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The University of Jordan, founded in 1962 in Amman, is Jordan's oldest and largest university, a public institution with schools across medicine, engineering, business, law and humanities.

A national research university in Kyoto, founded in 1897 as Japan's second imperial university, with 10 faculties and 19 graduate schools.

The national university of the Philippines, founded in 1908, a public university system offering low-cost education with an emphasis on research and public service.

The University of Ghana, founded in 1948 at Legon, Accra, is Ghana's oldest and largest university, a public research university with programmes across health, sciences, business and humanities.

The University of Bologna, founded in 1088, is widely considered the oldest university in continuous operation, a large public multi-campus university in Emilia-Romagna with programmes in every major discipline.

Cairo University

Cairo University is a public university in Egypt, founded in 1908 as the Egyptian University, with its main campus in Giza on the west bank of the Nile.

The University of Ibadan is Nigeria's oldest degree-awarding institution, founded in 1948 as a college of the University of London, a public research university known for medicine, sciences and postgraduate study.

Alexandria University is a large public university in Alexandria, Egypt, founded in 1938 as a branch of Fouad I University and independent since 1942, with faculties across medicine, engineering, sciences and humanities.

The University of Pretoria, founded in 1908, is one of South Africa's largest research universities and home to the country's only veterinary faculty.

The University of Zambia, founded in 1966 in Lusaka, is Zambia's oldest and largest public university.

A national research university in Seoul, founded in 1946, with 29,073 students across 16 colleges.

Hawassa University, established in 2000 in southern Ethiopia, is a public university known for agriculture, forestry and health sciences.

Egerton University is Kenya's oldest institution of higher learning, founded in 1939 as an agricultural school in Njoro, Nakuru County, and is known for agriculture and veterinary sciences.

Ain Shams University is a public university in Cairo, founded in 1950, with faculties of medicine, engineering, arts, science and law among a large set of schools across the city.

University College Dublin, Ireland's largest university, is a public research university on a large campus at Belfield in south Dublin, with origins in the Catholic University of Ireland founded in 1854.

The University of Melbourne, founded in 1853, is a public research university and the oldest in Victoria, with its main campus in the inner suburb of Parkville.

Jordan University of Science and Technology, founded in 1986 near Irbid, is a public university focused on medicine, engineering and applied sciences, popular with international medical students.

The University of Panama, founded in 1935, is the country's largest public university, with its main campus in Panama City and regional centres across Panama.

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

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.

Sokoine University of Agriculture in Morogoro, established in 1984, is a Tanzanian university for agriculture, veterinary medicine and forestry.

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.