Oldest higher-learning institution

Oldest higher-learning institution
纪录保持者
Unknown
纪录成绩
1159 year(s)
地点
Morocco (Karueein)
打破时间
0859

The oldest existing and continually operating educational institution in the world is the University of Karueein, founded in 859 AD in Fez, Morocco. The University of Bologna, Italy, was founded in 1088 and is the oldest one in Europe.

The Sumerians had scribal schools or É-Dub-ba soon after 3500 BC.