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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.

List of countries

class="sortable wikitable"
Country

!University

!Founded

!Type

!Enrollment

!Ref

{{Flag|Albania}}

|University of Tirana

|style="text-align: right;"|1957

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|35,000

|

{{Flag|Algeria}}

|Constantine University

|style="text-align: right;"|1978

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|85,000

|

{{Flag|Angola}}

|Agostinho Neto University

|style="text-align: right;"|1962

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|29,827

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

|University of Buenos Aires

| style="text-align: right;" |1821

|Public

| style="text-align: right;" |311,175

|

{{Flag|Australia}}

|Monash University

|style="text-align: right;"|1958

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|73,807

|{{cite web|title=Monash at a glance|url=http://www.monash.edu/about/who/glance|publisher=Monash University|accessdate=30 October 2017}}

{{Flag|Austria}}

|University of Vienna

|style="text-align: right;"|1365

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|91,000

|{{cite web |url=http://www.univie.ac.at/en/university/figures-and-facts/ |title=Figures and Facts |work=University of Vienna|publisher= |accessdate=11 January 2015 }}

{{Flag|Serbia}}

|University of Belgrade

|style="text-align: right;"|1808

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|90,152

|{{cite web |url=https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2024/HtmlE/G20241184.html |title=Enrolment students |publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia |accessdate=29 April 2025 }}

{{Flag|Bangladesh}}

|National University, Bangladesh

| style="text-align: right;" |1992

|Public

| style="text-align: right;" |2,097,182

|

{{Flag|Belarus}}

|Belarusian State University

|style="text-align: right;"|1921

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|25,500

|{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/belarusian-state-university | title= BSU QSRankings}}

{{Flag|Belgium}}

|KU Leuven

|style="text-align: right;"|1425

|Private, state-funded

|style="text-align: right;"|55,484

|

{{Flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

|University of Sarajevo

|style="text-align: right;"|1949

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|30,866

|{{cite web |url=http://www.fzs.ba/god_bilteni/Visoko214.pdf |title=Higher education in Bosnia and Herzegovina |publisher=Statistical office of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |accessdate=19 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629103653/http://fzs.ba/god_bilteni/Visoko214.pdf |archivedate=29 June 2015 }}

{{Flag|Botswana}}

|University of Botswana

|style="text-align: right;"|1982

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|32,000

|

{{Flag|Brazil}}

|Estácio de Sá University

|style="text-align: right;"|1970

|Private

|style="text-align: right;"|215,000

|

{{Flag|Bulgaria}}

|Sofia University

|style="text-align: right;"|1888

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|18 911

|

{{Flag|Canada}}

|University of Toronto

|style="text-align: right;"|1827

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|84,000

|

{{Flag|China}}

|Shanghai Open University

|style="text-align: right;"|1960

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|80,000

|

{{Flag|Colombia}}

|National University of Colombia

|style="text-align: right;"|1867

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|53,581

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/universidad-nacional-de-colombia|title = Universidad Nacional de Colombia}}

{{Flag|Costa Rica}}

|Universidad de Costa Rica

|style="text-align: right;"|1940

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|42,750

|{{cite web | url=https://www.ucr.ac.cr/acerca-u/ucr-en-cifras.html | title=UCR en cifras }}

File:Flag of Croatia at the UN.svg Croatia

|University of Zagreb

|style="text-align: right;"|1669

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|72,480

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.unizg.hr/homepage/about-university/|title=About University|last1=Konecki|first1=Mario | last2=Konecki | first2= Mladen|website=www.unizg.hr|language=en|access-date=2018-02-18}}

{{Flag|Denmark}}

|University of Copenhagen

|style="text-align: right;"|1479

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|36,600[https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/emner/uddannelse-og-forskning/fuldtidsuddannelser/uddannelsesstedernes-elevtal]

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo

|style="text-align: right;"|1538

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|170,530

|

{{Flag|Egypt}}

|Ain Shams University

|style="text-align: right;"|1950

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|170,000

|

{{Flag|Estonia}}

|University of Tartu

|style="text-align: right;"|1632

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|14,000

|

{{Flag|Finland}}

|University of Helsinki

|style="text-align: right;"|1640

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|36,500

|

{{Flag|France}}

|Centre national d'enseignement à distance

|style="text-align: right;"|1939

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|350,000{{cite web|url=http://www.cned.fr/en/university.htm |access-date=18 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610055339/http://www.cned.fr/en/university.htm |archive-date=10 June 2007 |title=The Cned > Courses leading to university degrees }}

{{Flag|Germany}}

|IU International University of Applied Sciences

|style="text-align: right;"|1998

|Private

|style="text-align: right;"|130,000

|{{cite web | url=https://www.iu.de | title= IU International University of Applied Sciences}}

