> Universities have been around for thousands of years. Actually, most historians tend to trace the oldest university back to the late 1100s (or maybe up to a

> Universities have been around for thousands of years. Actually, most historians tend to trace the oldest university back to the late 1100s (or maybe up to a hundred years older), with the University of Bologna being considered the first university. This is especially true if you consider university to be less "place of learning" and more an intentional community of students and their instructors.