67 Best universities for Chemistry 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 Chemistry. A graph of 10.6M citations received by 605K 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. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Chemistry

#143 in Europe

#391 in the World

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

2. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Chemistry

#178 in Europe

#474 in the World

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

3. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Chemistry

#200 in Europe

#543 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

4. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Chemistry

#209 in Europe

#586 in the World

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

5. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Chemistry

#228 in Europe

#649 in the World

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

6. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Chemistry

#237 in Europe

#674 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

7. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Chemistry

#239 in Europe

#676 in the World

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

8. University of Lodz

For Chemistry

#241 in Europe

#694 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

9. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Chemistry

#269 in Europe

#787 in the World

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

10. Lodz University of Technology

For Chemistry

#278 in Europe

#806 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

11. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Chemistry

#282 in Europe

#815 in the World

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

12. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Chemistry

#290 in Europe

#853 in the World

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

13. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Chemistry

#296 in Europe

#868 in the World

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

14. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Chemistry

#313 in Europe

#918 in the World

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

15. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Chemistry

#326 in Europe

#964 in the World

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

16. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Chemistry

#337 in Europe

#1011 in the World

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

17. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Chemistry

#341 in Europe

#1022 in the World

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

18. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Chemistry

#343 in Europe

#1028 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

19. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Chemistry

#348 in Europe

#1047 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

20. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Chemistry

#349 in Europe

#1048 in the World

Founded: 1950

21. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Chemistry

#357 in Europe

#1083 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

22. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Chemistry

#374 in Europe

#1132 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

23. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Chemistry

#385 in Europe

#1174 in the World

Founded: 1945

24. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Chemistry

#387 in Europe

#1186 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

25. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Chemistry

#403 in Europe

#1250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

26. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Chemistry

#422 in Europe

#1317 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

27. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Chemistry

#427 in Europe

#1330 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

28. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Chemistry

#431 in Europe

#1342 in the World

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

29. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Chemistry

#446 in Europe

#1390 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

30. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Chemistry

#451 in Europe

#1440 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

31. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Chemistry

#453 in Europe

#1447 in the World

Founded: 1955

32. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Chemistry

#457 in Europe

#1459 in the World

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

33. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Chemistry

#465 in Europe

#1513 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

34. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Chemistry

#466 in Europe

#1518 in the World

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

35. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Chemistry

#484 in Europe

#1574 in the World

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

36. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Chemistry

#485 in Europe

#1578 in the World

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

37. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Chemistry

#489 in Europe

#1587 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

38. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Chemistry

#538 in Europe

#1833 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

39. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Chemistry

#541 in Europe

#1838 in the World

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

40. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Chemistry

#579 in Europe

#2057 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

41. Opole University of Technology

For Chemistry

#610 in Europe

#2220 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

42. University of Opole

For Chemistry

#614 in Europe

#2245 in the World

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

43. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Chemistry

#622 in Europe

#2308 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

44. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Chemistry

#625 in Europe

#2320 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

45. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Chemistry

#639 in Europe

#2401 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

46. Medical University of Lodz

For Chemistry

#654 in Europe

#2483 in the World

Founded: 1950

47. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Chemistry

#657 in Europe

#2508 in the World

Founded: 1968

48. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Chemistry

#692 in Europe

#2712 in the World

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

49. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Chemistry

#693 in Europe

#2717 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

50. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Chemistry

#715 in Europe

#2819 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

51. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Chemistry

#748 in Europe

#2976 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

52. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Chemistry

#762 in Europe

#3035 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

53. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Chemistry

#768 in Europe

#3107 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

54. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Chemistry

#777 in Europe

#3159 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

55. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Chemistry

#793 in Europe

#3212 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

56. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Chemistry

#816 in Europe

#3313 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

57. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Chemistry

#840 in Europe

#3443 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

58. Bialystok Technical University

Poland | Bialystok

For Chemistry

#874 in Europe

#3575 in the World

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

59. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Chemistry

#892 in Europe

#3685 in the World

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

60. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Chemistry

#925 in Europe

#3870 in the World

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

61. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Chemistry

#944 in Europe

#3967 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

62. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Chemistry

#960 in Europe

#4066 in the World

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

63. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Chemistry

#1033 in Europe

#4425 in the World

Enrollment: 8,077
Founded: 1937

64. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Chemistry

#1144 in Europe

#4932 in the World

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

65. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Chemistry

#1176 in Europe

#5095 in the World

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

66. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Chemistry

#1188 in Europe

#5173 in the World

Founded: 1994

67. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Chemistry

#1232 in Europe

#5384 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

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

Chemistry subfields in Poland

Biochemical Engineering31

Chemical Engineering60

Computational Chemistry44

Environmental Chemistry55

Inorganic Chemistry54

Materials Science67

Nanotechnology58

Nutrition and Food Science60

Organic Chemistry64

Petrology and Geochemistry48

Physical chemistry61

Polymer science and Plastics engineering21

Radiochemistry48