What are the Oldest Universities in the World?
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Oxford University
Bologna 🎉🔴🔵
Provavelmente a de coimbra😁
Oldest in Scotland: St Andrews University
The Most famous University of South Asia was the Nalanda University in India, it had students from every part of the world. Until it was destroyed in the Medieval Era of India
I agree with you
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@@Wonderfullife2721 Naalanda was founded in 5th century AD. While Takshashila was founded in 10th century BC. These are the oldest universities.
@@shilpaprajapati4801Taxila was founded in around 1000 Bce to 700 Bce
a good ancient example of an "academy" was the academy of plato founded in 387 BC and despite having a lot of reformes and periods that was not operating , it lasted up until Emperor Justinian in 529AD .
A great example!
Plato told a story of a massive continent far east of Africa with gold and riches with massive tracts of land he called this place Australia
In the entrance, there was a sign " do not enter, if you dont know geometry"
And the academy of plato was not the first " greek university "
Justinian deserves more condemnation for closing all the pagan institutes of higher learning, including those in Athens and Alexandria. That gave the Christian monks a monopoly.
North America and Latin America needs to be relooked at. The Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo was founded in 1538, before Harvard.
The Black Legend continues
LONG before Harvard
It doesn't seem so cut and dry. The "University" apparently closed in 1822?
@@j2174 - There is a difference between closing down and being shut down by an occupying foreign country. The Universidad de Santo Tomas de Aquino was shut down by haiti, which invaded the Spanish part of the island and shut down all schools, churches, hospitals... So, no. It did not close down. Big difference.
@@enriquillo3044 There is not an actual difference between 'shut down' and 'close down'. ;)
Taxila university was established in 500bc and nalanda in 500ad you should mention.
Indeed. Just was about to mention that too!☺️
Yeah, India had very old universities.
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Agree
I was going to mention the same thing
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@ཀཱ no exaggeration in it, Nalanda university was founded by the Gupta empire (golden period of ancient India) and the dates are documented in various records.
It's not really the "European model of universities", a university itself is the European model for a center of learning. And such centers have existed, I mean, since the dawn of civilisation in Mesopotamia. I think the list about the oldest universities is fair, a university is a university, nothing else. But a video about old centers of learning would be interesting too, to put it into perspective.
It's like saying that monasteries that evolved in big center of learning where universities
That list would be rather depressing... . 'Destroyed by the Mongols' and 'destroyed by X religion' would come up too often...
@@WERTYUIO821 x religion you mean quranvirus lol😂🤣
@@djsahilking3807
I meant it as almost every religion. Unless you don't know of Christian's attack on ancient temples thousand of years ago.
Nope, University is a Medieval Christian creation.
North America:
Harvard (1636)
*Laughs in mexican*
UNAM (1551) originally named: Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico.
UNAM WAS FOUNDED THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. RPUM IST EXTINCT.
@@MAP2023 bobo
@@zamirroa tú lo serás
@@MAP2023 Nope, la Universidad Pontificia existe y está en el Centro de Tlalpan. Sin embargo, la UNAM se considera la heredera de la RyPUM, de entrada, antes de la creación de CU, usó sus antiguas instalaciones: San Ildefonso, el Antiguo Palacio de la Inquisición, Minería, etc.
I like that u have the Swedish National song in the beginning of the video
Edit: Skåååål for my fellow Scandinavian fellas
Is this a Scandinavian joke?
Schall!
@@moarlok0172 we sAy skål when we drink in Scandinavia
@@moarlok0172 basically Scandinavian version of cheers
@@samuelbousfield4342 Yep but much better
Oldest University in Asia is the University of Santo Tomas from the Philippines. English: University of St. Thomas, Spanish: Universidad de Santo Tomas, Filipino: Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas.
it was elevated by Pope Innocent X to a university on November 20, 1645, in his brief, In Supreminenti. This makes the institution the first in the islands to be formally elevated to the status of university.
Or Pamantasan ng Santo Tomas in Tagalog.
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@@sibericusthefrosty9950 Or like how 90% of Filipinos pronounce it, Unibersidad and not Panantasan.
@@altheaaris9378 this category is by foundation age not its elevation to university. colegio de nuestra señora del santísimo rosario in 1611, colegio de santo tomas in 1619, then the 'colegio' was changed to 'universidad' now called _Real y Pontificia Universidad de Santo Tomás de Manila_ or Universidad de Santo Tomas (UST)
Amazing how the oldest university in africa would not be recognized as such due to it not meeting the standards of european “university”......
Ironically he cheated even the oldest "European-style" universities in Africa. University of Cape Town started operating in 1829, not 1873.
University of Good Hope (1873) would become UNISA, another university.
Several others were created around the same time.
I guess he was just phoning it in when it came to Africa period.
