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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
Indira Gandhi National Open University
New Delhi , India
1985
Public
3 million [1]
2
Allama Iqbal Open University
Islamabad , Pakistan
1974
Public
1.8 million[2]
3
Islamic Azad University
Tehran , Iran
1982
Private
1.3 million [3]
4
Anadolu University
Eskişehir , Turkey
1958
Public
884,081 [4]
5
Bangladesh National University
Gazipur , Bangladesh
1992
Public
800,000 [5]
6
Bangladesh Open University
Gazipur , Bangladesh
1992
Public
600,000 [6]
7
Ramkhamhaeng University
Bangkok, Thailand
1971
Public
525,000 [7]
8
University System of Ohio
Ohio , United States
2007
Public
478,000 [8]
9
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University
Andhra Pradesh , India
1982
Public
450,000 [9]
9
University of Punjab
Lahore , Pakistan
1882
Public
450,000 [10]
11
State University of New York
New York , United States
1948
Public
439,000 [11]
12
California State University
California , United States
1857
Public
417,000 [12]
13
University of Delhi
New Delhi , India
1922
Public
400,000 [13]
14
Universitas Terbuka
Jakarta , Indonesia
1984
Public
350,000 [14]
15
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires , Argentina
1821
Public
316,050 [15]
16
State University System of Florida
Florida , United States
1905
Public
301,570 (2008) [16]
17
Osmania University
Hyderabad , India
1918
Public
300,000 [17]
18
Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University
Nashik , India
1989
Public
300,000
19
Spiru Haret University
Bucuresti , Romania
2002
Private
300,000 [18]
20
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Mexico City , Mexico
1551
Public
290,000 (Aug 14th, 2006) [19]
21
Tribhuvan University
Kirtipur , Nepal
1959
Public
272,746 [20]
22
University of South Africa
Pretoria , Gauteng , South Africa
1873
Public
250,000 [21]
23
City University of New York
New York City , United States
1847
Public
244,000 [22]
24
Instituto Politecnico Nacional
Mexico City , Mexico
1936
Public
229,070 [23]
25
Universidade Estácio de Sá
Rio de Janeiro , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
1970
Private
215,000[24]
25
Gujarat University
Ahmedabad , Gujarat , India
1949
Public
215,000
26
Korea National Open University
South Korea
1982
Public
210,978 [25]
27
University of California
California , United States
1869
Public
209,080 [26]
28
Open University
Milton Keynes , England , United Kingdom
1969
Public
203,744 [25] [27]
29
University of Phoenix
Phoenix , Arizona , United States
1976
Proprietary
200,000 [28]
30
Cairo University
Cairo , Egypt
1905
Public
200,000
31
University of Calcutta
Kolkata , West Bengal , India
1857
Public
200,000
32
University of Texas System
Texas , United States
1881
Public
190,000 [29]
33
Payame Noor University
Tehran , Iran
1987
Public
183,000
34
Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University
Bangkok , Thailand
1978
Public
181,372
35
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Spain
1972
Public
180,000 [30] [31]
36
University of Karachi
Karachi , Pakistan
1951
Public
174,000 estimate [32]
37
University of North Carolina
North Carolina , United States
1789
Public
169,792 [33]
38
Utah System of Higher Education
Utah , United States
1894
Public
164,860 [34]
39
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin , United States
1848
Public
162,933 [35]
40
University of London
London , England , United Kingdom
1836
Public
159,000 [36]
41
Cairo University
Giza , Egypt
1933
Public
155,000 [37]
42
Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University
Bhopal , India
1991
Public
150,000 [38]
43
University of Rome La Sapienza
Rome , Italy
1303
Public
147,000
44
University System of Maryland
Maryland , United States
1988
Public
144,363 [39]
45
Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA (Learning National Service)
Colombia
1957
Public
141,756 [40]
46
Modern University for the Humanities
Moscow , Russia
1992
Public
140,000 [41]
47
Universidade Norte do Paraná
Londrina , Paraná , Brazil
1972
Private
130,000 [42]
48
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
Guatemala City , Guatemala
1676
Public
124,000 [43]
49
Centre national d'enseignement à distance
France
1939
Public
120,000 [44]
50
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Córdoba , Argentina
1613
Public
113,558 [45]
51
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
Pennsylvania , United States
1982
Public
110,428 [46]
52
Texas A&M University System
Texas , United States
1948
Public
103,449 [47]
53
Shanghai Television University
Shanghai , China
1960
Public
101,218 [25]
54
University of Bologna
Bologna , Italy
1088
Public
>100,000 [48]
55
Universiti Teknologi MARA
Shah Alam , Malaysia
1956
Public
100,000 [49]
56
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Madrid , Spain
1499
Public
98,142 [50]
57
Indiana University
Indiana , United States
1820
Public
98,543 [51]
58
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Monterrey , Mexico
1943
Private
95,777 [52]
59
Netaji Subhas Open University
Kolkata , West Bengal , India
1997
Public
95,027 [53]
60
University of Wales
Wales , United Kingdom
1893
Public
95,000 [54]
References
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