 ዩኒቨርሲቲው የካቲት ላይ ተቋቋመ 28, 1850, እንደ ዴሴሬት ዩኒቨርሲቲ ዴሴሬት ያለውን provisionalState ጠቅላላ ጉባኤ በ, እና Orson ስፔንሰር የዩኒቨርሲቲው የመጀመሪያው ቻንስለር ሆኖ ተሾመ.
The university was established on February 28, 1850, cum'è u University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisionalState of Deseret, and Orson Spencer was appointed as the first chancellor of the university.