A university in Bologna, Italy, conventionally dated to 1088 and recognized as the oldest university in the Western world to have operated continuously since its founding. It became the leading centre for the study of canon and civil law in the 12th and 13th centuries, drawing students from across Europe, and is credited with the first use of the word universitas to describe a self-governing corporation of students and masters.
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Founded YearThe conventional founding date of 1088 was fixed only in the 19th century, when a scholarly committee led by the poet Giosue Carducci traced the institution''s origins to that year. Ownership Type Classification
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Who founded the University of Bologna?
It had no known founder: it grew from the informal initiative of a few students.
No single founder or founding charter is known. The university's own history says the Studium of Bologna was not established at the behest of a sovereign or an organised group of teachers, but was the outcome of the spontaneous and informal initiative of a few students. For that reason the exact founding date cannot be determined, and 1088 is only conventionally treated as the year of its founding. The poet Carducci, speaking at the celebrations of its eighth centenary in 1888, admitted that the centenary itself was artificial.
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The process is named for the city and its historic university, where the declaration was signed; the university is not a party to the process as such.
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Both rank among Europe's earliest universities, emerging within a generation of each other in the twelfth century.
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1. University of Bologna - Our History
University of Bologna (Alma Mater Studiorum)unibo.it, Our history
from as far back as 1088, conventionally referred to as the year in which the Studium of Bologna was founded... The oldest University in the Western world.
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A university in Bologna, Italy, conventionally dated to 1088 and recognized as the oldest university in the Western world to have operated continuously since its founding.
View the Source 2. Wikidata: University of Bologna
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- Wikidata Q131262, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-education6-0927)
- Wikidata Q131262 P2196 (number of students), preferred+latest (w-bbfill-education6-0927)
View the Source3. University of Bologna (Wikipedia)
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The University of Bologna (Italian: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna; abbreviated Unibo) is a public research university in Bologna, Italy.
- Associated With: University of Paris, University of Paris, History section
View the SourceUniversity of Bologna, Nine Centuries of History
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from as far back as 1088, conventionally referred to as the year in which the Studium of Bologna was founded
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The School of Bologna was established independently, it arose and stood out as a private school.
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The oldest University in the Western world presents itself.
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The Bologna Process is a series of ministerial meetings and agreements between European countries to ensure comparability in the standards and quality of higher-education qualifications.
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