Medieval Universities of Europe on a Map

By 1453, there were 52 active universities in Europe. Can you name them all?

Map portrays the situation before the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, which is traditionally seen as the end point of the medieval period.

Some of these were closed before 1453. These are grayed out.

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Founded	University
c. 1088	University of Bologna
c. 1045 - 1150	University of Paris
c. 1096 - 1167	University of Oxford
1198	University of Hilandar
1204	University of Vicenza
1209	University of Cambridge
1212	University of Palencia
c. 1218	University of Salamanca
1220 / 1289	University of Montpellier
c. 1222	University of Padua
1224	University of Naples Federico II
1229	University of Toulouse
1235 / 1306	University of Orléans
1240	University of Siena
1241	University of Valladolid
1261	University of Northampton
1262	College of the Valley Scholars
1272	University of Murcia
1290	University of Coimbra

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Level 63

Nov 17, 2025

Really cool. Nominated

Level 55

Nov 17, 2025

Thanks!