Which was founded first, Ohio State University or University of Cape Town?
Ohio State University:  Founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and ninth university in Ohio with the Morrill Act of 1862, the university was originally known as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College (Mech). University of Cape Town: The University of Cape Town (UCT) is a public research university located in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. University of Cape Town:  UCT was founded in 1829 as the South African College making it the oldest higher education institute in South Africa, it is jointly the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant university in Sub-Saharan Africa alongside Stellenbosch University which received full university status on the same day in 1918.
University of Cape Town