10. University of Valladolid (Valladolid, Spain, Founded in 1241)
University of Valladolid, Salamanca, Spain and Canary Islands
At 10th position
among the oldest universities in the world, The University of
Valladolid (UVa) is a Spanish public university founded in 1241 as
removal of studies at the University of Palencia, founded by Alfonso
VIII of Castile, between 1208 and 1212. He is currently responsible for
teaching higher education in seven campuses distributed through four
cities of Castile and Leon: Valladolid, Palencia, Soria and Segovia.
One
hypothesis is that its foundation is the result of the transfer of
Palencia General Survey between 1208 and 1241 by Alfonso VIII, king of
Castile, and Bishop Tello Téllez de Meneses.
9. University of Siena (Siena, Italy, Founded in 1240)
University of Siena in Arezzo, Italy
Originally called Studium Senese, was founded by Commune of
Siena in 1240. In 1321, the studium was able to attract a larger number
or pupils due to a mass exodus from the prestigious neighbouring
University of Bologna. Closed temporarily in 1808–1815 when Napoleonic
forces occupied Tuscany. On November 7, 1990 the university celebrated
its 750th anniversary.
The
Université de Toulouse is a consortium of French universities, grandes
écoles and other institutions of higher education and research, named
after one of the earliest universities established in Europe in 1229,
and including the successor universities to that earlier university.
This article describes the institutions that have been called the
“Université de Toulouse”.
Founded by Frederick II, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
8. University of Toulouse (Toulouse, France, Founded in 1229)
Université Toulouse 1 Capitole – The Oldest Universities
The formation of the
University of Toulouse was imposed on Count Raymond VII as a part of the
Treaty of Paris in 1229 ending the crusade against the Albigensians. As
he was suspected of sympathizing with the heretics, Raymond VII had to
finance the teaching of theology. Bishop Foulques de Toulouse was among
the founders of the University. Among its first lecturers were: Jean de
Garlande, Roland of Cremona. Other faculties (law, medicine) were added
later. Initially, the University was located in the center of the city,
together with the ancestors of student residences, the colleges.
7. University of Naples Federico II (Naples, Italy, Founded in 1224)
The University of Naples Federico II is maybe one of the the oldest universities
The
University of Naples Federico II is a university located in Naples,
Italy. It was founded in 1224 and is organized into 13 faculties. It is
the world’s oldest state university and one of the oldest academic
institutions in continuous operation. The university is named after its
founder Frederick II.
The University of Naples
Federico II was founded by emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Frederick II
on 5 June 1224. It is the most ancient state-supported institution of
higher education and research in the world. One of the most famous
students of this university was Roman Catholic theologian and
philosopher Thomas Aquinas.
Founded by scholars and professors after leaving Bologna.
6. University of Padua (Padua, Italy, Founded in 1222)
University of Padua. Department of Structural and Transportation Engineering
The
University of Padua (Italian Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD)
is a premier Italian university located in the city of Padua, Italy. The
University of Padua was founded in 1222 as a school of law and was one
of the most prominent universities in early modern Europe. It is among
the earliest universities of the world and the second oldest in Italy.
As of 2010 the university had approximately 65,000 students.
The
university is conventionally said to have been founded in 1222 (which
corresponds to the first time when the University is cited in a
historical document as pre-existing, therefore it is quite certainly
older) when a large group of students and professors left the University
of Bologna in search of more academic freedom (‘Libertas scholastica’).
The first subjects to be taught were law and theology. The curriculum
expanded rapidly, and by 1399 the institution had divided in two: a
Universitas Iuristarum for civil law and Canon law, and a Universitas
Artistarum which taught astronomy, dialectic, philosophy, grammar,
medicine, and rhetoric. There was also a Universitas Theologorum,
established in 1373 by Urban V.
The
University of Salamanca is a Spanish higher education institution,
located in the town of Salamanca, west of Madrid, in the autonomous
community of Castilla and León. It was founded in 1134 and given the
Royal charter of foundation by King Alfonso IX in 1218. It is the oldest
founded university in Spain and the third oldest European university in
continuous operations. It was the first European institution to receive
the formal title of “University” as such; it was granted by King
Alfonso X in 1254 and recognized by Pope Alexander IV in 1255.
