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
|
| Auturo Prat University
| Arturo Prat
|
| 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
|
| Bates College
| Benjamin E. Bates
|
| Baylor University
| Judge Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor
|
| Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
| David Ben-Gurion
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| 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
| James Buchanan 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
|
| Faulkner University
| James H. Faulkner
|
| Fisk University
| Clinton B. Fisk
|
| Francis Marion University
| Francis Marion
|
| Franklin & Marshall College
| Benjamin Franklin and John Marshall
|
| Franklin Pierce College
| 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
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University
| Kameshwar Singh
|
| Kean University
| Robert Kean
|
| 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
|
| Madurai Kamaraj University
| Kamaraj
|
| Maharshi Dayanand University
| Swami Dayananda
|
| Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Vedic University
| Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
|
| Maharishi Open University
| Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
|
| Maharishi University of Management
| Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
|
| Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University
| Mahatma Gandhi
|
| Mahatma Gandhi University
| Mahatma Gandhi
|
| Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University
| Jyotiba Phule
|
| Macquarie University
| Lachlan Macquarie
|
| Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
| Maharaja Sayajirao
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| Mohan Lal Sukhadia University, Udaipur
| Mohan Lal Sukhadia
|
| Monash University
| John Monash
|
| 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 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
|
| Rabindra Bharati University
| Rabindranath Tagore
|
| Radboud University Nijmegen
| Saint Radboud
|
| 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
|
| Rhodes University
| Cecil Rhodes
|
| Rice University
| William Marsh Rice
|
| Robert Gordon University
| Robert Gordon
|
| Robert Morris University
| Robert Morris
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| 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
| Eliza Wheaton Strong
|
| Wilfrid Laurier University
| Wilfrid Laurier
|
| Wilkes University
| John Wilkes
|
| College of William and Mary
| King William and Queen Mary of England
|
| 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
|