Category:Educational institutions by century of establishment

This is a container category. Due to its scope, it should contain only subcategories.

Educational institutions categorised by century of founding. Note that most medieval universities were originally schools or colleges, and were refounded as universities at a later date -- the date of refounding as a university is usually taken by historians to be the date that the university was established.

Articles should be categorised by year for 1700 and later, by decade for 1500 to 1699, by century for before 1500, and placed in Category:Educational institutions with year of establishment missing for unknown dates.