66 Best universities for Biology 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 Biology. A graph of 9.97M citations received by 617K academic papers made by 66 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 Biology

#126 in Europe

#349 in the World

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

2. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Biology

#204 in Europe

#567 in the World

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

3. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Biology

#244 in Europe

#697 in the World

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

4. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Biology

#249 in Europe

#718 in the World

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

5. University of Lodz

For Biology

#262 in Europe

#758 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

6. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Biology

#266 in Europe

#764 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

7. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Biology

#283 in Europe

#826 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

8. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Biology

#290 in Europe

#851 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

9. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Biology

#292 in Europe

#854 in the World

Founded: 1950

10. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Biology

#296 in Europe

#868 in the World

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

11. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Biology

#298 in Europe

#873 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

12. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Biology

#301 in Europe

#893 in the World

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

13. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Biology

#308 in Europe

#920 in the World

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

14. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Biology

#309 in Europe

#921 in the World

Founded: 1945

15. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Biology

#317 in Europe

#955 in the World

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

16. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Biology

#319 in Europe

#959 in the World

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

17. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Biology

#321 in Europe

#970 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

18. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Biology

#329 in Europe

#996 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

19. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Biology

#359 in Europe

#1101 in the World

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

20. Medical University of Lodz

For Biology

#361 in Europe

#1103 in the World

Founded: 1950

21. Lodz University of Technology

For Biology

#363 in Europe

#1108 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

22. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Biology

#371 in Europe

#1141 in the World

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

23. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Biology

#376 in Europe

#1157 in the World

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

24. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Biology

#379 in Europe

#1170 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

25. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Biology

#381 in Europe

#1175 in the World

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

26. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Biology

#390 in Europe

#1201 in the World

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

27. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Biology

#400 in Europe

#1248 in the World

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

28. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Biology

#402 in Europe

#1257 in the World

Founded: 1955

29. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Biology

#411 in Europe

#1303 in the World

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

30. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Biology

#416 in Europe

#1330 in the World

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

31. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Biology

#444 in Europe

#1433 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

32. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Biology

#450 in Europe

#1473 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

33. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Biology

#491 in Europe

#1638 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

34. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Biology

#492 in Europe

#1641 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

35. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Biology

#538 in Europe

#1898 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

36. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Biology

#547 in Europe

#1934 in the World

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

37. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Biology

#578 in Europe

#2126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

38. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Biology

#593 in Europe

#2211 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

39. University of Opole

For Biology

#616 in Europe

#2326 in the World

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

40. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Biology

#622 in Europe

#2371 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

41. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Biology

#623 in Europe

#2374 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

42. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Biology

#624 in Europe

#2375 in the World

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

43. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Biology

#631 in Europe

#2395 in the World

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

44. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Biology

#638 in Europe

#2459 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

45. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Biology

#653 in Europe

#2544 in the World

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

46. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Biology

#699 in Europe

#2832 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

47. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Biology

#701 in Europe

#2842 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

48. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Biology

#703 in Europe

#2855 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

49. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Biology

#717 in Europe

#2907 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

50. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Biology

#731 in Europe

#2963 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

51. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Biology

#758 in Europe

#3069 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

52. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Biology

#770 in Europe

#3119 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

53. Opole University of Technology

For Biology

#792 in Europe

#3209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

54. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Biology

#815 in Europe

#3372 in the World

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

55. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Biology

#816 in Europe

#3374 in the World

Founded: 1968

56. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Biology

#834 in Europe

#3463 in the World

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

57. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Biology

#838 in Europe

#3495 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

58. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Biology

#849 in Europe

#3548 in the World

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

59. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Biology

#866 in Europe

#3641 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

60. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Biology

#884 in Europe

#3767 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

61. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Biology

#885 in Europe

#3781 in the World

Enrollment: 11,230
Founded: 1937

62. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Biology

#1002 in Europe

#4405 in the World

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

63. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Biology

#1030 in Europe

#4509 in the World

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

64. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Biology

#1075 in Europe

#4753 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

65. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Biology

#1111 in Europe

#4890 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

66. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Biology

#1203 in Europe

#5271 in the World

Founded: 1994

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