List of 100 best universities in Poland

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Top 100 universities in Poland ranked by EduRank based on research outputs, non-academic prominence, and alumni influence. The rankings are determined by analyzing 10.5M citations received by 1.14M academic publications made by 127 universities from Poland, the popularity of 3,736 recognized alumni, and the largest reference database available.

1. University of Warsaw

#110 in Europe

#294 in the World

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

2. Jagiellonian University

#126 in Europe

#329 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Enrollment: 41,661
Founded: 1364

3. Adam Mickiewicz University

#212 in Europe

#539 in the World

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

4. Warsaw University of Technology

#217 in Europe

#551 in the World

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

5. University of Wroclaw

#237 in Europe

#593 in the World

Enrollment: 25,500
Founded: 1702

6. AGH University of Science and Technology

#254 in Europe

#628 in the World

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

7. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

#261 in Europe

#644 in the World

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

8. Medical University of Lublin

#306 in Europe

#763 in the World

Founded: 1950

9. Wroclaw University of Technology

#311 in Europe

#776 in the World

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

10. University of Gdansk

#312 in Europe

#777 in the World

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

11. University of Silesia in Katowice

#335 in Europe

#858 in the World

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

12. Nicolaus Copernicus University

#347 in Europe

#891 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

13. Silesian University of Technology

#352 in Europe

#909 in the World

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

14. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

#384 in Europe

#1005 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

15. Gdansk University of Technology

#387 in Europe

#1015 in the World

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

16. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

#390 in Europe

#1021 in the World

Founded: 1955

17. Poznan University of Technology

#392 in Europe

#1024 in the World

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

18. Medical University of Warsaw

#395 in Europe

#1034 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Enrollment: 9,147
Founded: 1809

19. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

#412 in Europe

#1075 in the World

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

20. Cracow University of Technology

#445 in Europe

#1199 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

21. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

#473 in Europe

#1286 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

22. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

#506 in Europe

#1394 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

23. Wroclaw Medical University

#532 in Europe

#1484 in the World

Founded: 1945

24. University of Szczecin

#537 in Europe

#1506 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

25. Medical University of Gdansk

#546 in Europe

#1533 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

26. University of Zielona Gora

#555 in Europe

#1573 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

27. Lodz University of Technology

#559 in Europe

#1592 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

28. Warsaw School of Economics

#562 in Europe

#1606 in the World

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

29. University of Bialystok

#584 in Europe

#1694 in the World

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

30. Pedagogical University of Cracow

#596 in Europe

#1731 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

31. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

#605 in Europe

#1771 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

32. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

#606 in Europe

#1772 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

33. Poznan University of Economics

#614 in Europe

#1791 in the World

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

34. Cracow University of Economics

#619 in Europe

#1821 in the World

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

35. Poznan University of Life Sciences

#620 in Europe

#1828 in the World

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

36. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

#622 in Europe

#1832 in the World

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

37. Czestochowa University of Technology

#623 in Europe

#1837 in the World

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

38. University of Rzeszow

#625 in Europe

#1843 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

39. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

#652 in Europe

#1915 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

40. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

#666 in Europe

#1961 in the World

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

41. University of Lodz

#668 in Europe

#1965 in the World

Enrollment: 38,000
Founded: 1945

42. Medical University of Lodz

#670 in Europe

#1984 in the World

Founded: 1950

43. Lublin University of Technology

#674 in Europe

#1999 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

44. University of Opole

#693 in Europe

#2062 in the World

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

45. Medical University of Bialystok

#695 in Europe

#2064 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

46. Wroclaw University of Economics

#725 in Europe

#2209 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

47. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

#743 in Europe

#2268 in the World

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

48. University of Agriculture of Krakow

#755 in Europe

#2343 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

49. University of Economics of Katowice

#773 in Europe

#2444 in the World

Enrollment: 11,230
Founded: 1937

50. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

#778 in Europe

#2473 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

51. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

#781 in Europe

#2501 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

52. Kozminski University

#799 in Europe

#2569 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

53. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

#806 in Europe

#2589 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

54. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

#819 in Europe

#2640 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Enrollment: 43,000
Founded: 1948

