List of 100 best universities in Poland

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 6.89M citations received by 564K academic publications made by 127 universities from Poland, the popularity of 3,400 recognized alumni, and the largest reference database available.

1. University of Warsaw

#99 in Europe

#267 in the World

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

2. Jagiellonian University

#131 in Europe

#342 in the World

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

3. Warsaw University of Technology

#207 in Europe

#537 in the World

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

4. Adam Mickiewicz University

#233 in Europe

#594 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Enrollment: 37,013
Founded: 1919

5. University of Wroclaw

#244 in Europe

#614 in the World

Enrollment: 25,500
Founded: 1702

6. AGH University of Science and Technology

#245 in Europe

#615 in the World

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

7. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

#275 in Europe

#687 in the World

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

8. Wroclaw University of Technology

#292 in Europe

#746 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Enrollment: 27,388
Founded: 1945

9. Nicolaus Copernicus University

#301 in Europe

#766 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

10. University of Gdansk

#311 in Europe

#786 in the World

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

11. University of Silesia in Katowice

#333 in Europe

#871 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1968

12. Medical University of Lublin

#339 in Europe

#892 in the World

Founded: 1950

13. Silesian University of Technology

#355 in Europe

#945 in the World

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

14. Poznan University of Technology

#371 in Europe

#993 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Enrollment: 15,903
Male:Female: 67:33
Founded: 1919

15. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

#389 in Europe

#1069 in the World

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

16. Medical University of Warsaw

#390 in Europe

#1070 in the World

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

17. Gdansk University of Technology

#393 in Europe

#1077 in the World

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

18. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

#429 in Europe

#1195 in the World

Founded: 1955

19. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

#443 in Europe

#1255 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

20. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

#462 in Europe

#1316 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

21. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

#528 in Europe

#1534 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1950

22. Medical University of Gdansk

#530 in Europe

#1543 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1945

23. University of Szczecin

#535 in Europe

#1560 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

24. University of Zielona Gora

#542 in Europe

#1599 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

25. Wroclaw Medical University

#545 in Europe

#1605 in the World

Founded: 1945

26. University of Bialystok

#549 in Europe

#1625 in the World

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

27. Warsaw School of Economics

#557 in Europe

#1670 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 11,529
Founded: 1906

28. Medical University of Lodz

#564 in Europe

#1694 in the World

Founded: 1950

29. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

#583 in Europe

#1754 in the World

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

30. Poznan University of Economics

#603 in Europe

#1839 in the World

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

31. Cracow University of Economics

#606 in Europe

#1865 in the World

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

32. University of Opole

#609 in Europe

#1881 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Enrollment: 10,300
Founded: 1994

