Knowledge Institutions — Universities, Libraries & Madrasas

A sourced directory of 10,625 knowledge institutions founded across history — universities, libraries and madrasas, with their founding periods and locations. From the Library of Alexandria and Nalanda to Bologna and the Nizamiyya Madrasa. Data compiled from Wikidata (CC0).

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Harvard University · University, 1636 CE, United States
University of Oxford · University, 1096 CE, United Kingdom
Università degli Studi Niccolò Cusano · University, 2006 CE, Italy
University of Cambridge · University, 1209 CE, United Kingdom
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · University, 1861 CE, United States
Stanford University · University, 1885 CE, United States
Lomonosov Moscow State University · University, 1755 CE, Russia
York University · University, 1959 CE, Canada
Yale University · University, 1701 CE, United States
Federal University of Minas Gerais · University, 1927 CE, Brazil
Federal University of Bahia · University, 1946 CE, Brazil
Library of Congress · Library, 1800 CE, United States
State University of Feira de Santana · University, 1976 CE, Brazil
State University of Minas Gerais · University, 1989 CE, Brazil
Princeton University · University, 1746 CE, United States
Cornell University · University, 1865 CE, United States
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais · University, 1958 CE, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia · University, 2005 CE, Brazil
Columbia University · University, 1754 CE, United States
Library of Alexandria · Library, 300 BCE
University of Bologna · University, 1088 CE, Italy
Bibliothèque nationale de France · Library, 1994 CE, France
University of Edinburgh · University, 1583 CE, United Kingdom
Al-Azhar University · University, 970 CE, Egypt
University of Vienna · University, 1365 CE, Austria
University of California, Berkeley · University, 1868 CE, United States
University of London · University, 1836 CE, United Kingdom
University of Paris · University, 1896 CE, France
University of Chicago · University, 1890 CE, United States
Hebrew University of Jerusalem · University, 1918 CE, Israel
University of Tübingen · University, 1477 CE, Germany
Internet Archive · Library, 1996 CE, United States
California Institute of Technology · University, 1891 CE, United States
University of Pennsylvania · University, 1740 CE, United States
Heidelberg University · University, 1386 CE, Germany
University of Tokyo · University, 1877 CE, Japan
Kyoto University · University, 1897 CE, Japan
Charles University · University, 1348 CE, Czechia
University of Göttingen · University, 1734 CE, Germany
University of Toronto · University, 1827 CE, Canada
National Library of Israel · Library, 1892 CE, Israel
University of California, Los Angeles · University, 1919 CE, United States
Universidade Federal de Goiás · University, 1960 CE, Brazil
University of Michigan · University, 1817 CE, United States
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin · University, 1809 CE, Germany
Leiden University · University, 1575 CE
Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines · University, 1991 CE, France
Johns Hopkins University · University, 1876 CE, United States
Peking University · University, 1898 CE, China
University of Washington · University, 1861 CE, United States
University of the Bío-Bío · University, 1947 CE, Chile
British Library · Library, 1973 CE, United Kingdom
Paris-Saclay University · University, 2019 CE, France
New York University · University, 1831 CE, United States
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · University, 1472 CE, Germany
University of Copenhagen · University, 1479 CE, Denmark
University of Geneva · University, 1559 CE, Switzerland
Uppsala University · University, 1477 CE, Sweden
London School of Economics and Political Science · University, 1895 CE, United Kingdom
Brown University · University, 1765 CE, United States
St Paul's Cathedral · Library, 1675 CE, United Kingdom
Duke University · University, 1838 CE, United States
Saint Petersburg State University · University, 1724 CE, Russia
Jagiellonian University · University, 1364 CE, Poland
University of Glasgow · University, 1451 CE, United Kingdom
ETH Zurich · University, 1855 CE, Switzerland
Vatican Library · Library, 1450 CE, Vatican City
Nalanda Mahavihara · University, India
Collège de France · Library, 1530 CE, France
Baku State University · University, 1919 CE, Azerbaijan
Boston University · University, 1869 CE, United States
Sapienza University of Rome · University, 1303 CE, Italy
University of Pula · University, 2006 CE, Croatia
University of California · University, 1868 CE, United States
Tsinghua University · University, 1911 CE, China
Indiana University Bloomington · University, 1820 CE, United States
Sciences Po · University, 1872 CE, France
National Diet Library · Library, 1948 CE, Japan
University of Oslo · University, 1811 CE, Norway
Central European University · University, 1991 CE, Austria
University of al-Qarawiyyin · University, 859 CE, Morocco
Technical University of Munich · University, 1868 CE, Germany
University of Southern California · University, 1880 CE, United States
University of Helsinki · University, 1640 CE, Finland
University of Calcutta · University, 1857 CE, India
University of Salamanca · University, 1218 CE, Spain
Lund University · University, 1666 CE, Sweden
University of Virginia · University, 1819 CE, United States
McGill University · University, 1821 CE, Canada
University of Manchester · University, 1824 CE, United Kingdom
Imperial College London · University, 1907 CE, United Kingdom
University of Amsterdam · University, 1632 CE
University of Zurich · University, 1833 CE, Switzerland
Yad Vashem · Library, 1953 CE, Israel
Biblioteca Nacional de España · Library, 1711 CE, Spain
Dartmouth College · University, 1769 CE, United States
University of Warsaw · University, 1816 CE, Poland
