List of largest universities by enrollment

This list of largest universities by enrollment includes total active enrollment across all campuses (including off campus study). Enrollment numbers listed are the sum of undergraduate and graduate students in active enrollment. Universities included below confer degrees of bachelor-level or higher and either share a central board of governance and a single chancellor or president, or confer degrees with the same institution name.

Many of these universities, particularly those in the United States, are actually systems of separate university campuses and may not accurately represent a comparable study body. For example, the enrollment listed for the University of California is the population of the entire student body in the University of California system, which is composed of several individual campuses statewide. All University of California campuses are entitled "University of California" and then denoted further by the campus location, such as "University of California, Irvine". Other states organize their public universities differently in ways that further complicate any direct comparisons.

Rank Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Ref
1 Indira Gandhi National Open University New Delhi, India 1985 Public 3,500,000 [1][2]
2 Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad, Pakistan 1974 Public 1,806,214 [3]
3 Islamic Azad University Tehran, Iran 1982 Private 1,500,000 [4]
4 Anadolu University Eskisehir, Turkey 1958 Public 1,041,180 [5]
5 Bangladesh National University Gazipur, Bangladesh 1992 Public 800,000 [6]
6 Universitas Terbuka Jakarta, Indonesia 1984 Public 646,467 [7]
7 Bangladesh Open University Gazipur, Bangladesh 1992 Public 600,000 [8]
8 Ramkhamhaeng University Bangkok, Thailand 1971 Public 525,000 [9]
9 University of Pune Pune, India 1948 Public 496,531 [10]
10 University System of Ohio Ohio, United States 2007 Public 478,000 [11]
11 State University of New York New York, United States 1948 Public 467,845 [12]
12 University of the Punjab Lahore, Pakistan 1882 Public 450,000 [13]
13 Andhra Pradesh Open University Andhra Pradesh, India 1982 Public 450,000 [14]
14 California State University California, United States 1857 Public 417,000 [15]
15 University of Delhi New Delhi, India 1922 Public 400,000 [16]
16 Sikkim Manipal University Sikkim, India 1995 Private 390,000 [17]
17 Universidad de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Argentina 1821 Public 316,050 [18]
18 National Autonomous University of Mexico Mexico City, Mexico 1551 Public 314,557 [19]
19 Spiru Haret University Bucharest, Romania 1991 Private 311,928 [20]
20 University System of Georgia Georgia, United States 1931, (first university est. 1785) Public 311,442 [21]
21 Osmania University Hyderabad, India 1918 Public 300,000 [22]
9 Tribhuvan University Kirtipur, Nepal 1959 Public 500,000 [23]
23 City University of New York New York City, United States 1847 Public 259,515 [24]
24 Open University Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom 1969 Public 253,075 [25]
25 University of South Africa Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa 1873 Public 250,000 [26]
26 National Polytechnic Institute Mexico City, Mexico 1936 Public 229,070 [27]
27 Estácio de Sá University Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1970 Private 215,000 [28]
28 Korea National Open University South Korea 1982 Public 210,978 [29]
29 University of Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico 1791 Public 209,406 [30]
30 University of California California, United States 1869 Public 209,080 [31]
31 University of Texas System Texas, United States 1881 Public 190,000 [32]
32 Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1538. Reopened 1914. Public 180,000 [33][33]
32 Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia Spain 1972 Public 180,000 [34]

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33 University of Karachi Karachi, Pakistan 1951 Public 174,000 [36]
34 Ain Shams University Cairo, Egypt 1950 Public 170,000 [37]
35 University of North Carolina North Carolina, United States 1789 Public 169,792 [38]
36 Utah System of Higher Education Utah, United States 1894 Public 164,860 [39]
37 University of Wisconsin System Wisconsin, United States 1848 Public 162,933 [40]
38 Cairo University Giza, Egypt 1933 Public 155,000 [41]
39 Uttar Pradesh Technical University Lucknow, India 2000 Public 150,000 [42]
40 Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University Bhopal, India 1991 Public 150,000 [43]
41 Sapienza University of Rome Rome, Italy 1303 Public 147.000 [44]
42 University System of Maryland Maryland, United States 1988 Public 144,363 [45]
43 Modern University for the Humanities Moscow, Russia 1992 Public 140,000 [46]
44 Universidade Norte do Paraná Londrina, Paraná, Brazil 1972 Private 130,000 [47]
45 Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala Guatemala City, Guatemala 1676 Public 124,000 [48]
46 Centre national d'enseignement à distance France 1939 Public 120,000 [49]
47 Texas A&M University System Texas, United States 1876 Public 114,691 [50]
48 Universidad Nacional de Córdoba Córdoba, Argentina 1613 Public 113,558 [51]
49 Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Pennsylvania, United States 1982 Public 110,428 [52]
50 Shanghai Television University Shanghai, China 1960 Public 101,218 [29]
51 University of Bologna Bologna, Italy 1088 Public 100,000 [53]
52 Universiti Teknologi MARA Shah Alam, Malaysia 1956 Public 100,000 [54]
53 Indiana University Indiana, United States 1820 Public 98,543 [55]
54 Universidad Complutense de Madrid Madrid, Spain 1499 Public 98,142 [56]

See also

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