65 Best universities for Archaeology 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 Archaeology. A graph of 1.56M citations received by 138K 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

#143 in Europe

#391 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

2. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Archaeology

#148 in Europe

#398 in the World

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

3. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Archaeology

#175 in Europe

#460 in the World

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

4. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Archaeology

#205 in Europe

#539 in the World

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

5. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Archaeology

#262 in Europe

#666 in the World

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

6. University of Lodz

For Archaeology

#263 in Europe

#667 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

7. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Archaeology

#293 in Europe

#766 in the World

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

8. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Archaeology

#302 in Europe

#787 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

9. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Archaeology

#307 in Europe

#797 in the World

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

10. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Archaeology

#331 in Europe

#846 in the World

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

11. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Archaeology

#361 in Europe

#953 in the World

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

12. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Archaeology

#365 in Europe

#961 in the World

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

13. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Archaeology

#392 in Europe

#1033 in the World

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

14. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Archaeology

#418 in Europe

#1134 in the World

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

15. Lodz University of Technology

For Archaeology

#427 in Europe

#1156 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

16. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Archaeology

#432 in Europe

#1172 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

17. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Archaeology

#440 in Europe

#1202 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

18. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Archaeology

#447 in Europe

#1243 in the World

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

19. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Archaeology

#467 in Europe

#1300 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

20. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Archaeology

#468 in Europe

#1304 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

21. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Archaeology

#484 in Europe

#1365 in the World

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

22. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Archaeology

#509 in Europe

#1440 in the World

Founded: 1955

23. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Archaeology

#518 in Europe

#1470 in the World

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

24. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Archaeology

#536 in Europe

#1542 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

25. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Archaeology

#544 in Europe

#1562 in the World

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

26. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Archaeology

#555 in Europe

#1604 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

27. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Archaeology

#556 in Europe

#1606 in the World

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

28. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Archaeology

#562 in Europe

#1637 in the World

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

29. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Archaeology

#563 in Europe

#1645 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

30. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Archaeology

#568 in Europe

#1673 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

31. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Archaeology

#600 in Europe

#1820 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

32. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Archaeology

#605 in Europe

#1831 in the World

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

33. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Archaeology

#609 in Europe

#1853 in the World

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

34. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Archaeology

#621 in Europe

#1908 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

35. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Archaeology

#624 in Europe

#1925 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

36. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Archaeology

#626 in Europe

#1931 in the World

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

37. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Archaeology

#628 in Europe

#1950 in the World

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

38. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Archaeology

#642 in Europe

#2005 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

39. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Archaeology

#652 in Europe

#2052 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

40. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Archaeology

#654 in Europe

#2062 in the World

Enrollment: 8,077
Founded: 1937

41. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Archaeology

#658 in Europe

#2077 in the World

Founded: 1945

42. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Archaeology

#660 in Europe

#2096 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

43. Opole University of Technology

For Archaeology

#686 in Europe

#2248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

44. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Archaeology

#691 in Europe

#2274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

45. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Archaeology

#700 in Europe

#2309 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

46. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Archaeology

#702 in Europe

#2319 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

47. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Archaeology

#710 in Europe

#2349 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

48. University of Opole

For Archaeology

#711 in Europe

#2351 in the World

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

49. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Archaeology

#717 in Europe

#2395 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

50. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Archaeology

#730 in Europe

#2512 in the World

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

51. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Archaeology

#737 in Europe

#2527 in the World

Founded: 1950

52. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Archaeology

#742 in Europe

#2547 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

53. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Archaeology

#748 in Europe

#2590 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

54. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Archaeology

#758 in Europe

#2672 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

55. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Archaeology

#841 in Europe

#3023 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

56. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Archaeology

#844 in Europe

#3036 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

57. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Archaeology

#846 in Europe

#3040 in the World

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

58. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Archaeology

#848 in Europe

#3060 in the World

Founded: 1968

59. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Archaeology

#873 in Europe

#3214 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

60. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Archaeology

#908 in Europe

#3426 in the World

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

61. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Archaeology

#921 in Europe

#3519 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

62. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Archaeology

#986 in Europe

#3822 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

63. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Archaeology

#998 in Europe

#3890 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

64. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Archaeology

#1143 in Europe

#4663 in the World

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

65. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Archaeology

#1172 in Europe

#4859 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 Gliwice.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences subfields in Poland

Broadcast Journalism19

Classics and Ancient History55

Communications and Public Relations50

Criminology and Criminal Justice17

Early Childhood Education9

Education Majors55

Forensic Science15

Gender Studies30

Human Rights Law16

Intellectual Property and Patent Law10

International Law19

International Relations and Diplomacy18

Journalism and Digital Media23

Law Enforcement6

Library and Information science50

Media Studies21

Military science16

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution13

Occupational Safety and Health6

Political Economy21

Political Science65

Public Policy / Administration35

Radio and Television broadcasting21

Special Education13

Sports / Exercise science22

Theology / Divinity / Religious studies64

Urban and Regional planning43