64 Best universities for Optical 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 Optical Engineering. A graph of 2.78M citations received by 152K 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

#129 in Europe

#355 in the World

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

2. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Optical Engineering

#135 in Europe

#363 in the World

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

3. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Optical Engineering

#147 in Europe

#390 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

4. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Optical Engineering

#170 in Europe

#434 in the World

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

5. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Optical Engineering

#175 in Europe

#444 in the World

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

6. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Optical Engineering

#232 in Europe

#623 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

7. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Optical Engineering

#234 in Europe

#625 in the World

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

8. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Optical Engineering

#250 in Europe

#688 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

9. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Optical Engineering

#274 in Europe

#739 in the World

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

10. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Optical Engineering

#282 in Europe

#755 in the World

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

11. Lodz University of Technology

For Optical Engineering

#309 in Europe

#830 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

12. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Optical Engineering

#312 in Europe

#841 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

13. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Optical Engineering

#318 in Europe

#858 in the World

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

14. University of Lodz

For Optical Engineering

#332 in Europe

#916 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

15. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Optical Engineering

#334 in Europe

#924 in the World

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

16. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Optical Engineering

#340 in Europe

#941 in the World

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

17. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Optical Engineering

#395 in Europe

#1161 in the World

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

18. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Optical Engineering

#428 in Europe

#1297 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

19. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Optical Engineering

#434 in Europe

#1315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

20. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Optical Engineering

#459 in Europe

#1422 in the World

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

21. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Optical Engineering

#460 in Europe

#1423 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

22. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Optical Engineering

#465 in Europe

#1447 in the World

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

23. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Optical Engineering

#494 in Europe

#1567 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

24. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Optical Engineering

#498 in Europe

#1598 in the World

Founded: 1950

25. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Optical Engineering

#509 in Europe

#1654 in the World

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

26. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Optical Engineering

#510 in Europe

#1658 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

27. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Optical Engineering

#511 in Europe

#1666 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

28. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Optical Engineering

#516 in Europe

#1706 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

29. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Optical Engineering

#521 in Europe

#1732 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

30. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Optical Engineering

#526 in Europe

#1770 in the World

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

31. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Optical Engineering

#543 in Europe

#1817 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

32. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Optical Engineering

#550 in Europe

#1837 in the World

Founded: 1945

33. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Optical Engineering

#560 in Europe

#1865 in the World

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

34. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Optical Engineering

#561 in Europe

#1879 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

35. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Optical Engineering

#568 in Europe

#1906 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

36. Opole University of Technology

For Optical Engineering

#609 in Europe

#2097 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

37. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Optical Engineering

#610 in Europe

#2099 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

38. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Optical Engineering

#625 in Europe

#2161 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

39. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Optical Engineering

#628 in Europe

#2167 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

40. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Optical Engineering

#636 in Europe

#2201 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

41. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Optical Engineering

#642 in Europe

#2238 in the World

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

42. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Optical Engineering

#651 in Europe

#2278 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

43. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Optical Engineering

#670 in Europe

#2361 in the World

Founded: 1968

44. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Optical Engineering

#681 in Europe

#2419 in the World

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

45. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Optical Engineering

#687 in Europe

#2456 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

46. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Optical Engineering

#695 in Europe

#2497 in the World

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

47. University of Opole

For Optical Engineering

#705 in Europe

#2553 in the World

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

48. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Optical Engineering

#713 in Europe

#2599 in the World

Founded: 1955

49. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Optical Engineering

#730 in Europe

#2694 in the World

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

50. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Optical Engineering

#736 in Europe

#2721 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

51. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Optical Engineering

#744 in Europe

#2772 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

52. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Optical Engineering

#760 in Europe

#2813 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

53. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Optical Engineering

#836 in Europe

#3188 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

54. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Optical Engineering

#858 in Europe

#3303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

55. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Optical Engineering

#902 in Europe

#3553 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

56. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Optical Engineering

#956 in Europe

#3888 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

57. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Optical Engineering

#962 in Europe

#3911 in the World

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

58. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Optical Engineering

#986 in Europe

#4007 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

59. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Optical Engineering

#999 in Europe

#4058 in the World

Enrollment: 8,077
Founded: 1937

60. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Optical Engineering

#1004 in Europe

#4090 in the World

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

61. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Optical Engineering

#1007 in Europe

#4103 in the World

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

62. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Optical Engineering

#1073 in Europe

#4421 in the World

Founded: 1994

63. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Optical Engineering

#1099 in Europe

#4541 in the World

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

64. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Optical Engineering

#1192 in Europe

#5010 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 Engineering62

Agricultural Engineering14

Applied/Engineering Physics25

Architectural Engineering29

Automation and Control engineering28

Automotive Engineering36

Biochemical Engineering31

Biomedical Engineering34

Biotechnology50

Chemical Engineering60

Civil Engineering58

Computer Engineering27

Computer Networking61

Construction Management26

Electrical Engineering62

Electronic Engineering49

Engineering Management21

Environmental Engineering50

Firefighting and Fire Science23

Geotechnical Engineering48

Human-Computer Interaction38

Industrial Engineering18

Landscape Architecture37

Marine Engineering16

Materials Science67

Mechanical Engineering64

Metallurgical Engineering61

Mining Engineering15

Nanotechnology58

Nuclear Engineering17

Operations Research38

Petroleum Engineering18

Polymer science and Plastics engineering21

Product and Industrial Design11

Reliability and Quality Engineering28

Remote Sensing32

Renewable Energy Engineering39

Structural Engineering59

Systems Engineering55

Technical Drawing21

Telecommunications61

Transportation Engineering38