64 Best universities for Optical Engineering in Poland

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Poland ranked based on their research performance in Optical Engineering. A graph of 1.75M citations received by 132K academic papers made by 64 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. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Optical Engineering

#136 in Europe

#362 in the World

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

2. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Optical Engineering

#138 in Europe

#367 in the World

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

3. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Optical Engineering

#170 in Europe

#431 in the World

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

4. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Optical Engineering

#178 in Europe

#448 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Enrollment: 41,661
Founded: 1364

5. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Optical Engineering

#180 in Europe

#451 in the World

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

6. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Optical Engineering

#226 in Europe

#601 in the World

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

7. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Optical Engineering

#239 in Europe

#630 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

8. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Optical Engineering

#248 in Europe

#653 in the World

Enrollment: 25,500
Founded: 1702

9. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Optical Engineering

#281 in Europe

#743 in the World

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

10. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Optical Engineering

#284 in Europe

#746 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

11. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Optical Engineering

#302 in Europe

#789 in the World

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

12. Lodz University of Technology

For Optical Engineering

#307 in Europe

#808 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

13. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Optical Engineering

#323 in Europe

#853 in the World

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

14. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Optical Engineering

#328 in Europe

#864 in the World

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

15. University of Lodz

For Optical Engineering

#336 in Europe

#889 in the World

Enrollment: 38,000
Founded: 1945

16. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Optical Engineering

#337 in Europe

#890 in the World

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

17. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Optical Engineering

#388 in Europe

#1106 in the World

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

18. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Optical Engineering

#429 in Europe

#1263 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

19. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Optical Engineering

#446 in Europe

#1326 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

20. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Optical Engineering

#464 in Europe

#1419 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

21. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Optical Engineering

#465 in Europe

#1422 in the World

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

22. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Optical Engineering

#481 in Europe

#1503 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Enrollment: 9,147
Founded: 1809

23. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Optical Engineering

#493 in Europe

#1553 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

24. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Optical Engineering

#507 in Europe

#1633 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

25. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Optical Engineering

#515 in Europe

#1657 in the World

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

26. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Optical Engineering

#523 in Europe

#1710 in the World

Founded: 1950

27. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Optical Engineering

#527 in Europe

#1733 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

28. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Optical Engineering

#531 in Europe

#1751 in the World

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

29. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Optical Engineering

#537 in Europe

#1784 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

30. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Optical Engineering

#539 in Europe

#1789 in the World

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

31. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Optical Engineering

#552 in Europe

#1831 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

32. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Optical Engineering

#562 in Europe

#1868 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

33. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Optical Engineering

#563 in Europe

#1870 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

34. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Optical Engineering

#566 in Europe

#1876 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

35. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Optical Engineering

#593 in Europe

#1989 in the World

Founded: 1945

36. Opole University of Technology

For Optical Engineering

#601 in Europe

#2024 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

37. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Optical Engineering

#605 in Europe

#2032 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

38. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Optical Engineering

#610 in Europe

#2056 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

39. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Optical Engineering

#639 in Europe

#2164 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

40. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Optical Engineering

#645 in Europe

#2203 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

41. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Optical Engineering

#647 in Europe

#2208 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Enrollment: 43,000
Founded: 1948

42. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Optical Engineering

#663 in Europe

#2274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

43. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Optical Engineering

#670 in Europe

#2315 in the World

Founded: 1968

44. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Optical Engineering

#676 in Europe

#2357 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

45. University of Opole

For Optical Engineering

#682 in Europe

#2400 in the World

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

46. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Optical Engineering

#709 in Europe

#2524 in the World

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

47. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Optical Engineering

#718 in Europe

#2574 in the World

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

48. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Optical Engineering

#735 in Europe

#2649 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

49. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Optical Engineering

#736 in Europe

#2651 in the World

Founded: 1955

50. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Optical Engineering

#739 in Europe

#2658 in the World

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

51. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Optical Engineering

#750 in Europe

#2708 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

52. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Optical Engineering

#756 in Europe

#2738 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

53. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Optical Engineering

#813 in Europe

#3060 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

54. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Optical Engineering

#833 in Europe

#3166 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

55. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Optical Engineering

#906 in Europe

#3588 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

56. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Optical Engineering

#948 in Europe

#3777 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

57. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Optical Engineering

#974 in Europe

#3937 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

58. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Optical Engineering

#994 in Europe

#4046 in the World

Enrollment: 11,230
Founded: 1937

59. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Optical Engineering

#1009 in Europe

#4100 in the World

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

60. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Optical Engineering

#1018 in Europe

#4141 in the World

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

61. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Optical Engineering

#1030 in Europe

#4197 in the World

Founded: 1994

62. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Optical Engineering

#1035 in Europe

#4215 in the World

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

63. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Optical Engineering

#1095 in Europe

#4509 in the World

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

64. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Optical Engineering

#1210 in Europe

#5067 in the World

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

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

Engineering subfields in Poland

Acoustical Engineering64

Aerospace Engineering61

Agricultural Engineering15

Applied/Engineering Physics22

Architectural Engineering27

Automation and Control engineering26

Automotive Engineering33

Biochemical Engineering23

Biomedical Engineering32

Biotechnology45

Chemical Engineering58

Civil Engineering57

Computer Engineering25

Computer Networking60

Construction Management22

Electrical Engineering61

Electronic Engineering47

Engineering Management14

Environmental Engineering45

Firefighting and Fire Science22

Geotechnical Engineering45

Human-Computer Interaction32

Industrial Engineering18

Landscape Architecture32

Marine Engineering16

Materials Science67

Mechanical Engineering64

Metallurgical Engineering60

Mining Engineering13

Nanotechnology56

Nuclear Engineering17

Operations Research36

Petroleum Engineering13

Polymer science and Plastics engineering23

Product and Industrial Design8

Reliability and Quality Engineering26

Remote Sensing31

Renewable Energy Engineering35

Structural Engineering57

Systems Engineering51

Technical Drawing21

Telecommunications61

Transportation Engineering34