This is a list of colleges and universities that are named after people.
| University |
Person(s) Named After |
| Acharya Nagarjuna University |
Nagarjuna |
| Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University |
N.G. Ranga |
| Alagappa University |
Dr.R.M. Alagappa Chettiar |
| Annamalai University |
Dr.Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan |
Adam Mickiewicz |
| Amirkabir University of Technology |
Amir Kabir |
| Andrew Jackson University |
Andrew Jackson |
| Anton Bruckner Private University |
Anton Bruckner |
| Aristotle University of Thessaloniki |
Aristotle |
| Arturo Prat University |
Arturo Prat |
| Audrey Cohen College |
Audrey Cohen |
| Baba Farid University of Health Sciences |
Baba Farid |
| Bar-Ilan University |
Meir Bar-Ilan |
| Barkatullah University, Bhopal |
Maulana Barkatullah Bhopali |
| Barnard College |
Frederick A.P. Barnard |
| Barton College |
Barton W. Stone |
| Baruch College |
Bernard Baruch |
| Bates College |
Benjamin E. Bates |
| Baylor University [1] |
Judge Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor |
| Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
David Ben-Gurion |
| Bexley Hall seminary |
Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley |
| Bharathiar University |
Subramania Bharathiar |
| Bharathidasan University |
Bharathidasan |
| Bidhan Chandra Agricultural University |
Bidhan Chandra Roy |
| Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani |
Ghanshyam Das Birla |
| Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra |
B.M. Birla |
| Birsa Agricultural University |
Birsa Munda |
| Bob Jones University |
Bob Jones, Sr. |
| Bond University |
Alan Bond |
| Bowdoin College |
James Bowdoin |
| Bradley University |
Lydia Moss Bradley |
| Brandeis University |
Louis Brandeis |
| Brigham Young University |
Brigham Young |
| Brock University |
Isaac Brock |
| Brown University |
Nicholas Brown, Jr. |
| Brunel University |
Isambard Kingdom Brunel |
| Butler University |
Ovid Butler |
| Calvin College |
John Calvin |
| Cardinal Stritch University |
Samuel Cardinal Stritch |
| Carnegie Mellon University |
Andrew Carnegie, Andrew W. Mellon, and Richard B. Mellon |
| Case Western Reserve University |
Leonard Case, Jr. |
| Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology |
Chandrasekhar Azad |
| Chapman University |
C.C. Chapman |
| Charles Darwin University |
Charles Darwin |
| Charles Sturt University |
Charles Sturt |
| Charles University of Prague |
Charles IV |
| Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University |
Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj |
| Choudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University |
Choudhary Charan Singh |
| Choudhary Charan Singh University |
Choudhary Charan Singh |
| Christopher Newport University |
Christopher Newport |
| Chulalongkorn University |
King Chulalongkorn the Great |
| Claremont McKenna College |
Donald McKenna |
| Clark University |
Jonas Gilman Clark |
| Clemson University |
Thomas Green Clemson |
| Cogswell College |
Henry D. and Caroline Cogswell |
| Colgate University |
William Colgate |
| Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art |
Peter Cooper |
| Cornell University |
Ezra Cornell |
| Curtin University of Technology |
John Curtin |
| Dalhousie University |
George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie |
| Daniel Webster College |
Daniel Webster |
| Dartmouth College |
William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth |
| Dawson College |
John William Dawson |
| De Montfort University |
Simon de Montfort |
| DePaul University |
St. Vincent de Paul |
| DePauw University |
Washington Charles DePauw |
| Deakin University |
Alfred Deakin |
| Devi Ahilya University |
Devi Ahilya Bai |
| Dharmsinh Desai University |
Dharmsinh Desai |
| Drew University |
Daniel Drew |
| Drexel University |
Anthony Joseph Drexel I |
| Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad |
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar |
| Dr. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow |
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar |
| Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad |
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar |
| Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra |
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar |
| Dr. Harisingh Gour University |
Dr. Harisingh Gour |
| Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences |
N.T. Rama Rao |
| Dr.Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry |
Dr.Yashwant Singh Parmar |
