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Rank ⇵University ⇵Year Established ⇵Country ⇵
1University of Al-Qarawiyyin859Morocco
2Al-Azhar University970Egypt
3University of Bologna1088Italy
4University of Oxford1096UK
5University of Salamanca1134Spain
6University of Paris (Sorbonne)1150France
7University of Cambridge1209UK
8University of Padua1222Italy
9University of Naples Federico II1224Italy
10University of Siena1240Italy
11University of Valladolid1241Spain
12University of Coimbra1290Portugal
13University of Macerata1290Italy
14Complutense University of Madrid1293Spain
15Sapienza University of Rome1303Italy
16University of Perugia1308Italy
17University of Florence1321Italy
18University of Camerino1336Italy
19University of Pisa1343Italy
20Charles University (Prague)1348Czech Republic
21University of Pavia1361Italy
22Jagiellonian University1364Poland
23University of Vienna1365Austria
24Heidelberg University1386Germany
25University of Cologne1388Germany
26University of Ferrara1391Italy
27University of Zadar1396Croatia
28University of Wurzburg1402Germany
29University of Turin1404Italy
30Leipzig University1409Germany
31University of St Andrews1413UK
32University of Rostock1419Germany
33KU Leuven1425Belgium
34University of Poitiers1431France
35University of Catania1434Italy
36University of Barcelona1450Spain
37University of Glasgow1451UK
38University of Greifswald1456Germany
39University of Freiburg1457Germany
40University of Basel1460Switzerland
41LMU Munich1472Germany
42University of Tubingen1477Germany
43Uppsala University1477Sweden
44University of Copenhagen1479Denmark
45University of Genoa1481Italy
46University of Aberdeen1495UK
47University of Santiago de Compostela1495Spain
48University of Valencia1499Spain
49University of Seville1505Spain
50University of Marburg1527Germany
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