Private universities around the world in 2026

France

792 universities

457 public · 335 private

Russia

278 universities

264 public · 14 private

United States

242 universities

173 public · 69 private

Turkey

201 universities

126 public · 75 private

Indonesia

175 universities

117 public · 58 private

Brazil

165 universities

89 public · 76 private

China

143 universities

99 public · 44 private

Japan

140 universities

87 public · 53 private

United Kingdom

132 universities

113 public · 19 private

Poland

116 universities

81 public · 35 private

Canada

109 universities

90 public · 19 private

Ukraine

105 universities

103 public · 2 private

India

100 universities

56 public · 44 private

Italy

93 universities

71 public · 22 private

Germany

91 universities

68 public · 23 private

United Arab Emirates

88 universities

16 public · 72 private

Argentina

87 universities

58 public · 29 private

Egypt

87 universities

33 public · 54 private

Portugal

86 universities

38 public · 48 private

Malaysia

82 universities

20 public · 62 private

Colombia

80 universities

28 public · 52 private

South Africa

78 universities

26 public · 52 private

Mexico

77 universities

37 public · 40 private

Romania

74 universities

51 public · 23 private

South Korea

73 universities

35 public · 38 private

Belgium

69 universities

46 public · 23 private

Spain

68 universities

47 public · 21 private

Netherlands

61 universities

46 public · 15 private

Austria

60 universities

41 public · 19 private

Saudi Arabia

60 universities

26 public · 34 private

Czech Republic

58 universities

28 public · 30 private

Tunisia

57 universities

14 public · 43 private

Chile

51 universities

18 public · 33 private

Sweden

48 universities

33 public · 15 private

Switzerland

45 universities

20 public · 25 private

Australia

43 universities

37 public · 6 private

Bulgaria

42 universities

33 public · 9 private

Norway

42 universities

22 public · 20 private

Finland

37 universities

35 public · 2 private

Greece

36 universities

25 public · 11 private

Ireland

36 universities

20 public · 16 private

Hungary

35 universities

24 public · 11 private

Denmark

33 universities

26 public · 7 private

Albania

32 universities

13 public · 19 private

Jordan

29 universities

10 public · 19 private

Oman

28 universities

3 public · 25 private

Slovakia

28 universities

22 public · 6 private

Qatar

27 universities

8 public · 19 private

Cyprus

22 universities

4 public · 18 private

Singapore

22 universities

6 public · 16 private

Kuwait

17 universities

3 public · 14 private

Bahrain

17 universities

3 public · 14 private

Estonia

16 universities

12 public · 4 private

Scotland

16 universities

15 public · 1 private

Croatia

15 universities

10 public · 5 private

New Zealand

8 universities

8 public

Slovenia

8 universities

3 public · 5 private

Wales

8 universities

8 public

Iceland

7 universities

4 public · 3 private

Malta

7 universities

2 public · 5 private

Andorra

6 universities

1 public · 5 private

Luxembourg

4 universities

1 public · 3 private