National university

A national university is generally a created or managed by a government, but which may at the same time operate autonomously without direct control by the state.

Some national universities are associated with national cultural or political aspirations. For example, the during the early days of  collected a large amount of information about the  and. In Argentina, the national universities are the result of the and subsequent reforms, which were intended to provide a secular university system without direct clerical or government influence by bestowing self-government on the institutions.

(91 institutes)

 * (7 functioning, 13 upcoming)
 * (23 functioning)
 * (31 functioning)
 * (23 functioning)
 * (1 functioning, 2 upcoming)
 * (7 functioning, 1 upcoming)
 * (7 functioning, 4 upcoming)
 * (Headquartered in with 4 branches)
 * (3 functioning)

Others

 * (20 functioning)
 * (21 functioning)

Philippines

 * , composed of eight (8) autonomous universities

Sri Lanka

 * (Western Province)
 * (Central Province)
 * (Southern Province)
 * (Western Province)
 * (Western Province)
 * (Western Province)
 * (Northern Province)
 * (Eastern Province)
 * , Oluvil (Eastern Province)
 * (North Central Province)
 * (Sabaragamuwa Province)
 * , Kuliyapitiya and Makandura (North Western Province)
 * (Uva Province)
 * (Western Province)
 * (distance education)
 * (defunct)
 * (defunct)