Universidad Camilo José Cela
Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid
Universidad Camilo José Cela is a private university founded in 1999, based in Villanueva de la Cañada (Madrid), with on-campus teaching. For the 2025-2026 academic year this site lists 44 of its degrees with official admission data, adding up to 5,369 new-entry places.
Of those who start a four-year degree, 64.0% graduate within four or five years. Four years after graduating, 68.6% of its graduates work in a university-level job, on an average gross salary of €34,436 a year.
At a glance
- Type
- Private · On-campus
- Estimated annual cost
- €9,400 – €24,900
- Degrees offered
- 44
- First-year places
- 5,369
- Official website
- Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid
Admissions
- First-year places
- 5,369
- Degrees offered
- 44
What it costs
- Tuition, 60-credit year
- €5,400 – €19,920
- Room
- €230–€326/month
- Food
- ≈€171/month
- Undergraduates on a general grant
- 4.2%
- Average grant per recipient
- €3,482
€9,400 – €24,900
estimated annual cost*
tuition + 10 months of room and food
* Before administrative fees, school insurance and discounts for grants, large families or honours enrolment.
Academic outcomes
Research
- Bibliometric rank
- —
- Bibliometrics is the statistical analysis of publications and citations to measure a university’s research impact.
- Publications 2020–2023
- 758
- Citations per publication
- 12.5
No position in the bibliometric rank: the university does not reach the minimum publication volume the analysis requires, which orders the 57 Spanish universities with the largest output by their share of publications among the world’s most-cited 10%.
Student population
5,031
Start a bachelor’s each year
- Total enrolment
- 14,658
- Undergraduate students
- 11,156
- International studentsOf undergraduate students
- 6.8%
Student profile
Undergraduate enrolment, 2024-2025 academic year.
What happens after graduation
| Indicator | This university | Average in Spain |
|---|---|---|
| In graduate-level employmentContributing in a bracket that requires a degree; out of all graduates, in work or not | 68.6% | 48.0% |
| On a permanent contractOf those in work | 54.9% | 73.9% |
All figures are four years after graduating.
€34,436Average gross annual pay four years after finishing
Average across graduates in Spain: €32,219
It is the Social Security contribution base: gross pay, with legal caps at both ends.