1 Tianjin University
Beiyang College was founded in 1895.
2 Shanghai Jiaotong University
Nanyang College was founded in 1896.
3 Zhejiang University
Qiushi College was founded in 1897.
4 Peking University
At that time, Shi Jing University Hall was established in 1898.
5 Suzhou University
Soochow University was founded in 1900.
A real university should be a university in the modern sense. Although there were academic institutions such as imperial academy in ancient China, none of them were universities. So the five oldest universities that can be verified now are the above five.