Top 10 oldest Universities in the world – #3 is in Africa & was created during the era of JESUS (With Pics)

8. University of Montpelier (France)

Founded: 1150

The university is said to be older than the stated date, the reason is that there was an order by Pope Nicholas IV to combine all old universities into one. Thus some parts of this center of knowledge could be older. The university was shut down during French Revolution in 1793. It was reinstated in 1810 but only faculties of Science and letter survived. To keep up with changing time, the university was ‘re-founded ‘in 1969 with major focus on science and Technology. Today the Montpelier University exists in form of University of Montpellier1, University of Montpellier 2 and Paul Valéry University.