Universidad de Deusto (University of Deusto), Bilbao

The University of Deusto (Universidad de Deusto) is a Spanish private university owned by the Society of Jesus, with campuses in Bilbao and San Sebastián, and the Deusto Business School branch in Madrid. The University of Deusto is the oldest private university in Spain.

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. To that effect a huge building was designed by architect Francisco de Cubas, which was the largest building in Bilbao at the time. Now it is the main building of the Bilbao campus, opposite to the Guggenheim Museum, in the district of Deusto, which gives its name to the university. The Universidad Comercial (Business College), founded in 1916, was the first business school in Spain, and the only one for nearly 50 years.

According to the 2019 Times Higher Education World University Ranking, the University of Deusto is internationally ranked between 601–800, with their 2019 University Impact Ranking between 101–200 and their 2019 European Teaching Rankings between 126–150. The QS World University Rankings of 2019 ranked the Deusto School of Law globally between 251–300.