Which university is older, Brown University or University of Southern California?
Brown University: Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Brown University:  Founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. University of Southern California:  Founded in 1880, it is the oldest private research university in California.
Brown University