65 Best universities for History 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 History. A graph of 1.63M citations received by 158K 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. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For History

#126 in Europe

#341 in the World

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

2. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For History

#162 in Europe

#420 in the World

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

3. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For History

#175 in Europe

#457 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

4. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For History

#201 in Europe

#501 in the World

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

5. University of Lodz

For History

#255 in Europe

#639 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

6. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For History

#299 in Europe

#740 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

7. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For History

#303 in Europe

#757 in the World

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

8. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For History

#322 in Europe

#824 in the World

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

9. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For History

#335 in Europe

#853 in the World

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

10. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For History

#339 in Europe

#858 in the World

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

11. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For History

#356 in Europe

#910 in the World

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

12. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For History

#376 in Europe

#978 in the World

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

13. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For History

#401 in Europe

#1056 in the World

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

14. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For History

#434 in Europe

#1169 in the World

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

15. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For History

#436 in Europe

#1176 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

16. Lodz University of Technology

For History

#453 in Europe

#1242 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

17. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For History

#462 in Europe

#1266 in the World

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

18. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For History

#464 in Europe

#1270 in the World

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

19. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For History

#469 in Europe

#1275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

20. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For History

#471 in Europe

#1281 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

21. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For History

#500 in Europe

#1404 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

22. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For History

#505 in Europe

#1421 in the World

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

23. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For History

#544 in Europe

#1567 in the World

Founded: 1955

24. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For History

#547 in Europe

#1573 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

25. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For History

#551 in Europe

#1579 in the World

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

26. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For History

#555 in Europe

#1589 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

27. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For History

#559 in Europe

#1611 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

28. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For History

#568 in Europe

#1631 in the World

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

29. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For History

#570 in Europe

#1639 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

30. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For History

#583 in Europe

#1687 in the World

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

31. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For History

#589 in Europe

#1722 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

32. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For History

#595 in Europe

#1756 in the World

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

33. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For History

#599 in Europe

#1786 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

34. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For History

#601 in Europe

#1800 in the World

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

35. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For History

#618 in Europe

#1874 in the World

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

36. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For History

#620 in Europe

#1888 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

37. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For History

#624 in Europe

#1919 in the World

Enrollment: 8,077
Founded: 1937

38. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For History

#652 in Europe

#2049 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

39. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For History

#653 in Europe

#2053 in the World

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

40. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For History

#654 in Europe

#2057 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

41. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For History

#664 in Europe

#2103 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

42. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For History

#669 in Europe

#2133 in the World

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

43. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For History

#682 in Europe

#2192 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

44. University of Opole

For History

#687 in Europe

#2206 in the World

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

45. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For History

#689 in Europe

#2209 in the World

Founded: 1945

46. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For History

#692 in Europe

#2222 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

47. Opole University of Technology

For History

#708 in Europe

#2339 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

48. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For History

#710 in Europe

#2346 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

49. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For History

#713 in Europe

#2366 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

50. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For History

#733 in Europe

#2462 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

51. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For History

#735 in Europe

#2472 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

52. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For History

#736 in Europe

#2489 in the World

Founded: 1950

53. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For History

#767 in Europe

#2684 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

54. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For History

#779 in Europe

#2783 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

55. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For History

#826 in Europe

#2992 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

56. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For History

#836 in Europe

#3023 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

57. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For History

#844 in Europe

#3109 in the World

Founded: 1968

58. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For History

#853 in Europe

#3154 in the World

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

59. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For History

#916 in Europe

#3503 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

60. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For History

#950 in Europe

#3679 in the World

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

61. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For History

#963 in Europe

#3737 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

62. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For History

#1001 in Europe

#3937 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

63. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For History

#1003 in Europe

#3939 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

64. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For History

#1159 in Europe

#4790 in the World

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

65. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For History

#1207 in Europe

#5018 in the World

Founded: 1994

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

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