@FHHuntress@onewingedfairy@Blacksword011 the word “university” is a european invention, so demanding that standard for a north african institution is a bit of a moving goalpost.
@FHHuntress@onewingedfairy@Blacksword011 calling it a university in 1963 was a formal recognition of what it had already been doing for years like enrolling students, training scholars, and issuing credentials respected across the islamic world