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title: "World oldest university in the world."  
description: "A short explanation of the world's oldest Nalanda University"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-09-21  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2572/world-oldest-university-in-the-world  
category: "education, history"  
tags: ["facts", "general knowledge", "oldest university", "history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# World oldest university in the world.

![World oldest university in the world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/fe100e30-9c49-4a1c-a66b-387d1bbec837/images/4eb78a82-526c-40c4-9429-d0a398dee8a4.jpeg) ![World oldest university in the world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/fe100e30-9c49-4a1c-a66b-387d1bbec837/images/4eb78a82-526c-40c4-9429-d0a398dee8a4.jpeg) Nalanda University is considered to be the oldest university in the world. ![World oldest university in the world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/fe100e30-9c49-4a1c-a66b-387d1bbec837/images/01e8e75c-839e-4b3a-9281-c76c12fb7866.jpeg) It was established in the fifth century CE in the ancient Indian kingdom of Magadha, which is now the Indian state of Bihar. ![World oldest university in the world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/fe100e30-9c49-4a1c-a66b-387d1bbec837/images/01e8e75c-839e-4b3a-9281-c76c12fb7866.jpeg) Nalanda University was a residential university that drew students from all around Asia, including China, Korea, Tibet, and Sri Lanka. ![World oldest university in the world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/fe100e30-9c49-4a1c-a66b-387d1bbec837/images/ac9b40d0-41c7-4a73-8369-9671611f3e1d.jpeg) Unfortunately, it was destroyed in the 12th century by a Muslim army led by Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji. ![World oldest university in the world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/fe100e30-9c49-4a1c-a66b-387d1bbec837/images/ac9b40d0-41c7-4a73-8369-9671611f3e1d.jpeg) In 2010, the Government of India established a new university called Nalanda University on the site of the ancient university.

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