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KNUST in Kumasi, founded in 1952, is a public university for science and technology in Ghana, known for engineering, architecture and pharmacy.

Sungkyunkwan University is a private research university in South Korea with campuses in Seoul and Suwon. It takes its name from the Joseon royal academy founded in 1398, re-established as a modern university in 1946.

RCSI Bahrain is a private medical university in Busaiteen, founded in 2004 as a constituent university of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, offering Irish-accredited medicine and nursing degrees.

UNAM is Mexico's largest public university, based in Mexico City, whose Ciudad Universitaria campus is a UNESCO World Heritage Site; it offers low-cost study across nearly every discipline.

The University of Lagos, founded in 1962, is a federal public university in Lagos, with its main campus at Akoka and a college of medicine at Idi-Araba.

The Autonomous University of Madrid is a public research university founded in 1968, based on the Cantoblanco campus in northern Madrid and known for sciences, medicine, economics, law and humanities.

LMU Munich is a public research university founded in 1472 in Ingolstadt and based in Munich since 1826, with low semester fees and no tuition for most programmes.

The University of Antioquia, founded in 1803 in Medellín, is one of Colombia's largest public universities, with a strong research profile in health sciences and engineering.

A public research university in Thailand that began with Siriraj Hospital's medical school in 1888, with programmes in medicine, health sciences and technology.

Hassan II University of Casablanca

Hassan II University of Casablanca is a major public university in Morocco's largest city, reorganised in 2014, with faculties of medicine, engineering, sciences, law and economics.

Stellenbosch University is a public research university in Stellenbosch, in South Africa's Western Cape. It grew from a college founded in 1866 and received university status in 1918.

The University of Costa Rica, founded in 1940, is the country's oldest and largest university, a public research university headquartered in San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San José.

A public research university in Singapore with origins in 1905, teaching across many disciplines.

Sultan Qaboos University, opened in 1986 in Al Khoudh, Muscat, is Oman's only public university.

Osaka University is a national research university founded in 1931 as Japan's sixth imperial university, known for medicine, engineering and the sciences.

Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in Dar es Salaam is a public health sciences university in Tanzania, established as an independent university in 2007.

King Saud University in Riyadh, founded in 1957, is Saudi Arabia's first university, a large public research university with colleges in medicine, engineering, sciences, business and humanities.

Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, founded in 1962, is a Nigerian public university known for its large, architecturally distinctive campus.

A national research university in Tokyo, founded in 1877 as Japan's first imperial university, with 10 faculties.

Bahir Dar University, on the shores of Lake Tana, is one of Ethiopia's largest public universities, formed in 2000 from a polytechnic and teachers' college, known for engineering and textile technology.

Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakesh, founded in 1978, is one of Morocco's largest public universities, with institutions across sciences, engineering, medicine and law.

Tecnológico de Monterrey is a private, non-profit university founded in 1943 in Monterrey, with campuses across Mexico, known for engineering, business, entrepreneurship and its challenge-based Tec21 model.

The University of Buenos Aires, founded in 1821, is Argentina's largest university; undergraduate study is free, including for international students.

The University of Cape Town is South Africa's oldest university, tracing its roots to 1829, a public research university on the slopes of Devil's Peak known for medicine, commerce, law, engineering and sciences.