Top 20 largest universities by students · Osaka Prefecture
World, then every country and state with data
Updated · students (students)
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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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Osaka Metropolitan University
大阪公立大学
Higher education institution in Osaka Prefecture, Japan
16,160 · 🇯🇵 Japan
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Kansai Gaidai University
関西外国語大学
higher education institution in Osaka Prefecture, Japan
10,116 · 🇯🇵 Japan
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.
Osaka Prefecture: more top 20s here
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