| Duke University |
Washington Duke |
| Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen |
Count Eberhard VI and Duke Karl Eugen |
| Edith Cowan University |
Edith Cowan |
| Emory University |
John Emory |
| Emory and Henry College |
John Emory and Patrick Henry |
| Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest |
Loránd Eötvös |
| Erasmus University Rotterdam |
Desiderius Erasmus |
| Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald |
Ernst Moritz Arndt |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University |
Col. Fairleigh S. Dickinson, Sr. |
| Faulkner University |
James H. Faulkner |
| Fisk University |
Clinton B. Fisk |
| Francis Marion University |
Francis Marion |
| Franklin & Marshall College |
Benjamin Franklin and John Marshall |
| Franklin College Switzerland |
Benjamin Franklin |
| Franklin Pierce College |
Franklin Pierce |
| Franklin Pierce Law Center |
Franklin Pierce |
| Friedrich Schiller University of Jena |
Friedrich Schiller |
| Furman University |
Richard Furman |
| Universitas Gadjah Mada |
Patih Gadjah Mada |
| George Fox University |
George Fox |
| George Mason University |
George Mason |
| The George Washington University |
George Washington |
| Gibbs College |
Katharine Gibbs |
| Gokhale Institute of Politics & Economics(GIPE) |
Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| Gonzaga University |
Aloysius Gonzaga |
| Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology |
Govind Ballabh Pant |
| Griffith University |
Samuel Griffith |
| Grinnell College |
Josiah Bushnell Grinnell |
| Guru Ghasidas University |
Guru Ghasidas |
| Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University |
Guru Gobind Singh |
| Guru Jambheshwar University, |
Guru Jambheshwar |
| Guru Nanak Dev University |
Guru Nanak |
| Gustavus Adolphus College |
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden |
| Hamilton College |
Alexander Hamilton |
| Harvard University |
John Harvard |
| Harvey Mudd College |
Harvey Seeley Mudd |
| Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf |
Heinrich Heine |
| Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University |
H.N. Bahuguna |
| Henry Cogswell College |
Henry D. Cogswell |
| Heriot-Watt University |
George Heriot and James Watt |
| Hollins University |
John Hollins and Ann Halsey Hollins |
| Howard University |
Oliver O. Howard |
| Howard Payne University |
Edward Howard Payne |
| Hunter College |
Thomas Hunter |
| Indira Gandhi Agricultural University |
Indira Gandhi |
| Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research |
Indira Gandhi |
| Indira Gandhi National Open University |
Indira Gandhi |
| Ivan Franko National University of L'viv |
Ivan Franko |
| Jai Prakash University |
Jai Prakash Narayan |
| James Cook University |
James Cook |
| James Madison University |
James Madison |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Jawaharlal Nehru University |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Jiwaji University |
Jiwaji Rao Scindia |
| Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main |
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
| Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz |
Johann Gutenberg |
| Johannes Kepler University of Linz |
Johannes Kepler |
| John Carroll University |
John Carroll |
| Johns Hopkins University |
Johns Hopkins |
| Johnson & Wales University |
Gertrude I.Johnson & Mary T.Wales |
| József Attila University Szeged (former) |
József Attila |
| Judson College (Alabama) |
Ann Hasseltine Judson |
| Judson College (Illinois) |
Adoniram Judson |
| Juilliard School |
Augustus Juilliard |
| Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University |
Kameshwar Singh |
| Kean University |
Robert Kean |
| Kenyon College |
Lloyd Kenyon, 3rd Baron Kenyon |
| Kettering University |
Charles Kettering |
| Kennedy-King College |
Robert Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King |
| Kim Il-sung University |
Kim Il-sung |
| King Abdulaziz University |
King Abdulaziz |
| King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals |
King Fahd |
| King Faisal University |
King Faisal |
| King Saud University |
King Saud |
| Kyiv Shevchenko University |
Taras Shevchenko |
| La Trobe University |
Charles La Trobe |
| Lalit Narayan Mithila University |
Lalit Narayan Mishra |
| Lamar University |
Mirabeau B. Lamar |
| La Salle University |
Jean-Baptiste de la Salle |
| LeTourneau University |
R.G. LeTourneau |
| Lewis University |
Frank J. Lewis |
| Lincoln Memorial University |
Abraham Lincoln |
| Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) |
