List of early modern universities in Europe
Recognized University Modern country
1303 Avignon France
1303 Rome ( Sapienza ) Italy
1308 Coimbra Portugal
1308 Perugia Italy
1311 Dublin Ireland
1332 Cahors ( in French ) France
1336 Camerino Italy
1339 Grenoble France
1343 Pisa Italy
1347 Prague ( Charles University ) Czech Republic
1349 Firenze Italy
1350 Perpignan France
1354 Huesca ( in Spanish ) Spain
1361 Pavia Italy
1364 Cracow Poland
1365 Orange France
1365 Vienna Austria
1367 Pécs Hungary
1369 Lucca ( in Italian ) Italy
1386 Heidelberg Germany
List of universities existing in the early modern age , but created before -- 14th century
The list of early modern universities in Europe comprises all universities that existed in the early modern age (1501-1800) in Europe. It also includes short-lived foundations and educational institutions whose university status is a matter of debate. The operation of the degree-awarding university with its corporate organization and relative autonomy, which had emerged in the Christian medieval world, was continued into the new era. The number of universities which had been in existence at one time during the period rose from around eighty medieval universities to nearly two hundred. While the universitas arrived in Eastern Europe as far as Moscow, many were established further west either by the new Protestant powers or the Catholic Counter-Reformation spearheaded by the Jesuits. At the same time, the Spanish founded colonial universities and the British colonial colleges in the New World, thus heralding the spread of the university as the center of higher learning around the globe (see List of oldest universities).