55. Opole University of Technology

#839 in Europe

#2748 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

56. Kielce University of Technology

#889 in Europe

#2982 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

57. Military University of Technology

#932 in Europe

#3172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

58. Koszalin University of Technology

#936 in Europe

#3181 in the World

Founded: 1968

59. Bialystok Technical University

#986 in Europe

#3436 in the World

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

60. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

#996 in Europe

#3499 in the World

Founded: 1994

61. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

#1032 in Europe

#3708 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

62. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

#1042 in Europe

#3739 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

63. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

#1128 in Europe

#4277 in the World

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

64. University of Physical Education in Krakow

#1130 in Europe

#4284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

65. Maritime University of Szczecin

#1145 in Europe

#4380 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

66. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

#1160 in Europe

#4473 in the World

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

67. University of Bielsko-Biala

#1199 in Europe

#4726 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

68. Lazarski University

#1267 in Europe

#5110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1993

69. Academy of Fine Art of Krakow

#1286 in Europe

#5261 in the World

Founded: 1818

70. Nowy Sacz School of Business - National-Louis University

#1407 in Europe

#5854 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1991

71. Graduate School of International Trade and Finance

#1545 in Europe

#6809 in the World

Founded: 1995

72. School of Banking of Wroclaw

#1663 in Europe

#7518 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1995

73. Academy of Fine Arts of Warsaw

#1665 in Europe

#7524 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1904

74. Academy of Finance and Business Vistula

#1725 in Europe

#7747 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

75. Academy of Music of Warsaw

#1741 in Europe

#7811 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 1,015
Founded: 1810

76. Pomeranian University of Slupsk

#1761 in Europe

#7865 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1969

77. University of Arts of Poznan

#1776 in Europe

#7912 in the World

Founded: 1919

78. Maritime University of Gdynia

#1783 in Europe

#7934 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1920

79. Academy of Music of Krakow

#1796 in Europe

#7962 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1888

80. Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw

#1802 in Europe

#7979 in the World

Founded: 1946

81. Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School

#1808 in Europe

#8001 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1948

82. Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education in Katowice

#1821 in Europe

#8034 in the World

Founded: 1970

83. Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education

#1830 in Europe

#8056 in the World

Enrollment: 6,900
Founded: 1922

84. University School of Physical Education in Wroclaw

#1836 in Europe

#8070 in the World

Founded: 1946

85. Academy of Physical Education of Poznan

#1852 in Europe

#8122 in the World

Founded: 1919

86. Academy of Fine Arts of Gdansk

#1872 in Europe

#8170 in the World

Founded: 1945

87. Academy of Fine Arts and Design of Lodz

#1878 in Europe

#8194 in the World

Founded: 1945

88. Grazyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Lodz

#1893 in Europe

#8227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Founded: 1945

89. Academy of Music of Gdansk

#1915 in Europe

#8281 in the World

Founded: 1947

90. School of Economics of Katowice

#1923 in Europe

#8307 in the World

Founded: 1991

91. Helena Chodkowska University of Technology and Economics

#1927 in Europe

#8317 in the World

Founded: 1992

92. Academy of Music of Katowice

#1930 in Europe

#8322 in the World

Founded: 1929

93. Academy of Fine Arts of Katowice

#1969 in Europe

#8425 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 2001

94. Academy of Music of Poznan

#1977 in Europe

#8445 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Founded: 1920

95. Academy of Humanities and Economics of Lodz

#2035 in Europe

#8609 in the World

Founded: 1993

96. Academy of Music of Wroclaw

#2062 in Europe

#8706 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1948

97. AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Krakow

#2066 in Europe

#8713 in the World

Founded: 1946

98. Academy of Music of Bydgoszcz

#2074 in Europe

#8736 in the World

Founded: 1974

99. Christian Theological Academy

#2089 in Europe

#8797 in the World

Founded: 1954

100. School of Banking and Management of Cracow

#2131 in Europe

#8971 in the World

Founded: 1995

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

Average cost of living for students in Poland is $463 + $94-674 for rent (depends on where to live: dormitory, renting with a roommate or solo).