Medieval and Modern Universities Sean Rundle Medieval and Modern Universities are institutions of higher education. Universities were originally established as a way to foster a new generation of leaders and still today, hundreds of years later, universities are still based on the same basic purposes as they were in medieval Europe. Although universities of each era are a little different in disciplines or classes, and research purposes, they have the same purpose and goals; to …showed first 75 words of 1842 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1842 total…the same leadership qualities. The university system has always been established to help the top students of the society to take the last step in becoming the leaders and most educated citizens of their civilization. The medieval universities concentrated more on religion and the modern universities concentrated more on sciences, but the end outcome was the same. The students who attended the universities used the knowledge they gained and became the leaders of their society.