65 Best universities for Ecology 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 Ecology. A graph of 3.07M citations received by 200K 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. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Ecology

#177 in Europe

#480 in the World

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

2. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Ecology

#191 in Europe

#513 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

3. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Ecology

#194 in Europe

#517 in the World

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

4. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Ecology

#221 in Europe

#599 in the World

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

5. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Ecology

#224 in Europe

#620 in the World

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

6. University of Lodz

For Ecology

#244 in Europe

#671 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

7. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Ecology

#254 in Europe

#703 in the World

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

8. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Ecology

#266 in Europe

#743 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

9. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Ecology

#268 in Europe

#751 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

10. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Ecology

#276 in Europe

#770 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

11. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Ecology

#277 in Europe

#771 in the World

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

12. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Ecology

#280 in Europe

#782 in the World

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

13. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Ecology

#287 in Europe

#797 in the World

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

14. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Ecology

#305 in Europe

#844 in the World

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

15. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Ecology

#310 in Europe

#857 in the World

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

16. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Ecology

#325 in Europe

#892 in the World

Founded: 1955

17. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Ecology

#333 in Europe

#911 in the World

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

18. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Ecology

#374 in Europe

#1066 in the World

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

19. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Ecology

#375 in Europe

#1070 in the World

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

20. Lodz University of Technology

For Ecology

#377 in Europe

#1078 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

21. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Ecology

#387 in Europe

#1119 in the World

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

22. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Ecology

#400 in Europe

#1157 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

23. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Ecology

#458 in Europe

#1416 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

24. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Ecology

#462 in Europe

#1428 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

25. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Ecology

#487 in Europe

#1517 in the World

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

26. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Ecology

#492 in Europe

#1533 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

27. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Ecology

#496 in Europe

#1554 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

28. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Ecology

#507 in Europe

#1623 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

29. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Ecology

#526 in Europe

#1709 in the World

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

30. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Ecology

#556 in Europe

#1884 in the World

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

31. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Ecology

#564 in Europe

#1907 in the World

Founded: 1950

32. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Ecology

#578 in Europe

#1969 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

33. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Ecology

#584 in Europe

#1982 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

34. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Ecology

#585 in Europe

#1984 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

35. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Ecology

#590 in Europe

#2008 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

36. University of Opole

For Ecology

#595 in Europe

#2025 in the World

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

37. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Ecology

#599 in Europe

#2060 in the World

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

38. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Ecology

#621 in Europe

#2188 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

39. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Ecology

#627 in Europe

#2226 in the World

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

40. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Ecology

#632 in Europe

#2247 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

41. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Ecology

#641 in Europe

#2283 in the World

Founded: 1945

42. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Ecology

#643 in Europe

#2297 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

43. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Ecology

#666 in Europe

#2406 in the World

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

44. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Ecology

#669 in Europe

#2427 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

45. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Ecology

#671 in Europe

#2439 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

46. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Ecology

#700 in Europe

#2583 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

47. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Ecology

#701 in Europe

#2584 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

48. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Ecology

#704 in Europe

#2603 in the World

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

49. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Ecology

#722 in Europe

#2690 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

50. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Ecology

#724 in Europe

#2702 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

51. Opole University of Technology

For Ecology

#729 in Europe

#2718 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

52. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Ecology

#768 in Europe

#2996 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

53. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Ecology

#778 in Europe

#3020 in the World

Founded: 1968

54. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Ecology

#788 in Europe

#3097 in the World

Enrollment: 8,077
Founded: 1937

55. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Ecology

#825 in Europe

#3318 in the World

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

56. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Ecology

#830 in Europe

#3337 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

57. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Ecology

#865 in Europe

#3483 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

58. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Ecology

#920 in Europe

#3781 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

59. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Ecology

#936 in Europe

#3881 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

60. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Ecology

#943 in Europe

#3959 in the World

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

61. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Ecology

#973 in Europe

#4119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

62. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Ecology

#1009 in Europe

#4266 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

63. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Ecology

#1036 in Europe

#4395 in the World

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

64. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Ecology

#1078 in Europe

#4608 in the World

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

65. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Ecology

#1109 in Europe

#4729 in the World

Founded: 1994

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

Environmental Science subfields in Poland

Agricultural Science61

Earth science and Geophysics55

Environmental Chemistry55

Environmental Engineering50

Environmental Management60

Geography and Cartography65

Geotechnical Engineering48

Hydrology and Water resources management15

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science62

Mining Engineering15

Petrology and Geochemistry48

Urban and Regional planning43

Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation44