42 Best Forestry schools 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 Forestry. A graph of 182K citations received by 13.7K academic papers made by 42 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 Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Forestry

#45 in Europe

#164 in the World

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

2. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Forestry

#51 in Europe

#185 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

3. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Forestry

#58 in Europe

#207 in the World

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

4. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Forestry

#152 in Europe

#449 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

5. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Forestry

#172 in Europe

#515 in the World

Founded: 1955

6. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Forestry

#190 in Europe

#570 in the World

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

7. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Forestry

#208 in Europe

#635 in the World

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

8. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Forestry

#211 in Europe

#653 in the World

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

9. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Forestry

#225 in Europe

#709 in the World

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

10. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Forestry

#237 in Europe

#744 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

11. University of Lodz

For Forestry

#267 in Europe

#853 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

12. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Forestry

#283 in Europe

#933 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

13. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Forestry

#315 in Europe

#1045 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

14. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Forestry

#319 in Europe

#1062 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

15. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Forestry

#328 in Europe

#1086 in the World

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

16. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Forestry

#330 in Europe

#1100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

17. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Forestry

#357 in Europe

#1217 in the World

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

18. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Forestry

#362 in Europe

#1243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

19. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Forestry

#406 in Europe

#1393 in the World

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

20. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Forestry

#415 in Europe

#1429 in the World

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

21. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Forestry

#423 in Europe

#1457 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

22. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Forestry

#429 in Europe

#1480 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

23. Lodz University of Technology

For Forestry

#436 in Europe

#1509 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

24. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Forestry

#461 in Europe

#1660 in the World

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

25. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Forestry

#506 in Europe

#1852 in the World

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

26. University of Opole

For Forestry

#508 in Europe

#1864 in the World

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

27. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Forestry

#509 in Europe

#1865 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

28. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Forestry

#543 in Europe

#2063 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

29. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Forestry

#547 in Europe

#2084 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

30. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Forestry

#560 in Europe

#2138 in the World

Founded: 1950

31. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Forestry

#563 in Europe

#2147 in the World

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

32. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Forestry

#575 in Europe

#2188 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

33. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Forestry

#576 in Europe

#2196 in the World

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

34. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Forestry

#577 in Europe

#2199 in the World

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

35. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Forestry

#587 in Europe

#2270 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

36. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Forestry

#590 in Europe

#2281 in the World

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

37. Opole University of Technology

For Forestry

#604 in Europe

#2350 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

38. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Forestry

#621 in Europe

#2459 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

39. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Forestry

#633 in Europe

#2520 in the World

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

40. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Forestry

#638 in Europe

#2541 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

41. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Forestry

#650 in Europe

#2619 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

42. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Forestry

#653 in Europe

#2629 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

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

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