Chronography of Universities and Colleges non-UK
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27 February 425, The Pandidakterion
was founded in Constantinople
by Emperor
Theodosius II. This was effectrively a very early university
institution, with 31 chairs for law, philosophy, medicine, arithmetic,
geometry, astronomy, music, rhetoric and other subjects; 15 in Latin and 16 in
Greek. This university existed until the 15th century.
Note, founding
dates of universities can be uncertain. Universities began as something rather
different from today, as informal groups of scholars and students, sometimes in
monastic settings. Other universities developed from technical or industrial
colleges. Universities have been suppressed or abandoned, merged, re-started,
and may move from place to place over time. Satellite colleges may be founded, which
may in time become universities themselves.
Europe
Austria
1622, Benedictine
University of Salzburg founded. Closed, 1810.
1586, Graz University, Jesuit, founded.
1365, Vienna University founded.
Belgium
1834, Brussels University was founded.
1817, Liege University was founded.
1425, Louvain University was founded.
Bulgaria
1880, Sofia University,
Bulgaria, founded.
Croatia
1874, Zagreb University was founded.
Czechia and Slovakia
1581, The University of Olmutz, Czech
Republic, was founded. Dissolved in 1778, it was re-founded in 1827.
1348, Prague University founded by King Charles IV.
Denmark
1933, Aarhus University was founded.
1479, Copenhagen University was founded by King Christian I.
Estonia
1632, The University of Dorpat (Yurev)
(now, Tartu),
Estonia, was founded by Gustavus Adolphus. It was re-established by Tsar
Alexander I in 1802. It is now the University of Estonia (re-founded 1919).
Finland
1640, Helsinki University was founded; originally in Abo, moved to
Helsinki in 1827. In 1906 it had 1,921 students (328 women) and 141 teaching
staff. In 1936 it had 6,000 students and 353 teaching staff.
France
Expansion
of French university education 1956-2012. Figures are % of French electorate
|
Highest qualification attained |
1956 |
2012 |
|
Primary |
72 |
18 |
|
Secondary |
23 |
56 |
|
Tertiary |
5 |
26 |
Picketty,
Thomas (2018), Brahmin Left vs Merchant Right: Rising Inequality & the
Changing Structure of Political Conflict, WID.world WORKING PAPER SERIES N�
2018/7
http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/Piketty2018.pdf
1872, Strasbourg University was founded (then in Germany). See 1621.
10 May 1806. The
University of France
was founded.
1751, The Ecole
Superieure de Guerre (Academy of War) was established in Paris.
1621, University of Strasbourg founded. It ceased to operate duiing the
French Revolution; a new academy was established in 1801. See also 1872.
1562, University of Lille founded.
1552, Douay University founded by King Philip II.
1464, The University of Bourges
founded.
1461, The University of Nantes
founded.
1459, The University of Valence
founded.
1450, The University of Besancon
founded.
1441, The University of Bordeaux founded.
1437, The University of Caen
founded.
1431, The Universitiy of Poitiers founded.
12/7/1429, John Gerson, Chancellor of the University of
Paris, died (born 14 December 1363).
1426, Louvain University founded.
1409, The University of Aix founded.
1365, The University of Orange opened.
14 December 1363, John Gerson, Chancellor of the University of Paris,
was born (died 12/7/1429).
1349, The University of Perpignan founded.
1339, Grenoble University founded.
1332, The University of Cahors opened.
1307, Orleans University founded.
1289, Montpellier University founded.
1265, The University of Avignon opened.
1256, Sorbonne College, Paris, opened. It had
been founded by Robert
of Sorbon in 1253.
1235, The University of Orleans founded.
1229, Toulouse University founded.
9 October 1201, Robert de Sorbon, who founded
the Sorbonne University, was born.
1150, The University of Paris founded.
Germany
1919, Hamburg University
founded,
1902, Munster University
founded.
1863, Darmstadt Technological
University was founded.
1826, Munich University, Hamburg,
was founded. See 1472, Ingoldstadt.
1818, Bonn University was
founded.
1811, University of Breslau
founded.
