A public university or public college is a university or college that is owned by the state or receives significant funding from a government. Whether a national university is considered public varies from one country to another, largely depending on the specific education landscape. In contrast a private university is usually owned and operated by a private corporation. Both types are often regulated, but to varying degrees, by the government.
With 79,232 students as of the 2022-23 academic year, Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona is the largest public university in the United States.
Cairo University in Giza, Egypt
University of Johannesburg in Johannesburg, South Africa
Barishal University in Barishal, Bangladesh
A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university, an institution offering vocational education, a further education institution, or a secondary school.
Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England
Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States
Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018
King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London.