List of largest universities explained

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.

List of countries

Country	University	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Ref
	University of Tirana	1957	Public	35,000
	Constantine University	1978	Public	85,000
	Agostinho Neto University	1962	Public	29,827
	University of Buenos Aires	1821	Public	311,175
	Monash University	1958	Public	73,807	^[1]
	University of Vienna	1365	Public	91,000	^[2]
	National University, Bangladesh	1992	Public	2,097,182
	Belarusian State University	1921	Public	25,500	^[3]
	KU Leuven	1425	Private, state-funded	55,484
	University of Sarajevo	1949	Public	30,866	^[4]
	University of Botswana	1982	Public	32,000
	Estácio de Sá University	1970	Private	215,000
	Sofia University	1888	Public	18 911
	University of Toronto	1827	Public	84,000
	Shanghai Open University	1960	Public	80,000
	National University of Colombia	1867	Public	53,581	^[5]
	Universidad de Costa Rica	1940	Public	42,750	^[6]
Croatia	University of Zagreb	1669	Public	72,480	^[7]
	Aarhus University	1928	Public	43,600
	Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo	1538	Public	170,530
	Ain Shams University	1950	Public	170,000
	University of Tartu	1632	Public	14,000
	University of Helsinki	1640	Public	36,500
	Centre national d'enseignement à distance	1939	Public	350,000^[8]
	IU International University of Applied Sciences	1998	Private	130,000	^[9]
	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	1837	Public	104,000	^[10]
	Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala	1676	Public	124,000	^[11]
	Hong Kong Polytechnic University	1937	Public	32,000
	University of Iceland	1911	Public	13,782	^[12]
	Indira Gandhi National Open University	1985	Public	7,140,000	^[13]
	Universitas Terbuka	1984	Public	1,045,665 (total) as per 2019/2020^[14] 311,028 (active) as per 4 November 2020 ^[15]
	Islamic Azad University	1982	Semi-private	1,000,000	^[16]
	University College Dublin	1834	Public (formerly private)	32,900
	Tel Aviv University	1956	Public	26,023	^[17]
	Sapienza University of Rome	1303	Public	112,564	^[18]
	Nihon University	1889	Private	70,667	^[19]
	University of Nairobi	1970	Public	84,000	^[20]
	Universiteti i Prishtinës	1999	Public	41,833
	Vilnius University	1579	Public	23,606	^[21]
	Macau University of Science and Technology	2000	Private	10,373	^[22]
	Universiti Teknologi MARA	1956	Public	100,000
	National Autonomous University of Mexico	1551	Public	349,515	^[23] ^[24]
	Tribhuvan University	1959	Public	604,437
	University of Amsterdam	1632	Public	31,186	^[25]
	University of Auckland	1883	Public	33,050	^[26]
	University of Skopje	1943	Public	50,000
	Norwegian University of Science and Technology	1996	Public	39,000	^[27]
	Virtual University of Pakistan	2002	Public	165,000
	National University of San Marcos	1551	Private	37,032
	Polytechnic University of the Philippines	1904	Public	68,249	^[28]
	University of Warsaw	1816	Public	44,400	^[29]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Monash at a glance. Monash University. 30 October 2017.
2. Web site: Figures and Facts . University of Vienna. 11 January 2015 .
3. Web site: BSU QSRankings.
4. Web site: Higher education in Bosnia and Herzegovina . Statistical office of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina . 19 November 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150629103653/http://fzs.ba/god_bilteni/Visoko214.pdf . 29 June 2015 .
5. Web site: Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
6. Web site: UCR en cifras .
7. Web site: About University. Konecki. Mario . Konecki . Mladen. www.unizg.hr. en. 2018-02-18.
8. Web site: The Cned > Courses leading to university degrees . 18 February 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070610055339/http://www.cned.fr/en/university.htm . 10 June 2007 .
9. Web site: IU International University of Applied Sciences.
10. Web site: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens - Facts and Figures (A Self-Portrait)" (PDF). NKUA. . uoa.gr . 20 January 2020.
11. Web site: Prensa Libre - Edición electrónica - Nacionales . https://archive.today/20080130110046/http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2008/enero/27/215971.html . 30 January 2008 . dead.
12. Web site: Skráðir nemendur 2013 - 2014 - Heildartölur. Hi.is. 10 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924030119/http://www.hi.is/adalvefur/skradir_nemendur_2013_2014_heildartolur. 2015-09-24. dead.
13. News: In 9 yrs, number of SC students at Ignou rose by 248%, STs by 172% - Times of India. 2021-01-17. The Times of India. 14 October 2019 .
14. Web site: HIGHER EDUCATION DATABASE - Latest news . 2020-12-29 . 2021-04-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210413172504/https://forlap.kemdikbud.go.id/ . dead .
15. Web site: UT Dalam Angka.
16. Web site: Islamic azad university main statistics. 2019-04-24. 2021-03-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20210331213936/https://www.iau.ac.ir/. dead.
17. Web site: סטודנטים ללימודים בהשכלה גבוהה, תשס"ח-תשע"ח (2007/8-2017/18).
18. Web site: Avete cercato: Regione ateneo: LAZIO; Ateneo: Roma "La Sapienza"; Tipo Laurea: Tutte; Anno accademico : 2011/2012. Anagrafe.miur.it. 11 January 2015.
