Medieval university

The first European universities were establishedItalyFrance inMiddle Ages forstudylaw, medicine,theology. Before that, similar institutions already existed inIslamic world, notablyCairo. The most important Asian university was Nalanda,Bihar, India, wheresecond century Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna was based.

Listmedieval universities,orderfoundation:

• UniversityBologna -- founded 1088
• UniversityParis -- founded 1150
• UniversityOxford -- founded 1167
• UniversitySalamanca -- founded 1218
• UniversityPadua -- founded 1222
• UniversityNaples -- founded 1224
• UniversityToulouse -- founded 1229
• UniversitySiena -- founded 1240
• Sorbonne (UniversityParis) -- founded 1253
• UniversityCambridge -- founded 1281
• UniversityMontpellier -- founded 1289
• UniversityPrague -- founded 1348
• Jagiellonian University, Krakow-- founded 1364
• UniversityVienna -- founded 1365
• UniversityPécs -- founded 1367
• UniversityErfurt -- founded (1379)
• UniversityHeidelberg -- founded 1385
• UniversityCologne -- founded 1388
• UniversityLeipzig -- founded 1409
• UniversitySt Andrews -- founded 1411
• UniversityLeuven -- founded 1425
• UniversityBarcelona -- founded 1450
• UniversityGlasgow -- founded 1451
• UniversityUppsala -- founded 1477
• UniversityCopenhagen -- founded 1479
• UniversityAberdeen -- founded 1494
• Wittenberg University -- founded 1502
• Université de Genève -- founded 1559
• UniversityLeiden -- founded 1575
• UniversityEdinburgh -- founded 1583
• UniversityDublin - founded 1592

Please add other medievalolder universitiesthis list

See also: Listoldest universitiescontinuous operation

External link

• http://www.unibo.it/avl/english/story/story2.htm