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The University of Oxford, comprising 39 Colleges and 6 Private Halls, dates its foundation officially to 1249, though teaching at Oxford is known to date back to 1096, and the first overseas scholar arrived in 1190.

Universiteit Leiden, founded in 1575 by the States of Holland, as a reward for the town's brave resistance against the Spanish, at the behest of William of Orange.

Università degli studi di Bologna was officially constituted in 1158, by Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, though independent teaching dates back to 1088.

The Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universität Bonn offers almost 100 courses and subjects in seven faculties. The University was founded in 1818, but Bonn''s reputation as a city of scholarship goes back much further. At present, there are about 38,000 students.

The HEI (The Graduate Institute of International Studies) and IUED (The Graduate Institute of Development Studies) in Geneva, have merged to form a new institution called the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies on January 1st, 2008. The new Institute offers postgraduate study programmes in International Law, International Economics, International History and Politics, Political Science, International Affairs, and Development Studies.

Université Paris I Panthéon- Sorbonne was created in 1970, replacing the former Université de Paris, originally founded in the 12th Century, and formally constituted by Papal Bull in 1215, briefly suppressed by the French Revolution between 1793 and 1808, and reconstituted in 1890.

Univerzita Karlova, Prague, founded in 1348, was divided into Czech and German institutions by the Vienna government in 1882. These operated in parallel until 1939, when the Czech institution was closed by Nazi occupation. After 1945, the German institution was abolished and the Czech Charles University revived.

Complutense de Madrid was founded in 1293 on the bank of the river Henares. In 1836 it transferred to then capital, Madrid. Today there are two campuses located at Mocloa and Somosaguas, offering a wide range of degrees and courses including 70 formal degrees from the faculties of Humanities, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Health Sciences and Social Sciences.

Helsinki University was established in Turku in 1640, but was transferred to Helsinki in 1828. The University is trilingual, providing teaching in Finnish, Swedish and English. Besides Helsinki, the University has operations at 20 locations throughout Finland.

The Jagiellonian University, one the great European medieval universities, was founded in 1364 in Kraków. It began work in 1367 and today there are 11 faculties (including Law and Administration, Philosophy, History, Philology, Mathematics, Chemistry, Management and Social Communication, Medicine (with Dentistry), Pharmacy, and Health Protection.