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Abstract Consider $$(X_{i}(t))$$ ( X i ( t ) ) solving a system of N stochastic differential equations interacting through a random matrix $${\mathbf {J}} = (J_{ij})$$ J = ( J ij ) with independent (not necessarily identically distributed) random coefficients. We show that the trajectories of averaged observables of $$(X_i(t))$$ ( X i ( t ) ) , initialized from some $$\mu $$ μ independent of $${\mathbf {J}}$$ J , are universal, i.e., only depend on the choice of the distribution $$\mathbf {J}$$ J through its first and second moments (assuming e.g., sub-exponential tails). We take a general combinatorial approach to proving universality for dynamical systems with random coefficients, combining a stochastic Taylor expansion with a moment matching-type argument. Concrete settings for which our results imply universality include aging in the spherical SK spin glass, and Langevin dynamics and gradient flows for symmetric and asymmetric Hopfield networks.more » « less