As of the academic year 2023/24, the Tribhuvan University in Nepal had the highest number of registered students in terms of full-time equivalents worldwide, reaching 482,000 students. The Payame Noor University in Iran and Al-Azhar University in Egypt, who followed on the places behind, had approximately 430,000 and 270,000 registered students, respectively. A high number of the universities with the highest number of students in the world are located in Egypt.
Universities with the highest number of full-time students worldwide 2023/24, according to Times Higher Education
Characteristic
Number fo students
Tribhuvan University (Nepal)
482,541
Payame Noor Unviersity (Iran)
428,888
Al-Azhar Unviersity (Egypt)
269,733
Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (UNAD) (Colombia)
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