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

9. University of Cambridge (England)

Founded: 1209

Consistently ranked among top 5 universities of the world, this is the second oldest university of the English speaking world. This was formed as a result of a dispute of Oxford scholars with the town people. Till date, oxford and Cambridge are rivals. It has 85 Nobel Prize Winners as alumina, consists of 31 colleges under its domain. As expected from a university as old as this, Cambridge has some long standing traditions. Popular are the handing of wooden spoon to the lowest scorer of the term, the broadcasting of carols by Choir of Kings’ College on Christmas Eve.  Some are myth and some are still followed. The tourists get a heavy bout of these stories when they visit Cambridge.