35 Best universities for Software Engineering 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 Software Engineering. A graph of 88.5K citations received by 9.74K academic papers made by 35 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 Software Engineering

#123 in Europe

#272 in the World

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

2. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Software Engineering

#147 in Europe

#320 in the World

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

3. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Software Engineering

#173 in Europe

#376 in the World

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

4. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Software Engineering

#227 in Europe

#509 in the World

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

5. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Software Engineering

#230 in Europe

#513 in the World

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

6. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Software Engineering

#278 in Europe

#632 in the World

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

7. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Software Engineering

#289 in Europe

#652 in the World

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

8. Lodz University of Technology

For Software Engineering

#429 in Europe

#1024 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

9. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Software Engineering

#431 in Europe

#1031 in the World

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

10. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Software Engineering

#456 in Europe

#1097 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

11. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Software Engineering

#478 in Europe

#1185 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

12. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Software Engineering

#490 in Europe

#1215 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

13. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Software Engineering

#501 in Europe

#1249 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

14. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Software Engineering

#508 in Europe

#1260 in the World

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

15. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Software Engineering

#528 in Europe

#1323 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

16. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Software Engineering

#534 in Europe

#1335 in the World

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

17. University of Lodz

For Software Engineering

#548 in Europe

#1404 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

18. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Software Engineering

#550 in Europe

#1411 in the World

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

19. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Software Engineering

#552 in Europe

#1421 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

20. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Software Engineering

#566 in Europe

#1470 in the World

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

21. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Software Engineering

#569 in Europe

#1497 in the World

Founded: 1994

22. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Software Engineering

#573 in Europe

#1529 in the World

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

23. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Software Engineering

#588 in Europe

#1603 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

24. Opole University of Technology

For Software Engineering

#595 in Europe

#1639 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

25. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Software Engineering

#596 in Europe

#1640 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

26. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Software Engineering

#598 in Europe

#1662 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

27. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Software Engineering

#603 in Europe

#1681 in the World

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

28. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Software Engineering

#621 in Europe

#1767 in the World

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

29. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Software Engineering

#632 in Europe

#1811 in the World

Founded: 1968

30. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Software Engineering

#638 in Europe

#1851 in the World

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

31. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Software Engineering

#710 in Europe

#2160 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

32. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Software Engineering

#713 in Europe

#2199 in the World

Enrollment: 11,230
Founded: 1937

33. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Software Engineering

#723 in Europe

#2255 in the World

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

34. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Software Engineering

#742 in Europe

#2364 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

35. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Software Engineering

#770 in Europe

#2595 in the World

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

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