{{Flag|Greece}}

|National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

|style="text-align: right;"|1837

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|104,000

|{{cite web|url=https://en.uoa.gr/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF-files/organa/UoAFylladiov2.pdf |title=National and Kapodistrian University of Athens - Facts and Figures (A Self-Portrait)" (PDF). NKUA. |publisher=uoa.gr |accessdate=20 January 2020}}

{{Flag|Guatemala}}

|Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

|style="text-align: right;"|1676

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|124,000

|{{Cite web |url=http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2008/enero/27/215971.html |title = Prensa Libre - Edición electrónica - Nacionales |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080130110046/http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2008/enero/27/215971.html |archive-date=30 January 2008 |url-status=dead}}

{{Flag|Hong Kong}}

|Hong Kong Polytechnic University

|style="text-align: right;"|1937

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|32,000

|

{{Flag|Iceland}}

|University of Iceland

|style="text-align: right;"|1911

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|13,782

|{{cite web|url=http://www.hi.is/adalvefur/skradir_nemendur_2013_2014_heildartolur|title=Skráðir nemendur 2013 - 2014 - Heildartölur|publisher=Hi.is|accessdate=10 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924030119/http://www.hi.is/adalvefur/skradir_nemendur_2013_2014_heildartolur|archive-date=2015-09-24|url-status=dead}}

{{Flag|India}}

|Indira Gandhi National Open University

|style="text-align: right;"|1985

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|7,140,000

|{{Cite news|title=In 9 yrs, number of SC students at Ignou rose by 248%, STs by 172% - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/in-9-yrs-number-of-sc-students-at-ignou-rose-by-248-sts-by-172/articleshow/71572573.cms|access-date=2021-01-17|website=The Times of India|date=14 October 2019 }}

{{Flag|Indonesia}}

|Universitas Terbuka

|style="text-align: right;"|1984

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|1,045,665 (total) as per 2019/2020{{Cite web |url=https://forlap.kemdikbud.go.id/ |title=HIGHER EDUCATION DATABASE - Latest news |access-date=2020-12-29 |archive-date=2021-04-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413172504/https://forlap.kemdikbud.go.id/ |url-status=dead }}

311,028 (active) as per 4 November 2020 {{Cite web|url=https://www.ut.ac.id/ut-dalam-angka|title = UT Dalam Angka}}

|

{{Flag|Iran}}

|Islamic Azad University

|style="text-align: right;"|1982

|Semi-private

|style="text-align: right;"|1,000,000

{{Cite web|url=http://www.iau.ac.ir/|title=Islamic azad university main statistics|access-date=2019-04-24|archive-date=2021-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331213936/https://www.iau.ac.ir/|url-status=dead}}
{{Flag|Ireland}}

|University College Dublin

|style="text-align: right;"|1834

|Public (formerly private)

|style="text-align: right;"|32,900

|

{{Flag|Israel}}

|Tel Aviv University

|style="text-align: right;"|1956

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|26,023

{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/publications/Pages/2019/%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%95%D7%93%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%9C%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%91%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%9B%D7%9C%D7%94-%D7%92%D7%91%D7%95%D7%94%D7%94-%D7%AA%D7%A9%D7%A1%D7%97-.aspx|title=סטודנטים ללימודים בהשכלה גבוהה, תשס"ח-תשע"ח (2007/8-2017/18)}}
{{Flag|Italy}}

|Sapienza University of Rome

|style="text-align: right;"|1303

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|112,564

|{{cite web|url=http://anagrafe.miur.it/cerca.php?misure%5B%5D=iscr&filtra-anno-accademico=2011&filtra-tipo-laurea=LTLVTULSLM&filtra-area=&filtra-classe=&filtra-regione-univ=12&filtra-universita=26&filtra-facolta=&filtra-regione-sede=&filtra-provincia-sede=&filtra-comune-sede=&filtra-cittadinanza=&filtra-tipo-nazionalita=&filtra-regione-res=&filtra-provincia-res=&filtra-tipo-diploma=&filtra-fascia-voto-diploma=&filtra-anno-diploma=&filtra-fascia-eta=&filtra-sesso=&filtra-anno-corso=&filtra-parola-chiave=&module=Anagrafe&action=Risultati&gruppo%5B%5D=anno-accademico&gruppo%5B%5D=universita&gruppo%5B%5D=classe&gruppi_js=anno-accademico%3Auniversita%3Aclasse|title=Avete cercato: Regione ateneo: LAZIO; Ateneo: Roma "La Sapienza"; Tipo Laurea: Tutte; Anno accademico : 2011/2012|publisher=Anagrafe.miur.it|accessdate=11 January 2015}}