Abraham Lincoln |
| Liverpool John Moores University |
John Moores |
| Loyola Marymount University |
Saint Ignatius of Loyola |
| Loyola University Chicago |
Saint Ignatius of Loyola |
| Macquarie University |
Lachlan Macquarie |
| Madurai Kamaraj University |
Kamaraj |
| Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda |
Maharaja Sayajirao |
| Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Vedic University |
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi |
| Maharishi Open University |
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi |
| Maharishi University of Management |
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi |
| Maharshi Dayanand University |
Swami Dayananda |
| Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University |
Mahatma Gandhi |
| Mahatma Gandhi University |
Mahatma Gandhi |
| Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University |
Jyotiba Phule |
| Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism |
Makhanlal Chaturvedi |
| Malcolm X College |
Malcolm X |
| Maria Curie-Sklodowska University |
Maria Sklodowska-Curie |
| Marquette University |
Father Jacques Marquette |
| Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg |
Martin Luther |
| University of Mary Washington |
Mary Washington |
| University of Ulster at Magee |
Martha Magee |
| Massey University |
William Massey |
| Maulana Azad National Urdu University |
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
| McMaster University |
William McMaster |
| McGill University |
James McGill |
| Miguel Hernández University |
Miguel Hernández |
| Millikin University |
James Millikin |
| Mills College |
Cyrus and Susan Tolman Mills |
| Millsaps College |
Reuben Webster Millsaps |
| Mohammed V University |
Mohammed V of Morocco |
| Mohan Lal Sukhadia University, Udaipur |
Mohan Lal Sukhadia |
| Monash University |
John Monash |
| Moody Bible Institute |
Dwight Lyman Moody |
| Moscow State University |
Mikhail Lomonosov |
| Mother Teresa Women's University |
Mother Teresa |
| Murdoch University |
Walter Murdoch |
| Napier University |
John Napier |
| Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology |
Acharya Narendra Deva |
| Naresuan University |
King Naresuan the Great |
| National Cheng Kung University |
Cheng Cheng-kung (Koxinga) |
| National Chung Cheng University |
Chiang Kai-shek |
| National and Kapodistrian University of Athens |
John Capodistria |
| National Sun Yat-sen University |
Sun Yat-sen |
| Newman University |
John Henry Cardinal Newman |
| Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University |
Nelson Mandela |
| Netaji Subhas Open University |
Subhash Chandra Bose |
| Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun |
Nicolaus Copernicus |
| Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences |
Fath Jang Nawwab Mir Osman Ali Khan Asif Jah VII |
| Oglethorpe University |
James Oglethorpe |
| Oral Roberts University |
Oral Roberts |
| Osmania University |
Osman Ali Khan, Asif Jah VII |
| Otis College of Art and Design |
Harrison Gray Otis |
| Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg |
Otto von Guericke |
| Pace University |
Homer Pace and Charles Ashford Pace |
| Peoples' Friendship University of Russia |
Patrice Lumumba |
| Pepperdine University |
George Pepperdine |
| Periyar University |
Periyar Ramasami |
| Philipps University of Marburg |
Philipp I of Hesse |
| Pitzer College |
Russell K. Pitzer |
| Prince of Songkhla University |
Mahidol Adulyadej |
| Prince Sultan University |
Prince Sultan |
| Purdue University |
John Purdue |
| Quaid-i-Azam University |
Mohammad Ali Jinnah |
| Queen's University of Belfast |
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom |
| Rabindra Bharati University |
Rabindranath Tagore |
| Radboud University Nijmegen |
Saint Radboud |
| Radcliffe College |
Ann Mowlson, neé Radcliffe |
| Rajarshi Shahu College of Engineering Pune |
Rajarshi Shahu |
| Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences |
Rajiv Gandhi |
| Randolph-Macon College |
John Randolph of Roanoke and Nathaniel Macon |
| Randolph-Macon Woman's College |
John Randolph of Roanoke and Nathaniel Macon |
| Rani Durgavati University |
Queen Durgavati |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
Stephen Van Rensselaer III |
| Rhodes University |
Cecil Rhodes |
| Rice University |
William Marsh Rice |
| Robert Gordon University |
Robert Gordon |
| Robert Morris University |
Robert Morris |
| Robert Wood Johnson Medical School |
Robert Wood Johnson III |
| Rockefeller University |
John D. Rockefeller |
| Roosevelt University |
