65 Best universities for Archaeology in Poland

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Poland ranked based on their research performance in Archaeology. A graph of 1.43M citations received by 135K 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. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Archaeology

#145 in Europe

#390 in the World

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

2. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Archaeology

#146 in Europe

#396 in the World

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

3. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Archaeology

#176 in Europe

#460 in the World

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

4. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Archaeology

#203 in Europe

#534 in the World

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

5. University of Lodz

For Archaeology

#261 in Europe

#658 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

6. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Archaeology

#266 in Europe

#667 in the World

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

7. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Archaeology

#297 in Europe

#769 in the World

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

8. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Archaeology

#301 in Europe

#777 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

9. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Archaeology

#310 in Europe

#803 in the World

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

10. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Archaeology

#333 in Europe

#850 in the World

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

11. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Archaeology

#359 in Europe

#948 in the World

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

12. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Archaeology

#366 in Europe

#959 in the World

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

13. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Archaeology

#387 in Europe

#1016 in the World

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

14. Lodz University of Technology

For Archaeology

#429 in Europe

#1164 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

15. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Archaeology

#432 in Europe

#1176 in the World

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

16. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Archaeology

#433 in Europe

#1178 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

17. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Archaeology

#443 in Europe

#1216 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

18. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Archaeology

#450 in Europe

#1236 in the World

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

19. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Archaeology

#467 in Europe

#1298 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

20. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Archaeology

#470 in Europe

#1310 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

21. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Archaeology

#485 in Europe

#1366 in the World

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

22. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Archaeology

#514 in Europe

#1459 in the World

Founded: 1955

23. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Archaeology

#516 in Europe

#1467 in the World

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

24. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Archaeology

#539 in Europe

#1554 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

25. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Archaeology

#547 in Europe

#1578 in the World

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

26. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Archaeology

#551 in Europe

#1593 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

27. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Archaeology

#555 in Europe

#1602 in the World

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

28. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Archaeology

#564 in Europe

#1637 in the World

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

29. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Archaeology

#567 in Europe

#1666 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

30. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Archaeology

#572 in Europe

#1693 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

31. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Archaeology

#598 in Europe

#1804 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

32. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Archaeology

#606 in Europe

#1823 in the World

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

33. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Archaeology

#611 in Europe

#1846 in the World

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

34. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Archaeology

#619 in Europe

#1892 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

35. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Archaeology

#622 in Europe

#1931 in the World

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

36. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Archaeology

#625 in Europe

#1937 in the World

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

37. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Archaeology

#630 in Europe

#1948 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

38. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Archaeology

#635 in Europe

#1982 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

39. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Archaeology

#651 in Europe

#2062 in the World

Enrollment: 11,230
Founded: 1937

40. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Archaeology

#653 in Europe

#2069 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

41. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Archaeology

#656 in Europe

#2084 in the World

Founded: 1945

42. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Archaeology

#661 in Europe

#2111 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

43. Opole University of Technology

For Archaeology

#680 in Europe

#2223 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

44. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Archaeology

#700 in Europe

#2300 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

45. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Archaeology

#701 in Europe

#2303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

46. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Archaeology

#707 in Europe

#2334 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

47. University of Opole

For Archaeology

#712 in Europe

#2343 in the World

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

48. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Archaeology

#713 in Europe

#2345 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

49. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Archaeology

#721 in Europe

#2441 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

50. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Archaeology

#734 in Europe

#2514 in the World

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

51. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Archaeology

#736 in Europe

#2528 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

52. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Archaeology

#740 in Europe

#2557 in the World

Founded: 1950

53. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Archaeology

#749 in Europe

#2604 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

54. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Archaeology

#763 in Europe

#2672 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

55. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Archaeology

#825 in Europe

#2949 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

56. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Archaeology

#844 in Europe

#3043 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

57. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Archaeology

#848 in Europe

#3055 in the World

Founded: 1968

58. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Archaeology

#854 in Europe

#3081 in the World

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

59. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Archaeology

#875 in Europe

#3216 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

60. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Archaeology

#906 in Europe

#3411 in the World

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

61. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Archaeology

#919 in Europe

#3491 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

62. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Archaeology

#986 in Europe

#3818 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

63. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Archaeology

#1001 in Europe

#3887 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

64. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Archaeology

#1144 in Europe

#4671 in the World

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

65. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Archaeology

#1170 in Europe

#4831 in the World

Founded: 1994

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

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences subfields in Poland

Broadcast Journalism19

Classics and Ancient History53

Communications and Public Relations50

Criminology and Criminal Justice17

Early Childhood Education7

Education Majors55

Forensic Science14

Gender Studies28

Human Rights Law16

Intellectual Property and Patent Law9

International Law19

International Relations and Diplomacy18

Journalism and Digital Media22

Law Enforcement6

Library and Information science50

Media Studies20

Military science15

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution13

Occupational Safety and Health7

Political Economy21

Political Science65

Public Policy / Administration34

Radio and Television broadcasting21

Special Education13

Sports / Exercise science22

Theology / Divinity / Religious studies64

Urban and Regional planning43