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 graduate 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.

Many of these universities, particularly those in the United States, are systems of separate university 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 is composed of several individual campuses statewide. All University of California campuses are entitled "The University of California" and then denoted further by the campus location, such as "University of California, Irvine." Other states organize their public universities differently, further complicating any direct comparisons.

Rank	Institution	Location	Continent	Founded	Affiliation	Distance / In-Person [a]	Enrollment	Ref
1	Indira Gandhi National Open University	New Delhi, India	Asia	1985	Public	Distance/In-Person	7,140,000+	[1] [2] [3]
2	National University, Bangladesh	Gazipur, Bangladesh	Asia	1992	Public	In-Person	3,425,832	[4]
3	Anadolu University	Eskişehir, Turkey	Asia	1958	Public	Distance/In-Person	1,974,343	[5]
4	California Community Colleges	California, United States	North America	1967	Public	In-Person	1,800,000	[6]
5	Islamic Azad University	Iran	Asia	1982	Private	In-Person	1,778,000	[7]
6	Allama Iqbal Open University	Islamabad, Pakistan	Asia	1974	Public	Distance/In-Person	1,027,000	[8]
7	Laureate Education, Inc.	International	Global	1999	Private	Distance/In-Person	875,000	[9]
8	Bangladesh Open University	Gazipur, Bangladesh	Asia	1992	Public	Distance	650,000	[10]
9	Universitas Terbuka	Jakarta, Indonesia	Asia	1984	Public	Distance	646,467	[11]
10	National Technological Institute of Mexico	Mexico	North America	1948 and 2014	Public	In-Person	620,000 (2019)
11	Savitribai Phule Pune University	Pune, Maharashtra, India	Asia	1948	Public	In-Person	665,000	[12]
12	Chaudhary Charan Singh University	Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India	Asia	1965	Public	In-Person	560,000[ citation needed ]
13	University of Mumbai	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India	Asia	1857	Public	In-Person	549,432	[13]
14	Ramkhamhaeng University	Bangkok, Thailand	Asia	1971	Public	In-Person	525,000	[14]
15	National Open University of Nigeria	Nigeria	Africa	2002	Public	Distance	515,000	[15]
16	California State University system	California, United States	North America	1857	Public	In-Person	457,992	[16]
17	Tribhuvan University	Kirtipur, Nepal	Asia	1959	Public	In-Person	454,065 (2021/22)	[17]
18	University of the Punjab	Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan	Asia	1882	Public	In-Person	450,000	[18]
19	Dr. B R Ambedkar Open University	Telangana, India	Asia	1982	Public	Distance	450,000	[19]
20	State University System of Florida	Florida, United States	North America	1954	Public	In-Person	430,000	[20]
21	University System of Ohio	Ohio, United States	North America	2007	Public	In-Person	429,310	[21]
22	University of Delhi	Delhi, India	Asia	1922	Public	In-Person/Distance	700,000	[22]
23	Payame Noor University	Iran	Asia	1987	Public	Distance/In-Person	400,000	[23]
24	Sikkim Manipal University	Sikkim, India	Asia	1995	Private	In-Person	390,000	[24]
25	University of South Africa	Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa	Africa	1873	Public	Distance	370 000	[25]
26	State University of New York system	New York, United States	North America	1948	Public	In-Person	363,612	[26]
27	National Autonomous University of Mexico	Mexico City, Mexico	North America	1551	Public	In-Person	356,530	[27] [28]
28	National Centre for Distance Education	France	Europe	1939	Public	Distance	350,000	[29]
29	University System of Georgia	Georgia, United States	North America	1931	Public	In-Person	318,027	[30]
30	University of Buenos Aires	Buenos Aires, Argentina	South America	1821	Public	In-Person	316,050	[31] [32]
30	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities	Minnesota, United States	North America	1995	Public	In-Person	300,000	[33]
31	Osmania University	Hyderabad, Telangana, India	Asia	1918	Public	In-Person	300,000	[34]
32	National University of Distance Education	Spain	Europe	1972	Public	Distance/In-Person	260,079	[35] [36]
33	Rajiv Gandhi Technical University	Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India	Asia	1998	Public	In-Person	260,000	[37]
34	Cairo University	Giza, Egypt	Africa	1908	Public	In-Person	257,200	[38]
35	University of California system	California, United States	North America	1869	Public	In-Person	256,000	[39]
36	City University of New York	New York, United States	North America	1961	Public	In-Person	243,000	[40]
37	University of North Carolina system	North Carolina, United States	North America	1789	Public	In-Person	242,000	[41]
38	University of Texas System	Texas, United States	North America	1881	Public	In-Person	221,337	[42]
39	Estácio de Sá University	Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	South America	1970	Private	In-Person	215,000	[43]
40	University of Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico	North America	1791	Public	In-Person	209,406	[44]
41	University of Nuevo León	Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico	North America	1933	Public	In-Person	206,000	[45]
42	Open University	Milton Keynes, United Kingdom	Europe	1969	Public	Distance/In-Person	205,420	[46]
43	University of Applied Science and Technology	Iran	Asia	1992	Public	In-Person	200,000	[47]
