What are the oldest universities in the world?

Here is a list of the oldest universities in the world.

	University	Founded	Location	Type
1.	University of Al-Qarawiyyin	859	Fez, Morocco	State University
2.	Al-Azhar University	972	Cairo, Egypt	Public
3.	University of Bologna	1088	Bologna, Italy	Public
4.	University of Oxford	1096	Oxford, England	Public
5.	University of Salamanca	1130	Salamanca, Spain	Public
6.	University of Paris	1150	Paris, France
7.	University of Cambridge	1209	Cambridge, England } Public
8.	University of Padua	1222	Padua, Italy	Public
9.	University of Naples Federico II	1224	Naples, Italy	Public
10.	University of Coimbra	1290	Coimbra, Portugal	Public

LeoGlossary: Top 10 Oldest Universities in the World