Universitat Internacional Valenciana (VIU)

Universitat Internacional Valenciana (VIU) is a private, 100% online Spanish university founded in 2008, headquartered at Calle Pintor Sorolla 21, 46002 Valencia, Spain. It forms part of Planeta Formación y Universidades, the higher education division of Grupo Planeta. VIU holds EQAR registration (DEQARINST0845, national identifier ES0075, Erasmus code E VALENCI104) and its programmes are subject to obligatory external quality assurance conducted by AVAP (Agència Valenciana d'Avaluació i Prospectiva), with all reviewed programmes carrying positive accreditation decisions.

The university is organised into five academic faculties: Arts, Humanities and Communication Faculty; Education Sciences Faculty; Engineering, Science and Technology Advanced School; Health Sciences Faculty; and Social and Law Sciences Faculty. It offers officially recognised degrees (títulos oficiales) at bachelor's (grado, 240 ECTS), master's (máster universitario, 60–90 ECTS) and doctoral levels, as well as non-official continuing education master's programmes (máster de formación permanente).

VIU's methodology is 100% online with live classes that are also recorded for asynchronous access. Two intakes per year are offered: April and October. The university has been ranked as the best 100% online Spanish university for graduate employment outcomes in the U-Ranking 2026 (Fundación BBVA/Ivie), scoring 98/100 and placing 4th among all Spanish universities (public and private, online and on-campus) in this indicator.