Just one of many cases where African history is erased from European perspectives due to it being different from European history, which is, you know, unavoidable, seen as Africa is different from Europe.
1:53 that map includes all the Russian colonies as part of Europe? You do realize all those areas were conquered and colonized by Russia, Asian Russia was a patchwork of tribal states akin to Afghanistan or Kazakhstan until Russia decided to WOMP the region. Educate yourself.
The oldest "universities" in Europe aren´t recognized by the same logic. Higher centers of learning have existed for all of recorded history. Doesn´t make them universities.
yes its not fair were every other university is left out just because its not "European style"
For a time, the St. Thomas University in the Philippines became the oldest University in the US when they became an American colony since they predated Harvard
it was elevated by Pope Innocent X to a university on November 20, 1645, in his brief, In Supreminenti. This makes the institution the first in the islands to be formally elevated to the status of university.
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Founded by Spain, it is also the oldest university in Asia.
𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗦 🇵🇭
Filipino: Unibersidad Ng Santo Tomas
- Its complete name is The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines (Spanish: La Real y Pontificia Universidad de of Santo Tomás de Aquino, La Universidad Católica de Filipinas) established on April 28, 1611.
it was elevated by Pope Innocent X to a university on November 20, 1645, in his brief, In Supreminenti.This makes the institution the first in the islands to be formally elevated to the status of university.
Nalanda, Taxaxila and most Indian Universities 😭😭😭
They were destroyed by huns khilji like any other country lol
@@PremSingh-ch3wv yeah and many existing once were declare Religious Schools and discontinued by Brits
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@@gunadityapatil5009 no, those indian universities used to teach vedas, science, maths, astronomy and medicine
They aren't universities though just a place of learning university is a european word and concept the way they work 🤦♂️
University of Santo Tomas is the oldest extant university in Philippines and also in Asia. It was founded on April 12, 1611 by Spanish friar Miguel de Benavides, the Archbishop of Manila
it was elevated by Pope Innocent X to a university on November 20, 1645, in his brief, In Supreminenti. This makes the institution the first in the islands to be formally elevated to the status of university.
Built by the Spanish not Filipino
@@yohanapereira1629who asked bro?😂😂
As a student of the University of Bologna I feel so proud 🎓🇮🇹
Da emiliano mi sento fiero anch’io hahah
@@massimofari7510 Non sono dell'Emilia-Romagna, ma a Bologna mi sento a casa❤️ tantissime persone meravigliose!
Shut up Oxford for life
@@edwardmoyses4237 Cambridge for life
damn u guys r rich n smart enough
On the First map it isn‘t Frankfurt but Erfurt, the Capital of thuringia (Thüringen) in germany ;)
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"oh your place of learning is not real", when 70% of university is pretending to look at a chalk board for 4 months since you already read the book on the subject in 3 days.
I'm the 100th like!
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Blud is mad Europeans dont include their learning institutions as universities because universities are in definition european model education 😢😂 what a clown so butthurt
There was a dispute over the title of the Philippines’ oldest university. University of San Carlos claimed that it is older than University of Santo Thomas by 16 years by tracing its roots to the Colegio de San Ildefonso (established 1595). But later it was argued that University of San Carlos only took over the facility of the former Colegio de San Ildefonso and that there is no 'visible' and 'clear' link between San Carlos and San Ildefonso. In 2012, the dispute has been settled when the National Historical Commission of the Philippines published an online article recognizing UST as "Asia's Oldest University.”
The first university of America is located in the island of Hispaniola where the first European colony was established. It is University of Santo Domingo, founded by the Spanish in 1518 and issued university status by Pope Paul III in 1538. It's older than St. Marcus in Peru (1551) and Harvard in the United States (1636).
Yeah, I guess he screwed that up
Imperio Español!
The modern University of Santo Domingo is not the same as the Universidad de Santo Tomás de Aquino; it derives from a modern institution created in the 19th century, that was later elevated to University status. San Marcus in Peru is the oldest still functioning since it was established as such, without interruption for more than 400 years.
@@flaviotrue The name was changed after it became secular but it is still the same institution having the same continuous administration. They even use the same logo as in 1518. The same thing (name change) happened to St. Marcus which used to be called University of Lima yet you say it is the same institution. Both Santo Domingo's and Peru's universities were founded by the same order of preachers, the Dominicos, thus they were both structured using the same medieval-renaissance model. It is true that Santo Domingo has paused functions 2 times: for 14 years when the country was invaded by the French-Haitians in 1801, and for 8 years in 1916 when the United States army invaded. Even so, it is the oldest university in America by definition, just maybe not the oldest continuous functioning due to those 2 pauses.
@@forcakong2396 St Marcus never changed its name, there is another university with the name Universidad de Lima, usually that appellation is collocial to refer to St Marcus abroad, but since 1551 it has kept its name.
