Top 20 largest universities by students
World, then every country and state with data
Updated · students (students)
Top 20 in (119):
Why these 20
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.
Built from the regions below: the best 20 of all of them.
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University of Buenos Aires
public research university in Buenos Aires, Argentina
367,762 · 🇦🇷 Argentina
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National Autonomous University of Mexico
public research university in Mexico
360,883 · 🇲🇽 Mexico · Mexico City
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Cairo University
جامعة القاهرة
public university with its main campus in Giza, Egypt
207,853 · 🇪🇬 Egypt
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Alexandria University
جامعة الإسكندرية
public university in Egypt
197,278 · 🇪🇬 Egypt · Alexandria Governorate
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National University of Córdoba
institution of higher education in Córdoba, Argentina
178,288 · 🇦🇷 Argentina
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How it is measured
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.
References
- Wikidata query: universities by students, Wikidata (CC0). Checked 2026-10-19 20:21 UTC.
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