In 1819, he founded the University of Virginia.

Both are credited for founding the University of Freiburg in 1457.

He helped to found the University of Francisco de Vitoria in 1977.

He also helped found the University of Tübingen in 1477.

Strachan would later go on to found the University of Toronto.

He also helped found the University of Southern Mississippi.

Among his other achievements, he was involved in founding the University of Washington and donated much of the land for its original site.

Jefferson founded the University of Virginia, for which he designed the buildings, and served as its first rector.

Dissenting trustees, faculty, and students founded the University of Rochester.

Then in 1922 he founded the University of Alberta's entomology department.