Kansas State University and The University of Debrecen are continents apart but share what historical title based on there immediate geography?
Kansas State University: Kansas State University, commonly shortened to Kansas State or K-State, is a public doctoral university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. Kansas State University:  Kansas State was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 – the first public institution of higher learning in the state of Kansas. University of Debrecen:  It is the oldest continuously operating institution of higher education in Hungary (since 1538).
first public institution of higher learning