Im from the Philippines and I heard St. Thomas University and I asked myself from which province is that??? And I tried translating it in my mind and came up with Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas and I immediately felt like an idiot lol. UST as we commonly call it is 1km away from my house. LOL
WE ARE THE GROWLING TIGERS UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS... GO, GO, GO
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At least the US didn't destroy that too as many other thing when they occupied your country. Well, the spanish language was by force at school too.
@@alejomanuelguerrero9326 correction pls. Its not US who destroyed almost of the building in Manila. It was the F* Japanese who has no mercy to destroyed Manila and killled thousands of innocent people.
The oldest university of North America is the university of Mexico(Unam) , not Harvard almost a hundred years before
Actually, the oldest ones in North America are the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás Hidalgo, Michoacán, México (1540) and the Universidad de Santo Domingo, República Dominicana (1538)
What happened to Mexico? The University was established in 1551 and you don’t even mention it. Much older than Harvard or Kings College.
You're totally right! I completely forgot it, it's even older than the other latin american ones. Sorry!
He doesn't consider Mexico to be part of North America
@@diegom6053 No es verdad es que no lo descubrio antes, todods puenden hacer errores.
@@General.Knowledge You're wrong. The first university that was created in the American continent was the University of San Marcos in Lima, Peru (May 12, 1551). Since that date it has never stopped working. The university of Mexico was created in the same year but in September. That information had to have been said.
@@alessandroturchiarelli7419 ???? hablas español? no entiendo tu comentario, mejor usa ingles
I'm studying at Universidad de Santo Tomas, the oldest university in Asia, here in Philippines 💖🇵🇭
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Actually Nalanda University is the oldest in Asia and the world but ok buddy
@@shawn8246 that's prolly on India or smthn but we're talking about modern university.
@@jamesmatthew7368 It had full functioning education systems, professors, and was large. I guess westerners hate to see others doing stuff first
@@shawn8246 Philippines isn't a western country.
It's really sad that you didn't came across the name "Nalanda University' during your research. I understood the european defination for universities. And Nalanda still partially fits. Not gonna complain a lot. Just go through this article if you get some time: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nalanda
It was not an University my mate
It was made to teach hindus how to worship cows. And cow dung started from here
@@Dripxxl-i4k okay. At the end I'll just end up saying "I'm not even going to try to argue here. It's pretty pointless." Because you might have fallen victim to confirmation bias while doing the research. And I don't have time or energy to invest in debate.
@@tsvasekar what/
@@Dripxxl-i4k Nalanda University in morden day Bihar and Takshashila in morden day pakastin(both belonging to indian civilization) are in the list of oldest educational institution on the planet. Topics like religion,medicine and warfare were taught there
As I study in St Petersburg state university, I can say, actually it is not the same university which was established in 1724, that one slowly died off and current one arose from a later learning institution
I honestly think this might be the case for the majority of universities that are considered the 'oldest'
@@General.Knowledge Are you Scottish?
@@yew391 He is portuguese
@LE MONKE ohhh, that's why his Italian pronunciation was extremely well
Euler was kicking it back then in that university
in Brazil the oldest continuous is the Medicine College of Bahia in Salvador, founded in 1808 (some months older than the Rio de Janeiro one founded in the end of the same year) by Don João VI, and it became part of the UFBA in 1945.
O vídeo trata de universidades, não de faculdades.
@@diegorlsss Boa parte das universidades européias que ele fala começaram como faculdades de teologia e filosofia e depois foram criados outros cursos (até por isso precisavam de aprovação papal).
@@diegorlsss toda universidade começou sendo a faculdade de um curso específico e posteriormente foram sendo criados mais cursos.
@@maiconalexander4797 não é verdade. Por exemplo a Universidade de Coimbra foi fundada com o nome de Estudos Gerais, precisamente porque continha várias faculdades. E o mesmo com outras Universidades europeias do início. Essa sua afirmação não tem qualquer base.
@@miguellemos4669 beleza, então nem todas, mas grande parte sim começaram com um curso e depois foram sendo criados outros. Aqui no Brasil mesmo, a UFBA e a UFRJ que são as mais antigas do país foram assim, a UFSC onde eu estudei foi assim...
Amigo, "gn" italiano = "nh" português. "ll" espanhol = "lh" português (antigamente) = "i" (hoje). +/-
Gn is Also in French ,i guess
'lh' in portuguese is also 'gl' in Italian today
Nope, in spanish is "ñ"
@@xenagos3336 Nope to what?
@@nelsonricardo3729 gn is not ll
I love how Sankore and Al Azhar were dismissed, to make it appear as if South Africa had the first learning center on the continent :)
I was also surprised that Al Azhar was just labeled "Madrasa". Also, the ancient learning centers in Iraq and Persia were ignored.
