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Top 10 Largest Universities by Enrolment

The universities with the most students — open universities lead the way.

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  • 📏 Ranked by students
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  • 📚 Source: Wikidata
  1. Allama Iqbal Open University

    1,326,266 students

    No change
  2. Universitas Terbuka

    1,045,665 students

    No change
  3. National Open University of Nigeria, Lafia

    500,000 students

    No change
  1. 4National Open University of Nigeria464,142 studentsNo change
  2. 5University of South Africa420,000 studentsNo change
  3. 6National Autonomous University of Mexico360,883 studentsNo change
  4. 7University of the Cape of Good Hope300,000 studentsNo change
  5. 8Ain Shams University220,000 studentsNo change
  6. 9Cairo University207,853 studentsNo change
  7. 10University of Sierra Leone200,000 studentsNo change
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  1. 11Western Governors University147,866 studentsNo change
  2. 12Homs University141,233 studentsNo change
  3. 13Arizona State University135,729 studentsNo change
  4. 14Southern New Hampshire University134,345 studentsNo change
  5. 15University of Phoenix101,150 studentsNo change
  6. 16University of Algiers 1100,827 studentsNo change

How this list is ranked

Highest student count (P2196) recorded on Wikidata.

Data from Wikidata, refreshed weekly. Arrows show how each entry moved since the previous update.

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