡

Worst university ever, I’m an İNTERNATİONAL student who came just for one semester for ERASMUS from another institution. It was the worst experience ever in my life, Esic university treated me so badly. The ERASMUS coordinator is really disrespectful and he didn’t even do a welcoming day for the new students. We didn’t get any training on how we can adapt to the university's system. First, they told us it is a hybrid system, which is not the case. This is the first lie from a higher education institution. They are really trying to push me to fail administration and also teachers I really feel it’s a religious problem about where I come from , plus I did all of my exams perfectly. Now I’m surprised that one teacher wants me to fail because I didn’t do one exercise ( just one in all semester lol) , my exam was perfect now she doesn’t want to show me my results and told me that she will make me fail because of one exercise. It is not fair and no one from the administration wants to help me as an Erasmus student, but I feel there is a difference between me and Spanish nationalities. Now I will take my legal right. They really discriminated against me in every way I’m really sad how I got used and treated this badly and also this issue has now become a personal issue, I really don’t recommend any İNTERNATİONAL students to join ESIC Valencia it’s the worst university on planet earth 😡

The review

ie university is the best university in the world, they education system is the best and infrastructure. It's the best university to put your child to I'm very happy with it i dont wanna lie l. Please go for it

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Good, but worthy of improvement

The life in Murcia is simply great! A lot of tapas bars, bars, clubs etc. which are affordable for students! During the courses at UCAM, I got to know so many international people who got really good friends in the meanwhile. The only shortcoming is that several professors have difficulties to explain their ideas in English, because of the language barrier. But this does not concern every teacher. Furthermore, the teaching staff is not only about professors but about people having their own business and talking about their own experiences. All in all the education is pretty good at UCAM. But the working-life balance is even better. "Savoir-Vivre!"

Master in criminology and social intervention with minors

The academic content of the master has been very interesting to me and I think I have learned a lot. Coordination I think it can improve since in the subjects taught by more than one teacher I have identified a lack of coherence. In relation to the practices, several problems have arisen since, when working with the juvenile protection or penal system, on several occasions it has taken more than the appropriate period to accept the practices. Also the list of centers that were offered last year, at which point I had to choose, this year they were not offered. However, the content of the master seems very good to me.

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