65 Best universities for Economics 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 Economics. A graph of 1.18M citations received by 113K academic papers made by 65 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. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Economics

#144 in Europe

#396 in the World

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

2. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Economics

#220 in Europe

#584 in the World

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

3. University of Lodz

For Economics

#248 in Europe

#642 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

4. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Economics

#286 in Europe

#746 in the World

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

5. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Economics

#294 in Europe

#768 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

6. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Economics

#310 in Europe

#800 in the World

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

7. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Economics

#317 in Europe

#824 in the World

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

8. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Economics

#321 in Europe

#830 in the World

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

9. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Economics

#340 in Europe

#874 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

10. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Economics

#385 in Europe

#1010 in the World

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

11. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Economics

#388 in Europe

#1013 in the World

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

12. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Economics

#392 in Europe

#1028 in the World

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

13. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Economics

#408 in Europe

#1066 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

14. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Economics

#416 in Europe

#1081 in the World

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

15. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Economics

#426 in Europe

#1112 in the World

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

16. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Economics

#432 in Europe

#1121 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

17. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Economics

#436 in Europe

#1139 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

18. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Economics

#458 in Europe

#1215 in the World

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

19. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Economics

#474 in Europe

#1291 in the World

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

20. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Economics

#480 in Europe

#1321 in the World

Enrollment: 8,077
Founded: 1937

21. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Economics

#502 in Europe

#1380 in the World

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

22. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Economics

#523 in Europe

#1468 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

23. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Economics

#538 in Europe

#1542 in the World

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

24. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Economics

#554 in Europe

#1600 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

25. Lodz University of Technology

For Economics

#564 in Europe

#1630 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

26. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Economics

#578 in Europe

#1684 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

27. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Economics

#583 in Europe

#1696 in the World

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

28. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Economics

#584 in Europe

#1697 in the World

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

29. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Economics

#591 in Europe

#1743 in the World

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

30. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Economics

#615 in Europe

#1864 in the World

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

31. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Economics

#622 in Europe

#1889 in the World

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

32. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Economics

#627 in Europe

#1904 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

33. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Economics

#651 in Europe

#2079 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

34. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Economics

#664 in Europe

#2128 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

35. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Economics

#666 in Europe

#2130 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

36. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Economics

#670 in Europe

#2170 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

37. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Economics

#697 in Europe

#2310 in the World

Founded: 1945

38. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Economics

#707 in Europe

#2336 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

39. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Economics

#708 in Europe

#2343 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

40. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Economics

#709 in Europe

#2344 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

41. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Economics

#716 in Europe

#2366 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

42. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Economics

#721 in Europe

#2402 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

43. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Economics

#741 in Europe

#2488 in the World

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

44. University of Opole

For Economics

#751 in Europe

#2549 in the World

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

45. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Economics

#778 in Europe

#2691 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

46. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Economics

#783 in Europe

#2728 in the World

Founded: 1955

47. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Economics

#784 in Europe

#2730 in the World

Founded: 1950

48. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Economics

#789 in Europe

#2775 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

49. Opole University of Technology

For Economics

#809 in Europe

#2904 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

50. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Economics

#812 in Europe

#2947 in the World

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

51. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Economics

#833 in Europe

#3063 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

52. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Economics

#874 in Europe

#3267 in the World

Founded: 1968

53. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Economics

#894 in Europe

#3375 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

54. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Economics

#901 in Europe

#3403 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

55. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Economics

#919 in Europe

#3470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

56. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Economics

#942 in Europe

#3608 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

57. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Economics

#959 in Europe

#3692 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

58. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Economics

#988 in Europe

#3860 in the World

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

59. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Economics

#1001 in Europe

#3914 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

60. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Economics

#1004 in Europe

#3924 in the World

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

61. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Economics

#1019 in Europe

#4032 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

62. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Economics

#1025 in Europe

#4046 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

63. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Economics

#1100 in Europe

#4500 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

64. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Economics

#1146 in Europe

#4793 in the World

Founded: 1994

65. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Economics

#1267 in Europe

#5486 in the World

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

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

Economics subfields in Poland

Actuarial Science19

Agricultural Economics21

Development Studies64

Econometrics and Mathematical Economics53

Environmental Economics33

International Economics51

International Relations and Diplomacy18

International Trade54

Investment Banking and Stock trading28

Political Economy21