16 August 1809. The
University of Berlin was re-founded. Originally founded,1574, it was
refounded by German scholar, diplomat and educator, Wilhelm von Humboldt, who
believed education was necessary to produce patriotic citizens. The German
nationalist philosopher Johann Gottleib Fichte became the first Rector.
1743, University of Erlangen
founded.
1737, Gottingen University was
founded.
1694, University of Halle was
founded.
1665, University of Kiel was founded.
1607, University of Giessen was founded.
1582, Wurtzburg University was founded.
1567, University of Helmstedt,
Brunswick, was founded.
1558, University of Jena was founded.
1544, The University of
Konigsberg was founded.
1527, The first Protestant
University was founded, at Marburg by Philip the Magnanimous.
1506, University of Frankfurt am
Oder founded (transferred to Breslau, 1811, see Wroclaw, Poland).
1502, Wittemberg University was
founded.
1477, Tubingen University was
founded.
1472, Ingoldstadt University was
founded. Transferred to Landshut, 1800, and to Munich in 1826.
17 October 1456, The University of Greifswald was
established.
1455, Frieburg University was
founded.
1450, Trier University was
founded.
1419, Rostock University was
founded.
1409, Leipzig University was
founded by German refugees from Prague.
1388, Cologne University was
founded. It lasted until 1797, and was refounded in 1919.
18 October 1386, The University of Heidelberg was founded.
This is the oldest continuously-existing university in Germany.
1378, Erfurt University was
founded (closed 1816).
Greece
1837, The University of Athens was founded in Greece.
Hungary
1844, The Polytechnicum in Budapest was founded.
1635, Budapest University, Hungary, founded.
1367, The University of Pecs was founded.
Iceland � see also Iceland
1988, Tbe University of Akureyri
was founded.
17 June 1911, The University of Iceland was established, on the
centenary of the birth of Jon Sigurdsson.
1909, A law school opened in
Reykjavik.
1908, A teacher training college
was established in Reykjavik. In 1972 this college was authorised to train for
teaching at university level.
1905, A business and commerce
college was set up in Reykjavik.
1904, Iceland�s first Technical
Training College opened in Reykjavik.
1891, A College of Navigation
opened in Reykjavik.
1876, A medical school opened in
Reykjavik.
1972, The University of Limerick was founded, as the National Institute for
Higher Education Limerick. It became a university in 1989l
June 1903, The Senate of Dublin
University voted to open its degrees to women.
1899, The Department of
Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland was established, to provide agricultural
education,
1854, Univsersity College was founded in Dublin.
1592, Dublin University (Trinity College) was founded by English monarch Queen Elizabeth
I. However an older establishment was founded in 1320, connected with
St Patrick�s Cathedral.
1701, University of Venice founded.
1687, University of Bologna re-founded
(see 1088).
1677, University of Sassari, Sardinia,
founded. It reopened in 1766.
1645, University of Palermo
founded.
1623, Genoa University founded.
1601, University of Parma
re-founded.
1548, University of Messina
founded.
1447, Palermo University
founded.
1444, Catania University,
Sicily, was founded.
19 October 1434, University of Catania founded.
1428, The University of Florence
(see 1349) began to teach Greek and Latin literature, with emphasis on history
and its bearing on human behaviour and moral values.
1422, Parma University founded.
1412, Turin University founded.
4 March 1391, Ferrara University was founded.
1390, Pavia University founded.
1358, Lucca University was
founded.
1349, Florence University was
founded. See 1428.
1329, Pisa University founded.
1320, Perugia University was founded.
1248, Piacenza University was founded.
1244, Rome University was founded.
Refounded in 1611.
1240, Siena University was founded.
1228, Vercelli University was founded.
5 June 1224, Naples University was founded by Holy Roman
Emperor Fredefrick II.
1222, Padua University founded.
1215, Arezzo University was
founded.
1204, Vicenza University was
founded.
The world�s seventh-oldest university. (unless 1188, Reggio)
1188, Reggio University/School
was founded.
1175, Modena University was founded. The
world�s sixth-oldest university.
