Top 20 largest universities by students · 🇫🇷 France
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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.
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Sorbonne University
French university located in Paris, created in 2018 from the merger of Université Paris IV and Université Paris VI
56,821
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University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
French university located at the heart of the Latin Quarter, in Paris
42,700
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University of Côte d'Azur
French university created in 2015, which succeeds the University of Nice founded in 1965
35,000
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Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier University
French university, in the Academy of Toulouse (1969-2024)
31,648
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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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