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Origin of the University
The word “university” comes from the latin “universitas magistrorum et scholarium” and is a distinctly European institution as classically interpreted. However, that definition is premised upon a institution of higher learning that grants a degree or certification. If so, then the oldest universities are in Europe. If the definition of university means a higher institution of learning then the oldest are in the Arab world and in Africa.
The oldest of the European institutions is the University of Bologna which is the oldest university in the world and is the source of the word “university.” This university is thought to have been founded in 1088. The second oldest is the University of Oxford in the U.K., founded, in 1096. Thereafter another 30 or so institutions of learning were found in Europe until the founding of the University of Copenhagen in 1479, a veritable newcomer to education by European standards.
Early History of the University of Copenhagen
The University of Copenhagen, first founded in 1479, is the oldest university in Denmark. The university presently has 37,000 students of which 59 per cent are female. Of the total student body, 2800 are foreign students.
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