1088/1119. Bologna University founded.
In 1262 it is reputed to have had 10,000 students, as against 3,400 in 1935. The
world�s third-oldest university. See 1687.
850,
Salerno School
was founded.
Its early history is uncertain, but it probably first existed as a school for
ecclestiastical, legal and medical studies.
Netherlands
1880, The Free (Calvinistic) University
of Amsterdam was founded. It has had degree-awarding� powers since 1905.
1877, The University of
Amsterdam was founded. It was formerly an Atheneum.
1864, The State Polytechnic
school at Delft was founded, for the study of engineering.
26 March 1636, The University of Utrecht was founded.
1614, The University of
Groningen, Netherlands,
founded.
1603, Harderwyck Atheneum was
founded; closed 1811
1585, Franeker Atheneum was
founded; closed 1811
1575, University of Leyden was founded
by William of Orange. See Netherlands 1574.
Norway
1968, Tromso University was established.
1811, The University of Christiania, Oslo, opened.
Poland
1945, The University of
Torun was established.
24 May 1945, The University of Lodz, Poland, was
founded.
1811, The University of
Wroclaw (then Breslau, Germany) was founded, see Frankfurt on Oder,
Germany, 1506.
1576, University of Warsaw was founded. Suppressed in 1832, it was
reopened in 1864.
5 November 1370. King Casimir III of Poland
died in a hunting accident, aged 60, after a 30 year reign. He founded the University of Cracow, in 1364, and
codified the law and administration.
Portugal
1911, Oporto
University was founded. The University of Lisbon was founded.
1 March 1290, The University of Coimbra was founded in Lisbon, Portugal
by King
Denis of Portugal; it moved to Coimbra in 1537.
Romania
1872, The University of Cluj (then,
Kolozsvar, Hungary) was founded.
1864, Bucharest University was founded.
Russia/USSR
1918, A second university in
Moscow was founded.
1834, Kiev University was
founded by Tsar
Nicholas I.
1804, The University of Kazan was founded
by Alexander
I.
12 January 1755. The first Russian
university, at Moscow, opened.
Slovakia, see Czechia
1990, Pompeu Fabra University
was founded by the Autonomous Government of Catalonia in 1990. It was named
after the linguist Pompeu Fabra, an expert on the Catalan language.
1712, University of Madrid was founded.
1542, University of Zaragoza was
founded.
1531, University of Granada was founded.
1504, University of Santiago de
Compostela founded by Papal Bull from Pope Julius II.
1500, Valencia University was
founded.
1483, The University of Palma
was founded.
1482, The University of Avila
was founded. It was reduced to a college in 1807.
1474, The University of
Saragossa was founded.
1430, University of Barcelona
founded. It was suppressed in 1714 but restored in 1841.
1359, The University of Huesca
was founded,
1348, The University of
Valladolid was founded.
1300, The University of Lerida
was founded.
1254, The University of Seville
was founded.
1208, The University of Castile
was founded at Palencia. It was moved to Salamanca in 1239.
1134, Salamanca University was
founded. The world�s fifth-oldest university.
968, Cordoba School was founded.
1832, University of Zurich founded.
1559, University of Geneva founded.
1533, University of Lausanne founded.
4 April 1460, The University of Basle opened. It was founded by Pope Pius II.
Sweden
1891, Gothenburg University (Hogskola)
was founded.
1668, The University of Lund was founded.
27 February 1477, The Swedish University of Uppsala was
founded, becoming the first university in Sweden and all of Scandinavia.
Ukraine
1804, Kharkhiv University established
Former Yugoslavia
28 June 1960, The University of Novi Sad was founded in
Yugoslavia.
1919, Ljubljana University, Slovenia,
was founded.
1467, The University of Bratislava,
Slovakia, was founded.
Asia
Afghanistan
1932, The first university in Afghanistan
was founded, in Kabul.
Bangladesh
1921, Dhaka University, Bangladesh,
was founded.
China,
1980, China restored the awarding of
academic degrees, previously banned as a sign of class distinction.
