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 or independent territory. This is not a list of largest individual campuses with in-person (non-distance) enrollment. This list includes distance enrollment and multiple-campus institutions.

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Country University Founded Type Enrollment Ref
Albania University of Tirana 1957 Public 35,000
Algeria Constantine University 1978 Public 85,000
Angola Agostinho Neto University 1962 Public 29,827
Argentina University of Buenos Aires 1821 Public 311,175
Australia Monash University 1958 Public 73,807 [1]
Austria University of Vienna 1365 Public 91,000 [2]
Serbia University of Belgrade 1808 Public 90,152 [3]
Bangladesh National University, Bangladesh 1992 Public 2,097,182
Belarus Belarusian State University 1921 Public 25,500 [4]
Belgium KU Leuven 1425 Private, state-funded 55,484
Bosnia and Herzegovina University of Sarajevo 1949 Public 30,866 [5]
Botswana University of Botswana 1982 Public 32,000
Brazil Estácio de Sá University 1970 Private 215,000
Bulgaria Sofia University 1888 Public 18,911
Canada University of Toronto 1827 Public 102,431 [6]
China Shanghai Open University 1960 Public 80,000
Colombia National University of Colombia 1867 Public 53,581 [7]
Costa Rica Universidad de Costa Rica 1940 Public 42,750 [8]
Croatia University of Zagreb 1669 Public 72,480 [9]
Denmark University of Copenhagen 1479 Public 36,600
Dominican Republic Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo 1538 Public 170,530
Egypt Ain Shams University 1950 Public 170,000
Estonia University of Tartu 1632 Public 14,000
Finland University of Helsinki 1640 Public 36,500
France Centre national d'enseignement à distance 1939 Public 350,000[10]
Germany IU International University of Applied Sciences 1998 Private 130,000 [11]
Greece National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 1837 Public 104,000 [12]
Guatemala Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala 1676 Public 124,000 [13]
Hong Kong Hong Kong Polytechnic University 1937 Public 32,000
Iceland University of Iceland 1911 Public 13,782 [14]
India Indira Gandhi National Open University 1985 Public 7,140,000 [15]
Indonesia Universitas Terbuka 1984 Public 1,045,665 (total) as per 2019/2020[16]

311,028 (active) as per 4 November 2020 [17]
Iran Islamic Azad University 1982 Semi-private 1,000,000 [18]
Ireland University College Dublin 1834 Public (formerly private) 32,900
Israel Tel Aviv University 1956 Public 26,023 [19]
Italy Sapienza University of Rome 1303 Public 112,564 [20]
Japan Nihon University 1889 Private 70,667 [21]
Kenya University of Nairobi 1970 Public 84,000 [22]
Kosovo Universiteti i Prishtinës 1999 Public 41,833
Lithuania Vilnius University 1579 Public 23,606 [23]
Macau Macau University of Science and Technology 2000 Private 10,373 [24]
Malaysia Universiti Teknologi MARA 1956 Public 100,000
Mexico National Autonomous University of Mexico 1910 Public 349,515 [25][26]
  Nepal Tribhuvan University 1959 Public 604,437
Netherlands Utrecht University 1636 Public 39,769 [27]
New Zealand University of Auckland 1883 Public 33,050 [28]
North Macedonia Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje 1943 Public 50,000
Norway Norwegian University of Science and Technology 1996 Public 39,000 [29]
Pakistan Allama Iqbal Open University 1974 Public 1,326,266
Peru National University of San Marcos 1551 Private 37,032
Philippines Polytechnic University of the Philippines 1907 Public 68,249 [30]
Poland University of Warsaw 1816 Public 44,400 [31]
Portugal University of Lisbon 1288 Public 48,100 [32]
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 [33]
Singapore National University of Singapore 1905 Public 38,300 [34]
Slovenia University of Ljubljana 1919 Public 48,821
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 [35]
 Switzerland University of Zurich 1833[36] Public 26,356 [37][38]
Taiwan National Taiwan University 1928 Public 31,758
Thailand Ramkhamhaeng University 1971 Public 525,000
Trinidad and Tobago University of the West Indies 1960 Public 60,000+
Turkey Anadolu University 1958 Public 1,969,733
United Kingdom Open University 1969 Private, state-funded 253,075
United States Arizona State University 1885 Public 194,000 [39]
Uruguay University of the Republic 1949 Public 144,108 [40][41]
Venezuela Universidad Central de Venezuela 1721 Public 41,059 [42]
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