{{Flag|Japan}}

|Nihon University

|style="text-align: right;"|1889

|Private

|style="text-align: right;"|70,667

|{{cite news|url=https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/190960|language=Japanese|author=Toru Utsunomiya|accessdate=2 February 2020|date=30 September 2017|title=「学生が多い大学」トップ200; 1位は日大で7万人|trans-title=Top 200 “Universities with Many Students”; No.1 Nihon Univ. with 70,000|publisher=Toyo Keizai|newspaper =Toyo Keizai Online}}

{{Flag|Kenya}}

|University of Nairobi

|style="text-align: right;"|1970

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|84,000

|{{Cite web |title=Students {{!}} University of Nairobi |url=https://www.uonbi.ac.ke/students |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=www.uonbi.ac.ke}}

{{Flag|Kosovo}}

|Universiteti i Prishtinës

|style="text-align: right;"|1999

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|41,833

|

{{Flag|Lithuania}}

|Vilnius University

|style="text-align: right;"|1579

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|23,606

|{{cite web |title=Studentų skaičius |url=https://rsvis3.emokykla.lt/cognos/bi/?pathRef=.public_folders%2FStudijos%2FStudent%25C5%25B3%2Bskai%25C4%258Dius%2B%2528visos%2Bpakopos%2529 |publisher=Švietimo valdymo informacinė sistema |access-date=1 December 2023 |language=lt}}

{{Flag|Macau}}

|Macau University of Science and Technology

|style="text-align: right;"|2000

|Private

|style="text-align: right;"|10,373

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.gaes.gov.mo/doc/2016/2016statistics.pdf|title=Staff and Students Data of Higher Education Institutions of Macao|access-date=2018-12-13|archive-date=2019-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610151123/http://www.gaes.gov.mo/doc/2016/2016statistics.pdf|url-status=dead}}

{{Flag|Malaysia}}

|Universiti Teknologi MARA

|style="text-align: right;"|1956

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|100,000

|

{{Flag|Mexico}}

|National Autonomous University of Mexico

| style="text-align: right;" |1910

|Public

| style="text-align: right;" |349,515

|{{cite web|url=http://www.estadistica.unam.mx/numeralia/|title=Portal de Estadísticas Universitarias|publisher=Estadistica.unam.edu|accessdate=10 January 2015}}{{cite web|title=The Oldest University in the American Continent|url=http://www.global.unam.mx/en/cu/historia.html|publisher=Global.unam.mx|accessdate=12 August 2014|archive-date=14 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814200908/http://www.global.unam.mx/en/cu/historia.html|url-status=dead}}

{{Flag|Nepal}}

|Tribhuvan University

|style="text-align: right;"|1959

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|604,437

|

{{Flag|Netherlands}}

|Utrecht University

|style="text-align: right;"|1636

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"| 39,769

|{{Cite web |title=Facts and figures – Organisation – Utrecht University |url=https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/profile/facts-and-figures |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=uu.nl |language=en}}

{{Flag|New Zealand}}

|University of Auckland

|style="text-align: right;"|1883

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|33,050

|{{cite web |title=Annual Report 2015 |url= https://cdn.auckland.ac.nz/assets/central/publications/annual-report/UoA%20Annual%20Report%202015%20web_.pdf |accessdate=25 March 2017}}

{{Flag|North Macedonia}}

|Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje

|style="text-align: right;"|1943

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|50,000

|

{{Flag|Norway}}

|Norwegian University of Science and Technology

|style="text-align: right;"|1996

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|39,000

|{{cite web|url=http://www.ntnu.edu/facts |title=NTNU - facts and figures |accessdate=4 July 2016}}

{{Flag|Pakistan}}

|Allama Iqbal Open University

|style="text-align: right;"|1974

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|1,326,266

|

{{Flag|Peru}}

|National University of San Marcos

|style="text-align: right;"|1551

|Private

|style="text-align: right;"|37,032

|

{{Flag|Philippines}}

|Polytechnic University of the Philippines

|style="text-align: right;"|1904

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|68,249

|{{cite web|url=https://www.coa.gov.ph/index.php/national-government-agencies/2016/category/6218-state-universities-and-colleges |title=Polytechnic University of the Philippines |publisher=Commission on Audit of the Philippines |accessdate=1 May 2017}}

{{Flag|Poland}}

|University of Warsaw

|style="text-align: right;"|1816

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|44,400

|{{cite web|url=http://en.uw.edu.pl/about-university/facts-and-figures/|title=University of Warsaw | Facts and figures|publisher=en.uw.edu.pl|accessdate=22 November 2017}}