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt |
| Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science |
Rosalind Franklin |
| Rowan University |
Henry Rowan and Betty Rowan |
| Royal Holloway, University of London |
Thomas Holloway |
| Russell Sage College |
Russell Sage |
| Rutgers University |
Henry Rutgers |
| Ryerson University |
Egerton Ryerson |
| Saint Andrews University |
Saint Andrew |
| Saint Francis Xavier University |
St. Francis Xavier |
| Saint Michael's College |
Saint Michael the Archangel |
| Sam Houston State University |
Sam Houston |
| Sampurnanand Sanskrit University |
Dr. Sampurnanand |
| Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences |
Sanjay Gandhi |
| Sardar Patel University |
Vallabhbhai Patel |
| Schiller International University |
Friedrich Schiller |
| Scripps College |
Ellen Browning Scripps |
| Semmelweis University |
Ignaz Semmelweis |
| Seton Hall University |
Elizabeth Ann Seton |
| Shivaji University |
Shivaji |
| Silpakorn University |
Silpa Bhirasri |
| Simon Fraser University |
Simon Fraser |
| Shahid Beheshti University |
Shahid Beheshti |
| Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology |
Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah |
| Simón Bolívar University |
Simón Bolívar |
| Smith College |
Sophia Smith |
| SNDT Women's University |
Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey |
| Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit |
Adi Shankara |
| Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya |
Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi |
| Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning |
Sathya Sai Baba |
| Sri Krishnadevaraya University |
Krishnadevaraya |
| Stanford University |
Leland Stanford, Jr. |
| Stephen F. Austin State University |
Stephen F Austin |
| Stetson University |
John Batterson Stetson |
| Stevens Institute of Technology |
Edwin A. Stevens |
| Suranaree University of Technology |
Thao Suranaree |
| Sun Yat-sen University |
Sun Yat-sen |
| Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University |
Ramanand Teerth |
| Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samasthana |
Swami Vivekananda |
| Tata Institute of Fundamental Research |
J.R.D. Tata |
| Tata Institute of Social Sciences |
Sir Dorabji Tata |
| Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology |
Manohar Lal Thapar |
| The Tamil Nadu Dr.Ambedkar Law University |
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar |
| The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University |
M.G. Ramachandran |
| Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur |
Tilka Manjhi |
| Thomas Edison State College |
Thomas Edison |
| Thomas More College of Liberal Arts |
Thomas More |
| Truman State University |
Harry S. Truman |
| Tufts University |
Charles Tufts |
| Tulane University |
Paul Tulane |
| Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 |
Claude Bernard |
| University of Paris V: René Descartes |
René Descartes |
| University of Paris VI: Pierre et Marie Curie |
Pierre Curie, Marie Curie |
| University of Paris VII: Denis Diderot |
Denis Diderot |
| Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University |
Rajarshi Tandon |
| Vanderbilt University |
Cornelius Vanderbilt |
| Vassar College |
Matthew Vassar |
| Vesalius College |
Andreas Vesalius |
| Vidyasagar University |
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar |
| Visweswaraiah Technological University |
Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya |
| Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science |
Walter Sisulu |
| Washington & Jefferson College |
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson |
| Washington & Lee University |
George Washington and Robert E. Lee |
| Washington University in St. Louis |
George Washington |
| Wayne State University |
Anthony Wayne |
| Wells College |
Henry Wells |
| Wheaton College (Illinois) |
Warren L. Wheaton |
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts) |
Eliza Wheaton Strong |
| Whittier College |
John Greenleaf Whittier |
| Wilfrid Laurier University |
Wilfrid Laurier |
| Wilkes University |
John Wilkes |
| College of William and Mary |
King William III and Queen Mary II of England |
| William Carey College |
William Carey |
| William Paterson University |
William Paterson |
| Williams College |
Ephraim Williams |
| Wofford College |
Benjamin Wofford |
| Yale University |
Elihu Yale |
| Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University |
Yashwantrao Chavan |
| Zayed University |
Sheik Zayed |
