Universities
Sites that include a historic University or one located in a historic or iconic building.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Alcala de Henares | ||
| Astronomical Observatories of Kazan Federal University | Part of Kazan Federal University | |
| Bamberg | Friedrich University | |
| Bauhaus Sites | Two Buidings of Weimar University | |
| Botanical Garden, Padua | Part of University of Padua | |
| Brugge | United Nations University | |
| Budapest | University of Technology and Economics | |
| Central University City Campus of the UNAM | ||
| Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas | ||
| Durham Castle and Cathedral | ||
| Edinburgh | ||
| Evora | Evora University | |
| Ferrara | The University of Ferrara was founded in 1391. (1995 AB Ev) It is located in various buildings around the city, e.g. Palazzo Bevilacqua Costabili, Palazzo Turchi di Bagno, Palazzo Paradiso. | |
| Florence | ||
| Fray Bentos | Fray Bentos Technical University is being built on the factory grounds | |
| Gelati Monastery | Gelati (Gelati Academy) | |
| Historic Cairo | Al-Azhar University | |
| Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba | Former Colegio Maximo of the Jesuits, stil in use as a University | |
| Jodrell Bank Observatory | Part of the University of Manchester | |
| Kaesong | Koryo Songgyungwan University | |
| Kraków | Jagiellonian University | |
| Lima | University of San Marcos (1551) | |
| Mantua and Sabbioneta | Mantua: Engineering and Architecture faculties located in historic buildings near or at Piazza d'Arco | |
| Maritime Greenwich | ||
| Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt | The property contains the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (Faculty of Design). (Nomination file, p. 238) | |
| Medina of Fez | University of Al-Karaouine since 859 | |
| Medina of Marrakesh | Ben Youssef Madrasa; "This madrasa was one of the largest theological colleges in North Africa and may have housed as many as 900 students" (wiki) | |
| Monticello | University of Virginia | |
| Morelia | Universidad Michoacana de San Nicol?s de Hidalgo. It was founded in 1551 as the Colegio de San Nicol?s by Vasco de Quiroga, first bishop of Michoac?n. It is one of the oldest universities in America and one of the most important public universities of Mexico. | |
| Nalanda | ||
| Naples | Palazzo dell'Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II | |
| Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites | University of Fort Hare (component part 011) | |
| Nice | Since 1965, the administrative services of the Université of Nice and the faculty of Sciences have been using the Château de Valrose. (Nomination file, p. 144) | |
| Oaxaca and Monte Alban | Oaxaca: original building to house the Universidad Aut?noma Benito Ju?rez (now only the law department) | |
| Old City of Berne | Mentioned in the AB evaluation as part of the expansion since 1848 | |
| Ouro Preto | Mining School (1876, in historical center) of the Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto | |
| Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles | Two departments of the University of Padua (Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied Psychology & the School of Human, Social Sciences and Cultural Heritage) are housed in buildings around the Piazza Capitaniato. | |
| Plečnik's Ljubljana | National and University Library | |
| Prague | Karolinum University | |
| Residence of Bukovinian & Dalmatian Metropolitans | Now in use as the Yuriy Fedkovich Chernivtsi National University | |
| Rideau Canal | Royal Military College of Canada has its campus partly on Fort Frederick | |
| Salamanca | ||
| Salzburg | Lodron University | |
| San Cristobal de La Laguna | San Cristobal de la Laguna dates back as an institution to 1701 and its Royal Decree was in 1792 | |
| Santiago de Compostela | "Santiago is the site of the University of Santiago de Compostela, established in the early 16th century." | |
| Santiniketan | "Santiniketan developed into a pan- Indian University, due to the diversity of its teachers and its subjects." (AB ev) | |
| Santo Domingo | Santo Domingo became the site of the first cathedral, hospital, customs house and university in the Americas. | |
| Siena | "The University of Siena (...) is one of the oldest and first publicly funded universities in Italy. Originally called Studium Senese, the institution was founded in 1240." "Siena's campus is the city. ...thanks to the intervention of the University that many buildings which risked falling into ruin were saved, making institutions of study out of a part of the city patrimony that might have otherwise been lost. The Faculties of Engineering and Literature, for example, have found space for their departments in the large rooms of what was once the San Niccolò Psychiatric Hospital. The same holds true for the transformation of the former Convent of Santa Chiara" | |
| St. Petersburg | State University | |
| Strasbourg | Pasteur University | |
| Sucre | Sucre's University (Universidad Mayor Real & Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca) is one of the oldest universities in the new world (1624) | |
| Taxila | Important Buddhist centre of learning | |
| Timbuktu | Koranic Sankore University | |
| Torun | Copernicus University | |
| University of Coimbra | ||
| Urbino | University of Urbino | |
| Val di Noto | "The Palazzo dell'Università or Palazzo Centrale dell'Università di Catania is a monumental palace located in Piazza Universitaria, in the center of the city of Catania (...). Since its construction, it has housed the main offices of the University of Catania, and stands across the piazza from the Palazzo San Giuliano, also housing offices of the university. It presently houses the offices of the rector, university offices, the "Giambattista Caruso" Regional Library, and a small museum of geology and archeology." | |
| Vatican City | Pontifician Urbaniana University | |
| Venice and its Lagoon | University Ca' Foscari | |
| Vienna | Vienna University: dating from 1365 and the historical Main Building is located on the Ringstra?e. | |
| Vilnius | ||
| Warsaw | St. Clemens University | |
| Würzburg Residence | About half of the palace serves as the seat of departments of the University of Wuerzburg. | |
| Zabid | Zabid was one of the most eminent academic centres of the Islamic world. The vestiges of this university can be visited. | |
| Zamość | Zamosc Academy established in 1595 |
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