When you know that licence was adopted from the araby word ijaza meaning your master give you the right to teach
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Your map is wrong in the case of South America. The National University of Córdoba in Argentina is the second oldest in the sub-continent, yet Peru and Colombia appear to be coloured in a way which suggests they have at least one older university, leaving one to think Córdoba and therefore, Argentina, are left third. Please check your sources.
I don't even get what the colour code is supposed to mean ¯\_🤨_/¯
no one mentioned The Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) (Autonomous University of Santo Domingo) in Dominican Republic, a succesor of The Universidad de Santo Tomás de Aquino (St. Thomas Aquinas University) which was founded in 1538 as the first university in the Americas :/ .
The University of St Thomas Aquinas got its Papal Bull and began awarding degrees in 1538, but its charter from the Holy Roman Emperor came 20 years later, which means Lima and Mexico had royal recognition earlier (they got Bullae and Charters in 1551).
In Flanders/Belgium the University of leuven was founded in 1425. Under Napoleon it was expelled, however - to use the narrator's words - returned some time later. Nice to see that there are so many Universities with long histories.
The oldest university in the American Continent is not St. Marcus, Peru is UASD (Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo) in the Dominican Republic the first colony in the new world founded in October 28, 1538.
It has been defunct for a while so I guess it doesn't count
@@quidam_surprise No, it is still active today in 2021.
The first law scholars and founders of the University (the glossatori) in Bologna were so important that the biggest tombs in Bologna are dedicated to them
Interesting video. When showing your 10 oldest European universities, you have Cambridge(1209) placed before Paris (1150). Seems like they should be switched.
@idriss samhoud Nope. Fake news. They were just local madrassas not a University. By that criteria there are lot of places way before that in europe and other parts.
Come non possiamo essere orgogliosi guardando questo video?🇮🇹
Già, peccato che oggi nella nostra lingua c’è una parola inglese su 3 e importa solo a poche persone..😢
@@user-is1pb5ds9b non pensare che siamo gli unici comunque...
@@jacopobaccarin7623 tra i paesi europei solo noi siamo a questo livello, forse solo il rumeno ha inglesismi in numero eccessivo come in italiano.. e comunque secondo me non ha molto senso fare paragoni del genere, io penso a quello che succede in Italia e non mi interessa cosa fanno in Polonia (esempio). Da altri paesi Imiterei solo cose positive e che funzionino
Ps. Questa è solo la mia opinione
@@user-is1pb5ds9b Veramente il vocabolario italiano è molto completo, se le persone si spostano verso gli inglesismi è per la crescente globalizzazione e perchè il linguaggio universale è l'inglese. A lei magari sembra aberrante la situazione, ma la lingua è fluida, non si può pretendere che non cambi e non si evolva. Ci sono lati positivi e negativi di tutto ma la lingua italiana non verrà distrutta da qualche inglesismo
Io quando vedo che la mia città che non conosce nessuno finisce da qualche parte🤩
Founded in 1538 the current Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, in Dominican Republic 🇩🇴, is the oldest university of the Americas.
WTF, the oldest in North America should be in Mexico...
True
Spain founded universities on their Virreinatos (not colonies). It is true that Britain, France, Holland and other alike treated the naturals as second class citizens, while Spain mixed bloods and undistinguished rights among native, mixed and Spanish.
Coimbra was so fun, it was the longest time ever of my life standing in a queue but it was worth it!!
In Brazil we have older institutions. For example the Royal Academy of artillery, fortification and design, founded in 1792, which is now the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro’s school of engineering (Polytechnic School - UFRJ), being the oldest school of engineering in America
Spain founded 25 universities before 1792, many of which covered engineering disciplines. Spain was during the 16th and 17th centuries, the first power in the world. It's impossible to dominate the world for two centuries without the best technology and science of the time. That being said, Portugal also had its glorious moment, full of technological and scientific feats as well.
The medical faculty of Montpellier (in France), is some time considered as the oldest medecin universty (in the world), she was created in 1220, i'm very supprised to not see her anywere after 0:12
The medical school at Salerno was older, but it's no longer in existence, having been closed by Napoleon (along with every other university and college) and never reopened.
The first university to give MD degree is al Quaraweiin in Fes Morocco according to UNISCO
The thumbnail shows a university in Iran from 1315, the map colour show it being red, thus the second oldest possible map colour, and yet no mention of it in Asia, instead, mentions universities appearing 500 years later by european colonist. Odd...
The University of Al-Karaouine is actually considered by a lot of sources as the oldest continuous university in the world, yet this video somehow decides it doesn't get considered it as such.
