[Oberon]

(however if you ask some arabs, I believe there is a "continuously in use" arab university in morroco. 600- 500 or so years.

Hmmm. Oxford's got that beat...it's been in existence since the 12th century. Heck, even Harvard's over 350, and that's a new-world institution, fer cryin' out loud.

Have this university's alumni accomplished anything of note?

[Vicomte13]

The Sorbonne has been here since 600 AD.