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.

List of countries

CountryUniversityFoundedTypeEnrollmentRef
AlbaniaUniversity of Tirana1957Public35,000
AlgeriaConstantine University1978Public85,000
AngolaAgostinho Neto University1962Public29,827
ArgentinaUniversity of Buenos Aires1821Public311,175
AustraliaMonash University1958Public73,807[1]
AustriaUniversity of Vienna1365Public91,000[2]
SerbiaUniversity of Belgrade1808Public90,152[3]
BangladeshNational University, Bangladesh1992Public2,097,182
BelarusBelarusian State University1921Public25,500[4]
BelgiumKU Leuven1425Private, state-funded55,484
Bosnia and HerzegovinaUniversity of Sarajevo1949Public30,866[5]
BotswanaUniversity of Botswana1982Public32,000
BrazilEstácio de Sá University1970Private215,000
BulgariaSofia University1888Public18,911
CanadaUniversity of Toronto1827Public102,431[6]
ChinaShanghai Open University1960Public80,000
ColombiaNational University of Colombia1867Public53,581[7]
Costa RicaUniversidad de Costa Rica1940Public42,750[8]
CroatiaUniversity of Zagreb1669Public72,480[9]
DenmarkUniversity of Copenhagen1479Public36,600[1]
Dominican RepublicUniversidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo1538Public170,530
EgyptAin Shams University1950Public170,000
EstoniaUniversity of Tartu1632Public14,000
FinlandUniversity of Helsinki1640Public36,500
FranceCentre national d'enseignement à distance1939Public350,000[10]
GermanyIU International University of Applied Sciences1998Private130,000[11]
GreeceNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens1837Public104,000[12]
GuatemalaUniversidad de San Carlos de Guatemala1676Public124,000[13]
Hong KongHong Kong Polytechnic University1937Public32,000
IcelandUniversity of Iceland1911Public13,782[14]
IndiaIndira Gandhi National Open University1985Public7,140,000[15]
IndonesiaUniversitas Terbuka1984Public1,045,665 (total) as per 2019/2020[16] 311,028 (active) as per 4 November 2020 [17]
IranIslamic Azad University1982Semi-private1,000,000[18]
IrelandUniversity College Dublin1834Public (formerly private)32,900
IsraelTel Aviv University1956Public26,023[19]
ItalySapienza University of Rome1303Public112,564[20]
JapanNihon University1889Private70,667[21]
KenyaUniversity of Nairobi1970Public84,000[22]
KosovoUniversiteti i Prishtinës1999Public41,833
LithuaniaVilnius University1579Public23,606[23]
MacauMacau University of Science and Technology2000Private10,373[24]
MalaysiaUniversiti Teknologi MARA1956Public100,000
MexicoNational Autonomous University of Mexico1910Public349,515[25][26]
NepalTribhuvan University1959Public604,437
NetherlandsUtrecht University1636Public39,769[27]
New ZealandUniversity of Auckland1883Public33,050[28]
North MacedoniaSs. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje1943Public50,000
NorwayNorwegian University of Science and Technology1996Public39,000[29]
PakistanAllama Iqbal Open University1974Public1,326,266
PeruNational University of San Marcos1551Private37,032
PhilippinesPolytechnic University of the Philippines1907Public68,249[30]
PolandUniversity of Warsaw1816Public44,400[31]
PortugalUniversity of Lisbon1288Public48,100[32]
RomaniaSpiru Haret University1991Private311,928
RussiaModern University for the Humanities1992Private200,000
Saudi ArabiaKing Abdulaziz University1976Public177,234[33]
SingaporeNational University of Singapore1905Public38,300[34]
SloveniaUniversity of Ljubljana1919Public48,821
South AfricaUniversity of South Africa1873Public328,179
South KoreaKorea National Open University1972Public173,758
SpainNational University of Distance Education1972Public260,079
SwedenLund University1666Public30,646[35]
SwitzerlandUniversity of Zurich1833[36]Public26,356[37][38]
TaiwanNational Taiwan University1928Public31,758
ThailandRamkhamhaeng University1971Public525,000
Trinidad and TobagoUniversity of the West Indies1960Public60,000+
TurkeyAnadolu University1958Public1,969,733
United KingdomOpen University1969Private, state-funded253,075
United StatesArizona State University1885Public194,000[39]
UruguayUniversity of the Republic1949Public144,108[40][41]
VenezuelaUniversidad Central de Venezuela1721Public41,059[42]

See also

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