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10 Oldest University in the World

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Have you ever wondered what is the oldest university in the world?

It is neither the university in your country nor the one in your state of residence but a university that has been in existence before the 18 century. Most of them have been in existence for more than 10 Generations ago

In this post, I’m going to list the 10 oldest universities in the world and a few things even need to know about them.

1. University of Bologna 🇮🇹: The oldest university in the world is the University of Bologna in Italy. it was founded in the year 1088

2. Oxford 🇺🇸: the famous Oxford University popularly called the University of Oxford is the second on the list of the world’s oldest universities. It was established in 1096

3. Cambridge 🇺🇸: the University of Cambridge was established in 1209

4. Harvard 🇺🇸: Harvard University is the 4th oldest university in the world as it was established in the year 1636.

Other universities and their year of establishment are as follows:

5. University of Toronto 🇨🇦: 1827

6. ETH Zurich 🇨🇭: 1855

7. Massachusetts Institute of Tech 🇺🇸: 1861

8. California Institute of Technology 🇺🇸: 1891

9. Stanford 🇺🇸: 1891

10. Imperial College London 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿: 1907

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