List of largest universities and university networks by enrollment

This list of largest universities by enrollment in the world includes total active enrollment across all campuses and off-campus study. The enrollment numbers listed are the sum of undergraduate and postgraduate students in active enrollment. The universities included below confer degrees of bachelor-level or higher and either share a central board of governance and a single chancellor or president or confer degrees with the same institution name.

Largest university networks Many of these universities, especially those in the United States, are systems of individual campuses and may not accurately represent a comparable student body. For example, the enrollment listed for the University of California is the population of the entire student body in the University of California system, which consists of several individual campuses throughout the state. All University of California campuses are referred to as "The University of California" and then further identified by the campus location, such as "University of California, Irvine". Other states organize their public universities differently, further complicating direct comparisons.

RankInstitutionLocationContinentFoundedAffiliationDistance/In-PersonEnrollmentRef1 Indira Gandhi National Open UniversityNew Delhi, IndiaAsia1985PublicDistance/In-Person+2 National University, BangladeshGazipur, BangladeshAsia1992PublicIn-Person3 California Community CollegesCalifornia, United StatesNorth America1967PublicIn-Person/ Distance2,241,3474 Anadolu UniversityEskişehir, TurkeyAsia1958PublicDistance/In-Person5 Islamic Azad UniversityIranAsia1982PrivateIn-Person6 Allama Iqbal Open UniversityIslamabad, PakistanAsia1974PublicDistance/In-Person7 Laureate EducationInternationalGlobal1999PrivateDistance/In-Person8 Bangladesh Open UniversityGazipur, BangladeshAsia1992PublicDistance9 Indonesia Open UniversityJakarta, IndonesiaAsia1984PublicDistance10 National Technological Institute of MexicoMexicoNorth America1948 and 2014PublicIn-Person (2019)11 Savitribai Phule Pune UniversityPune, IndiaAsia1948PublicIn-Person12 Chaudhary Charan Singh UniversityMeerut, IndiaAsia1965PublicIn-Person13 University of MumbaiMumbai, IndiaAsia1857PublicIn-Person14 Ramkhamhaeng UniversityBangkok, ThailandAsia1971PublicIn-Person 15 National Open University of NigeriaNigeriaAfrica2002PublicDistance16 Tribhuvan UniversityKirtipur, NepalAsia1959PublicIn-Person499,67117 California State UniversityCalifornia, United StatesNorth America1857PublicIn-Person18 University of the PunjabLahore, PakistanAsia1882PublicIn-Person19 Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open UniversityHyderabad,IndiaAsia1982PublicDistance20 State University System of FloridaFlorida, United StatesNorth America1954PublicIn-Person21 University System of OhioOhio, United StatesNorth America2007PublicIn-Person"Preliminary Headcount (Fall 2024)". Retrieved 2024-11-01.22 Delhi UniversityDelhi, IndiaAsia1922PublicIn-Person/Distance23 Payame Noor UniversityIranAsia1987PublicDistance/In-PersonIsna news Agency website (in Persian), the website cites the student population as 400 thousand.24 Sikkim Manipal UniversitySikkim, IndiaAsia1995PrivateIn-Person25 University of South AfricaPretoria, South AfricaAfrica1873PublicDistance26 State University of New YorkNew York, United StatesNorth America1948PublicIn-Person27 National Autonomous University of MexicoMexico City, MexicoNorth America1551PublicIn-Person28 National Centre for Distance EducationFranceEurope1939PublicDistance29 University System of GeorgiaGeorgia, United StatesNorth America1931PublicIn-Person30 University of Buenos AiresBuenos Aires, ArgentinaSouth America1821PublicIn-Person30 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities systemMinnesota, United StatesNorth America1995PublicIn-Person31 Osmania UniversityHyderabad, IndiaAsia1918PublicIn-Person32 University of the PeopleCalifornia, United StatesNorth America2009PrivateDistance33 National University of Distance EducationSpainEurope1972PublicDistance/In-PersonLa UNED Hoy . National University of Distance Education.34 Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki VishwavidyalayaBhopal, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaAsia1998PublicIn-Person35 Cairo UniversityGiza, EgyptAfrica1908PublicIn-Person36 University of California systemCalifornia, United StatesNorth America1869PublicIn-Person37 City University of New YorkNew York, United StatesNorth America1961PublicIn-Person38 University of North Carolina systemNorth Carolina, United StatesNorth America1789PublicIn-Person39 University of Texas SystemTexas, United StatesNorth America1881PublicIn-Person40 Estácio de Sá UniversityRio de Janeiro, BrazilSouth America1970PrivateIn-Person41 University of GuadalajaraGuadalajara, MexicoNorth