University of Deusto

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University of Deusto
Universidad de Deusto
Deustuko Unibertsitatea
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Motto Sapientia melior auro
Motto in English
 "Knowledge is better than gold"
Type Roman Catholic, Jesuit
Established 1886; 138 years ago (1886)
Endowment €69,270,000
$75,331,125
Chancellor Adolfo Nicolás Pachón, S.J.
Vice-Chancellor Francisco José Ruiz Pérez, SJ
Rector José María Guibert Ucín, S.J.
Academic staff
 555 in 2014
Students Undergraduate: 6,767
Graduate: 1,223
in 2013-2014
Location
Bilbao and San Sebastián
Colors      Blue
Affiliations Compostela Group of Universities
Website Deusto
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The University of Deusto (Spanish: Universidad de Deusto; Basque: Deustuko Unibertsitatea) is a Spanish private university owned by the Society of Jesus, with campuses in Bilbao and San Sebastián, and the Deusto Business School headquarters in Madrid. It is the oldest private university in Spain.

History

The University of Deusto first opened in 1886, having been founded because of the Basque Country's desire to have its own university and the Society of Jesus's wish to move its School of Higher Studies in Laguardia to a more central place. A huge building was designed by architect Francisco de Cubas; it was at its time Bilbao's largest building. Now it is the main building of the campus situated opposite to the Guggenheim Museum, in the neighbourhood of Deusto, which gives the name to the university. The Business College of the University, founded in 1916, was the first college and the only one of its kind for nearly 50 years in Spain. In 1973 it became the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.[1]

Civil War and postwar

The advent of the Second Spanish Republic (1931) interrupted and altered university life at Deusto. On 23 January 1932, the Spanish Government dissolved the Company of Jesus by decree, and the University, owned by the Jesuits, was closed down. Some lectures still continued at the "Academia Vizcaína de Cultura", and the "Universidad Comercial" (Faculty of Economics) could carry on work as normal until the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. During the war, the University of Deusto became a military base, but after the fall of Bilbao in 1937 it was turned into a hospital, food supply centre, and concentration camp. It resumed classes in October 1940.

Official recognition

Main building of the University of Deusto, Bilboa

In 1962 the University was very well known throughout Basque country and all of Spain, and its former students excelled in the worlds of business, politics, and culture. However, they had a drawback: their studies were not officially recognized by the State and they had to sit an examination at a State University. Society did not really take this circumstance into account, but action was taken so that official recognition was granted. On 5 April 1962, an agreement was signed between the Spanish Government and the Holy See that provided Catholic or Church Universities with a legal basis. On 10 August 1963, the University of Deusto received canonical approval by the Holy See. In September of that year it was recognized by the State, including its Faculties of Law and Philosophy and Arts (Modern Philology division). Since then, the number of students and centres has been increasing rapidly, first from 500 to 1,000 students, and to 2,700 five years later; ten years later there were 5,000 and at present it has reached 14,000 students. The rest of the faculties were successively recognized beginning with the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences in 1973 and finishing with that of Computing Sciences in 1979 (which later became the Faculty of Engineering). University of Deusto is part of the Aristos Campus Mundus 2015 (ACM 2015) project as well.[2]

San Sebastián campus

Its origin was ESSA in 1956. ESSA was the main body that started to teach these studies and assumed the ownership of future ESTE. In the beginning, Business Management, Law, Economic Sciences and Engineering Preparatory Courses were taught. The Society of Jesus was entrusted with its running and management. In 1960 this body was named EUG, and in 1963 the first stone of EUTG, University and Technical Studies of Guipúzcoa was laid. During 1979, the Faculty of Economic and Business Studies-ESTE became a faculty dependent on UD and in 1990, the legal and real union of the San Sebastian centre took place as a second campus of the University of Deusto. ESTE in San Sebastián and La Comercial in Bilbao merged into Deusto Business School in 2009. Nowadays, Deusto Business School, the Faculty of Psychology and Education, and the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences are present in the San Sebastián campus.

Faculties

Currently the university consists of six faculties and schools:[3]

Affiliated centres

There is a college affiliated with Deusto:

  • Teacher Training University College (BAM)

Famous people from Deusto

Faculty

Alumni

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External links

References

  1. ↑ History
  2. ↑ Maritime Programs
  3. ↑ Degree programs
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