Education & Institutions

The world's oldest and most storied universities and schools, and how they endure.

Entries in this category (9)

• Ateneo de Manila University — Founded in 1859, a leading Philippine Jesuit university known for its liberal arts and national influence
• University of Cambridge — A 800-year-old rival to Oxford, still one of the world's supreme centres of research and learning
• Central Provident Fund (CPF) — Singapore's compulsory savings scheme — the fund that pays for its members' homes, hospital bills and retirement
• Harvard University — America's oldest university, founded in 1636 — the world's most famous institution of higher learning
• National University of Singapore — Founded in 1905, Singapore's flagship university and one of the highest-ranked in Asia
• University of Oxford — The oldest university in the English-speaking world — a medieval institution still at the top of global higher education
• Stanford University — The California research university founded in 1885 that grew up alongside Silicon Valley
• University of Santo Tomas — Founded in 1611, the oldest university in Asia — still a Philippine institution of national pride
• Yale University — Founded in 1701, a founding Ivy League school famous for its drama, law and its skyscraper Gothic campus