America1791PublicIn-Person42 Autonomous University of Nuevo LeónMonterrey, MexicoNorth America1933PublicIn-Person43 Open UniversityMilton Keynes, United KingdomEurope1969PublicDistance/In-PersonOpen University - Written evidence (FFF0014). House of Lords Public Services Committee. February 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.44 University of Applied Science and TechnologyIranAsia1992PublicIn-Person45 Technical College System of GeorgiaGeorgia, United StatesNorth America1970PublicIn-Person46 Utah System of Higher EducationUtah, United StatesNorth America1894PublicIn-Person47 Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public AdministrationMoscow, RussiaEurope1977PublicIn-Person48 King Abdulaziz UniversityJeddah, Saudi ArabiaAsia1976PublicIn-Person49 National University of SkillIranAsia1965PublicIn-Person50 Instituto Politécnico NacionalMexico City, MexicoNorth America1936PublicIn-Person51 Universidad Autónoma de Santo DomingoSanto DomingoNorth America1538 (reopened 1914)PublicIn-Person52 Ain Shams UniversityCairo, EgyptAfrica1950PublicIn-Person (Undergraduates Only)53 University of LondonLondon, United KingdomEurope1836PublicIn-Person54 Southern New Hampshire UniversityNew Hampshire, United StatesNorth America1932PrivateDistance/In-Person55 Illinois Board of Higher EducationIllinois, United StatesNorth America1862PublicIn-Person56 University of Wisconsin SystemWisconsin, United StatesNorth America1848PublicIn-Person57 Universiti Teknologi MARAShah Alam, MalaysiaAsia1956PublicIn-Person58 Korea National Open UniversitySouth KoreaAsia1972PublicDistance/In-Person59 Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Technical UniversityLucknow, IndiaAsia2000PublicIn-Person 60 Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open UniversityBhopal, IndiaAsia1991PublicDistance61 Sapienza University of RomeRome, ItalyEurope1303Public In-Person62 University System of MarylandMaryland, United StatesNorth America1988PublicIn-Person63 University of the RepublicMontevideo, UruguaySouth America1849PublicIn-Person 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 144,108.64 Universidade Norte do ParanáLondrina, BrazilSouth America1972PrivateDistance/In-Person65 IU International University of Applied SciencesErfurt, GermanyEurope1998PrivateDistance/In-Person66 Universidad de San Carlos de GuatemalaGuatemala City, GuatemalaNorth America1676PublicIn-Person67 University of LyonLyon, FranceEurope2007PublicIn-Person68 UNIMINUTO system ColombiaSouth America1990PrivateDistance/In-Person69 Texas A&M University SystemTexas, United StatesNorth America1876PublicIn-Person70 National University of CórdobaCórdoba, ArgentinaSouth America1613PublicIn-Person71 Pennsylvania State System of Higher EducationPennsylvania, United StatesNorth America1982PublicIn-Person72 Liberty UniversityVirginia, United StatesNorth America1971PrivateDistance/In-Person73 University of ToulouseToulouse, FranceEurope1229PublicIn-Person74 Université du QuébecQuebec, CanadaNorth America1968PublicIn-Person/DistanceUniversité du Québec, Rapport annuel de l'Université du Québec et des établissements du réseau: 2017–2018 (Québec, 2019-05-03), p. 22.75 Farhangian UniversityIranAsia2012PublicIn-Person76 Virtual University of PakistanLahore, Islamabad, PakistanAsia2002PublicDistance77 Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh CityHo Chi Minh City, VietnamAsia1995PublicIn-Person78 University of BelgradeBelgrade, SerbiaEurope1808PublicIn-Person79 University of ViennaVienna, AustriaEurope1365PublicIn-Person80 Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher EducationMonterrey, MexicoNorth America1943PrivateIn-Person81 Aristotle University of ThessalonikiThessaloniki, GreeceEurope1925PublicIn-Person82 Polytechnic University of the PhilippinesPhilippinesAsia1904PublicDistance/In-Person83 Complutense University of MadridMadrid, SpainEurope1293PublicIn-Person84 Aix-Marseille UniversityMarseille, FranceEurope1409PublicIn-Person85 University of HagenHagen, GermanyEurope1974PublicDistance86 Université de MontréalCanadaNorth America1878PublicDistance/In-Person87 University of the PhilippinesPhilippinesAsia1908PublicDistance/In-Person88 Academic Center for Education, Culture and ResearchIranAsia1980PrivateIn-Person Indicates if most or all students are enrolled in a fully Distance Learning modality

Individual universities ranked by European Higher Education Sector Observatory The list includes the most enrolled institutions in the 2021–22 academic year from over 2,300 universities collaborating with the European Education and Culture Executive Agency of the European Union. Three types of classifications for institutions are used: public university, private government-funding dependent university (receiving over 50% of funding from government agencies or having publicly paid personnel) and private university.