35 Best universities for Software Engineering 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 Software Engineering. A graph of 95.8K citations received by 9.92K 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

#121 in Europe

#266 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

2. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Software Engineering

#148 in Europe

#319 in the World

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

3. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Software Engineering

#178 in Europe

#386 in the World

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

4. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Software Engineering

#228 in Europe

#511 in the World

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

5. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Software Engineering

#232 in Europe

#520 in the World

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

6. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Software Engineering

#275 in Europe

#627 in the World

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

7. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Software Engineering

#283 in Europe

#638 in the World

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

8. Lodz University of Technology

For Software Engineering

#426 in Europe

#1016 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

9. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Software Engineering

#437 in Europe

#1049 in the World

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

10. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Software Engineering

#461 in Europe

#1112 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

11. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Software Engineering

#479 in Europe

#1181 in the World

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

12. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Software Engineering

#487 in Europe

#1206 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

13. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Software Engineering

#491 in Europe

#1218 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

14. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Software Engineering

#515 in Europe

#1287 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

15. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Software Engineering

#534 in Europe

#1347 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

16. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Software Engineering

#539 in Europe

#1370 in the World

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

17. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Software Engineering

#546 in Europe

#1388 in the World

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

18. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Software Engineering

#556 in Europe

#1442 in the World

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

19. University of Lodz

For Software Engineering

#557 in Europe

#1443 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

20. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Software Engineering

#564 in Europe

#1467 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

21. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Software Engineering

#573 in Europe

#1531 in the World

Founded: 1994

22. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Software Engineering

#578 in Europe

#1572 in the World

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

23. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Software Engineering

#587 in Europe

#1602 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

24. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Software Engineering

#592 in Europe

#1637 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

25. Opole University of Technology

For Software Engineering

#598 in Europe

#1651 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

26. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Software Engineering

#611 in Europe

#1693 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

27. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Software Engineering

#612 in Europe

#1698 in the World

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

28. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Software Engineering

#624 in Europe

#1794 in the World

Founded: 1968

29. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Software Engineering

#625 in Europe

#1796 in the World

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

30. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Software Engineering

#629 in Europe

#1817 in the World

Enrollment: 8,077
Founded: 1937

31. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Software Engineering

#657 in Europe

#1941 in the World

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

32. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Software Engineering

#711 in Europe

#2171 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

33. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Software Engineering

#720 in Europe

#2231 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

#745 in Europe

#2381 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

35. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Software Engineering

#770 in Europe

#2610 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.