Medieval university (Asia)
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Medieval universities did not exist in Asia in the strict sense of the phrase. However, there were important centres of learning that can be compared to the universities of Europe. Unlike European universities, non-western institutions of higher learning were not autonomous corporations of scholars and were never known to issue degrees to their graduates and therefore do not meet what many hold to be the technical definition of university. This does not, however, bar their importance to the history of non-western cultures.
- China
- Nanjing University and Southeast University were founded in 258 AD.
- There were several other universities, called Guozijian, in ancient China.
- India
- Nalanda was a centre of learning established in the 5th century BC in Bihar, India. The 2nd-century Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna was based there.
- Iran
- Academy of Gundishapur was an important medical centre of the 6th and 7th centuries AD.
- Japan
- Daigakuryo was founded in 671. And Kokugaku were established in several provinces.
- Ashikaga Gakko was a teacher's college at present Ashikaga city, founded in 9th century.
- Korea
- Taehak was founded in 372 AD and Gukhak was established in 682 AD.
- The Sungkyunkwan University was founded by the Joseon Dynasty in 1398 as the successor to Gukjagam from the Goryeo Dynasty (AD 992). It was reopened as a private university in 1946.
- Sri Lanka
- Sunethradevi Pirivena, a centre of Buddhist learning in Sri Lanka, founded circa 1415 AD
[edit] See also
- Medieval university, western European autonomous centers of education.
- Byzantine university, Byzantine private and state-funded education.
- Ancient university
- List of oldest universities in continuous operation
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