Top 10 Oldest Universities in the World 1 🇲🇦 University of al-Qarawiyyin – 859 2 🇮🇹 University of Bologna – 1088 3 🇬🇧 University of Oxford – 1096 4 🇫🇷 University of Paris – 1150 5 🇬🇧 University of Cambridge – 1209 6 🇪🇸 University of Salamanca – 1218 7 🇮🇹 University of Padua – 1222 8 🇮🇹 University of Naples Federico II – 1224 9 🇮🇹 University of Siena – 1246 10 🇵🇹 University of Coimbra – 1290 Source: Guinness World Records, Student. com