Medieval university

The first European universities were established in Italy and France in the Middle Ages for the study of law, medicine, and theology. Before that, similar institutions already existed in the Islamic world, notably in Cairo. The most important Asian university was Nalanda, in Bihar, India, where the second century Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna was based.

List of medieval universities, in order of foundation:

al-Azhar University -- founded 988
University of Bologna -- founded 1088
University of Paris -- founded 1150
University of Oxford -- founded 1167
University of Cambridge -- founded 1209
University of Salamanca -- founded 1218
University of Padua -- founded 1222
University of Naples -- founded 1224 by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
University of Toulouse -- founded 1229
University of Siena -- founded 1240
Sorbonne (University of Paris) -- founded 1257
University of Montpellier -- founded 1289
University of Prague -- founded 1348
Jagiellonian University, Krakow-- founded 1364
University of Vienna -- founded 1365
University of PÃÂÃÂ©cs -- founded 1367
University of Erfurt -- founded (1379)
University of Heidelberg -- founded 1385
University of Cologne -- founded 1388
University of Ferrara -- founded 1391 by papal bull
University of Zadar -- founded 1396
University of Fermo -- founded 1398 by papal bull
University of Leipzig -- founded 1409
University of St Andrews -- founded 1413
University of Leuven -- founded 1425
University of Barcelona -- founded 1450
University of Glasgow -- founded 1451
University of Bratislava (Universitas Istropolitana) - founded 1465
University of Uppsala -- founded 1477
University of Copenhagen -- founded 1479
University of Aberdeen -- founded 1495
University of Wittenberg -- founded 1502
UniversitÃÂÃÂ© de GenÃÂÃÂ¨ve -- founded 1559
University of Leiden -- founded 1575
University of Edinburgh -- founded 1583
University of Dublin - founded 1592

Please add other medieval and older universities to this list

See also: List of oldest universities in continuous operation

External link

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