worstregards t1_iugbqds wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:36 AM

Al-Azhar in Egypt was founded in 972 and is still going. Wouldn’t that qualify?

scottydc91 t1_iugx6of wrote on October 31, 2022 at 6:31 AM

According to the wiki page it didn't aquire University status until the 1960s, until then it was just public education. Still incredibly old but technically no it wouldn't.

Jorge5934 t1_iugh8en wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:22 AM

Oh, this debate feels as old as the universities themselves.

HugoChavezEraUnSanto t1_iuh49gq wrote on October 31, 2022 at 8:20 AM

Because its university status was only established in 1961 when they added secular studies. Before that was solely a religious studies institution. I believe Christian universities in most countries also have to teach secular subjects like math to be considered an actual university rather than a place of religious learning.

SteO153 t1_iugyxjp wrote on October 31, 2022 at 6:57 AM

From your link "it is Egypt's oldest degree-granting university", so only the oldest in Egypt.

cranp t1_iuhuu61 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:31 PM

Does time work differently there than in other countries?

NoMadX00 t1_iuilerj wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:37 PM

no, history only considers stuff in europe, if it didn’t happen in europe then it didn’t happed

Mongladoid t1_iujigwd wrote on October 31, 2022 at 8:17 PM

Yeah that’s also why literally no one’s ever heard of the pyramids or Cleopatra.