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Top 10 oldest universities in the world
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University of Naples Federico II This one has a royal origin story: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II set it up himself, making it one of the first state-run universities anywhere, with no church involvement in its founding.
University of Oxford | Getty Images Nobody can pin down Oxford's exact birth year, but records of teaching there stretch back to at least 1096, making it the oldest English-speaking university on the planet.
Oxford now serves more than 24,000 students and runs the largest university press anywhere in the world.
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