Universidad de Alicante
San Vicente del Raspeig, Comunidad Valenciana
Universidad de Alicante is a public university founded in 1979, based in San Vicente del Raspeig (Comunidad Valenciana), with on-campus teaching. For the 2025-2026 academic year this site lists 47 of its degrees with official admission data, adding up to 5,487 new-entry places.
Of those who start a four-year degree, 54.6% graduate within four or five years. Four years after graduating, 38.5% of its graduates work in a university-level job, on an average gross salary of €28,386 a year.
At a glance
- Type
- Public · On-campus
- Estimated annual cost
- €4,100 – €5,200
- Degrees offered
- 47
- First-year places
- 5,487
- Cut-off mark
- 5.00 – 12.72
- Official website
- San Vicente del Raspeig (Alicante), Comunidad Valenciana
Admissions
- Cut-off mark*
- 5.00 – 12.72
- Average mark of admitted students*
- 9.39
- First-year places
- 5,487
* 2025-2026 intake. The cut-off mark is that of the last student admitted to each degree. The median means that half of its degrees admitted students with that mark or lower. The average mark is the mean of admitted students' marks.
What it costs
- Tuition
- €767 – €1,080
- Room
- €156–€232/month
- Food
- ≈€176/month
- Undergraduates on a general grant
- 33.5%
- Average grant per recipient
- €4,061
€4,100 – €5,200
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
The most in-demand degrees
| Degree | Cut-off mark | Average pay 4 years on |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelor in Medicine | 12.72 | €44,153* |
| Bachelor in Aerospace Engineering | 11.90 | €30,817 |
| Bachelor in Biomedical Engineering | 11.20 | €24,523 |
| Bachelor in Mathematics | 11.17 | €36,095* |
| Bachelor in Nursing | 11.07 | €36,968 |
* Spain-wide average for that field of study.
Research
- Bibliometric rank
- 45
- Bibliometrics is the statistical analysis of publications and citations to measure a university’s research impact.
- Publications among the world’s most-cited 10%
- 8.2%
- Publications among the world’s most-cited 1%
- 0.6%
- Citation impact (world average = 1)
- 0.88
- Publications 2020–2023
- 6,102
- Citations per publication
- 6.6
The bibliometric rank marks the position among the 57 Spanish universities with assessable output, ordered by their share of publications among the world’s most-cited 10% (fractional counting).
Student population
5,841
Start a bachelor’s each year
- Total enrolment
- 24,554
- Undergraduate students
- 22,257
- International studentsOf undergraduate students
- 8.3%
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 | 38.5% | 48.0% |
| On a permanent contractOf those in work | 81.8% | 73.9% |
All figures are four years after graduating.
€28,386Average 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.