Coimbra is the oldest university in which European country?
University of Coimbra quaking." University of Coimbra The University of Coimbra (UC; , ) is a Portuguese public university in Coimbra, Portugal. Established in 1290 in Lisbon, it went through a number of relocations until it was moved permanently to its current city in 1537, being one of the oldest universities in continuous operation in the world, the oldest university of Portugal, and one of the country's largest higher education and research institutions. The university is organized into eight different faculties according to a wide range of fields, granting academic bachelor's ("licenciado"), master's ("mestre") and doctorate ("doutor") degrees in nearly all major fields
Education in Coimbra old tradition in education, Coimbra is called "A cidade dos estudantes" (The city of the students) and "Lusa-Atenas" (Lusitanic-Athens, after Athens in Greece), because it is a center of culture and erudition, as well as the site of the oldest university which turned Coimbra into a noted university town. The city has a large number of public and private basic and secondary schools, among these some of the best-ranked in the country, like Escola Secundária Infanta D. Maria (public) and Colégio Rainha Santa Isabel (private), as well as several kindergartens and nurseries. The state-run secondary schools and 2nd and 3rd