10. University of Valladolid (Valladolid, Spain, Founded in 1241)
The  University of Valladolid is a public university in the city of  Valladolid, province of Valladolid, in the autonomous region of  Castile-Leon, Spain. The university currently has 31,780 undergraduate  students and more than 2,000 teachers.
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)
The  University of Siena in Siena, Tuscany is one of the oldest universities  and first publicly funded universities in Italy. Originally called  Studium Senese, the University of Siena was founded in 1240. The  University had around 20,000 students in 2006 nearly half of Siena’s  total population of around 54,000. Today, the University of Siena is  best known for its Schools of Law and Medicine.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.
8. University of Toulouse (Toulouse, France, Founded in 1229)
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”.
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 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.
6. University of Padua (Padua, Italy, Founded in 1222)
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.
5. University of Salamanca (Salamanca, Spain, Founded in 1218)
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.
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.
4. University of Cambridge (Cambridge, England, Founded in 1209)
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.
3. University of Oxford (Oxford, England, Founded in 1167)
“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”).
2. University of Paris (Paris, France, Founded in 1150)
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.
1. University of Bologna  (Bologna, Italy, Founded in 1088)
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.
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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