Oldest universities by founding year

28 universities on Codexery, ordered by founding year from Jagiellonian University (1364) to Indira Gandhi National Open University (1985). Every figure comes from the entry's cited source article, and each name links to its full Codexery page.

28 entries from 2 codexes · Last updated 2026-11-10 · Click a column heading to sort

				Source
1	Jagiellonian University Universities	1364	Kraków	source
2	Heidelberg University Universities And Colleges	1386	Heidelberg	source
3	Leipzig University Universities	1409	Leipzig	source
4	Istanbul University Universities	1453	Istanbul	source
5	King's College London Universities	1561	–	source
6	Leiden University Universities	1575	–	source
7	Harvard University Universities And Colleges	1636	–	source
8	Moscow State University Universities	1755	Moscow	source
9	Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Universities And Colleges	1792	Rio de Janeiro	source
10	Humboldt University of Berlin Universities	1810	–	source
11	McGill University Universities	1821	–	source
12	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Universities	1825	–	source
13	Delft University of Technology Universities And Colleges	1842	Delft	source
14	ETH Zurich Universities And Colleges	1854	–	source
15	Keio University Universities	1858	Minato	source
16	Nagoya University Universities	1871	–	source
17	Hokkaido University Universities And Colleges	1876	Sapporo	source
18	Johns Hopkins University Universities	1876	Baltimore	source
19	Kyushu University Universities	1903	Fukuoka	source
20	Fudan University Universities And Colleges	1905	–	source
21	Korea University Universities	1905	Seongbuk District, Seoul	source
22	Imperial College London Universities And Colleges	1907	London	source
23	National Autonomous University of Mexico Universities	1910	Mexico City	source
24	Hebrew University of Jerusalem Universities And Colleges	1918	Jerusalem and Rehovot	source
25	Harbin Institute of Technology Universities And Colleges	1920	Harbin, Heilongjiang / Weihai, Shandong / Shenzhen, Guangdong	source
26	Free University of Berlin Universities And Colleges	1948	Berlin	source
27	KAIST Universities	1971	Yuseong	source
28	Indira Gandhi National Open University Universities	1985	New Delhi	source

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Includes universities from Codexery codexes where at least 70% of entries are sourced and carry this field; an entry is listed only when the value shown appears in its own cited source article. Entries without a verifiable founding year are left out rather than estimated. Values are copied from structured data already on each Codexery page and re-checked against the linked source; nothing on this page is estimated or written by a model. Spot an error? Use “Suggest an edit” on the entry’s page.

Oldest universities by founding year

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