University of St Andrews · University, 1413 CE, United Kingdom
University of Bonn · University, 1818 CE, Germany
Cairo University · University, 1908 CE, Egypt
Goethe University Frankfurt · University, 1914 CE, Germany
University of Buenos Aires · University, 1821 CE, Argentina
University of Padua · University, 1222 CE, Italy
United States Military Academy · University, 1802 CE, United States
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · University, 1789 CE, United States
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv · University, 1834 CE, Ukraine
University of Sydney · University, 1850 CE, Australia
Russian State Library · Library, 1862 CE, Russia
King's College London · University, 1829 CE, United Kingdom
University of Wisconsin–Madison · University, 1848 CE, United States
National Library of Australia · Library, 1961 CE, Australia
New York Public Library · Library, 1895 CE, United States
Nanyang Technological University · University, 1991 CE, Singapore
Freie Universität Berlin · University, 1948 CE, Germany
University of British Columbia · University, 1908 CE, Canada
National University of Singapore · University, 1905 CE, Singapore
University of Birmingham · University, 1900 CE, United Kingdom
Karolinska Institutet · University, 1810 CE, Sweden
Stockholm University · University, 1878 CE, Sweden
Utrecht University · University, 1636 CE
National Autonomous University of Mexico · University, 1910 CE, Mexico
University of Cape Town · University, 1829 CE, South Africa
University of Pittsburgh · University, 1787 CE, United States
University of Minnesota · University, 1851 CE, United States
University of Groningen · University, 1614 CE
University of Notre Dame · University, 1842 CE, United States
Georgetown University · University, 1789 CE, United States
University of Hamburg · University, 1919 CE, Germany
Durham University · University, 1832 CE, United Kingdom
University of Strasbourg · University, 1621 CE, France
Australian National University · University, 1947 CE, Australia
National Library of the Czech Republic · Library, 1622 CE, Czechia
University of Barcelona · University, 1842 CE, Spain
University of Chile · University, 1842 CE, Chile
ESCP Business School · University, 1819 CE, Germany
University of Cologne · University, 1388 CE, Germany
Ohio State University · University, 1870 CE, United States
University of Melbourne · University, 1853 CE, Australia
University of Coimbra · University, 1290 CE, Portugal
Bodleian Library · Library, 1602 CE, United Kingdom
University of Bristol · University, 1909 CE, United Kingdom
Northwestern University · University, 1851 CE, United States
Nanjing University · University, 1915 CE, China
Complutense University of Madrid · University, 1970 CE, Spain
University of Freiburg · University, 1457 CE, Germany
House of Wisdom · Library, 800 CE
Carnegie Mellon University · University, 1900 CE, United States
Waseda University · University, 1882 CE, Japan
National Library of Russia · Library, 1795 CE, Russia
University of Delhi · University, 1922 CE, India
Seoul National University · University, 1946 CE, South Korea
Fudan University · University, 1905 CE, China
University of Arizona · University, 1885 CE, United States
University of Basel · University, 1460 CE, Switzerland
University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne · University, 1971 CE, France
University of Florida · University, 1853 CE, United States
Vilnius University · University, 1579 CE, Lithuania
University of Texas at Austin · University, 1883 CE, United States
Kazan Federal University · University, 1804 CE, Russia
Friedrich Schiller University Jena · University, 1558 CE, Germany
National Library of Azerbaijan · Library, 1923 CE, Azerbaijan
University of Graz · University, 1585 CE, Austria
University of Concepción · University, 1919 CE, Chile
University of Tehran · University, 1934 CE, Iran
University of Hong Kong · University, 1911 CE, China
University of Aberdeen · University, 1495 CE, United Kingdom
University of California, Santa Barbara · University, 1891 CE, United States
University of Liverpool · University, 1903 CE, United Kingdom
Rutgers University · University, 1766 CE, United States
University of Belgrade · University, 1808 CE, Serbia
University of Milan · University, 1923 CE, Italy
University of Iceland · University, 1911 CE, Iceland
Tel Aviv University · University, 1956 CE, Israel
National Library of China · Library, 1909 CE, China
Library of Ashurbanipal · Library, Iraq
University of Marburg · University, 1527 CE, Germany
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · University, 1837 CE, Greece
University of Osaka · University, 1931 CE, Japan
Rice University · University, 1891 CE, United States
University of Ljubljana · University, 1919 CE, Slovenia
CentraleSupélec · University, 2015 CE, France
Global Biodiversity Information Facility · Library, 2001 CE, Denmark
Moscow State Institute of International Relations · University, 1944 CE, Russia
Purdue University · University, 1869 CE, United States
National Library of Poland · Library, 1928 CE, Poland
University of California, San Diego · University, 1960 CE, United States
University of Alberta · University, 1906 CE, Canada
University of Zagreb · University, 1669 CE, Croatia
Technische Universität Berlin · University, 1946 CE, Germany
University of Latvia · University, 1990 CE, Latvia
Lviv University · University, 1661 CE, Ukraine
Bibliotheca Alexandrina · Library, 2002 CE, Egypt
University of Lausanne · University, 1537 CE, Switzerland
University of Bucharest · University, 1864 CE, Romania
Pierre and Marie Curie University · University, 1971 CE, France
University of Leeds · University, 1904 CE, United Kingdom
University of Auckland · University, 1883 CE, New Zealand
Kim Il-sung University · University, 1946 CE, North Korea
University of Turin · University, 1404 CE, Italy
University of Nottingham · University, 1881 CE, United Kingdom