19. News: 「学生が多い大学」トップ200; 1位は日大で7万人. Japanese. Toru Utsunomiya. 2 February 2020. 30 September 2017. Top 200 “Universities with Many Students”; No.1 Nihon Univ. with 70,000. Toyo Keizai. Toyo Keizai Online.
20. Web site: Students University of Nairobi . 2022-04-15 . www.uonbi.ac.ke.
21. Web site: Studentų skaičius . Švietimo valdymo informacinė sistema . 1 December 2023 . lt.
22. Web site: Staff and Students Data of Higher Education Institutions of Macao. 2018-12-13. 2019-06-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20190610151123/http://www.gaes.gov.mo/doc/2016/2016statistics.pdf. dead.
23. Web site: Portal de Estadísticas Universitarias. Estadistica.unam.edu. 10 January 2015.
24. Web site: The Oldest University in the American Continent. Global.unam.mx. 12 August 2014. 14 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140814200908/http://www.global.unam.mx/en/cu/historia.html. dead.
25. Web site: Kerncijfers - Universiteit van Amsterdam. Universiteit van. Amsterdam. www.uva.nl. 2018-03-06.
26. Web site: Annual Report 2015 . 25 March 2017.
27. Web site: NTNU - facts and figures . 4 July 2016.
28. Web site: Polytechnic University of the Philippines . . 1 May 2017.
29. Web site: Figures and Facts. University of Lisbon. 13 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20161029083252/http://www.ulisboa.pt/en/inicio/university/facts-and-figures/. 2016-10-29. dead.
30. Web site: الرئيسية. البوابة الإلكترونية لوزارة التعليم العالي. 10 January 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131225065554/http://www.mohe.gov.sa/AR/MINISTRY/DEPUTY-MINISTRY-FOR-PLANNING-AND-INFORMATION-AFFAIRS/HESC/UNIVERSITIESSTATISTICS/Pages/default.aspx. 25 December 2013.
31. Web site: Students & Graduate Statistics. National University of Singapore Registrar's Office. 9 March 2016.
32. Web site: Årsredovisningar och delårsrapporter - Lunds universitet. Lu.se. 10 January 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203210547/http://www5.lu.se/anstaelld/foer-mitt-arbete/budget-och-ekonomi/aarsredovisningar-och-delaarsrapporter. 3 December 2013.
33. as university, for Theology 1525
34. Web site: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. nzz.ch . 21 July 2015.
35. Web site: Studierendendaten. uzh.ch. 21 July 2015.
36. Web site: SUNY FAST FACTS. SUNY. 3 August 2017.
37. Web site: Cantidad de estudiantes de la Universidad de la República aumentó un 3,5 % al año de 2012 a 2018. 12 December 2019. 12 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210512140906/https://www.presidencia.gub.uy/comunicacion/comunicacionnoticias/educacion-estudiantes-universitarios-crecimiento-promedio. dead. 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.
38. Web site: VII Censo de Estudiantes Universitarios de Grado. 12 December 2019. 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.
39. Web site: Universidad Central de Venezuela .
40. Web site: University of Warsaw | Facts and figures|publisher=en.uw.edu.pl|accessdate=22 November 2017}}|-||University of Lisbon]|style="text-align: right;"|1288|Public|style="text-align: right;"|48,100|^[29] |-||Spiru Haret University|style="text-align: right;"|1991|Private|style="text-align: right;"|311,928||-||Modern University for the Humanities|style="text-align: right;"|1992|Private|style="text-align: right;"|200,000||-||King Abdulaziz University|style="text-align: right;"|1976|Public|style="text-align: right;"|177,234|^[30] |-||National University of Singapore|style="text-align: right;"|1905|Public|style="text-align: right;"|38,300|^[31] |-||University of Ljubljana|style="text-align: right;"|1919|Public|style="text-align: right;"|48,821||-||University of South Africa|style="text-align: right;"|1873|Public|style="text-align: right;"|328,179||-||Korea National Open University|style="text-align: right;"|1972|Public|style="text-align: right;"|173,758||-||National University of Distance Education|style="text-align: right;"|1972|Public|style="text-align: right;"|260,079||-||Lund University|style="text-align: right;"|1666|Public|style="text-align: right;"|30,646|^[32] |-||University of Zurich|style="text-align: right;"|1833^[33] |Public|style="text-align: right;"|26,356|^{[34] [35]} |-||National Taiwan University|style="text-align: right;"|1928|Public|style="text-align: right;"|31,758||-||Ramkhamhaeng University|style="text-align: right;"|1971|Public|style="text-align: right;"|525,000||-||University of the West Indies|style="text-align: right;"|1960|Public|style="text-align: right;"|60,000+||-||Anadolu University|style="text-align: right;"|1958|Public|style="text-align: right;"|1,969,733||-||Open University|style="text-align: right;"|1969|Public|style="text-align: right;"|253,075||-||Texas A&M University|style="text-align: right;"|1876|Public|style="text-align: right;"|73,284|^[36] |-||University of the Republic|style="text-align: right;"|1949|Public|style="text-align: right;"|144,108|^{[37] [38]} |-||Universidad Central de Venezuela|style="text-align: right;"|1721|Public|style="text-align: right;"|41,059|^[39] |}

    See also

    • List of largest universities by enrollment
    • List of the largest United States colleges and universities by enrollment

    References

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