University of the Basque Country

The University of the Basque Country is the public university of the Basque Autonomous Community. Heir of the University of Bilbao, initially it was made up of the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences of Sarriko, Medicine and Sciences. Following the General Law of Education, the Nautical School, the School of Business Studies of Bilbao and the Technical Schools of Engineers joined in, until it grew into the complex of thirty centers that compose it presently. It has campuses over the three provinces of the autonomous community: Biscay Campus, Gipuzkoa Campus, and Álava Campus in Vitoria-Gasteiz. It stands out as the main research institution in the Basque Country, carrying out 90% of the basic research carried out in that territory and benefiting from the good industrial environment in the region.