The title of the oldest university in the world is a subject of considerable debate, primarily between the University of Al Quaraouiyine in Morocco and the University of Bologna in Italy.
Thirteen indicators were used to calculate University of Bologna's overall Best Global Universities rank. Here is a breakdown of how this institution ranked relative to other schools for each ...
resulting in the founding of Europe’s oldest institutions in the following centuries, including the University of Bologna (founded 1088) and the University of Oxford (founded around 1096).