Nor any mentions of the Nizamiyya of Baghdad and of Isfahan, both pre dating the university of Bologna which is still mentioned in the list at the end. Eurocentrism strikes again. Maybe we should try and remember while we were still in our dark ages, the rest of the world was flourishing and was having a cultural and scientific golden age while we were still wondering if we should be hanging or burning witches.
Fun fact : The world first university ever built was in India called Nalanda university build around 5th century , its not in the list because now its a heritage site and as he said the term university doesn’t qualify it but it was a university of science and religion.
good one ! same as FEz in marocco has an very old one somewhere 760 770s... nowhere mensioned! how about IRaq? Egypt? Palestine? OLDEST NATIONS in the world? nowhere mensioned...
This is what i was searching for...Nice one brother
@R K i think thats harsh he mentioned it in beginning so therefore you shouldn’t get that much offended
But nobody study there so in not an "living university" still now
*is not an
I think you missed " Oon University " in Ancient Egypt which was located in western Cairo in modern day and it's way older than the oldest one in your list . Good to mention that "Oon" means the eye of the sun ☀️. Thanks !
Great video! I'm a bit surprised that you only mentioned the University of Paris / la Sorbonne when you talked about old French universities. For example, the University of Toulouse was founded in 1229 (it recently separated into several entities but so did the Sorbonne) and for the University of Montpellier it was in 1289 (that one might be arguable since it was inactive for centuries and only recreated in 2015).
Couldn't let the Italians and the English take all the credit! XD
There were at least 17 universities before the 15th century in France.
However their activities were interrupted during the French revolution (suppression of privileges by the provision of the goods of the clergy to the republic), and resumed their university activities from the beginning of the 19th century.
@@srr9982 Indeed, and I do believe that the video focuses on universities that were created long ago and are still active now, despite any interruption in their functioning. Otherwise, the Sorbonne shouldn't figure in the video either, since it too was shut down during the Revolution.
@@odysseus231 I think so too, and indeed the Sorbonne was closed during the Revolution.
And by not explaining why, the video suggests something else.
The video suggests that quantitavely there are fewer universities in France than elsewhere before the 15th century.
Otherwise I do not see why make an exception with the Parisian university and not list the 13 others French universities founded before the 15th century and still active today.
@@srr9982 Exactly my point! I'm glad that we see eye to eye on this 😉
@@odysseus231 Completely agree with the points on Toulouse and Montpellier, the guys were badly prepared ...
Well, if you take what the europeans defined as an university of course the oldest ones will be in their continent...
But “university” is an European concept, to be more specific it’s a concept from Roma, which with the control of Church spread the concept “university” throughout Europe. And European colonial powers like England, Portugal, France and Spain spread that Roma notion of university throughout their colonies
Blud is mad they didnt include their schools teaching religion and war or smth 😂
The oldest University in The Americas is the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) in Dominican Republic. It was founded on October 28 1538 by the Spaniards under the name Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, but was not recognized as such an institution by the Spanish Crown until 20 years later. However this means that by the time of the creation of the Universidad de San Marcos in Peru; the Dominican Republic one already had 13 years in operation
@José Agreda No, you are extremely wrong. The UASD was recognized by a papal bull in 1538 and IT GRANTED higher education degrees since its foundation IN THE YEAR OF 1538.
Mate, you can't have Iran with the same color as the western European countries and not talk about it
Click bait 😂. I agree why is Iran Red and you didn’t even mention it?
You missed the Takshila University, which was founded even before birth of Christ, and the Nalanda University, which was founded in 5th century AD. Both were in ancient India.
That is not operational now.
@@jonasdavies1806 but you can't deny the fact that there were universities much before the ones mentioned in the video. There is no mention of University being operational or not operational in the video.
@@Mujikosoul 1:06 he is talking about institutional continuity.
@R K no they ddint when even the channel owner even liked the comment
Just because the "Model" is not the same it shouldn't count as an university.
For example India created the numbers that we used today and those european scholars learned them from them.
@@fgsaramago Look at the history of Arabic numbers and you will see that they are from Indian origin.
Filipe Saramago The so called ‘Arabic’ numerals were very much invented by Indians. Even the number 0 was invented by Indian Mathematician Aryabhatta. They are called Arabic numerals because they were spread to Europe from Arab merchants. And your claim that India ‘didn’t exist’ is illogical because it very much did exist and was known as Aryavarta or Bharata and still does.☺️
Rev absolutely! Jai Hind!🙏
@@fgsaramago wtf are you on about, yes the nation state of India didn't exist back then, doesn't mean that Indian empires didn't exist.
@@fgsaramago That is absolutely never mentioned in the titles, it just says the oldest universities in the world. Plus, it makes zero sense to simply confirm the definition to universities that fit a particular Eurocentric definition and is functional today, seems like it was meant to be narrowed down to omit otherwise obvious inclusions.
