About Universidad de Deusto
The Universidad de Deusto was inaugurated in 1886. The concerns and cultural interest of the Basque Country in having their own university, as well as the interest of the Jesuits in establishing higher studies in some part of the Spanish State coincided in its conception. Bilbao, a seaport and commercial city which was experimenting considerable industrial growth during that era, was chosen as the ideal location.
Bilbao is the center of a metropolitan area with more than one million inhabitants, a city traditionally open to Europe. It is an important harbou, a commercial and financial center of the Basque Country and northern Spain. In September 1997, the city experienced a significant transformation with the establishment of an emblematic building, the Bilbao Guggenheim Museum. The central headquarters of the Universidad de Deusto is situated on the opposite side of the estuary, facing the Guggenheim Museum.
In 1916, the "Universidad Comercial de Deusto" received the first group of students which would be the first graduates in Economic Sciences in Spain, 25 years before this degree was officially recognized.
In 1963, the Institute of University and Technical Studies of Guipuzcoa in San Sebastian was formed by the integration of three already-existing entities. This institute, years later, would become part of the Universidad de Deusto. As such, the university is located on two campuses, in the two coastal capitals of the Basque Country: Bilbao and San Sebastian.
Beyond individual research and that research work which is coordinated from chairs, such as Law and the Human Genome, Leisure and Disabilities, there is, in the institutional sphere, a clear option for the social topics of interdependency, distribution of resources, migration, human rights, development, poverty and environment, ethics and society. There are also studies about cultural identity (individual and collective), and European integration processes taking part in various international research groups.
Internationalization, without excluding other regions, demonstrates a clear commitment to Europe and Latin America, having signed agreements with more than 200 universities.
With a mobility of approximately 1,300 students and 50 professors, the faculties, institutes and schools are also implicated in intensive programs, European modules and joint curricular designs at various levels, at the same time as they participate in cross-border activities, integrated languages, ODL and Leonardo programs. The entire university adopted the European credit system in 1994 and works to promote it and improve its quality. In fact, Deusto was the first European university to extend the European credits to all its faculties.
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