The Free University of Berlin has more than 32,000 students, around 5,000 academic staff, and offers over 150 degree programs.
The university describes itself as a world leader in photovoltaics, HIV/AIDS research and quantum computing, and has 4,300 research staff.
Irvine, one of 10 institutions that make up the University of California, is based in Orange County – just to the south of Los Angeles.
The Free University of Berlin has more than 32,000 students, around 5,000 academic staff, and offers over 150 degree programs.
Monash has more than 77,000 students from over 170 countries – making it Australia's largest university.
Based just outside the city of Coventry, the University of Warwick has around 26,500 students and almost 2,500 academic staff.
Seoul National University came into being in 1946, not long after Korea gained independence from Japan.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong operates nine separate colleges and was established in 1963 with the stated aim of combining tradition with modernity.
Australian National University brought together several older, smaller institutions, many of them involved in astronomy.
The University of California, San Diego, established in 1960, has more than 38,000 students and is the largest geological and marine science institute in the world.