10 oldest universities in the world

10. University of Toulouse

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• established: 1,229
• place: Toulouse (France)
• number of students: about 100,000

9. University of Naples Federico II

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• established: 1,224
• place: Napoli (Italy)
• number of students: approximately 93,000

8. University of Padua

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• established: 1,222
• place: Padua (Italy)
• number of students: about 60,000

7. University of Cambridge

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• established: 1,209
• place: Cambridge (UK)
• number of students: about 24,000

6. University of Paris

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• established: 1,160
• place: Paris, France

5. University of Salamanca

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• established: 1,134
• place: Salamanca (Spain)
• number of students: approximately 28,000

4. University of Oxford

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• established: 1,096
• place: Oxford (Great Britain)
• number of students: about 24,000

3. University of Bologna

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• established: 1,088
• place: Bologna (Italy)
• number of students: about 90,000

2. Al-Azhar University

• established: 970
• place: Cairo (Egypt)

1. University of Al Quaraouiyine

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• established: 859
• place: Fez (Morocco)
• number of students: about 8,100