Top 10 Oldest Universities of the World

1. Nalanda University (India)

Founded: 600BC

2. University of Al-Karaouine (Morocco)

Founded: 859

3. Al-Azhar University (Egypt)

Founded: 970-972

4. Al Nizamiyya Of Baghdad (Iran)

Founded: 1065

5. University of Bologna (Italy)

Founded: 1088

6. University of Paris (France)

Founded: 1096

7. University of Oxford (England)

Founded: 1096

8. University of Montpelier (France)

Founded: 1150

9. University of Cambridge (England)

Founded: 1209

10. University of Salamanca (Spain)

Founded: 1218