The 5 most popular degrees of 2023

Choosing a university degree is a complicated matter for most students. So many questions to answer, where to enrol, what career to apply for, what the job market is like. Well, to answer these questions to some extent, here are the 5 most popular degrees so far in 2023.

Remember that they are not the most profitable. Nor the most specialised for the world of work, they are simply the ones that currently have the greatest number of people enrolled.

Business Administration and Management

One of the most popular degrees and perfect if you are interested in business and management. Focused on management positions, it is the exception to the rule, being one of the most demanded and at the same time most profitable careers from the 1990s to the present day.

Undoubtedly, it is a science that very few end up working in independently. But it has a great job opportunity if you are prepared and get the right company.

If you are wondering where to study it, you can find many universities in Spain that offer it, both public and private, so there is nothing to worry about.

Nursing

Nursing has always been one of the most sought-after careers by a large part of the population. Being a career practically identical to medicine, it has a high level of specialisation, which, depending entirely on your own willingness to learn, could lead to great job opportunities.

And these great opportunities come hand in hand with the demand for this career in recent years. Being that, given the global crisis due to COVID-19, all countries need as many health personnel as possible, especially nurses.

All this makes the vast majority of young people around the world, passionate about medicine but even more so about health sciences in general. Feel comfortable choosing this career as their starting point in the whole intense and busy world of nursing and hospital care.

Definitely a very good option if you are really attracted to this kind of jobs related to the care of the sick and other vulnerable people.

Computer engineering

Another big one, especially in recent years, with a large number of people wanting to study it around the world, and a wide range of employment options. As such, computer engineering has undoubtedly become one of the top 5 most in-demand careers so far in 2023.

With so much buzz around the topics of computer science in general, video games and software, all of this has a very important place in the world of computer science. In this sense, computer engineering will allow you to contribute to the technological advancement. And at the same time (if you really love these subjects) feel full of new knowledge that this career has for you.

Do not hesitate to enrol, there are many options in public universities where the training is of high quality and graduates have very good job opportunities after obtaining their degree.

Psychology

The dream of many people in this last generation is to become psychologists, a highly respected career without a doubt. With a wide range of job opportunities, and many renowned universities offering this popular degrees throughout Spain.

So far this year, many people have enrolled in this career and it is therefore an undisputed part of our top 5 most demanded careers of 2023.

Biology

A career that is honestly not so common to see on lists like this one. Since it requires a bit more specialisation, a lot of dedication and even more devotion to this type of science.

In other words, Biology has surprised us by making it onto this list. With an impressive number of young people enrolled in recent years who have a real passion for discovering the world around us and the organisms that make it up.

And mind you, it is not only biology that is now among the most in-demand careers. But also botany and sciences of this kind, as there has been a generational change that demands new professionals for vacant positions in the market.