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1 University of Al-Karaouine: Located in Fes, Morocco, this university originally was a mosque founded in 859 by Fatima al-Fihri, a woman. 2  It developed into one of the leading universities for natural sciences. 3  It wasnât until 1957 that the university added mathematics, physics, chemistry and foreign languages. University of Bologna: This university was the first higher-learning institute established in the Western world in 1088. 2  The term, âuniversity,â was coined at its creation. 3  Located in Bologna, Italy, this university led the Western world in educational innovations until the period between the two World Wars.
The first private college to teach civil engineering in the United States was Norwich University, founded in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge. The first degree in civil engineering in the United States was awarded by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1835. The first such degree to be awarded to a woman was granted by Cornell University to Nora Stanton Blatch in 1905.