Like colleges and universities within Britain, international universities weren't likely to be "Victorian" in origin. These articles provide a glimpse of how such international operated in the 19th century, however, along with a discussion of their histories.

German Polytechnic Schools (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1878)

German Universities (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1878)

The University of Berlin (Scribners, 1879B)

The University of Rome (Scribners, 1879B)

The Learned Ladies of Bologna (Girl's Own Paper, 1880)

A look at the university in Bologna, which was open to women long before universities in Britain.

The University of Leiden (Harper's Monthly, 1881A)

The American Student at the Beaux-Artes (Century Magazine, 1882A)

Life of the American art student in the Latin Quarter of Paris.

Going Abroad for an Education (Century Magazine, 1882B)

An argument in favor of foreign study for American college students.

The Study of Acting in Paris, by Juliet M. Everts (Century Magazine, 1884B)

Student Life at Heidelberg, by Kingsley Spencer (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1886)

American Students in Germany, by Morris B. Crawford (Century Magazine, 1887B)

Female Education in Germany, by Countess v. Krockow (Century Magazine, 1891B)

The American Girl Who Studies Abroad, by Varina Davis (Ladies Home Journal, 1892)

The first half of a two-part article on studying in Europe by the daughter of Jefferson Davis. (Sadly we don't have the second half!)

An American School in Rome, by A.L. Frothingham, Jr. (Century Magazine, 1895B)

"The object of the School is to promote the study of such subjects as (1) Latin literature, as bearing upon customs and institutions; (2) inscriptions in Latin and the dialects; (3) Latin paleography; (4) the topography and antiquities of Rome itself; and (5) the archaeology of ancient Italy (Italic, Etruscan, Roman), and of the Early Christian, Medieval, and Renaissance periods."

A Russian Girton, by Alder Anderson (Strand, 1901A)

The Women's University in St. Petersburg.