44	Technical College System of Georgia	Georgia, United States	North America	1970	Public	In-Person	191,567	[48]
45	Utah System of Higher Education	Utah, United States	North America	1894	Public	In-Person	189,351	[49]
46	Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration	Moscow, Russian Federation	Europe	1977	Public	In-Person	180,000	[50]
47	King Abdulaziz University	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	Asia	1976	Public	In-Person	177,234	[51]
48	Technical and Vocational University	Iran	Asia	1965	Public	In-Person	175,000	[52]
49	National Polytechnic Institute	Mexico City, Mexico	North America	1936	Public	In-Person	171,581	[53]
50	Autonomous University of Santo Domingo	Santo Domingo	North America	1538 (reopened 1914)	Public	In-Person	170,530	[54]
51	Ain Shams University	Cairo, Egypt	Africa	1950	Public	In-Person	170,000 (Undergraduates Only)	[55]
52	University of London	London, United Kingdom	Europe	1836	Public	In-Person	170,000	[56]
53	Southern New Hampshire University	New Hampshire, United States	North America	1932	Private	Distance / In-person	170,000	[57]
54	Illinois Board of Higher Education	Illinois, United States	North America	1862	Public	In-Person	163,786	[58]
55	University of Wisconsin System	Wisconsin, United States	North America	1848	Public	In-Person	162,933	[59]
56	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Shah Alam, Malaysia	Asia	1956	Public	In-Person	160,957	[60]
57	University of the People	California, United States	North America	2009	Private	Distance	152,000	[61]
58	Korea National Open University	South Korea	Asia	1972	Public	Distance/In-Person	151,413	[62]
59	Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University	Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India	Asia	2000	Public	In-Person	150,000	[63]
60	Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University	Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India	Asia	1991	Public	Distance	150,000	[64]
61	Sapienza University of Rome	Rome, Italy	Europe	1303	Public	In-Person	147,000	[65]
62	University System of Maryland	Maryland, United States	North America	1988	Public	In-Person	144,363	[66]
63	University of the Republic	Montevideo, Uruguay	South America	1849	Public	In-Person	144,108	[67] [68]
64	Norte do Paraná University	Londrina, Paraná, Brazil	South America	1972	Private	Distance/In-Person	130,000	[69]
65	IU International University of Applied Sciences	Erfurt, Germany	Europe	1998	Private	Distance/In-Person	130,000	[70] [71]
66	University of San Carlos of Guatemala	Guatemala City, Guatemala	North America	1676	Public	In-Person	124,000	[72]
67	University of Lyon	Lyon, France	Europe	2007	Public	In-Person	120,000	[73]
68	UNIMINUTO system	Colombia	South America	1990	Private	Distance/In-Person	116,782	[74]
69	Texas A&M University System	Texas, United States	North America	1876	Public	In-Person	114,691	[75]
70	National University of Córdoba	Córdoba, Argentina	South America	1613	Public	In-Person	113,558	[76]
71	Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education	Pennsylvania, United States	North America	1982	Public	In-Person	110,428	[77]
72	Liberty University	Virginia, United States	North America	1971	Private	Distance/In-Person	110,000	[78]
73	University of Toulouse	Toulouse, France	Europe	1229	Public	In-Person	110,000	[79]
74	Université du Québec	Quebec, Canada	North America	1968	Public	In-Person/ Distance	101,915	[80]
75	Virtual University of Pakistan	Lahore, Islamabad, Pakistan	Asia	2002	Public	Distance	100,000
76	Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Asia	1995	Public	In-Person	98,648	[81]
77	University of Belgrade	Belgrade, Serbia	Europe	1808	Public	In-Person	97,696	[82]
78	University of Vienna	Vienna, Austria	Europe	1365	Public	In-Person	91,715	[83]
79	Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education	Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico	North America	1943	Private	In-Person	91,200	[44]
80	University of Toronto	Toronto, Canada	North America	1827	Public	In-Person	88,766	[84]
81	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Thessaloniki, Greece	Europe	1925	Public	In-Person	88,283	[85]
82	Polytechnic University of the Philippines	Philippines	Asia	1904	Public	Distance/In-Person	83,328	[86]
83	Complutense University of Madrid	Madrid, Spain	Europe	1293	Public	In-Person	83,000	[87]
84	Farhangian University	Iran	Asia	2012	Public	In-Person	80,000	[88]
85	Aix-Marseille University	Marseille, France	Europe	1409	Public	In-Person	80,000	[89] [90]
86	University of Hagen	Hagen, Germany	Europe	1974	Public	Distance	69,982	[91]
87	Université de Montréal	Canada	North America	1878	Public	Distance/In-Person	67,109	[92]
88	University of the Philippines	Philippines	Asia	1908	Public	Distance/In-Person	64,144	[93]
89	Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research	Iran	Asia	1980	Private	In-Person	60,000	[94]

^a Indicates if most or all students are enrolled in a fully Distance Learning modality

See also

• List of largest universities in the world by country
• List of United States universities by undergraduate enrollment
• List of the largest United States colleges and universities by enrollment
• List of United States public university campuses by enrollment
• List of universities in the United Kingdom by enrollment

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