What are the oldest universities in the world?
Here is a list of the oldest universities in the world.
University | Founded | Location | Type | |
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1. | University of Al-Qarawiyyin | 859 | Fez, Morocco | State University |
2. | Al-Azhar University | 972 | Cairo, Egypt | Public |
3. | University of Bologna | 1088 | Bologna, Italy | Public |
4. | University of Oxford | 1096 | Oxford, England | Public |
5. | University of Salamanca | 1130 | Salamanca, Spain | Public |
6. | University of Paris | 1150 | Paris, France | |
7. | University of Cambridge | 1209 | Cambridge, England } Public | |
8. | University of Padua | 1222 | Padua, Italy | Public |
9. | University of Naples Federico II | 1224 | Naples, Italy | Public |
10. | University of Coimbra | 1290 | Coimbra, Portugal | Public |