67 Best Materials Science schools 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 Materials Science. A graph of 4.77M citations received by 317K academic papers made by 67 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. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Materials Science

#95 in Europe

#299 in the World

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

2. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Materials Science

#100 in Europe

#307 in the World

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

3. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Materials Science

#136 in Europe

#393 in the World

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

4. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Materials Science

#152 in Europe

#434 in the World

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

5. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Materials Science

#162 in Europe

#460 in the World

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

6. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Materials Science

#173 in Europe

#494 in the World

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

7. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Materials Science

#181 in Europe

#508 in the World

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

8. Lodz University of Technology

For Materials Science

#205 in Europe

#560 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

9. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Materials Science

#225 in Europe

#616 in the World

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

10. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Materials Science

#227 in Europe

#621 in the World

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

11. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Materials Science

#228 in Europe

#629 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

12. University of Lodz

For Materials Science

#238 in Europe

#665 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

13. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Materials Science

#275 in Europe

#778 in the World

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

14. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Materials Science

#285 in Europe

#812 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

15. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Materials Science

#302 in Europe

#856 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

16. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Materials Science

#303 in Europe

#862 in the World

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

17. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Materials Science

#322 in Europe

#935 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

18. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Materials Science

#327 in Europe

#948 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

19. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Materials Science

#332 in Europe

#967 in the World

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

20. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Materials Science

#334 in Europe

#969 in the World

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

21. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Materials Science

#355 in Europe

#1033 in the World

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

22. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Materials Science

#359 in Europe

#1048 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

23. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Materials Science

#375 in Europe

#1092 in the World

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

24. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Materials Science

#439 in Europe

#1374 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

25. Opole University of Technology

For Materials Science

#458 in Europe

#1449 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

26. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Materials Science

#464 in Europe

#1477 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

27. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Materials Science

#469 in Europe

#1502 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

28. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Materials Science

#494 in Europe

#1617 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

29. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Materials Science

#511 in Europe

#1696 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

30. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Materials Science

#516 in Europe

#1714 in the World

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

31. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Materials Science

#524 in Europe

#1756 in the World

Founded: 1968

32. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Materials Science

#546 in Europe

#1843 in the World

Founded: 1955

33. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Materials Science

#550 in Europe

#1867 in the World

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

34. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Materials Science

#553 in Europe

#1880 in the World

Founded: 1950

35. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Materials Science

#567 in Europe

#1941 in the World

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

36. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Materials Science

#573 in Europe

#1964 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

37. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Materials Science

#579 in Europe

#1995 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

38. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Materials Science

#580 in Europe

#1996 in the World

Founded: 1945

39. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Materials Science

#583 in Europe

#2004 in the World

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

40. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Materials Science

#588 in Europe

#2019 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

41. University of Opole

For Materials Science

#590 in Europe

#2026 in the World

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

42. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Materials Science

#600 in Europe

#2089 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

43. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Materials Science

#609 in Europe

#2139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

44. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Materials Science

#623 in Europe

#2223 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

45. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Materials Science

#625 in Europe

#2230 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

46. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Materials Science

#636 in Europe

#2271 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

47. Bialystok Technical University

Poland | Bialystok

For Materials Science

#669 in Europe

#2421 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 12,400
Founded: 1949

48. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Materials Science

#678 in Europe

#2440 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

49. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Materials Science

#680 in Europe

#2443 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

50. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Materials Science

#691 in Europe

#2496 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

51. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Materials Science

#694 in Europe

#2528 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

52. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Materials Science

#717 in Europe

#2648 in the World

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

53. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Materials Science

#732 in Europe

#2726 in the World

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

54. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Materials Science

#752 in Europe

#2840 in the World

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

55. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Materials Science

#780 in Europe

#2994 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

56. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Materials Science

#804 in Europe

#3101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

57. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Materials Science

#806 in Europe

#3116 in the World

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

58. Medical University of Lodz

For Materials Science

#821 in Europe

#3189 in the World

Founded: 1950

59. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Materials Science

#850 in Europe

#3296 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

60. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Materials Science

#857 in Europe

#3319 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

61. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Materials Science

#880 in Europe

#3434 in the World

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

62. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Materials Science

#885 in Europe

#3461 in the World

Enrollment: 11,230
Founded: 1937

63. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Materials Science

#1030 in Europe

#4228 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

64. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Materials Science

#1146 in Europe

#4777 in the World

Founded: 1994

65. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Materials Science

#1225 in Europe

#5144 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

66. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Materials Science

#1235 in Europe

#5208 in the World

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

67. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Materials Science

#1290 in Europe

#5529 in the World

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

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

Chemistry subfields in Poland

Biochemical Engineering30

Chemical Engineering60

Computational Chemistry43

Environmental Chemistry55

Inorganic Chemistry54

Nanotechnology57

Nutrition and Food Science60

Organic Chemistry64

Petrology and Geochemistry47

Physical chemistry61

Polymer science and Plastics engineering22

Radiochemistry48