List of largest universities by enrollment

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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
1 India Indira Gandhi National Open University New Delhi, India 1985 Public 2.5 million [1][2]
2 Pakistan Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad, Pakistan 1974 Public 1.8 million[3]
3 Iran Islamic Azad University Tehran, Iran 1982 Private 1.3 million [4]
4 Turkey Anadolu University Eskişehir, Turkey 1958 Public 884,081 [5]
5 Bangladesh Bangladesh National University Gazipur, Bangladesh 1992 Public 800,000 [6]
6 Bangladesh Bangladesh Open University Gazipur, Bangladesh 1992 Public 600,000 [7]
7 Thailand Ramkhamhaeng University Bangkok, Thailand 1971 Public 525,000 [8]
8 United States University System of Ohio Ohio, United States 2007 Public 478,000 [9]
9 India Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University Andhra Pradesh, India 1982 Public 450,000 [10]
9 Pakistan University of Punjab Lahore, Pakistan 1882 Public 450,000 [11]
11 United States State University of New York New York, United States 1948 Public 439,000 [12]
12 United States California State University California, United States 1857 Public 417,000 [13]
13 India University of Delhi New Delhi, India 1922 Public 400,000 [14]
14 Indonesia Universitas Terbuka Jakarta, Indonesia 1984 Public 350,000 [15]
15 Argentina Universidad de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Argentina 1821 Public 316,050 [16]
16 United States State University System of Florida Florida, United States 1905 Public 301,570 (2008) [17]
17 India Osmania University Hyderabad, India 1918 Public 300,000 [18]
18 India Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University Nashik, India 1989 Public 300,000
19 Romania Spiru Haret University Bucuresti, Romania 2002 Private 300,000 [19]
20 Mexico National Autonomous University of Mexico Mexico City, Mexico 1551 Public 290,000 (Aug 14th, 2006) [20]
21 Nepal Tribhuvan University Kirtipur, Nepal 1959 Public 272,746 [21]
22 South Africa University of South Africa Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa 1873 Public 250,000 [22]
23 United States City University of New York New York City, United States 1847 Public 244,000 [23]
24 Mexico Instituto Politecnico Nacional Mexico City, Mexico 1936 Public 229,070 [24]
25 Brazil Universidade Estácio de Sá Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1970 Private 215,000[25]
25 India Gujarat University Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India 1949 Public 215,000
26 South Korea Korea National Open University South Korea 1982 Public 210,978 [26]
27 United States University of California California, United States 1869 Public 209,080 [27]
28 United Kingdom Open University Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom 1969 Public 203,744 [26][28]
29 United States University of Phoenix Phoenix, Arizona, United States 1976 Proprietary 200,000 [29]
30 Egypt Cairo University Cairo, Egypt 1908 Public 200,000
31 India University of Calcutta Kolkata, West Bengal, India 1857 Public 200,000
32 United States University of Texas System Texas, United States 1881 Public 190,000 [30]
33 Iran Payame Noor University Tehran, Iran 1987 Public 183,000
34 Thailand Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University Bangkok, Thailand 1978 Public 181,372
35 Spain Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia Spain 1972 Public 180,000 [31][32]
36 Pakistan University of Karachi Karachi, Pakistan 1951 Public 174,000 estimate [33]
37 United States University of North Carolina North Carolina, United States 1789 Public 169,792 [34]
38 United States University of Wisconsin Wisconsin, United States 1848 Public 162,933 [35]
39 United Kingdom University of London London, England, United Kingdom 1836 Public 159,000 [36]
40 Egypt Cairo University Giza, Egypt 1933 Public 155,000 [37]
41 India Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University Bhopal, India 1991 Public 150,000 [38]
42 Italy University of Rome La Sapienza Rome, Italy 1303 Public 147,000
43 United States University System of Maryland Maryland, United States 1988 Public 144,363 [39]
44 Russia Modern University for the Humanities Moscow,Russia 1992 Public 140,000 [40]
45 Brazil Universidade Norte do Paraná Londrina, Paraná, Brazil 1972 Private 130,000 [41]
46 Guatemala Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala Guatemala City, Guatemala 1676 Public 124,000 [42]
47 France Centre national d'enseignement à distance France 1939 Public 120,000 [43]
48 Argentina Universidad Nacional de Córdoba Córdoba, Argentina 1613 Public 113,558 [44]
49 United States Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Pennsylvania, United States 1982 Public 110,428 [45]
50 United States Texas A&M University System Texas, United States 1948 Public 103,449 [46]
51 People's Republic of China Shanghai Television University Shanghai, China 1960 Public 101,218 [26]
52 Italy University of Bologna Bologna, Italy 1088 Public >100,000 [47]
53 Malaysia Universiti Teknologi MARA Shah Alam, Malaysia 1956 Public 100,000 [48]
54 Spain Universidad Complutense de Madrid Madrid, Spain 1499 Public 98,142 [49]
55 United States Indiana University Indiana, United States 1820 Public 98,543 [50]
56 Mexico Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Monterrey, Mexico 1943 Private 95,777 [51]
57 India Netaji Subhas Open University Kolkata, West Bengal, India 1997 Public 95,027 [52]
58 United Kingdom University of Wales Wales, United Kingdom 1893 Public 95,000 [53]

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