List of largest universities

The following is a list of largest universities in the world by country listing only the largest university in each country or independent territory. This is not a list of largest individual campuses with in-person (non-distance) enrollment. This list includes distance enrollment and multiple-campus institutions.

List of countries

CountryUniversityFoundedTypeEnrollmentRefUniversity of Tirana1957Public35,000Constantine University1978Public85,000Agostinho Neto University1962Public29,827University of Buenos Aires1821Public311,175Monash University1958Public73,807University of Vienna1365Public91,000University of Belgrade1808Public90,152National University, Bangladesh1992Public2,097,182Belarusian State University1921Public25,500KU Leuven1425Private, state-funded55,484University of Sarajevo1949Public30,866University of Botswana1982Public32,000Estácio de Sá University1970Private215,000Sofia University1888Public18,911University of Toronto1827Public102,431Shanghai Open University1960Public80,000National University of Colombia1867Public53,581Universidad de Costa Rica1940Public42,750 CroatiaUniversity of Zagreb1669Public72,480University of Copenhagen1479Public36,600Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo1538Public170,530Ain Shams University1950Public170,000University of Tartu1632Public14,000University of Helsinki1640Public36,500Centre national d'enseignement à distance1939Public350,000IU International University of Applied Sciences1998Private130,000National and Kapodistrian University of Athens1837Public104,000Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala1676Public124,000Hong Kong Polytechnic University1937Public32,000University of Iceland1911Public13,782Indira Gandhi National Open University1985Public7,140,000Universitas Terbuka1984Public1,045,665 (total) as per 2019/2020 311,028 (active) as per 4 November 2020 Islamic Azad University1982Semi-private1,000,000University College Dublin1834Public (formerly private)32,900Tel Aviv University1956Public26,023Sapienza University of Rome1303Public112,564 Nihon University1889Private70,667University of Nairobi1970Public84,000Universiteti i Prishtinës1999Public41,833 Vilnius University1579Public23,606Macau University of Science and Technology2000Private10,373Universiti Teknologi MARA1956Public100,000National Autonomous University of Mexico1910Public349,515Tribhuvan University1959Public604,437Utrecht University1636Public 39,769University of Auckland1883Public33,050Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje1943Public50,000 Norwegian University of Science and Technology1996Public39,000Allama Iqbal Open University1974Public1,326,266National University of San Marcos1551Private37,032Polytechnic University of the Philippines1907Public68,249University of Warsaw1816Public44,400 University of Lisbon1288Public48,100Spiru Haret University1991Private311,928Modern University for the Humanities1992Private200,000King Abdulaziz University1976Public177,234National University of Singapore1905Public38,300University of Ljubljana1919Public48,821University of South Africa1873Public328,179Korea National Open University1972Public173,758National University of Distance Education1972Public260,079Lund University1666Public30,646University of Zurich1833as university, for Theology 1525Public26,356National Taiwan University1928Public31,758Ramkhamhaeng University1971Public525,000University of the West Indies1960Public60,000+Anadolu University1958Public1,969,733Open University1969Private, state-funded 253,075Arizona State University1885Public194,000University of the Republic1949Public144,108 Note: First source accounts for 137,757 graduate students in 2018, the second states 6,351 postgraduate students in 2012, raising the total number to 144,108. Note: First source accounts for 137,757 graduate students in 2018, the second states 6,351 postgraduate students in 2012, raising the total number to 144,108.Universidad Central de Venezuela1721Public41,059

See also List of largest universities by enrollment List of the largest United States colleges and universities by enrollment

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