Colby Nolan (2004) was awarded an MBA degree

 

the Virtual Global University (2001)

 

the Maclean's Guide to Canadian Universities (2001) is published annually in March

 

wikipedia (January 15, 2001)

 

UniSPIEGEL (1998)

 

JSTOR (1995)

 

UNIS (1993)

 

college and university rankings

 

Concordia University (August 24, 1974)

 

the Open University (1969) is the UK's "open learning" university

 

Middle East Technical University (1956)

 

Robert Hutchins' University of Utopia (1953)

 

the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1925)

 

Hochschule für Philosophie München (1925)

 

Stanford University (1891)

 

the University of Texas at Austin (1883)

 

Carnegie libraries (1883)

 

the University of Athens (1837)

 

the Institut de France (October 25, 1795)

 

the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (1692)

 

Harvard University (September 8, 1636)

 

the Accademia dei Lincei (1603)

 

Königsberg Albertina University (1544-1945)

 

University of Aberdeen (1495)

 

University of Copenhagen (1479)

 

Universität zu Köln (1388)

 

University of Heidelberg (1386)

 

University of Vienna (1365)

 

Charles University in Prague (1348)

 

University of Rome La Sapienza (1303)

 

University of Lisbon (1290)

 

University of Montpellier (1289)

 

University of Salamanca (1218)

 

University of Cambridge (1209)

 

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (1175)

 

University of Paris (1150)

 

University of Oxford (1117)

 

University of Bologna (1088)

 

University of Salerno (11th century)

 

Al-Azhar University (969)

 

Jami'at al-Qarawiyyin (857)

 

Justinian closed the Academy (529)

 

the University of Constantinople (425)

 

the Library of Pergamon (3rd century - 41 bc)

 

the Library of Alexandria (284 bc - 380 ad)

 

Aristotle's Lyceum (335 bc)

 

Plato founded the Academy (385 bc)

 

Tuition

 

the Sophists (5th century bc)

 

Pythagoras founded a school in Croton (523 bc) which can be said to have been the first university in history