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La Salle Campus Barcelona – Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura y Edificación La Salle (ETSALS)

Spain

Address: Carrer de Lluçanès, 41, 08022 Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Architecture, Building Engineering, Urbanism

ETSALS is the School of Architecture and Building Engineering at La Salle Campus Barcelona, part of Ramon Llull University. It focuses on architecture, building engineering, and urbanism with an emphasis on innovation, technology, and sustainability.

Domains taught:

Civil Engineering, Engineering, Industrial Design, Project Management

Diplomas*:

Bachelor, Doctor, Master

Status:

Private

Partnerships:

Part of Ramon Llull University and the international La Salle University network (IALU). Strong industry connections for internships, projects, and a focus on entrepreneurship via Technova Barcelona.

Research:

Research in areas like smart cities, sustainable construction, digital fabrication (BIM, 3D printing), architectural technology, urban regeneration, and energy efficiency.

Famous Alumnis:

N/A

International recognition**:

Number of staff***:

100

Current students***:

800

Foreign students***:

20%

Cumulative former students***:

4000

Pros

Innovative approach to architecture and building engineering, strong international network, emphasis on technology and entrepreneurship. Project-based learning.

Cons

Private institution with higher tuition fees. Specialized in architecture and building.

Best For

Students seeking an innovative, internationally-oriented architecture or building engineering education with a strong technological and entrepreneurial focus.

Most Similar Schools Locally

Also strong in industrial design, civil engineering and engineering, Universidad Europea de Madrid - Escuela de Arquitectura, Ingeniería y Diseño makes a sensible second look at home; it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers aerospace and bioengineering as well.
The comparison with Universidad San Jorge - Escuela de Arquitectura y Tecnología is straightforward on subjects, since both focus on industrial design, civil engineering and engineering, and it does not run the doctoral programmes found here and covers computer vision and data analytics as well.
Think of Universidad Católica de Murcia - Escuela Politécnica Superior when civil engineering and engineering is the priority: it is larger, enrolling about 2,000 students against roughly 800 here, and is also a private institution.
Centro Universitario CESINE overlaps with this school on industrial design and engineering, so the two are easy to compare, and it has almost the same size, at about 800 students, and is also a private institution.
Think of La Salle Campus Barcelona - Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería La Salle when engineering is the priority: it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers bioengineering and computer vision as well.

Most Similar Schools Abroad

École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Marseille offers an international parallel to this institution, with industrial design, civil engineering and project management as common ground; it is public, whereas this institution is private, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
The closest overseas parallel on industrial design, civil engineering and project management is École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Versailles, located in France; it has almost the same size, at about 800 students, and is public, whereas this institution is private.
University of Seoul in South Korea is the nearest foreign match on civil engineering, project management and engineering; it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and is far larger, with about 12,000 students against roughly 800 here.
Beyond national borders, Novosibirsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering stands out as a comparable school for industrial design, civil engineering and project management; it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers structural engineering and ecology and sustainability as well.
Prydniprovska State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture in Ukraine is the nearest foreign match on industrial design, civil engineering and project management; it covers structural engineering and ecology and sustainability as well, and is far larger, with about 6,000 students against roughly 800 here.

*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.

Architecture, Building Information Modeling (BIM), Construction Engineering, Innovation, Project Management, Sustainable Development

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*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.

**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:

known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications

***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.

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