59 Best universities for Oceanography 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 Oceanography. A graph of 840K citations received by 52K academic papers made by 59 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 Oceanography

#171 in Europe

#466 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

2. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Oceanography

#200 in Europe

#540 in the World

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

3. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Oceanography

#206 in Europe

#556 in the World

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

4. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Oceanography

#222 in Europe

#622 in the World

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

5. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Oceanography

#229 in Europe

#631 in the World

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

6. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Oceanography

#239 in Europe

#652 in the World

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

7. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Oceanography

#241 in Europe

#655 in the World

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

8. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Oceanography

#248 in Europe

#674 in the World

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

9. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Oceanography

#259 in Europe

#700 in the World

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

10. University of Lodz

For Oceanography

#290 in Europe

#811 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

11. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Oceanography

#326 in Europe

#916 in the World

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

12. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Oceanography

#332 in Europe

#943 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

13. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Oceanography

#353 in Europe

#1017 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

14. Lodz University of Technology

For Oceanography

#373 in Europe

#1078 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

15. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Oceanography

#377 in Europe

#1083 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

16. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Oceanography

#378 in Europe

#1088 in the World

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

17. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Oceanography

#390 in Europe

#1122 in the World

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

18. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Oceanography

#403 in Europe

#1165 in the World

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

19. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Oceanography

#431 in Europe

#1252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

20. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Oceanography

#435 in Europe

#1262 in the World

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

21. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Oceanography

#442 in Europe

#1308 in the World

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

22. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Oceanography

#456 in Europe

#1347 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

23. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Oceanography

#461 in Europe

#1371 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

24. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Oceanography

#463 in Europe

#1376 in the World

Founded: 1955

25. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Oceanography

#483 in Europe

#1464 in the World

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

26. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Oceanography

#489 in Europe

#1486 in the World

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

27. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Oceanography

#491 in Europe

#1489 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

28. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Oceanography

#513 in Europe

#1580 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

29. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Oceanography

#560 in Europe

#1824 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

30. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Oceanography

#583 in Europe

#1933 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

31. Opole University of Technology

For Oceanography

#589 in Europe

#1963 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

32. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Oceanography

#594 in Europe

#2004 in the World

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

33. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Oceanography

#624 in Europe

#2175 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

34. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Oceanography

#628 in Europe

#2183 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

35. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Oceanography

#629 in Europe

#2186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

36. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Oceanography

#645 in Europe

#2253 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

37. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Oceanography

#661 in Europe

#2329 in the World

Founded: 1968

38. University of Opole

For Oceanography

#685 in Europe

#2454 in the World

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

39. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Oceanography

#706 in Europe

#2578 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

40. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Oceanography

#725 in Europe

#2692 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

41. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Oceanography

#732 in Europe

#2721 in the World

Founded: 1950

42. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Oceanography

#743 in Europe

#2755 in the World

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

43. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Oceanography

#785 in Europe

#2972 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

44. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Oceanography

#795 in Europe

#3021 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

45. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Oceanography

#799 in Europe

#3047 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

46. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Oceanography

#803 in Europe

#3073 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

47. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Oceanography

#816 in Europe

#3148 in the World

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

48. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Oceanography

#822 in Europe

#3181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

49. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Oceanography

#830 in Europe

#3197 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

50. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Oceanography

#845 in Europe

#3258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

51. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Oceanography

#847 in Europe

#3274 in the World

Founded: 1945

52. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Oceanography

#852 in Europe

#3298 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

53. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Oceanography

#887 in Europe

#3503 in the World

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

54. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Oceanography

#889 in Europe

#3514 in the World

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

55. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Oceanography

#942 in Europe

#3753 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

56. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Oceanography

#975 in Europe

#3917 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

57. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Oceanography

#1042 in Europe

#4257 in the World

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

58. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Oceanography

#1061 in Europe

#4373 in the World

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

59. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Oceanography

#1072 in Europe

#4421 in the World

Enrollment: 8,077
Founded: 1937

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

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