World Largest Universities by Student Enrollment

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