Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings 2007 - World's oldest universities

The oldest universities, by foundation date, in the world

Year School Name Country
1088 University of BOLOGNA Italy
1096 University of OXFORD United Kingdom
1175 University of MODENA Italy
1200 Université Paris-Sorbonne (PARIS IV) France
1200 Université PARIS I - Panthéon Sorbonne France
1209 University of CAMBRIDGE United Kingdom
1218 University of SALAMANCA Spain
1220 University of MONTPELLIER III - Paul Val... France
1222 University of PADUA Italy
1224 University of NAPLES - Federico II Italy
1229 University of TOULOUSE I - Sciences Soci... France
1229 University of TOULOUSE II - Le Mirail France
1240 University of SIENA Italy
1272 University of MURCIA Spain
1290 University of COIMBRA Portugal
1293 University Complutense MADRID Spain
1303 Università degli Studi di ROMA - La Sapi... Italy
1308 PERUGIA University Italy
1339 Universite Pierre Mendes, GRENOBLE II France
1339 Université Stendhal GRENOBLE III France
1339 Université Joseph-Fourier, GRENOBLE I France
1343 University of PISA Italy
1348 CHARLES University Czech Republic
1361 Università degli Studi di PAVIA Italy
1364 JAGIELLONIAN University Poland
1365 University of VIENNA Austria
1386 HEIDELBERG University Germany
1388 University of Cologne Germany
1398 SUNG KYUN KWAN University Korea, South
1402 Universität WÜRZBURG Germany
1404 University of TURIN Italy
1409 Universität LEIPZIG Germany
1413 University of ST ANDREWS United Kingdom
1425 Katholieke Universiteit LEUVEN Belgium
1425 Université Catholique de LOUVAIN (UCL) Belgium
1432 Universite de CAEN Basse-Normandie France
1434 CATANIA University Italy
1450 University of BARCELONA Spain
1451 University of GLASGOW United Kingdom
1453 ISTANBUL University Turkey
1457 Universität FREIBURG Germany
1460 University of BASEL Switzerland
1461 University of RENNES France
1471 University of GENOA Italy
1472 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (... Germany
1477 UPPSALA University Sweden
1477 Johannes Gutenberg University MAINZ Germany
1477 Universität TÜBINGEN Germany
1479 University of COPENHAGEN Denmark
1495 University of ABERDEEN United Kingdom
1495 Universidade de SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA Spain
1499 Universitat de VALENCIA Spain
1527 Universität MARBURG Germany
1531 University of GRANADA Spain
1537 University of LAUSANNE Switzerland
1542 Universidad de ZARAGOZA Spain
1551 Universidad de SEVILLA Spain
1551 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ... Mexico
1558 Universität JENA Germany
1559 University of GENEVA Switzerland
1559 University of LILLE II France
1560 University of LILLE III - Charles de Gau... France
1562 Universite des Sciences et Technologies ... France
1567 Université Louis Pasteur - STRASBOURG I France
1572 University of NANCY II France
1575 LEIDEN University Netherlands
1582 University of EDINBURGH United Kingdom
1585 Karl-Franzens-University GRAZ Austria
1592 TRINITY College Dublin Ireland
1607 Justus-Liebig-Universität GIEßEN Germany
1611 University of SANTO TOMAS Philippines
1614 University of GRONINGEN Netherlands
1632 University of AMSTERDAM Netherlands
1635 EÖTVÖS LORÁND University Hungary
1636 UTRECHT University Netherlands
1636 HARVARD University United States
1640 University of HELSINKI Finland
1663 LAVAL University Canada
1665 Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KIEL Germany
1666 LUND University Sweden
1669 University of INNSBRUCK Austria
1693 College of WILLIAM & MARY United States
1701 YALE University United States
1707 CZECH TECHNICAL University in Prague Czech Republic
1737 Universität GÖTTINGEN Germany
1740 University of PENNSYLVANIA United States
1742 Universität ERLANGEN-NÜRNBERG Germany
1743 University of DELAWARE United States
1745 Technische Universität BRAUNSCHWEIG Germany
1746 PRINCETON University United States
1747 École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées -... France
1754 COLUMBIA University United States
1755 Lomonosov MOSCOW STATE University Russia
1764 BROWN University United States
1766 RUTGERS, The State University of New Jer... United States
1769 DARTMOUTH College United States
1770 Technische Universität BERLIN Germany
1773 ISTANBUL Technical University Turkey
1780 University of MÜNSTER Germany
1785 University of GEORGIA United States

Source: THES – QS World University Rankings
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