Major universities founded in Europe
during the Middle Ages.
| Salerno, Italy (medical school) |
9th century |
| Bologna, Italy (law school) |
late 11th century |
| Paris, France |
between 1150 and 1170 |
| Oxford, England |
late 12th century |
| Modena, Italy (medical school) |
1176 |
| Cambridge, England |
1209 |
| Palencia, Spain |
1212 - 1264 |
| Salamanca, Spain |
1218 |
| Montpellier, France |
1220 |
| Padua, Italy |
1222 |
| Naples, Italy |
1224 |
| Rome, Italy |
1303 |
| Florence, Italy |
1321 |
| Prague, Roman Empire |
1348 |
| Krakow, Poland |
1364 |
| Vienna, Roman Empire |
1365 |
| Heidelberg, Germany |
1386 |
| Aix-en Province, France |
1409 |
| Leipzig, Germany |
1409 |
| Saint Andrews, Scotland |
1411 |
| Louvain, today's Belgium |
1425 |
| Glasgow, Scotland |
1451 |
| Freiburg, Germany |
1457 |
| Tübingen, Germany |
1477 |