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Oldest Universities by Country

25 oldest Universities: Guess the countries they are part of today.
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Year
Country
~858
Morocco
970
Egypt
1088
Italy
1096
United Kingdom
1150
France
1209
United Kingdom
1218
Spain
1222
Italy
1224
Italy
1240
Italy
1241
Spain
1290
Italy
1290
Portugal
Year
Country
1293
Spain
1303
Italy
1308
Italy
1343
Italy
1348
Czechia
1361
Italy
1364
Poland
1365
Austria
1386
Germany
1391
Italy
1409
Germany
1413
United Kingdom
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4 Comments
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Level 70
Jun 25, 2025
Toulouse Capitole missing. Also 2 first places debatable.
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Level 67
Jun 25, 2025
I read the title, and the first half of the instructions, then spent more than half the time typing the names of old universities.
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Level 78
Jun 25, 2025
The institutions in Morocco and Egypt were founded as mosques, not universities.
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Level 61
Jun 25, 2025
Fes university at least has always been an institute of higher education, which at its foundation as far as I'm aware really entailed being part of a mosque (rather as hospitals in mediaeval Europe were all attached to monasteries). If you only include establishments following the European model of university then "oldest university in the world" becomes a bit of a nonsense category, rather like "the biggest cybercrime since history began" or "the best Australian Rules football team in the world".