A public university in Sassari, Italy
1881 Nottingham established its first civic college. In 1928, Sir Jesse Boot gifted 35 acres of land, now the main campus: University Park.
In 1948, a royal charter is granted and the University of Nottingham is established.
The University of Leeds was founded in 1904 as a public research university in Leeds, England.
Origins date back to Leeds School of Medicine (est. 1831) and the Yorkshire College of Science (est. 1874). University of Leeds was established with the merging of these two schools and the granting of a royal charter by King Edward VII.
Founded in 1321, the University of Florence is now one of Italy’s largest institutions for research and higher education.
South Africa's oldest university, established in 1918.