List of Oldest Universities in Continuous Operation
Name : University of Al-Karaouine
Founded in 859 A.D.
Current Location : Fes, Morocco
Other notes : Recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's oldest continuously-operating, degree-granding university.
Name : Al-Azhar University
Founded in 975 A.D.
Current Location : Cairo, Egypt
Other notes : A degree-granting Jam'iah ("university" in Arabic ) with individual faculties for a general college and theological seminary, Law and Jurisprudence, Grammar, Astronomy, Philosophy, and Logic. Professors at Al-Azhar also delivered lectures on Medicine during the time of Saladin.
Name : Mustansiriya University
Founded in 1233 A.D.
Current Location : Baghdad, Iraq
Other notes : Established by the Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir in 1233, and, in addition to the religious subjects, offered courses dealing philosophy, mathematics and the natural sciences. The college/university was incorporated into the Baghdad University in 1962, and, in 1963, it was reopened as Al-Mustansiriya University.
Name : University of Sankore
Founded in 1327 A.D.
Current Location : Timbuktu, Mali
Other notes : Foundation of the school was financed by Kankan Musa whom paid for the Granada architect Abu Ishaq es Saheli from Egypt to build mosques and palaces throughout the empire.
Name : Istanbul University
Founded in 1453 A.D.
Current Location : Istanbul, Turkey
Other notes : Founded as philosophicaland theological higher education institution, refounded 23 July 1846 as a Darulfunun ( House of Mutiple Sciences ), and refounded again on 1 August 1933 as a Universitesi ( Arts and Science University ).
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