68 Best universities for 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 Engineering. A graph of 9.09M citations received by 594K academic papers made by 68 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 Engineering

#121 in Europe

#358 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

2. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Engineering

#130 in Europe

#378 in the World

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

3. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Engineering

#176 in Europe

#475 in the World

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

4. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Engineering

#181 in Europe

#489 in the World

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

5. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Engineering

#189 in Europe

#507 in the World

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

6. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Engineering

#201 in Europe

#559 in the World

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

7. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Engineering

#220 in Europe

#604 in the World

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

8. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Engineering

#226 in Europe

#620 in the World

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

9. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Engineering

#256 in Europe

#723 in the World

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

10. Lodz University of Technology

For Engineering

#260 in Europe

#732 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

11. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Engineering

#267 in Europe

#765 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

12. University of Lodz

For Engineering

#283 in Europe

#806 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

13. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Engineering

#357 in Europe

#1021 in the World

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

14. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Engineering

#362 in Europe

#1035 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

15. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Engineering

#363 in Europe

#1037 in the World

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

16. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Engineering

#365 in Europe

#1041 in the World

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

17. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Engineering

#367 in Europe

#1049 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

18. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Engineering

#404 in Europe

#1175 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

19. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Engineering

#413 in Europe

#1209 in the World

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

20. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Engineering

#432 in Europe

#1278 in the World

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

21. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Engineering

#436 in Europe

#1286 in the World

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

22. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Engineering

#440 in Europe

#1304 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

23. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Engineering

#441 in Europe

#1308 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

24. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Engineering

#443 in Europe

#1312 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

25. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Engineering

#505 in Europe

#1568 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

26. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Engineering

#520 in Europe

#1632 in the World

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

27. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Engineering

#533 in Europe

#1686 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

28. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Engineering

#550 in Europe

#1778 in the World

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

29. Opole University of Technology

For Engineering

#559 in Europe

#1816 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

30. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Engineering

#577 in Europe

#1876 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

31. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Engineering

#578 in Europe

#1880 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

32. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Engineering

#582 in Europe

#1895 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

33. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Engineering

#583 in Europe

#1896 in the World

Founded: 1950

34. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Engineering

#589 in Europe

#1912 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

35. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Engineering

#593 in Europe

#1927 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

36. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Engineering

#604 in Europe

#2003 in the World

Founded: 1955

37. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Engineering

#610 in Europe

#2020 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

38. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Engineering

#613 in Europe

#2024 in the World

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

39. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Engineering

#619 in Europe

#2057 in the World

Founded: 1945

40. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Engineering

#629 in Europe

#2088 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

41. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Engineering

#638 in Europe

#2162 in the World

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

42. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Engineering

#639 in Europe

#2171 in the World

Founded: 1968

43. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Engineering

#644 in Europe

#2210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

44. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Engineering

#689 in Europe

#2461 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

45. University of Opole

For Engineering

#690 in Europe

#2465 in the World

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

46. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Engineering

#721 in Europe

#2631 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

47. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Engineering

#723 in Europe

#2643 in the World

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

48. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Engineering

#728 in Europe

#2651 in the World

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

49. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Engineering

#744 in Europe

#2716 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

50. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Engineering

#750 in Europe

#2753 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

51. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Engineering

#760 in Europe

#2816 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

52. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Engineering

#771 in Europe

#2864 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

53. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Engineering

#777 in Europe

#2901 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

54. Bialystok Technical University

Poland | Bialystok

For Engineering

#843 in Europe

#3217 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 12,400
Founded: 1949

55. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Engineering

#863 in Europe

#3295 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

56. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Engineering

#866 in Europe

#3299 in the World

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

57. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Engineering

#869 in Europe

#3315 in the World

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

58. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Engineering

#892 in Europe

#3387 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

59. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Engineering

#897 in Europe

#3429 in the World

Enrollment: 8,077
Founded: 1937

60. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Engineering

#900 in Europe

#3441 in the World

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

61. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Engineering

#958 in Europe

#3723 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

62. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Engineering

#1008 in Europe

#3985 in the World

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

63. Medical University of Lodz

For Engineering

#1009 in Europe

#3992 in the World

Founded: 1950

64. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Engineering

#1018 in Europe

#4038 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

65. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Engineering

#1022 in Europe

#4049 in the World

Founded: 1994

66. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Engineering

#1153 in Europe

#4778 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

67. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Engineering

#1195 in Europe

#4968 in the World

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

68. Academy of Fine Art of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Engineering

#1442 in Europe

#6542 in the World

Founded: 1818

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

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

Optical Engineering64

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