Central University may mean:
- Central university (India), one of the government-designated universities in India
- Central University (Colombia), a university in Colombia
- Dhaka Central University, a proposed public university consisting of seven colleges
- National Central University, Taiwan
- National Central University, former name of Nanjing University
- Central University of Ecuador, a university in Ecuador
- Central University of Chile, a private university in Chile
- Central Philippine University, Jaro, Iloilo, Philippines
- Manila Central University, Caloocan City, Philippines
- Central University of Kentucky, Richmond, Kentucky, merged with Centre College in 1901.
- Central University (Ghana), a university in Ghana
- Central University of Iowa, former name of Central College (Iowa)
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