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The University of Deusto aims to serve society through its contributions with a Christian approach to today's realities. As a university, its guidelines are the love of wisdom, desire for knowledge, and rigor in scientific research and methodologies. Therefore, its main focus is on achieving excellence in research and education. Another objective is to provide the background for free persons, responsible citizens, and competent professionals equipped with the knowledge, values, and skills needed to commit to foster learning and transform society. The firmly rooted Christian tradition supports the belief that faith in God gives meaning to life and inspires and stimulates increasingly more in-depth and more critical knowledge of every authentically human cultural process. On the other hand, this vision acknowledges that culture, science, and technology provide valuable instruments to update our understanding of Christ's message to humanity. These factors make the university a place for meeting and dialogue between faith and knowledge, transcendental hope, and the quest for a more human future for all. This is what makes it a Catholic university. The University of Deusto has been closely linked to the Society of Jesus's mission from its beginnings. This makes it part of a worldwide university network and a teaching tradition centered on the individual as the most valuable asset. Our university shares the belief that serving the faith implies fostering justice in today's world. For this reason, our university has committed to making its voice heard by reflecting on cultural issues and encouraging dialogue with social agents wherever man and society are forging their future. Our efforts focus on respect for life, implementing universal human rights, fair distribution of wealth, working for peace, and protecting nature. Within the universal scope of knowledge and general interest in humanity that make Deusto distinctive, our university feels incredibly close to Basque society. We aim to serve it as an educational institution, responding to its cultural, social, technical, and economic needs at all levels. Placing people first means that we understand university life as a community of men and women striving to achieve a social commitment model in which respectful dialogue fosters cooperation and friendship. The University of Deusto shares the mission of serving people and society through its contributions to science and culture while participating in the mission of the Society of Jesus. Therefore, its challenge and fundamentals are the fulfillment of its mission of service to the faith by serving science and culture, seeking the benefit of society, and thus strengthening its very reason for being. With the implementation of the new European Higher Education Area, which obliges to revise degrees and redefine curricula, Jesuit universities and higher education centers will rethink their presence in the academic world in light of their identity mission. In September 2001, UNIJES (Jesuit Universities) elaborated a declaration that described the ultimate reason for belonging to the Society of Jesus Higher Education Centres. These reasons are linked to 'Reflections on i+m given new university challenges '. The Jesuit university's mission also demands that its objectives (faith, justice, and culture) be developed in a climate and dynamic of dialogue with the religious, cultural, or social agents whose cooperation supports fundamental values such as peace, justice, harmony, human rights, and respect, which are shared and shareable among believers and non-believers. The Bilbao campus was declared a site of historical interest in 2002. Several architecturally valuable buildings are found on the campus. The most outstanding is known as the Main Building (Edificio Central) and has a classic style. Its most distinctive features are its central staircase, the Library (currently the Salón de Grados), the Gothic Chapel, and the Main Hall. The Comercial Building is known for its neoclassic façade. The so-called "Glass Building" or "Centenary Building" was built in the 80s. The last emblematic building on the Bilbao campus, the ESIDE Building, is more modern in style and was designed by the César Sans Gironella. Welcome to the University of Deusto! We have launched this page to help you during these first weeks as you get used to life at the UD. Use this space to share information, get to know us, and request assistance or guidance. We intend to provide you with the tools to make it easy for you to get started. View full university