The Oldest and Most Prestigious Universities ๐ซ 1. ๐ฒ๐ฆ University of Al Quaraouiyine โ 859 CE 2. ๐ช๐ฌ Al-Azhar University โ 970 CE 3. ๐ฎ๐น University of Bologna โ 1088 4. ๐ฌ๐ง University of Oxford โ 1096 5. ๐ซ๐ทโฆ



Al-Azhar University, situated in the heart of Cairo, is among the oldest continuously operating universities in the world and the foremost seat of Sunni Islamic scholarship.