Al-Qarawiyyin in Morocco is the Oldest University in the World
Script: When I hit the search button for the oldest university in the history, I found most of the website says the University of Bologna in Italy Well, this is not right, and not what I have been taught!! Muslim Arabs who have created the first University in this history, the University of al-Qarawiyyin The university is located in Fez Morocco It was founded as a Mosque by Fatima Al-Fihri in 859 which 229 years before the University of Bologna The University of al-Qarawiyyin has subsequently become one of the leading spiritual and educational centers of the historic Muslim world Its education curriculum concentrates on the Islamic religious and legal sciences with a heavy emphasis on classical Arabic grammar and linguistics In 1957 physics, chemistry, and foreign languages were introduced The university was incorporated into Morocco's modern state university system in 1963 The mosque building itself is also a significant complex of historical Moroccan and Islamic architecture UNESCO and the Guinness World Record, cite the Qarawiyyin as the oldest university Teaching is still delivered in the traditional methods. Students are seated in a semi-circle around the lecturer The university is attended by students from all over Morocco and Muslim West Africa, with some also coming from further abroad. Women were first admitted to the institution in the 1940s The university decorated with Andalusian art bordered with Kufic calligraphy its library is home to a number of precious manuscripts including historic copies of the Qu’ran
