63 Best universities for Literature in Poland

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Poland ranked based on their research performance in Literature. A graph of 212K citations received by 34.9K academic papers made by 63 universities in Poland was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

1. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Literature

#79 in Europe

#211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 42,700
Founded: 1816

2. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Literature

#102 in Europe

#273 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Enrollment: 33,549
Founded: 1364

3. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Literature

#111 in Europe

#292 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Enrollment: 37,013
Founded: 1919

4. University of Lodz

For Literature

#173 in Europe

#418 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

5. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Literature

#200 in Europe

#478 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

6. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Literature

#246 in Europe

#577 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 25,063
Founded: 1970

7. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Literature

#326 in Europe

#798 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1968

8. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Literature

#332 in Europe

#825 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 1,700
Founded: 1944

9. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Literature

#343 in Europe

#863 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

10. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Literature

#357 in Europe

#894 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

11. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Literature

#371 in Europe

#938 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

12. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Literature

#383 in Europe

#988 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

13. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Literature

#389 in Europe

#1021 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Enrollment: 27,072
Founded: 1826

14. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Literature

#410 in Europe

#1074 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 27,388
Founded: 1945

15. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Literature

#418 in Europe

#1103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

16. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Literature

#427 in Europe

#1139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 23,600
Founded: 1904

17. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Literature

#444 in Europe

#1190 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 16,443
Founded: 1816

18. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Literature

#458 in Europe

#1225 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 13,160
Founded: 1997

19. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Literature

#467 in Europe

#1262 in the World

Founded: 1955

20. Lodz University of Technology

For Literature

#473 in Europe

#1273 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

21. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Literature

#483 in Europe

#1317 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 27,200
Founded: 1945

22. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Literature

#485 in Europe

#1327 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

23. University of Opole

For Literature

#488 in Europe

#1335 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 10,300
Founded: 1994

24. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Literature

#495 in Europe

#1369 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

25. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Literature

#513 in Europe

#1430 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Enrollment: 17,500
Founded: 1996

26. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Literature

#516 in Europe

#1440 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

27. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Literature

#523 in Europe

#1471 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 11,500
Founded: 1870

28. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Literature

#557 in Europe

#1631 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Enrollment: 10,600
Founded: 1951

29. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Literature

#575 in Europe

#1704 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

30. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Literature

#577 in Europe

#1713 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 15,903
Male:Female: 67:33
Founded: 1919

31. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Literature

#585 in Europe

#1749 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

32. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Literature

#611 in Europe

#1875 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

33. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Literature

#615 in Europe

#1890 in the World

Founded: 1950

34. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Literature

#617 in Europe

#1900 in the World

Enrollment: 8,077
Founded: 1937

35. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Literature

#628 in Europe

#1924 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Enrollment: 9,884
Male:Female: 25:75
Founded: 1809

36. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Literature

#642 in Europe

#2003 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

37. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Literature

#654 in Europe

#2052 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

38. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Literature

#671 in Europe

#2130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

39. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Literature

#675 in Europe

#2153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

40. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Literature

#694 in Europe

#2242 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 34,000
Founded: 1949

41. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Literature

#721 in Europe

#2345 in the World

Founded: 1945

42. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Literature

#723 in Europe

#2349 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 11,529
Founded: 1906

43. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Literature

#734 in Europe

#2399 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

44. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Literature

#752 in Europe

#2465 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

45. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Literature

#757 in Europe

#2500 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 11,000
Founded: 1926

46. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Literature

#764 in Europe

#2552 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

47. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Literature

#770 in Europe

#2582 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

48. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Literature

#773 in Europe

#2602 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

49. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Literature

#799 in Europe

#2731 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

50. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Literature

#808 in Europe

#2790 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

51. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Literature

#819 in Europe

#2848 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 17,700
Founded: 1951

52. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Literature

#823 in Europe

#2874 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

53. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Literature

#869 in Europe

#3149 in the World

Founded: 1994

54. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Literature

#880 in Europe

#3228 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

55. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Literature

#881 in Europe

#3229 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1925

56. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Literature

#896 in Europe

#3319 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

57. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Literature

#908 in Europe

#3388 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

58. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Literature

#911 in Europe

#3406 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 1948

59. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Literature

#922 in Europe

#3452 in the World

Founded: 1968

60. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Literature

#959 in Europe

#3683 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Enrollment: 5,391
Founded: 1929

61. Opole University of Technology

For Literature

#976 in Europe

#3805 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

62. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Literature

#1014 in Europe

#3981 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

63. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Literature

#1043 in Europe

#4118 in the World

Enrollment: 6,390
Male:Female: 48:52
Founded: 1950

The best cities to study Literature in Poland based on the number of universities and their ranks are Warsaw, Krakow, Poznan, and Lodz.