Check Out The Oldest University In The English World That’s Still Taking Lead Among The Best Till Date

There are so many old univerties/schools in the past that have gone dilapidated under no recognition today, while some can’ t match up with the today modern universities.

The Oxford University was the oldest university in the English- speaking world. Which has no clear date when it was founded. Beside knowing the actual date it was founded, teaching had been taking in the University around 1096.

Oxford University which was so old, still functions so great with much researches carried out in the place as other modern universities does across the world.

According to history, ” Oxford University developed very fast from 1167, when Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris.” Duo to this effect many English speaking students moved to school at Oxford.

Oxford University has produced so many high profile alumni in the world list which includes 28 UK Prime Ministers, 20 Archbishops of Canterbury, 12 saints, 27 Nobel laureates, 50 Nobel Prize winners. No old university in the world matched to maintain its stand in the modern world today.

As the largest university press in the world, Oxford currently rank fifth in the world rankings, it stand out to be the highest- ranked and oldest universities in the world.

However, there are so many other old universities in the world that are also still operating as well, but their ranking is not to compare with Oxford University. They includes;

• University of Bologna

Established in 1088. It’ s the only University older than the Oxford University. It current ranked 160th in the QS World University Rankings 2021

• The University of Salamanca

This was also founded as one of the oldest in 1134, which located at Spain. It ranked between 601- 650 range of the QS World University Rankings 2021 and so many others…