Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia is a public university founded in 1972, based in Madrid, with distance teaching. For the 2025-2026 academic year this site lists 30 of its degrees with official admission data, adding up to 35,956 new-entry places.
Of those who start a four-year degree, 13.1% graduate within four or five years. Four years after graduating, 41.7% of its graduates work in a university-level job, on an average gross salary of €36,504 a year.
At a glance
- Type
- Public · Distance learning
- Degrees offered
- 30
- First-year places
- 35,956
- Official website
- Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid
Admissions
- Degrees offered
- 30
What it costs
- Tuition
- —
- Undergraduates on a general grant
- 3.7%
- Average grant per recipient
- €1,717
Academic outcomes
Research
- Bibliometric rank
- 56
- Bibliometrics is the statistical analysis of publications and citations to measure a university’s research impact.
- Publications among the world’s most-cited 10%
- 6.8%
- Publications among the world’s most-cited 1%
- 0.6%
- Citation impact (world average = 1)
- 0.84
- Publications 2020–2023
- 2,648
- Citations per publication
- 5.0
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
38,171
Start a bachelor’s each year
- Total enrolment
- 132,455
- Undergraduate students
- 121,969
- International studentsOf undergraduate students
- 4.6%
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 | 41.7% | 48.0% |
| On a permanent contractOf those in work | 77.9% | 73.9% |
All figures are four years after graduating.
€36,504Average 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.