In 2021/22, the Open University, which focuses on remote learning, had approximately 151,840 students enrolled on courses, the highest in the UK during that academic year. After the Open University, University College London had the highest number of students in the UK, at 46,830, while the University of Manchester had the second-highest, at 46,140. The UK's oldest university, The University of Oxford, had approximately 27,290 students studying there.
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