1977, China restored the gaokao exams; end of school exams that
determine whether one is admitted to a leading university; important for career
progression in China. They had been abolished by Mao, who had instead filled the
colleged with less-educated devotees of Maoism. There was initial rejoicing at
this restoration. However the gaokao
has attracted increasing concern for the huge stress it imposes on final year
schoolchildren.
1976, China reopened its universities for
the first time since the Cultural Revolution of 1966.
1902, In China, new colleges across 11
provinces were opened for the study of Western sciences.
260, Nanjing University was founded.
India
24 November 1969, Guru Nanak Dev
University was established at Amritsar, Punjab State, India, on the 500th
birthday of the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak.
1917, Patna University, Bihar, India, was founded.
1857, Bombay University was founded.
1857, Madras University, India, founded.
24 January 1857, Calcutta (Kolkata)
University was founded.
1816, The Hindu College was founded at Calcutta (Kolkata).
Iran
23 November 1949, The Mashhad
University Faculty of Medicine, Iran, was officially opened by Dr Zanganeh,
the Iranian
minister of culture.
Israel
1 April 1925, The Hebrew
University at Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, was opened by Lord Balfour.
Japan
1973, Tsukuba University was founded,
1882, Waseda University, Japan, was founded as the Tokyo College;
became Waseda University in 1902.
1877, Tokyo University was founded in Japan.
Jordan
1961, The University of Jordan, Amman, opened.
Lebanon
1866, Beirut�s American University was founded as the Syrian Protestant College. It was renamed in 1920.
Malaysia,
1961, The University of Malaya opened at Kuala
Lumpur. By 1963 it had 1,600 students.
Pakistan,
6/1952, Karachi University was established
Philippines
1 April 1978, The Philippine
College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, became the Polytechnic
University of the Philippines.
1919, The Jos� Rizal University, Mandaluyong City, Philippines, was founded
in 1919 by Vicente
Fabella.
14 June 1910, The University of
the Philippines Los Ba�os was
opened as a college of agriculture, with 50 students taught by Dr. Edwin
Copeland.
1611, The University of Santo Tomas, Manila, was founded,
1595, The University of San Carlos was founded at Cebu City, Philippines.
Saudi Arabia,
1979, The Umm al Qura University, Makkah,
was founded, and gained university status in 1981.
1975, The King Faisal University, Dammam,
was founded.
1967, The King Adbul Aziz University,
Jeddah, was founded.
23 September 1963, The College of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, was
founded. It gained university status in 1975 as the King Fahd University of
Petroleum and Minerals.
1961, The Islamic University, Medina, was
founded.
1957, King Saud University was founded,
as Riyadh University; renamed 1982.
1953, The Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic
University, Riyadh, was founded (gained university status in 1974).
Thailand
1964, Chiang Mai University, northern Thailand, was founded.
Oceania
Australia
1946, The Australia National University, Canberra, was founded.
10 December 1916, The De La Salle College Ashfield was established in
Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia.
1893, The University of Tasmania, Hobart, opened (established 1890)
1876, The University of Adelaide opened (established by Act, 1874).
22
January 1853, The University of Melbourne,
Australia, was established by Act of Incorporation.
1850, The University of Sydney, Australia, was founded.
New Zealand
1882, Auckland University, New Zealand, was founded.
Africa
Algeria
1879, The University of Algiers was founded.
Benin
1970, The University of Benin
was founded.
Egypt,
1977, Egyptian universities were in
crisis, with the number of students having risen from 200,000 in 1970 to
500,000 in 1977. Lecture halls and laboratories were grossly overcroweded,
making it especially hard on rural female students unused to such close
proximity to males. Obtaining a degree was no guarantee of well paid work and
even the professors were poorly remunerated.
1957, Asyut University, Egypt, was founded.
1950, Ein Shams University, Cairo, was founded.
1908, The modern Cairo University was founded.
972, Cairo University founded. The world�s second-oldest university.
Ghana,
1962, The University of Ghana, at Legon, near Accra, opened
1962, The Kwame Nkrumah University of Arts, Science and Technology opened at
Kumasi
December 1962, The University College of Cape Coast opened.
