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. This is not a list of largest individual campuses with in-person (non-distance) enrollment. This list includes distance enrollment and multiple-campus institutions.

The National University, Bangladesh tops the list with an enrolled strength of over 2 million students.

List of universities
Country University Founded Type Enrollment Ref
 Albania University of Tirana 1957 Public 35,000
 Angola Agostinho Neto University 1962 Public 29,827
 Argentina University of Buenos Aires 1821 Public 311,175
 Australia Monash University 1958 Public 73,807 [1]
 Austria University of Vienna 1365 Public 91,000 [2]
 Bangladesh National University, Bangladesh 1992 Public 2,097,182
 Belarus Belarusian State University 1921 Public 25,500 [3]
 Belgium KU Leuven 1425 Private 55,484
 Bosnia and Herzegovina University of Sarajevo 1949 Public 30,866 [4]
 Botswana University of Botswana 1982 Public 32,000
 Brazil Estácio S.A. 1970 Private 215,000
 Bulgaria Sofia University 1888 Public 18 911
 Canada Université du Québec 1968 Public 92,000
 China Shanghai Open University 1960 Public 80,000
 Colombia National University of Colombia 1867 Public 53,581 [5]
Croatia University of Zagreb 1669 Public 72,480 [6]
 Denmark Aarhus University 1928 Public 43,600
 Dominican Republic Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo 1538 Public 170,530
 Egypt Ain Shams University 1950 Public 170,000
 Finland University of Helsinki 1640 Public 36,500
 France Centre national d'enseignement à distance 1939 Public 120,000
 Germany University of Hagen 1974 Public 76,689
 Greece National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 1837 Public 104,000 [7]
 Guatemala Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala 1676 Public 124,000 [8]
 Hong Kong Hong Kong Polytechnic University 1937 Public 32,000
 Iceland University of Iceland 1911 Public 13,782 [9]
 Ireland University College Dublin 1834 Public (formerly private) 32,900
 India Indira Gandhi National Open University 1985 Public 7,140,000 [10]
 Indonesia Universitas Terbuka 1984 Public 1,045,665 (total) as per 2019/2020[11]

311,028 (active) as per 4 November 2020 [12]
 Iran Islamic Azad University 1982 Semi-private 1,000,000 [13]
 Israel Tel Aviv University 1956 Public 26,023 [14]
 Italy Sapienza University of Rome 1303 Public 112,564 [15]
 Japan Nihon University 1889 Private 70,667 [16]
 Kosovo Universiteti i Prishtinës 1999 Public 41,833
 Macau Macau University of Science and Technology 2000 Private 10,373 [17]
 Malaysia Universiti Teknologi MARA 1956 Public 100,000
 Mexico National Autonomous University of Mexico 1551 Public 349,515 [18][19]
   Nepal Tribhuvan University 1959 Public 604,437
 Netherlands University of Amsterdam 1632 Public 31,186 [20]
 New Zealand University of Auckland 1883 Public 33,050 [21]
 North Macedonia University of Skopje 1943 Public 50,000
 Norway Norwegian University of Science and Technology 1996 Public 39,000 [22]
 Pakistan Allama Iqbal Open University 1974 Public 1,121,038
 Peru National University of San Marcos 1551 Private 37,032
 Philippines Polytechnic University of the Philippines 1904 Public 68,249 [23]
 Poland University of Warsaw 1816 Public 44,400 [24]
 Portugal University of Lisbon 1288 Public 48,100 [25]
 Romania Spiru Haret University 1991 Private 311,928
 Russia Modern University for the Humanities 1992 Private 200,000
 Saudi Arabia King Abdulaziz University 1976 Public 177,234 [26]
 Singapore National University of Singapore 1905 Public 38,300 [27]
 South Africa University of South Africa 1873 Public 328,179
 South Korea Korea National Open University 1972 Public 173,758
 Spain National University of Distance Education 1972 Public 260,079
 Sweden Lund University 1666 Public 30,646 [28]
  Switzerland University of Zurich 1833[29] Public 26,356 [30][31]
 Slovenia University of Ljubljana 1919 Public 48,821
 Taiwan National Taiwan University 1928 Public 31,758
 Thailand Ramkhamhaeng University 1971 Public 525,000
 Turkey Anadolu University 1958 Public 1,969,733
 Trinidad and Tobago University of the West Indies 1960 Public 60,000+
 United Kingdom Open University 1969 Public 253,075
 United States State University of New York 1948 Public 606,232 [32]
 United States University of California System 1868 Public 285,216 [33]
 United States California State University System 1948 Public 481,929 [34]
 Uruguay University of the Republic 1949 Public 144,108 [35][36]
 Venezuela Universidad Central de Venezuela 1721 Public 41,059 [37]
 Turkey İstanbul Technical University 1773 Public 35,000
 Costa Rica Universidad de Costa Rica 1940 Public 42,750 [38]

See also

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