That’s right, the first-ever degree-granting university was the University of Al-Qarawiyyin, founded in Fez, Morocco, in 859 AD. This university existed long before the likes of Cambridge or Yale.

After founding the world’s first known university, the University of al-Qarawiyyin, a centre of higher education, it ultimately paved the way for modern universities around the globe.

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A climate in which science, art, and culture flourished in the Golden Age of Islam and the conditions that foretold the Age’s ...

This 14th century library that grew from a 9th century mosque and university, founded by an heiress, Fatima al-Fihri, was once “the soul of the city,” says Fez-born architect Aziza Chaouni.

As a lifelong academic and university denizen, I am chagrined that only this year I learned that Al Qarawiyyin, founded in 859 CE in Fes, is the world’s oldest continuously running university.