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.

The Indira Gandhi National Open University, India tops the list with an enrolled strength of over 4 million students.

List of universities

Country University Founded Type Enrollment Ref
 Albania University of Tirana 1957 Public 75,000
 Argentina University of Buenos Aires 1821 Public 311,175
 Austria University of Vienna 1365 Public 91,000 [1]
 Bangladesh Bangladesh National University 1992 Public 2,097,182
 Belgium KU Leuven 1425 Private 55,484
 Bosnia and Herzegovina University of Sarajevo 1949 Public 30,866 [2]
 Botswana University of Botswana 1982 Public 32,000
 Brazil Estácio S.A. 1970 Private 215,000
 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 [3]
Croatia University of Zagreb 1669 Public 72,480 [4]
 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 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 1925 Public 73,498 [5]
 Guatemala Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala 1676 Public 153,000
 Iceland University of Iceland 1911 Public 13,782 [6]
 Ireland University College Dublin 1834 Public (formerly private) 32,900
 India Indira Gandhi National Open University 1985 Public 4,000,000 [7]
 Indonesia Universitas Terbuka 1984 Public 585,700
 Iran Islamic Azad University 1982 Private 1,500,000
 Italy Sapienza University of Rome 1303 Public 112,564 [8]
 Kosovo Universiteti i Prishtinës 1999 Public 41,833
 Republic of Macedonia University of Skopje 1943 Public 50,000
 Malaysia Universiti Teknologi MARA 1956 Public 100,000
 Mexico National Autonomous University of Mexico 1551 Public 330,382 [9][10]
   Nepal Tribhuvan University 1959 Public 143,899
 Norway Norwegian University of Science and Technology 1996 Public 39,000 [11]
 Pakistan Allama Iqbal Open University 1974 Public 1,121,038
 Philippines Polytechnic University of the Philippines System 1904 Public 68,249 [12]
 Poland University of Warsaw 1816 Public 44,400 [13]
 Portugal University of Lisbon 1288 Public 48,100 [14]
 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 [15]
 Singapore National University of Singapore 1905 Public 38,300 [16]
 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 [17]
  Switzerland University of Zurich 1833[18] Public 26,356 [19][20]
 Slovenia University of Ljubljana 1919 Public 48,821
 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 [21]
 Venezuela Universidad Central de Venezuela 1721 Public 41,059 [22]

See also

References

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  3. ↑ https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/universidad-nacional-de-colombia
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  10. ↑ "The Oldest University in the American Continent". Global.unam.mx. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "NTNU - facts and figures". Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  12. ↑ "Polytechnic University of the Philippines System". Commission on Audit of the Philippines. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  13. ↑ "University of Warsaw | Facts and figures". en.uw.edu.pl. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  14. ↑ "Figures and Facts". University of Lisbon. Archived from the original on 2016-10-29. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  15. ↑ "الرئيسية". البوابة الإلكترونية لوزارة التعليم العالي. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  16. ↑ "Students & Graduate Statistics". National University of Singapore Registrar's Office. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  17. ↑ "Årsredovisningar och delårsrapporter - Lunds universitet". Lu.se. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  18. ↑ as university, for Theology 1525
  19. ↑ . nzz.ch (Neue Zürcher Zeitung http://campus.nzz.ch/video-casts/zuerich-universitaet-mit-rundumversorgung. Retrieved 21 July 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  21. ↑ SUNY. "SUNY FAST FACTS". Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  22. ↑ https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/universidad-central-de-venezuela
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