5. University of Salamanca (Salamanca, Spain, Founded in 1218)
The University of Salamanca, Spanish higher education institution
It
is the oldest university in operation in Spain. Although there are
records of the University granting degrees many years before (James
Trager’s People’s Chronology sets its foundation date in 1134), it only
received the Royal chart of foundation as “Estudio General” in 1218,
making it possibly the fourth or even the third oldest European
university in continuous operations. However, it was the first European
university to receive the title of “University” as such, granted by king
of Castile and León Alfonso X and the Pope in 1254. Having been
excluded from the University in 1852 by the Spanish government, the
Faculties of Theology and Canon Law became the Pontifical University of
Salamanca in 1940.
Founded by scholars leaving Oxford after
a dispute caused by the execution of two scholars in 1209, and royal
charter was granted in 1231. The university takes 1209 as its official
anniversary.
4. University of Cambridge (Cambridge, England, Founded in 1209)
The University of Cambridge is one of the world’s oldestuniversities
The University of Cambridge is a
public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is
the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world (after the
University of Oxford), and the seventh-oldest in the world. In
post-nominals the university’s name is abbreviated as Cantab, a
shortened form of Cantabrigiensis (an adjective derived from
Cantabrigia, the Latinised form of Cambridge).
The
university grew out of an association of Cambridge scholars that was
formed in 1209, early records suggest, by scholars leaving Oxford after a
dispute with townsfolk. The two “ancient universities” have many common
features and are often jointly referred to as Oxbridge. In addition to
cultural and practical associations as a historic part of British
society, they have a long history of rivalry with each other.
“Claimed
to be the oldest university in the world, there is no clear date of
foundation of Oxford University, but teaching existed at Oxford in some
form in 1096 and developed rapidly from 1167, when Henry II banned
English students from attending the University of Paris.” Teaching
suspended in 1209 (due to town execution of two scholars) and 1355 (due
to the St. Scholastica riot), but was continuous during the English
Civil War (1642–1651) – the University was Royalist. All Souls College
and University College have repeatedly claimed that they own documents
proving that teaching in Oxford started in the year 825, but these
documents have never seen the public light (allegedly, John Speed dated
his famous 1605 Oxford maps based on these documents). However, it was
not until 1254 that Pope Innocent IV granted to Oxford the University
charter by papal bull (“Querentes in agro”).
It
was founded in the mid-12th century, and officially recognized as a
university probably between 1160 and 1170 (or, possibly, as early as
1150). After many changes, including a century of suspension
(1793–1896), it ceased to exist as such in 1970 and 13 autonomous
universities (University of Paris I–XIII) were created from it. The
university is often referred to as the Sorbonne or La Sorbonne after the
collegiate institution (Collège de Sorbonne) founded about 1257 by
Robert de Sorbon. In fact, the university as such was older and was
never completely centered on the Sorbonne. Of the 13 current successor
universities, the first 4 have a presence in the historical Sorbonne
building, and three include “Sorbonne” in their names.
The
first university in the sense of a higher-learning, degree-awarding
institute, the word university having been coined at its foundation. At
top of the list of ten oldest universities in the world which are in
continuous operation.
3. University of Oxford (Oxford, England, Founded in 1167)
Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
2. University of Paris (Paris, France, Founded in 1150)
The Old Sorbonne on fire in 1670.
1. University of Bologna (Bologna, Italy, Founded in 1088)
The
College of Bologna, founded in 1088, may be the earliest academic
institution from the Civilized world. At top the Oldest Universities
The Alma Mater Studiorum –
University of Bologna is a university located in Bologna, Italy founded
in 1088. As of 2000 the University’s motto is Alma mater studiorum
(Latin for “nourishing mother of studies”) The University has about
100,000 students in its 23 schools. It has branch centers in Imola,
Ravenna, Forlì, Cesena and Rimini and a branch center abroad in Buenos
Aires. Moreover, it has a school of excellence named Collegio Superiore
di Bologna.
The date of its founding is uncertain, but
believed by most accounts to have been 1088. The university received a
charter from Frederick I Barbarossa in 1158, but in the 19th century, a
committee of historians led by Giosuè Carducci traced the founding of
the University back to 1088, which would make it one of the oldest
universities in the world.
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