Creighton University is a Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Omaha, Nebraska. The university was founded as Creighton College in 1878 through a gift from Mary Lucretia Creighton who stipulated in her will that a school be established in memory of her husband, prominent Omaha businessman Edward Creighton. Edward's brother John, along with his wife, Sara, is credited with fostering and sustaining the University's early growth, and enlarging its endowment.

Sitting on a campus just outside Omaha's downtown business district, the university currently enrolls about 6,992 students. Creighton is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.