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A University is an institution of higher education and research where people usually attend to get academic degrees. The oldest of such institutions is the University of Al-Karaouine located in Fes, Morocco in 859 A.D. by a woman called Fatima al-Fihri.
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∙ 13y agoThe University of Al-Karaouine is the oldest educational university established back in 859bc and was named the "oldest existing educational institution in the world" by the famed Guinness Book of World Records(ref.The Guinness Book Of Records, Published 1998, ISBN 0-5535-7895-2, P.242). Among the subjects taught, alongside the Qur'an and Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), are grammar, rhetoric, logic, medicine, mathematics, astronomy, chemistry, history, geography and music. Founded by a wealthy Tunisian woman, Fatima Alfehri, daughter of a rich merchant, Al Karaouine University and its affiliated mosque are among the world's oldest. Dating back to 859, the university is said to be older than its European counterparts, University of Oxford and University of Bologna, two of the world's oldest universities. Situated in the heart of city of medina, the mosque and the seat of learning was created when Fatima and her sister Marian inherited a large sum of money from their father, they pooled in to create a seat of learning for their adopted city and its inhabitants. Even the Guinness Book of Records, records it as the world's oldest seat of higher learning. The University during the years gained royal patronage of the powerful Sultans of Morocco, under whose interest and guidance, it become as a leading school in the the world. Al-Karaouine played, in medieval times, a leading role in the cultural exchange and transfer of knowledge between Muslims and Europeans. Pioneer scholars such as Ibn Maimun (Maimonides), (1135-1204),[11] Al- Idrissi (d.1166 AD), Ibn al-Arabi (1165-1240 AD), Ibn Khaldun (1332-1395 AD), Ibn al-Khatib , Al- Bitruji (Alpetragius), Ibn Hirzihim, and Al-Wazzan were all connected with the madrasa either as students or lecturers. Among Christian scholars visiting Al-Karaouine were the Belgian Nicolas Cleynaerts and the Dutchman Golius.
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The University of al-Qarawiyyin located in Fes, Morocco is the oldest existing, continually operating and the first degree awarding educational institution in the world according to UNESCO and Guinness World Records and is sometimes referred to as the oldest university.
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∙ 13y agoAccording to Wikipedia's List of Oldest Schools in the World, the oldest school is the King's School in Canterbury, which was founded in 597 AD.
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∙ 13y agoAs far as i know is the school i attend to is Saint John High School which was founded in 1805
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∙ 12y agoAs an institution of higher learning, awarding degrees, it is the University of Bologna, est. 1088 (the term "university" was coined at its founding).
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