1948, University College Ghana opened.
1924, Achimota College, Ghana (then,
Gold Coast) was established by Sir Gordon Guggisberg. The aim was to create
an educated African elite who could administer the colony. By 1938 the College
was offering degree courses.
Liberia
1814, Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Liberia, was founded as a missionary
college. In 1827 it became a training college for teachers and missionaries,
and was affiliated to the Universityof Durham (UK) in 1876 for degree-awarding
purposes. Fourah College educated many of the ruling elite of West Africa, and
many leaders of various African nationalist movements were taught there.
Mali
989, Sankorah University / Madrassah was founded in Timbuktu.
Morocco
859, Fez University (Al Karouine University), Morocco, was founded. This is
the world�s oldest university
Nigeria
1962, Ibadan University, Nigeria, was founded.
South Africa
1949, Natal University, South Africa, was founded.
2 April 1918, Cape Town University,
South Africa, was inaugurated, with the Prince of Wales as its first
Chancellor.
1873, The University of South Africa was founded at Pretoria.
1 October 1829, Cape Town University,
South Africa, was founded, as the South
African College.
Sudan
1956, The University of Khartoum was founded, a merger of the Gordon Memorial
College and the Kitchener School of Medicine.
North America
Canada,
1966, The University of Calgary became indeoendent from the University of Alberta.
1925, The Memorial University of
Newfoundlamd was founded, as Memorial
College, in St Johns.
1908, The University of Alberta was founded at Edmonton. The University of British Columbia was
founded at Vancouver.
1907, The University of Saskatchewan was founded at Saskatoon.
1877, The University of Manitoba was founded in Winnipeg.
1869, The University of California opened; founded in 1855 as the College
of California.
1866, The University of Ottawa was founded in Ontario.
1859, Canada�s first Agricultural College was
founded, St Annes, in Quebec. It is
now affiliated with Laval University.
1852, Laval University (Quebec) was founded. It began as a Roman Catholic
seminary in 1663.
1851, The University of Toronto began offering the country�s first agricultural
degrees.
1841, Queen�s University, Kingston, Ontario, founded.
1827, The University of Toronto was
founded in Ontario.
31 March 1821, McGill
University, Montreal, Quebec, founded.
1818, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, founded.
1802, St Mary�s University was founded in Halifax,
Nova Scotia.
1785, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, founded.
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South America, inc. Central America, Caribbean
1948, The University of the West Indies
was established, in Kingston, Jamaica; It is sited on a former sugar
plantation.
1920, Rio de Janeiro University
was founded.
1833, The National University of the
Republic, Uruguay, was founded.
1810,
The National University of Nicaragua opened.
1728,
The University of Havana (Cuba) was founded.
1676,
The University of San Carlos of Guatemala was established at Guatemala City.
21 September 1551, The National University of
Mexico was founded in Mexico City. It formally opened on 25 January 1533. It
suspended operations in 1833 and officially ceased to exist in 1865. In 1865 in
its place were established Colleges of Law, Medicine and Engineering.����
Argentina
1821, The University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, was founded.
1613,
The University of Cordoba, Argentina, was founded.
Chile
1859, Valparaiso University,
Chile, founded.
19
November 1842, The University of Santiago, Chile, was
founded by scholar and poet Andres Bello, aged 60. An earlier University of
Chile had been founded in 1738 by the King of Spain.
Colombia
1803, The Universidad deAntioquia was established.
1572,
The University of Bogota, Colombia,
was established.
Dominican
Republic
16 November 1914, The University of
Santo Domingo was established in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
28 October 1538, The first university in the Americas, the Universidad Santo Tomas de Aquino,
Santo Domingo, was founded.
Ecuador
1787,
The University of Quito, Ecuador,
was founded.
1594,
The Central University of Ecuador
began, as a school in Quito.
Peru
1825, Arequipa University, Peru,
was founded.
1598,
Cuzco University (Peru) was founded.
1551,
The University of San Marcos, Lima,
Peru, was established.
Puerto Rico
12 March 1903, The University of Puerto Rico was
officially founded.