65 Best Art & Design schools 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 Art & Design. A graph of 743K citations received by 92.6K academic papers made by 65 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 Art & Design

#103 in Europe

#277 in the World

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

2. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Art & Design

#138 in Europe

#348 in the World

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

3. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Art & Design

#173 in Europe

#421 in the World

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

4. University of Lodz

For Art & Design

#230 in Europe

#561 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

5. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Art & Design

#244 in Europe

#588 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

6. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Art & Design

#263 in Europe

#635 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

7. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Art & Design

#283 in Europe

#676 in the World

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

8. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Art & Design

#321 in Europe

#785 in the World

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

9. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Art & Design

#350 in Europe

#862 in the World

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

10. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Art & Design

#353 in Europe

#881 in the World

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

11. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Art & Design

#373 in Europe

#945 in the World

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

12. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Art & Design

#376 in Europe

#954 in the World

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

13. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Art & Design

#388 in Europe

#981 in the World

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

14. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Art & Design

#392 in Europe

#999 in the World

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

15. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Art & Design

#423 in Europe

#1081 in the World

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

16. Lodz University of Technology

For Art & Design

#453 in Europe

#1172 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

17. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Art & Design

#463 in Europe

#1193 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

18. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Art & Design

#475 in Europe

#1228 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

19. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Art & Design

#508 in Europe

#1341 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

20. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Art & Design

#545 in Europe

#1495 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

21. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Art & Design

#552 in Europe

#1522 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

22. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Art & Design

#557 in Europe

#1539 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

23. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Art & Design

#558 in Europe

#1545 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

24. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Art & Design

#562 in Europe

#1565 in the World

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

25. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Art & Design

#573 in Europe

#1611 in the World

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

26. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Art & Design

#599 in Europe

#1724 in the World

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

27. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Art & Design

#602 in Europe

#1743 in the World

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

28. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Art & Design

#613 in Europe

#1774 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

29. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Art & Design

#614 in Europe

#1777 in the World

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

30. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Art & Design

#618 in Europe

#1802 in the World

Enrollment: 8,077
Founded: 1937

31. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Art & Design

#623 in Europe

#1819 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

32. University of Opole

For Art & Design

#625 in Europe

#1830 in the World

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

33. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Art & Design

#634 in Europe

#1867 in the World

Founded: 1955

34. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Art & Design

#645 in Europe

#1919 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

35. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Art & Design

#650 in Europe

#1959 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

36. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Art & Design

#657 in Europe

#1991 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

37. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Art & Design

#665 in Europe

#2020 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

38. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Art & Design

#676 in Europe

#2054 in the World

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

39. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Art & Design

#679 in Europe

#2071 in the World

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

40. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Art & Design

#682 in Europe

#2082 in the World

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

41. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Art & Design

#700 in Europe

#2195 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

42. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Art & Design

#701 in Europe

#2198 in the World

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

43. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Art & Design

#705 in Europe

#2219 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

44. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Art & Design

#708 in Europe

#2230 in the World

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

45. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Art & Design

#719 in Europe

#2311 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

46. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Art & Design

#732 in Europe

#2363 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

47. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Art & Design

#736 in Europe

#2384 in the World

Founded: 1950

48. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Art & Design

#763 in Europe

#2560 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

49. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Art & Design

#799 in Europe

#2763 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

50. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Art & Design

#831 in Europe

#2924 in the World

Founded: 1945

51. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Art & Design

#857 in Europe

#3062 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

52. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Art & Design

#864 in Europe

#3097 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

53. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Art & Design

#868 in Europe

#3117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

54. Opole University of Technology

For Art & Design

#873 in Europe

#3151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

55. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Art & Design

#878 in Europe

#3196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

56. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Art & Design

#881 in Europe

#3219 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

57. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Art & Design

#891 in Europe

#3274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

58. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Art & Design

#894 in Europe

#3287 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

59. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Art & Design

#928 in Europe

#3455 in the World

Founded: 1994

60. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Art & Design

#934 in Europe

#3493 in the World

Founded: 1968

61. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Art & Design

#940 in Europe

#3530 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

62. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Art & Design

#972 in Europe

#3678 in the World

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

63. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Art & Design

#1048 in Europe

#4044 in the World

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

64. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Art & Design

#1099 in Europe

#4328 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

65. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Art & Design

#1205 in Europe

#4870 in the World

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

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