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Thammasat University, founded in 1934 by Pridi Banomyong, is Thailand's second-oldest university, known for law, politics, economics and its English-taught international programmes.

UFRJ is Brazil's largest federal university, based in Rio de Janeiro, with roots in schools dating to the 19th century and broad tuition-free programmes in sciences, engineering, medicine and humanities.

King's College London

King's College London, founded in 1829, is a public research university and a founding college of the University of London, with campuses along the Strand and around several major London hospitals.

Universidad Francisco Marroquín is a private university in Guatemala City founded in 1971, known for its focus on classical liberal economics and for its medicine, architecture and business programmes.

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.

Semmelweis University in Budapest is Hungary's oldest medical school, founded in 1769, offering medicine, dentistry and pharmacy degrees in Hungarian, English and German to a large international student body.

Trinity College Dublin, founded in 1592, is Ireland's oldest university, a public research university on a city-centre campus that is the sole college of the University of Dublin.

The University of Auckland, founded in 1883, is New Zealand's largest university, a public research university with its main campus in the centre of Auckland.

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

The University of Porto, founded in 1911, is one of Portugal's largest universities, with 14 faculties including the Faculty of Architecture (FAUP) and strong engineering and medicine programmes.

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.

Sorbonne University is a public research university in Paris formed in 2018 by merging Paris-Sorbonne and Pierre and Marie Curie universities, covering humanities, sciences, engineering and medicine.

Yale is an Ivy League university with a residential college system, arts and sciences teaching and professional schools.

Agostinho Neto University in Luanda is Angola's oldest and main public university, with roots in 1962 and named after the country's first president.

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.

Yonsei University is a private research university in Seoul, formed in 1957 by the merger of Yonhi College and Severance Union Medical College, with institutional roots in 1885.

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.

McGill University is a public research university in Montreal, founded in 1821, teaching in English in a largely French-speaking city.

The University of Cuenca, founded in 1867, is a public university in Cuenca, one of Ecuador's oldest, with faculties across health, engineering, architecture and humanities.

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.

The University of Zurich, founded in 1833, is Switzerland's largest university, a public research university with seven faculties including medicine, law, economics and natural sciences.

A public research university in Shanghai, founded in 1905 and a member of China's C9 League, with more than 40,000 students across four campuses.

Ghent University is a public research university in Ghent, Flanders, founded in 1817, with eleven faculties and particular strength in life sciences, veterinary medicine and engineering.