67 Best Materials Science 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 Materials Science. A graph of 5.16M citations received by 325K 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

#90 in Europe

#292 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

2. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Materials Science

#98 in Europe

#309 in the World

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

3. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Materials Science

#136 in Europe

#394 in the World

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

4. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Materials Science

#151 in Europe

#440 in the World

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

5. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Materials Science

#160 in Europe

#460 in the World

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

6. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Materials Science

#169 in Europe

#485 in the World

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

7. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Materials Science

#182 in Europe

#515 in the World

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

8. Lodz University of Technology

For Materials Science

#204 in Europe

#563 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

9. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Materials Science

#220 in Europe

#607 in the World

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

10. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Materials Science

#224 in Europe

#621 in the World

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

11. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Materials Science

#230 in Europe

#642 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

12. University of Lodz

For Materials Science

#239 in Europe

#674 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

13. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Materials Science

#275 in Europe

#792 in the World

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

14. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Materials Science

#286 in Europe

#823 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

15. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Materials Science

#292 in Europe

#844 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

16. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Materials Science

#302 in Europe

#871 in the World

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

17. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Materials Science

#321 in Europe

#945 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

18. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Materials Science

#324 in Europe

#958 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

19. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Materials Science

#331 in Europe

#975 in the World

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

20. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Materials Science

#335 in Europe

#986 in the World

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

21. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Materials Science

#355 in Europe

#1043 in the World

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

22. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Materials Science

#357 in Europe

#1046 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

23. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Materials Science

#368 in Europe

#1085 in the World

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

24. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Materials Science

#444 in Europe

#1415 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

25. Opole University of Technology

For Materials Science

#455 in Europe

#1467 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

26. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Materials Science

#464 in Europe

#1491 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

27. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Materials Science

#467 in Europe

#1498 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

28. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Materials Science

#491 in Europe

#1620 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

29. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Materials Science

#509 in Europe

#1697 in the World

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

30. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Materials Science

#513 in Europe

#1708 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

31. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Materials Science

#527 in Europe

#1779 in the World

Founded: 1968

32. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Materials Science

#540 in Europe

#1834 in the World

Founded: 1955

33. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Materials Science

#550 in Europe

#1874 in the World

Founded: 1950

34. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Materials Science

#553 in Europe

#1886 in the World

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

35. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Materials Science

#562 in Europe

#1934 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

#1979 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

37. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Materials Science

#574 in Europe

#1983 in the World

Founded: 1945

38. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Materials Science

#580 in Europe

#2004 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

39. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Materials Science

#581 in Europe

#2005 in the World

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

40. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Materials Science

#584 in Europe

#2012 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

41. University of Opole

For Materials Science

#590 in Europe

#2049 in the World

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

42. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Materials Science

#596 in Europe

#2087 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

43. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Materials Science

#602 in Europe

#2124 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

44. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Materials Science

#621 in Europe

#2212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

45. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Materials Science

#624 in Europe

#2233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

46. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Materials Science

#642 in Europe

#2299 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

47. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Materials Science

#666 in Europe

#2423 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

48. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Materials Science

#679 in Europe

#2471 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

49. Bialystok Technical University

Poland | Bialystok

For Materials Science

#683 in Europe

#2481 in the World

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

50. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Materials Science

#684 in Europe

#2483 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

51. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Materials Science

#697 in Europe

#2549 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

52. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Materials Science

#718 in Europe

#2665 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

#2719 in the World

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

54. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Materials Science

#754 in Europe

#2847 in the World

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

55. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Materials Science

#782 in Europe

#3003 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

56. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Materials Science

#801 in Europe

#3085 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

57. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Materials Science

#808 in Europe

#3121 in the World

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

58. Medical University of Lodz

For Materials Science

#831 in Europe

#3248 in the World

Founded: 1950

59. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Materials Science

#853 in Europe

#3314 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

60. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Materials Science

#859 in Europe

#3337 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

61. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Materials Science

#883 in Europe

#3465 in the World

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

62. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Materials Science

#884 in Europe

#3471 in the World

Enrollment: 8,077
Founded: 1937

63. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Materials Science

#1039 in Europe

#4253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

64. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Materials Science

#1157 in Europe

#4838 in the World

Founded: 1994

65. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Materials Science

#1209 in Europe

#5091 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

66. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Materials Science

#1225 in Europe

#5146 in the World

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

67. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Materials Science

#1291 in Europe

#5535 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 Engineering31

Chemical Engineering60

Computational Chemistry44

Environmental Chemistry55

Inorganic Chemistry54

Nanotechnology58

Nutrition and Food Science60

Organic Chemistry64

Petrology and Geochemistry48

Physical chemistry61

Polymer science and Plastics engineering21

Radiochemistry48