Although the permission of the pope was granted in 1564 and of the emperor in 1566, the university was founded about ninety years later in 1654, after the acquisition of the Duchy of Cleves by Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg.
ເຖິງແມ່ນວ່າການອະນຸຍາດຂອງ pope ດັ່ງກ່າວໄດ້ອະນຸຍາດໃຫ້ຢູ່ໃນ 1564 ແລະຂອງ emperor ໃນ 1566, ວິທະຍາໄລໄດ້ສ້າງຕັ້ງຂຶ້ນປະມານເກົ້າສິບປີຕໍ່ມາໃນ 1654, ຫຼັງຈາກການຢຶດຈ່ອງຂອງຂຸນນາງຂອງ Kleve ໂດຍ Frederick William ໄດ້, ສິດທິເລືອກຕັ້ງຂອງ Brandenburg.