List of largest universities

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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.

Contents

List of countries

CountryUniversityFoundedTypeEnrollmentRef
Flag of Albania.svg Albania University of Tirana 1957Public35,000
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Constantine University 1978Public85,000
Flag of Angola.svg Angola Agostinho Neto University 1962Public29,827
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina University of Buenos Aires 1821Public311,175
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Monash University 1958Public73,807 [1]
Flag of Austria.svg Austria University of Vienna 1365Public91,000 [2]
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia University of Belgrade 1808Public90,152 [3]
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh National University, Bangladesh 1992Public2,097,182
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus Belarusian State University 1921Public25,500 [4]
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium KU Leuven 1425Private, state-funded55,484
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina University of Sarajevo 1949Public30,866 [5]
Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana University of Botswana 1982Public32,000
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Estácio de Sá University 1970Private215,000
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Sofia University 1888Public18 911
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada University of Toronto 1827Public84,000
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Shanghai Open University 1960Public80,000
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia National University of Colombia 1867Public53,581 [6]
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica Universidad de Costa Rica 1940Public42,750 [7]
Flag of Croatia at the UN.svg Croatia University of Zagreb 1669Public72,480 [8]
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark University of Copenhagen 1479Public36,600
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo 1538Public170,530
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Ain Shams University 1950Public170,000
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia University of Tartu 1632Public14,000
Flag of Finland.svg Finland University of Helsinki 1640Public36,500
Flag of France.svg France Centre national d'enseignement à distance 1939Public350,000 [9]
Flag of Germany.svg Germany IU International University of Applied Sciences 1998Private130,000 [10]
Flag of Greece.svg Greece National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 1837Public104,000 [11]
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala 1676Public124,000 [12]
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Hong Kong Polytechnic University 1937Public32,000
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland University of Iceland 1911Public13,782 [13]
Flag of India.svg India Indira Gandhi National Open University 1985Public7,140,000 [14]
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Universitas Terbuka 1984Public1,045,665 (total) as per 2019/2020 [15]

311,028 (active) as per 4 November 2020 [16]

Flag of Iran.svg Iran Islamic Azad University 1982Semi-private1,000,000 [17]
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland University College Dublin 1834Public (formerly private)32,900
Flag of Israel.svg Israel Tel Aviv University 1956Public26,023 [18]
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Sapienza University of Rome 1303Public112,564 [19]
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Nihon University 1889Private70,667 [20]
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya University of Nairobi 1970Public84,000 [21]
Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo Universiteti i Prishtinës 1999Public41,833
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania Vilnius University 1579Public23,606 [22]
Flag of Macau.svg Macau Macau University of Science and Technology 2000Private10,373 [23]
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Universiti Teknologi MARA 1956Public100,000
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico National Autonomous University of Mexico 1910Public349,515 [24] [25]
Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal Tribhuvan University 1959Public604,437
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Utrecht University 1636Public39,769 [26]
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand University of Auckland 1883Public33,050 [27]
Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje 1943Public50,000
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Norwegian University of Science and Technology 1996Public39,000 [28]
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Allama Iqbal Open University 1974Public1,326,266
Flag of Peru.svg Peru National University of San Marcos 1551Private37,032
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Polytechnic University of the Philippines 1904Public68,249 [29]
Flag of Poland.svg Poland University of Warsaw 1816Public44,400 [30]
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal University of Lisbon 1288Public48,100 [31]
Flag of Romania.svg Romania Spiru Haret University 1991Private311,928
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Modern University for the Humanities 1992Private200,000
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia King Abdulaziz University 1976Public177,234 [32]
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore National University of Singapore 1905Public38,300 [33]
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia University of Ljubljana 1919Public48,821
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa University of South Africa 1873Public328,179
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Korea National Open University 1972Public173,758
Flag of Spain.svg Spain National University of Distance Education 1972Public260,079
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Lund University 1666Public30,646 [34]
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland University of Zurich 1833 [35] Public26,356 [36] [37]
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan National Taiwan University 1928Public31,758
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Ramkhamhaeng University 1971Public525,000
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago University of the West Indies 1960Public60,000+
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Anadolu University 1958Public1,969,733
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Open University 1969Public253,075
Flag of the United States.svg United States Arizona State University 1885Public194,000 [38]
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay University of the Republic 1949Public144,108 [39] [40]
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela Universidad Central de Venezuela 1721Public41,059 [41]

See also

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