THES – QS World's oldest universities

The oldest universities, by foundation date, in the world

Year	School Name	Country
0	Université Paris-Sud, PARIS XI	France
1088	University of BOLOGNA	Italy
1096	University of OXFORD	United Kingdom
1175	University of MODENA	Italy
1200	Université PARIS I - Panthéon Sorbonne	France
1200	Université Paris-Sorbonne (PARIS IV)	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 II - Le Mirail	France
1229	University of TOULOUSE I - Sciences Soci...	France
1240	University of SIENA	Italy
1272	University of MURCIA	Spain
1293	University Complutense MADRID	Spain
1303	Università degli Studi di ROMA - La Sapi...	Italy
1308	PERUGIA University	Italy
1339	Université Joseph-Fourier, GRENOBLE I	France
1339	Universite Pierre Mendes, GRENOBLE II	France
1339	Université Stendhal GRENOBLE III	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
1476	Johannes Gutenberg University MAINZ	Germany
1477	UPPSALA University	Sweden
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	HARVARD University	United States
1636	UTRECHT University	Netherlands
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
1734	Universität GÖTTINGEN	Germany
1740	University of PENNSYLVANIA	United States
1743	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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