Great idea for a video! I have a couple of side notes, though.
0) I might be wrong but I always thought the Papal permission was needed only to teach (catholic) theology, which at the time was considered the most important and prestigious subject
1) There are several traits that distinguish "real" universities from other forms of higher education. And those traits are really important as they lead to the immense growth and development of science in general. I will try to list a couple of them here without any specific order: a) universities were accessible for all - no arbitrarily student picking, in many cases it was that the students hired their professors b) the staff status depended on public criteria (published works, public discussions - popular in medieval times) c) the universities were independent from governments, rulers and the Church itself (in many ways), it seems to be the leftover from their monastery affiliation/roots at start - e.g. in many countries even police cannot enter campuses without the special permission from the head of university d) all the European universities and European scientific community had the common scientific language (Latin), so both the professors and students, as well as publications could freely circulate within.
Why ignore Iran, that was the one I wanted to know about the most
Biased, undermining Muslim contributions, ignoring that their medieval era was the Muslims’ golden age which contributed a lot to the renaissance of Europe and their first industrial revolution
Yes, did not understood either, it's even stranger considering that this map is showing it as having universities as old as France, Spain or Portugal... making Iran ahead of other asian countries in term of modern universities it seems. I would have liked to hear the story behind that fact.
It’s probably just an oversight on his behalf. He is clearly trying to give merit to non-European universities. I know the Zoroastrians in Iran before the Islamic conquest were a very advanced society as well so I have no doubt they had amazing learning institutions.
@@mohamedsamak5023 HAHAHAHAHA, that bullshit still repeating? Go study please.
@@gonzalo20000 well I studied, why don’t you go and search for your self before you talk?..
Really enjoyed all the context and discussion.
The first university of America was Santo Tomas de Aquino (today UASD) in 1538, Dominican Republic
wrong.
@@MAP2023 then which is right
@@9lwa- Oficially under the King Charles V the University of San Marcos in 1551.
I think that colored map at 2:00 would actually be more accurate with siberia being shown as colonized by europe as the russians took control of an area that was originally lived in by steppe people and siberian tribal people.
The Pandidakterion, or also known as the University of Constantinople, was the first “true” University, when Theodosius II founded it in 425 AD.
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Original Name: Colegio Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario
Later:Colegio de Santo Tomás
Today: Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas ~ University of Santo Tomas
Me: literally finding PH university
Yeah . Where's USTE?
The oldest university in the American Continent is not St. Marcus, Peru is UASD (Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo) in the Dominican Republic the first colony in the new world founded in October 28, 1538.
it was elevated by Pope Innocent X to a university on November 20, 1645, in his brief, In Supreminenti.This makes the institution the first in the islands to be formally elevated to the status of university.
3:58 Wrong, the oldest one here in the Americas is the 'Michoacan University of Saint Nicholas of Hidalgo' (and by its acronym in spanish, UMNSH), founded in 1540 on what used to be the city of New Valladolid, now the city of Morelia in the state of Michoacan (Mexico).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universidad_Michoacana_de_San_Nicol%C3%A1s_de_Hidalgo
(Sorry that the only source that I found was Wikipedia, but it's the only one that I found that contains the date of the foundation of that university; also nice video btw).
Thanks I was about to post this cuz I knew Mexico had the oldest university in North America
How many people in the world are aware of Harvard University?
How many people in the world are aware of any university in Mexico?
Just sayin'.
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@@SilvanaDil so being more famous make you older??
@@SilvanaDil how many people are aware of it is irrelevant, we're discussing the age, being famous doesn't change that gringo.
I'm a student of the university of urbino in Italy that was founded in 1506 and I don't feel like something so unique in a country like Italy where most of the institutions are older than our own nation
The oldest university of Spain is the University of Palencia, founded about the same time as Bologna, later moved to Salamanca.
I know you already mentioned in the comments, but mexican universities are among the oldest in North America , we were already having a printing press before the american colonies even existed or were too busy comminting genocide
I'm going to point out that if the "American Colonies" didn't exist (By the time Mexico had printing presses) they couldn't possibly be "too busy committing genocide" Perhaps you are thinking of "The British Empire"
St. Thomas in the Philippines is more commonly known as University of Santo Tomas (Go USTe!!)
Regarding the list of the oldest learning places at the end, King's School in England should maybe treated similarly to the various early Italian universities in their separate states, as England did not exist at the time ~ King's School, was founded by Augustine of Canterbury in the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Kent
You are portuguese right?
In what district do you live?
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I _think_ he mentioned Leiria once, but I might be misremembering.
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Why does he pronounce spanish names so bad if he is portugal?
@@davidacosta9158 because he is portuguese not spanish
@@T0RR3Scp I'm Portuguese-American and my Español is pretty darned good, chico.
