64 Best universities for Paleontology in Poland

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Poland ranked based on their research performance in Paleontology. A graph of 2.25M citations received by 149K academic papers made by 64 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.

1. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Paleontology

#134 in Europe

#358 in the World

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

2. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Paleontology

#171 in Europe

#458 in the World

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

3. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Paleontology

#222 in Europe

#573 in the World

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

4. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Paleontology

#223 in Europe

#576 in the World

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

5. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Paleontology

#241 in Europe

#651 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

6. University of Lodz

For Paleontology

#263 in Europe

#728 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

7. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Paleontology

#272 in Europe

#763 in the World

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

8. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Paleontology

#289 in Europe

#814 in the World

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

9. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Paleontology

#311 in Europe

#881 in the World

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

10. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Paleontology

#319 in Europe

#915 in the World

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

11. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Paleontology

#324 in Europe

#928 in the World

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

12. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Paleontology

#335 in Europe

#956 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

13. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Paleontology

#349 in Europe

#992 in the World

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

14. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Paleontology

#365 in Europe

#1028 in the World

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

15. Lodz University of Technology

For Paleontology

#379 in Europe

#1087 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

16. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Paleontology

#380 in Europe

#1091 in the World

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

17. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Paleontology

#385 in Europe

#1111 in the World

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

18. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Paleontology

#401 in Europe

#1172 in the World

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

19. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Paleontology

#405 in Europe

#1189 in the World

Founded: 1955

20. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Paleontology

#409 in Europe

#1217 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

21. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Paleontology

#414 in Europe

#1236 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

22. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Paleontology

#418 in Europe

#1248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

23. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Paleontology

#422 in Europe

#1261 in the World

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

24. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Paleontology

#443 in Europe

#1353 in the World

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

25. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Paleontology

#460 in Europe

#1424 in the World

Founded: 1950

26. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Paleontology

#462 in Europe

#1429 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

27. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Paleontology

#488 in Europe

#1529 in the World

Founded: 1945

28. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Paleontology

#513 in Europe

#1675 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

29. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Paleontology

#514 in Europe

#1681 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

30. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Paleontology

#534 in Europe

#1764 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

31. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Paleontology

#543 in Europe

#1793 in the World

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

32. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Paleontology

#549 in Europe

#1833 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

33. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Paleontology

#557 in Europe

#1878 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

34. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Paleontology

#567 in Europe

#1916 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

35. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Paleontology

#569 in Europe

#1926 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

36. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Paleontology

#597 in Europe

#2085 in the World

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

37. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Paleontology

#608 in Europe

#2137 in the World

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

38. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Paleontology

#619 in Europe

#2201 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

39. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Paleontology

#629 in Europe

#2249 in the World

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

40. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Paleontology

#633 in Europe

#2274 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

41. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Paleontology

#645 in Europe

#2358 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

42. University of Opole

For Paleontology

#647 in Europe

#2368 in the World

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

43. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Paleontology

#651 in Europe

#2387 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

44. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Paleontology

#665 in Europe

#2471 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

45. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Paleontology

#702 in Europe

#2635 in the World

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

46. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Paleontology

#727 in Europe

#2786 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

47. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Paleontology

#728 in Europe

#2787 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

48. Opole University of Technology

For Paleontology

#729 in Europe

#2801 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

49. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Paleontology

#731 in Europe

#2810 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

50. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Paleontology

#737 in Europe

#2837 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

51. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Paleontology

#748 in Europe

#2900 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

52. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Paleontology

#761 in Europe

#2993 in the World

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

53. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Paleontology

#771 in Europe

#3033 in the World

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

54. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Paleontology

#808 in Europe

#3221 in the World

Enrollment: 11,230
Founded: 1937

55. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Paleontology

#839 in Europe

#3415 in the World

Founded: 1968

56. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Paleontology

#844 in Europe

#3439 in the World

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

57. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Paleontology

#867 in Europe

#3556 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

58. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Paleontology

#875 in Europe

#3596 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

59. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Paleontology

#881 in Europe

#3618 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

60. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Paleontology

#952 in Europe

#4065 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

61. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Paleontology

#1012 in Europe

#4343 in the World

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

62. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Paleontology

#1023 in Europe

#4418 in the World

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

63. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Paleontology

#1034 in Europe

#4471 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

64. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Paleontology

#1199 in Europe

#5170 in the World

Founded: 1994

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