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Top 25 Autonomous universities worldwide

Name: Autonomous universities worldwide
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 3,676 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 3,676 autonomous universities worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 1,667,614 professional contacts across them, including 463,707 with verified work emails. India is the largest market and Kolkata the largest hub.

This list covers autonomous universities worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026. Country and city lists for autonomous universities follow the table.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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1,667,614Contacts tracked

463,707Verified emails

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The 25 largest autonomous universities worldwide

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 3,676 autonomous universities worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to autonomous universities: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Indirect evidence	Champaign, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	22,281 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is dedicated to building upon its tradition of excellence in education, research, public engagement and economic development.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	UCL	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	18,143 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “UCL (University College London) is London's leading multidisciplinary university, ranked 9th in the QS World University Rankings.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	University Of Melbourne	Indirect evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	18,065 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “As Australia's leading university, our distinctive Melbourne experience helps graduates become well-rounded, thoughtful and skilled professionals – making a positive impact across…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Monash University	Indirect evidence	Victoria, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	17,916 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Monash University is Australia’s largest and most international university.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Washington University In St. Louis	Indirect evidence	St. Louis, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	16,518 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Washington University in St.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Pontificia Universidad Católica DE Chile	Indirect evidence	Providencia, ChileHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	14,168 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile is currently one of the leading higher education institutions in Latin America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	The University Of Manchester	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	14,153 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The University of Manchester is recognised globally for its pioneering research, outstanding teaching and learning, and commitment to social responsibility.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Duke University	Indirect evidence	Durham, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	13,949 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	The University Of Queensland	Indirect evidence	Brisbane, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	13,904 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For more than a century, The University of Queensland (UQ) has maintained a global reputation for delivering knowledge leadership for a better world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	UNSW	Partial evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	13,189 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is one of Australia's leading research and teaching universities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Universidad Nacional DE Colombia	Indirect evidence	Bogotá, ColombiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	12,744 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Página oficial.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	King's College London	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	12,690 contacts →
	Partial evidence “King’s College London is amongst the top 35 universities in the world and 5th best in the UK (QS World University Rankings 2026), and one of England’s oldest and most prestigious…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Sapienza Università DI Roma	Partial evidence	Rome, ItalyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	12,364 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Sapienza University of Rome, founded in 1303 by Pope Boniface is one of the oldest universities in the world and a high performer among the largest universities in international…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Universidade Paulista	Indirect evidence	Sao Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	11,960 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A UNIP promove, em todas as áreas da educação, a formação atualizada dos alunos e sua capacitação para uma sociedade em constante mudança, por meio de um ensino de qualidade…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Universidad Complutense DE Madrid	Indirect evidence	Madrid, SpainHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	11,106 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “La Universidad Complutense de Madrid es una universidad pública de calidad al servicio de la sociedad.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	KU Leuven	Indirect evidence	Leuven, BelgiumHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	11,098 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1425, the multidisciplinary and research-driven University of Leuven (KU Leuven) has been a centre of learning for almost six centuries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Université DE Montréal	Indirect evidence	Montréal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	10,865 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Université de Montréal and its two affiliated schools, Polytechnique Montréal and HEC Montréal, is Quebec's biggest university complex and one of the largest in North America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Alma Mater Studiorum Università DI Bologna	Indirect evidence	Bologna, ItalyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	10,787 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna operates on the principle that every individual carries within themselves a unique and unrepeatable potential.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	University Of Birmingham	Indirect evidence	Birmingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	10,745 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Nanyang Technological University Singapore	Indirect evidence	SingaporeHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	9,643 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A research-intensive public university, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has 40,700 undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Engineering…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	University At Buffalo	Indirect evidence	Buffalo, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	9,539 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Put your #UBhornsUP!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Deakin University	Indirect evidence	Burwood, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	9,189 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Deakin’s unique identity – rooted in balanced excellence in education and research – has been driving lasting change for a better future since 1974.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Louisiana State University	Partial evidence	Baton Rouge, LA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	9,173 contacts →
	Partial evidence “LSU is the flagship institution of Louisiana and is one of only 30 universities nationwide holding land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant status.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	University Of Cape Town	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	9,134 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “UCT is one of the leading higher education institutions on the African continent and has a tradition of academic excellence that is respected worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	The George Washington University	Indirect evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	9,026 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The George Washington University, an independent academic institution chartered by the Congress of the United States in 1821, dedicates itself to furthering human well-being.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: autonomous universities. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names autonomous universities.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of autonomous universities, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name autonomous universities. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Autonomous universities worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

27.8%Verified-email coverage

453.6Average contacts per company

201-500Median size (employees)

0.6%Largest-city concentration · Kolkata

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

297

11-50

450

51-200

650

201-500

627

501-1,000

505

1,001-5,000

743

5,001-10,000

206

10001+

188

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among autonomous universities, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
Coverage: Every country. Country and city lists for autonomous universities are linked below.
What qualifies: Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “autonomous universities”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names autonomous universities), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among autonomous universities, and records with no verified work email.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 463,707 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Autonomous universities by location

22 lists · largest first

Every Autonomous universities list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names autonomous universities, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many autonomous universities are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 3,676 autonomous universities worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, headquartered in Champaign, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most autonomous universities?

India leads with 754 companies, followed by Brazil (283) and Indonesia (123). Every autonomous universities list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most autonomous universities?

Kolkata leads with 22 headquartered companies, followed by Sao Paulo (20) and Lahore (17).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.