I'm so honoured to have studied in one of these! The've been really happy times
13:30 The oldest and still running University in the new world is St Thomas of Aquina in Dominican Republic (Now Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD)) Founded in 1518, Granted University Status in 1538.
0:10 I like on that map that the Holy Roman Empire Is just called "The Empire". ;)
Splendid video, thank you, especially the nuances (e.g. old higher institutions of learning in for example Africa). As a Dane I wanted to give due hounour to our eastern neigbours in Sweeden and "correct" you by saying that Upssala (in Sweeden) is older (founded 1477) than Copenhagen (founded 1479). We traditionally say that Upssala is the oldest university in the Norcic region. However, your video prompted me to check the sources. It seems you may have a point, there was a papal bull for Copenhagen in 1475 and for Upssala in 1477 - so it might be a matter of definition when we have to make up our mind about which university is oldest. But in the interest of peace let us stick to the traditional narrative and accord the honour to Upssala :-)
Amazing that you also find room for Serampora (founded by the Danish king Frederik VI in 1827.
This inspires me to write this chronological list of universities founded in the Danish realm (note that many are no longer in the Danish realm):
1479: Copenhagen.
1665: Kiel (now Germany).
1813: Christiania (now University of Oslo, in Norway).
1911: University of Iceland (Iceland became indenpendent in 1918 and a republic in 1944)
1928: Aarhus University (consistently the highest ranking of the universities founded in the Danish realm)
1965: Fróðskaparsetur Føroya / University of the Faroe Islands (home rule since 1948).
1966: University of Southern Denmark (Odense University)
1972: Roskilde Unmiversity
1974: Aalborg University.
1987: Ilisimatusarfik Kalaallit Nunaat / University of Greenland (home rule from 1979 and from 2009 self-rule)
Oldest of the New World founded by European Settlers and authorized by Pope’s Bulla is the Santo Tomás de Aquino in Santo Domingo de Guzman, oldest city of the American Continent, located in La Hispaniola, nowadays Dominican Republic and Haiti. It was founded on October 28, 1538. Its name was changed several times and today’s name is Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo
As a Sungkyunkwan University alumni, I'm very proud of my University's heritage. I understand that you have difficulty pronouncing our school because it is also difficult for us Korean speakers as well. Sungkyunkwan is a Chinese character-based name due to historical reasons.
The surprising fact is that all the historical figure featured on South Korean banknotes are related to Sungkyunkwan University. That's why SKKU is nicknamed the "Joseon Cartel" in South Korea (the majority of Joseon elite officials graduated from Sungkyunkwan)
1,000 Won - Yi Hwang (Professor of SKKU)
5,000 Won - Yulgok (Student of SKKU)
10,000 Won - Sejong The Great (Principal of SKKU)
50,000 Won - Sin Saimdang (Parents of SKKU student)
I have studied in two on the 10 oldest Universities - The University of Padova (Padua) and The University of Lisbon (as part of the Eramus+ Study program).
Bruh just realised you only have 300k subs you deserve waaaaay more
around 400k
@@greater8731 I raise you 416k
Lol I'm from Perugia a small city in the center of Italy, I didn't expect my university to be on the video even though I knew it's one of the oldest
Congrats! Great video!
*Wales* had a collage of theological learning at a place called *Llantwtit major* , it's thought to have been established circa *395AD* ,this making it Britain's - and Europe's oldest formal centre of learning.
In Canada, Laval University was there first as a religious school but was only recognized as a university later than King's college. Another effect of colonialism.
....mate the whole of Canada is a product of colonialism in general
then you better change the title to "european style universities"
The University of Lleida was founded in the year 1300, so it goes in the top 10 (it was closed for a few centuries due to politics, but now is reinstated).
The first and oldest university in the World was located in AFRICA founded in Timbuktu...The Sankoré Mosque was founded in 989 AD in the country today known as Mali. Mali was part of the ancient African Songhai Empire, one of the most powerful Kingdoms in the known world. It was located in the city of Timbuktu, a lynchpin in the trades of salt, gold, and other goods to the Arab, African and European powers of the time. That mosque would become known as the University of Sankoré and was so well known that it was added to maps produced in Europe.
Well the « Real y Pontificia Universidad de la Nueva España » (today’s UNAM) was officialy created on September 21, 1551 and inagurated on January 25, 1553; which makes it older than the others u mentioned 4 North America or the Americas
Also RPUM IS EXTINCT. UNAM IS A NEW UNIVERSITY FOUNDED IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
The Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, founded in 1538, is the oldest institution of higher education in the New World.