{{Flag|Portugal}}

|University of Lisbon

|style="text-align: right;"|1288

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|48,100

|{{cite web|url=https://www.ulisboa.pt/en/inicio/university/facts-and-figures/|title=Figures and Facts|work=University of Lisbon|accessdate=13 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029083252/http://www.ulisboa.pt/en/inicio/university/facts-and-figures/|archive-date=2016-10-29|url-status=dead}}

{{Flag|Romania}}

|Spiru Haret University

|style="text-align: right;"|1991

|Private

|style="text-align: right;"|311,928

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|Modern University for the Humanities

|style="text-align: right;"|1992

|Private

|style="text-align: right;"|200,000

|

{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}

|King Abdulaziz University

|style="text-align: right;"|1976

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|177,234

|{{cite web|url=http://www.mohe.gov.sa/AR/MINISTRY/DEPUTY-MINISTRY-FOR-PLANNING-AND-INFORMATION-AFFAIRS/HESC/UNIVERSITIESSTATISTICS/Pages/default.aspx|title=الرئيسية|work=البوابة الإلكترونية لوزارة التعليم العالي|accessdate=10 January 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=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|archivedate=25 December 2013}}

{{Flag|Singapore}}

|National University of Singapore

|style="text-align: right;"|1905

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|38,300

|{{cite web|url=http://www.nus.edu.sg/registrar/statistics.html|title=Students & Graduate Statistics|publisher=National University of Singapore Registrar's Office|accessdate=9 March 2016}}

{{Flag|Slovenia}}

|University of Ljubljana

|style="text-align: right;"|1919

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|48,821

|

{{Flag|South Africa}}

|University of South Africa

|style="text-align: right;"|1873

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|328,179

|

{{Flag|South Korea}}

|Korea National Open University

|style="text-align: right;"|1972

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|173,758

|

{{Flag|Spain}}

|National University of Distance Education

|style="text-align: right;"|1972

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|260,079

|

{{Flag|Sweden}}

|Lund University

|style="text-align: right;"|1666

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|30,646

|{{cite web|url=http://www5.lu.se/anstaelld/foer-mitt-arbete/budget-och-ekonomi/aarsredovisningar-och-delaarsrapporter|title=Årsredovisningar och delårsrapporter - Lunds universitet|publisher=Lu.se|accessdate=10 January 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203210547/http://www5.lu.se/anstaelld/foer-mitt-arbete/budget-och-ekonomi/aarsredovisningar-och-delaarsrapporter|archivedate=3 December 2013}}

{{Flag|Switzerland}}

|University of Zurich

|style="text-align: right;"|1833as university, for Theology 1525

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|26,356

|{{cite web|url=http://campus.nzz.ch/video-casts/zuerich-universitaet-mit-rundumversorgung|publisher=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |title=Neue Zürcher Zeitung|accessdate=21 July 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fi.uzh.ch/mis/statistik/stud/semester/hs14/adu_zusammenfassung_hs14.pdf|publisher=uzh.ch|title=Studierendendaten|accessdate=21 July 2015}}

{{Flag|Taiwan}}

|National Taiwan University

|style="text-align: right;"|1928

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|31,758

|

{{Flag|Thailand}}

|Ramkhamhaeng University

|style="text-align: right;"|1971

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|525,000

|

{{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}

|University of the West Indies

|style="text-align: right;"|1960

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|60,000+

|

{{Flag|Turkey}}

|Anadolu University

|style="text-align: right;"|1958

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|1,969,733

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|Open University

|style="text-align: right;"|1969

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|253,075

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|Texas A&M University

|style="text-align: right;"|1876

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|73,284

|{{cite web|url=http://www.suny.edu/About_suny/fastfacts/index.cfm|title=SUNY FAST FACTS|author=SUNY|publisher=|accessdate=3 August 2017}}

{{Flag|Uruguay}}

|University of the Republic

|style="text-align: right;"|1949

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|144,108

|{{cite web|url=https://www.presidencia.gub.uy/comunicacion/comunicacionnoticias/educacion-estudiantes-universitarios-crecimiento-promedio|title=Cantidad de estudiantes de la Universidad de la República aumentó un 3,5 % al año de 2012 a 2018|accessdate=12 December 2019|archive-date=12 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512140906/https://www.presidencia.gub.uy/comunicacion/comunicacionnoticias/educacion-estudiantes-universitarios-crecimiento-promedio|url-status=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.{{cite web|url=http://www.universidad.edu.uy/renderResource/index/resourceId/30152/siteId/1|title=VII Censo de Estudiantes Universitarios de Grado|accessdate=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.

{{Flag|Venezuela}}

|Universidad Central de Venezuela

|style="text-align: right;"|1721

|Public

|style="text-align: right;"|41,059

|{{cite web | url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/universidad-central-de-venezuela | title=Universidad Central de Venezuela }}

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