Oldest Universities in the World 45 items ranked
In this list of oldest universities in the world, it is not confined to those universities that confer a degree on its students. Rather this list comprises of those institutions of higher learning that are still operating.
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Shahi Rajaee Teacher Traning University In Tehran,Iran,
it is built in 1960
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Al-Azhar University in Egypt, 975
The principal centre of Arabic literature and Sunni Islamic teachings as well as the second oldest surviving degree granting university.
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Mustansiriya University in Iraq, 1233
Although in 1962, the university was integrated into Baghdad University in 1962, it reopened as Al-Mustansiriya Universityin in 1963.
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Nizamiyya in Iran, 1065
Was established by Khwaja Nizam al-Mulk in the 11th century in Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. they were the first well organized universities in the Islamic world. and were even well-known in Europe. They were supported by the elite class and the royal establishment.
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Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg in Germany, 1457
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National College of Science and Technology, Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines
it is build at 1998
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University of Oxford in UK, 1167
There is no clear date of establishment but teachings already began at oxford in 1096. the university developed quickly in 1167 when English students were banned from attendance from the university of Paris by King Henry II.
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Charles University of Prague in the Czech Republic, 1348
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University of Paris in France, 1150
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University of Cambridge in UK, 1209
The University of Cambridge is the second oldest university in UK as well as the English speaking world. Was established as a competing university when some scholars had some dispute with the oxford university.
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University of Coimbra in Portugal, 1290
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University of Bologna in Italy, 1088.
This is the oldest continually operating degree-granting university in Europe.
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University of Salamanca in Spain, 1218
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University of Copenhagen in Denmark, 1479
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University of Siena in Italy, 1240
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University of Vienna in Austria, 1364
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Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg in Germany, 1386
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42. Complutense University of Madrid in Spain, 1499
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University of Padua in Italy, 1222
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University of Naples Federico II in Italy, 1224
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University of Rome La Sapienza in Italy, 1303
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University of Perugia in Italy, 1308
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University of Florence in Italy, 1321
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University of Sankore in Mali, 1327
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University of Valladolid in Spain, 1346
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University of Pavia in Italy, 1361
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University of Pécs in Hungary, 1367
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University of Ferrara in Italy, 1391
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University of Leipzig in Germany, 1409
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University of St Andrews in UK, 1410
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University of Rostock in Germany, 1419
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Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, 1425
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University of Catania in Italy, 1434
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University of Barcelona in Spain, 1450
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Istanbul University in Turkey, 1453
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University of Greifswald in Germany, 1456
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University of Basel in Switzerland, 1460
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Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich in Germany, 1472
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Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen in Germany, 1477
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University of Aberdeen in UK, 1495
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43. University of Valencia in Spain, 1499
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University of Al-Karaouine in Morocco, 859
Earned its place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s oldest continuously operating degree-granting university. This university was the educational and spiritual center of the Muslim world.
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