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Top 10 oldest universities in continuous operation

Daily Tens #28 · Monday, August 10, 2026 · Ranked by year of founding

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The answers

  1. 1 University of Bologna
  2. 2 University of Oxford
  3. 3 University of Salamanca
  4. 4 University of Cambridge
  5. 5 University of Padua
  6. 6 University of Naples Federico II
  7. 7 University of Siena
  8. 8 University of Coimbra
  9. 9 University of Macerata
  10. 10 University of Valladolid

Sources & methodology

Metric
Year of founding
Data through
All-time
Source
Wikipedia: List of oldest universities in continuous operation
Notes
Restricted to universities in the Western tradition that have operated continuously since founding. Older institutions of other kinds exist.

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