Central University may mean:
- Central university (India), one of government-designated universities in India
- Central University (Colombia), a university in Colombia
- National Central University, Taiwan (between 1928 and 1949 in mainland China)
- Nanjing University, former name
- Central University of Ecuador, a university in Ecuador
- Central University of Chile, a private university in Chile
- Central Philippine University
- Manila Central University, Philippines
- Central University (Richmond, Kentucky), merged with Centre College Danville, Kentucky, in 1901.
- Central University (Ghana), a university in Ghana
- Central College (Iowa), former name