Throughout history, universities have served as centres of knowledge, research, and intellectual development. ・The University ...

It still operates today and is recognised by Guinness World Records as the oldest university in the world. Image caption, A 19th Century image of the library room in the University of Bologna ...

Apparently, the oldest and longest continuously operating university in the world predates the University of Bologna by about 230 years. The University of al-Qarawiyyin, in Fez, Morocco ...