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11th century Building Location Earliest extant structure date Lincoln Cathedral Lincoln 1072 Durham Castle Durham, England 1072 started Tower of London London, England 1078 Hereford Cathedral Hereford, England 1079 What is the oldest building still standing in England? St Martins Church, Canterbury – 597CE A small, ancient church near Canterbury […]

Cambridge leads the way with consolidated net assets worth nearly £11.8bn across the university and its colleges – which equates to £390,000 per head for each of its 30,000 students and staff. Who is richer Oxford or Cambridge? Compared to other British universities, Cambridge is extremely wealthy. The combined total […]

Oxford is a unique and historic institution. As the oldest university in the English-speaking world, it can lay claim to nine centuries of continuous existence. When was Oxford founded as a university? The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as […]

Following the American Civil War, President Charles William Eliot’s long tenure (1869–1909) transformed the college and affiliated professional schools into a modern research university; Harvard became a founding member of the Association of American Universities in 1900. When did Harvard change from college to University? Harvard University possesses the title […]

Harvard University As well as being the oldest university in the US, Harvard is also one of the world’s most prominent, currently ranked third in the QS World University Rankings®. What was the first university in USA? Harvard University, founded in 1636, claims to be “the oldest institution of higher […]