33. Czestochowa University of Technology

#614 in Europe

#1898 in the World

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

34. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

#628 in Europe

#1942 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1948

35. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

#630 in Europe

#1956 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

36. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

#632 in Europe

#1959 in the World

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

37. Lodz University of Technology

#636 in Europe

#1975 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

38. University of Rzeszow

#649 in Europe

#2010 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

39. Wroclaw University of Economics

#669 in Europe

#2106 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

40. Lublin University of Technology

#679 in Europe

#2138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

41. University of Lodz

#680 in Europe

#2146 in the World

Enrollment: 38,000
Founded: 1945

42. Cracow University of Technology

#686 in Europe

#2176 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

43. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

#694 in Europe

#2193 in the World

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

44. Medical University of Bialystok

#696 in Europe

#2195 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

45. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

#711 in Europe

#2248 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

46. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

#738 in Europe

#2390 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

47. Poznan University of Life Sciences

#742 in Europe

#2410 in the World

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

48. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

#763 in Europe

#2531 in the World

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

49. University of Economics of Katowice

#766 in Europe

#2543 in the World

Enrollment: 11,230
Founded: 1937

50. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

#776 in Europe

#2587 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

51. Kozminski University

#777 in Europe

#2599 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

52. Pedagogical University of Cracow

#791 in Europe

#2676 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

53. Opole University of Technology

#796 in Europe

#2694 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Founded: 1966

54. Bialystok Technical University

#867 in Europe

#2988 in the World

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

55. Koszalin University of Technology

#880 in Europe

#3060 in the World

Founded: 1968

56. Kielce University of Technology

#883 in Europe

#3066 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

57. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

#897 in Europe

#3124 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

58. Military University of Technology

#912 in Europe

#3200 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

59. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

#990 in Europe

#3672 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

60. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

#1045 in Europe

#3940 in the World

Founded: 1994

61. University of Agriculture of Krakow

#1048 in Europe

#3947 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

62. Maritime University of Szczecin

#1099 in Europe

#4224 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

63. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

#1100 in Europe

#4226 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

64. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

#1130 in Europe

#4363 in the World

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

65. University of Bielsko-Biala

#1153 in Europe

#4515 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

66. Lazarski University

#1161 in Europe

#4539 in the World

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

67. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

#1182 in Europe

#4671 in the World

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

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

#1330 in Europe

#5475 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1991

69. University of Physical Education in Krakow

#1339 in Europe

#5501 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

70. Academy of Fine Art of Krakow

#1395 in Europe

#5813 in the World

Founded: 1818

71. Graduate School of International Trade and Finance

#1503 in Europe

#6398 in the World

Founded: 1995

72. School of Banking of Wroclaw

#1666 in Europe

#7281 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1995

73. Academy of Fine Arts of Warsaw

#1697 in Europe

#7412 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1904

74. Pomeranian University of Slupsk

#1736 in Europe

#7596 in the World

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

75. Academy of Music of Warsaw

#1745 in Europe

#7632 in the World

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

76. Academy of Music of Krakow

#1784 in Europe

#7748 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1888

77. University of Arts of Poznan

#1785 in Europe

#7754 in the World

Founded: 1919

78. Maritime University of Gdynia

#1794 in Europe

#7779 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1920

79. Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School

#1820 in Europe

#7839 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1948

80. Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw

#1821 in Europe

#7840 in the World

Founded: 1946

81. Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education

#1836 in Europe

#7893 in the World

Enrollment: 6,900
Founded: 1922

82. Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education in Katowice

#1844 in Europe

#7925 in the World

Founded: 1970

83. University School of Physical Education in Wroclaw

#1856 in Europe

#7969 in the World

Founded: 1946

84. Academy of Physical Education of Poznan

#1874 in Europe

#8019 in the World

Founded: 1919

85. Academy of Fine Arts of Gdansk

#1876 in Europe

#8028 in the World

Founded: 1945

86. Academy of Fine Arts and Design of Lodz

#1883 in Europe

#8064 in the World

Founded: 1945

87. Grazyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Lodz

#1894 in Europe

#8096 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Founded: 1945

88. Academy of Music of Katowice

#1926 in Europe

#8208 in the World

Founded: 1929

89. School of Economics of Katowice

#1933 in Europe

#8217 in the World

Founded: 1991

90. Academy of Music of Poznan

#1952 in Europe

#8264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Founded: 1920

91. Academy of Music of Gdansk

#1956 in Europe

#8274 in the World

Founded: 1947

92. Academy of Fine Arts of Katowice

#1966 in Europe

#8298 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 2001

93. Academy of Finance and Business Vistula

#2007 in Europe

#8401 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

94. Academy of Humanities and Economics of Lodz

#2035 in Europe

#8507 in the World

Founded: 1993

95. Academy of Music of Wroclaw

#2054 in Europe

#8590 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1948

96. Helena Chodkowska University of Technology and Economics

#2056 in Europe

#8592 in the World

Founded: 1992

97. Academy of Music of Bydgoszcz

#2060 in Europe

#8608 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1974

98. Christian Theological Academy

#2077 in Europe

#8667 in the World

Founded: 1954

99. AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Krakow

#2086 in Europe

#8716 in the World

Founded: 1946

100. Academy of Finance and Management in Bialystok

#2178 in Europe

#9167 in the World

Founded: 1993

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 $374 + $75-538 for rent (depends on where to live: dormitory, renting with a roommate or solo).