Top 20 largest universities by students · North Rhine-Westphalia
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Student numbers as recorded in Wikidata (with the source each editor cited there). Open and affiliating universities count every enrolled student, so they top the world list; drill into a country or state for campuses you may visit.
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Université de Hagen
FernUniversität in Hagen
public research university that is primarily focused on distance teaching based in Hagen, Germany
71,351 · 🇩🇪 Allemagne
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université technique de Rhénanie-Westphalie à Aix-la-Chapelle
RWTH Aachen University
university in Aachen, Germany
47,521 · 🇩🇪 Allemagne
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université de Duisbourg et Essen
University of Duisburg-Essen
university in Germany
43,281 · 🇩🇪 Allemagne
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université rhénane Frédéric-Guillaume de Bonn
University of Bonn
public research university located in Bonn, Germany
38,043 · 🇩🇪 Allemagne
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université Heinrich-Heine de Düsseldorf
University of Düsseldorf
university in Germany
37,473 · 🇩🇪 Allemagne
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université de Dortmund
Technical University of Dortmund
university in Dortmund
34,616 · 🇩🇪 Allemagne
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Technische Hochschule Köln
TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences
higher education institution in Cologne, Germany
27,000 · 🇩🇪 Allemagne
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université de Paderborn
University of Paderborn
German university in North Rhine-Westphalia
19,110 · 🇩🇪 Allemagne
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Hochschule Niederrhein
university of applied sciences in Krefeld and Mönchengladbach, Germany
14,511 · 🇩🇪 Allemagne
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Fachhochschule Düsseldorf
Hochschule Düsseldorf
German educational institution
11,170 · 🇩🇪 Allemagne
Comment c'est mesuré
Wikidata: universities (public, private) with a student count of 10,000 or more; country and state from the location; the world list is the top 20 of the countries below.
Références
- Wikidata query: universities by students, Wikidata (CC0). Checked 2026-10-19 20:21 UTC.
Photo: Mathematics lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology by Tungsten, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. Pictures in rows: Wikimedia Commons, GitHub and the linked pages.

