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The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is Scotland's largest university, with nearly 50,000 students from more than 156 countries.

The National University of Costa Rica (UNA), founded in 1973 in Heredia, is a public university known for environmental sciences, veterinary medicine, education and the arts.

The University of Canterbury, founded in 1873, is a public university in Christchurch, now based at a campus in the suburb of Ilam.

Cambridge is the second-oldest surviving university, founded in 1209. It operates through a collegiate system with 31 colleges serving over 22,700 students from 140+ countries.

Lund University

Lund University, founded in 1666, is one of Scandinavia's largest and oldest universities, a public research university in southern Sweden with eight faculties and many English-taught master's programmes.

New York University, founded in 1831, is a private research university whose main campus is centred on Washington Square in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, with degree-granting campuses in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai.

The American University of Beirut, founded in 1866, is a private, non-sectarian university on the Mediterranean seafront in Ras Beirut.

The Australian National University, founded in 1946 by the federal parliament, is a public research university on a campus in Acton, Canberra.

American University of Sharjah (AUS)

The American University of Sharjah is a private, not-for-profit university founded in 1997 in University City, Sharjah, offering American-style programmes in engineering, business, architecture, arts and sciences.

National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, founded in 1931, is one of Taiwan's largest research universities, known for engineering, medicine and close ties with industry.

The University of Bahrain, established in 1986, is the kingdom's national public university, with its main campus in Sakhir.

Unicamp is a public research university in Campinas, São Paulo state, founded in 1966 and known for engineering, sciences, medicine and strong industry collaboration; undergraduate study is tuition-free.

Aarhus University is Denmark's second-oldest and second-largest university, founded in 1928, with a distinctive yellow-brick campus park and strengths in natural sciences, health, business and arts.

A public research university in Beijing, founded in 1911, a member of the C9 League and known for engineering and the sciences.

Thailand's oldest university, founded in 1917, with programmes in medicine, engineering, science and the humanities.

A public research university in Taipei, founded in 1928, with 35,043 students across 17 colleges.

Kenyatta University is a public university on the Thika Road in Nairobi, opened as a college in 1970 and granted university status in 1985.

The University of British Columbia is a public research university founded in 1908, with campuses in Vancouver and Kelowna, known for research, sustainability and a large international student community.

Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ)

Universidad San Francisco de Quito is a private liberal arts university founded in 1988, with a campus in Cumbayá near Quito and the Galápagos Academic Institute on San Cristóbal Island.

Columbia is a private research university in Manhattan, known for its core curriculum.

UNAM is Mexico's largest public university, based in Mexico City, whose Ciudad Universitaria campus is a UNESCO World Heritage Site; it offers low-cost study across nearly every discipline.

The University of Lagos, founded in 1962, is a federal public university in Lagos, with its main campus at Akoka and a college of medicine at Idi-Araba.

Founded in 1636, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States, with schools across the arts and sciences, medicine, law, business and engineering.

The University of Antioquia, founded in 1803 in Medellín, is one of Colombia's largest public universities, with a strong research profile in health sciences and engineering.