Year founded: 🇮🇹 University of Bologna: 1088 🇬🇧 Oxford: 1096 🇬🇧 Cambridge: 1209 🇺🇸 Harvard: 1636 🇨🇦 University of Toronto: 1827 🇨🇭 ETH Zurich: 1855 🇺🇸 Massachusetts Institute of Tech: 1861 🇺🇸 California Institute of Tech: 1891 🇺🇸 Stanford: 1891 🇬🇧 Imperial College London: 1907