This is one of the earliest universities established in the world. Founded in 1070 as a Confucian temple, in 1076 Vietnam's first university was established in the temple grounds. Royals, nobles and bureaucrats (known by their formal title of Mandarins) studied here. The examinations were very tough, with only a few students passing each year. Their names are engraved on stone steles in the complex. The university ran for over 700 years until 1779.
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