It was founded by Jose Gabriel Garcia and Emiliano Tejera in 1866 as the Professional Institute, replacing the former Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, one of the first universities of the Western Hemisphere (Americas), which was founded unofficially by a Papal bull in 1538, officially by royal decree in 1558, and closed in 1822. It was later renamed University of Santo Domingo in 1914
Looks like it was closed for many years
I noticed this video has swedish military marches as background music, NICE :)
Nice work. Thank you. Very interesting!
However, why Paris is third on your list whereas its University, The Sorbonne, is older (1150) than the one in Cambridge (1209) ?
The first university of Vietnam (Quốc Tử Giám) was offically established in 1076. Sadly it's no longer a university and didn't make it to this list. Nice video though, as always.
Sadly the name of Quốc Tử Giám 国子监 adopted from china‘s 国子监, and it is not a university because it mainly teaching about Confucianism.
It's not a University to begin with. It is just a mere educational institution for religious and philosophical teachings and not an organize, systematize and legalize form of an institution that a university should be.
@@user-ex2vv1nm2x The first part about the name of it, I agree. The second one, no.
1. It functioned as a place to train people before serving the country, teaching Confucianism was included but it was not the main purpose.
2. I don't know about the standard of universities back then and I believe that every country had its own standards back in the day. Maybe that's why the "school" is considered the first uni of Vietnam but not elsewhere. We don't need to debate about this (university or not) because it has nothing to do with the video, I'm just giving info.
3. It is known as the first uni of Vietnam. We are proud of it, but that doesn't mean that foreigners have to believe it cus people have different opinion.
@@alen-2802 Yes, I know its function. It's like a party school. Not like a university which doing researches.
@@alen-2802 I understand what you mean, everyone learnt something from their history class, but those are more like propaganda everywhere around the world.
at 0:17 it's Erfurt, not Frankfurt ;)
This is true!
@@General.Knowledge still a very interesting video!
I salute you general knowledge!
This was fascinating! I noticed that Iran was colored red on your map, though, which also suggested a particularly early institution, but that was not mentioned. Can you elaborate on that?
i thought university of sto.tomas of the philippines 1611?
Primarily, thank you for the video! But I think you could've talked about Gondishapur acadamey center in Iran (during the Sassanid empire 6-7 century AD) as an honorable mention (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Gondishapur)
University of Santo Tomas, Philippines. It is not translated.
Also, it's 1611 not 1645
Well actually the university of Palencia is the oldest in Spain being founded in the 1212 - It's quite fun because you have it in the map you showed at the beginning of the video...
The University of Leuven in today Belgium was founded in 1425. The French Republic closed it in 1797. In 1816, it resumed its activities, firstly as a public university and from 1836 as a catholic university.
Nalanda University, Vikramshila University, the oldest in the world
The map is just wrong for Brazil, The first university is in 1808 in Salvador when the Portuguese crown came here
Not considered an university in the criteria he is using. First ones actually came in the beginning of the 20th century.
@@Guizambaldi Nope it was straight up a university, literally called university of medicine of Bahia. In the same year one opened in Rio in 1808. Than two law school in 1827 in São Paulo and Olinda. My university is from 1870.
@@francogiobbimontesanti3826 The fact that it was called an university does not mean it was an university in the sense he is talking about in the video.
Probably because a single major, or few majors, plus low administrative freedom does not qualify as an university.
@@Guizambaldi Then how would it be any different from all of the other countries in Latin America? Also all universities start with just a few majors. You think bolongna has social studies, African history, nuclear physics and computer engineering in 1088. Of course not, they all started as Medicine and Law schools.
@@francogiobbimontesanti3826 I don't know what are the metrics he is using. But probably Bologna had philosophy, theology, medicine, law, engineering. Something like that.
An interesting institution to mention is the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. The university is considered the second oldest in the USA, and the only one that still has a royal charter. The charter has been amended twice in the USA, but has never been abandoned or revoked.
How the hell do you always know what video I want next!
Its Erfurt not Frankfurt, Lmao. Im from Frankfurt and our University is definitely not from 1379, but we have a building that were once the headquartes of one the biggest companies in Germany(IG Farben), and were after the second world war general (and later president) Dwight D. Eisenhower‘s office.
Yes, its spelled "Erfurt" on map, too. But this University were shut down in the 19th century (1816) and revived in 1994. So it is not a continuous university to this day.
By the way, the oldest university of the Word or the first-ever was the Acadamy in Athens 5th Centuries B.C.
I had been thinking about this, I Really don't understand how Grece could not be mentioned at all.
The Oldest Country In The World
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Nalanda University, Pataliputra(Modern Day Bihar, India) existed 500BC +
We have the first mentioned university at 2.000 BC,Homerus wad the first teacher
You know it's gonna be a good video when it starts with Du galma du fria.
Avignon University, in southern France, was founded in 1303, then closed during the French Revolution until the 1960s when it was reopened. So it's a mostly continuous functioning university during history.