65 Best universities for History in Poland

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Poland ranked based on their research performance in History. A graph of 881K citations received by 128K 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

#139 in Europe

#370 in the World

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

2. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For History

#178 in Europe

#462 in the World

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

3. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For History

#202 in Europe

#518 in the World

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

4. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For History

#227 in Europe

#576 in the World

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

5. University of Lodz

For History

#270 in Europe

#678 in the World

Enrollment: 38,000
Founded: 1945

6. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For History

#296 in Europe

#740 in the World

Enrollment: 25,500
Founded: 1702

7. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For History

#308 in Europe

#768 in the World

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

8. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For History

#332 in Europe

#828 in the World

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

9. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For History

#341 in Europe

#846 in the World

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

10. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For History

#352 in Europe

#887 in the World

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

11. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For History

#360 in Europe

#909 in the World

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

12. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For History

#387 in Europe

#995 in the World

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

13. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For History

#392 in Europe

#1017 in the World

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

14. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For History

#440 in Europe

#1181 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

15. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For History

#452 in Europe

#1235 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

16. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For History

#457 in Europe

#1251 in the World

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

17. Lodz University of Technology

For History

#460 in Europe

#1261 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

18. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For History

#463 in Europe

#1271 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

19. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For History

#468 in Europe

#1291 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

20. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For History

#476 in Europe

#1313 in the World

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

21. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For History

#478 in Europe

#1319 in the World

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

22. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For History

#507 in Europe

#1418 in the World

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

23. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For History

#548 in Europe

#1556 in the World

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

24. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For History

#549 in Europe

#1560 in the World

Founded: 1955

25. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For History

#562 in Europe

#1594 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

26. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For History

#566 in Europe

#1616 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

27. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For History

#568 in Europe

#1621 in the World

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

28. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For History

#570 in Europe

#1630 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

29. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For History

#572 in Europe

#1632 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

30. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For History

#585 in Europe

#1691 in the World

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

31. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For History

#590 in Europe

#1717 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

32. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For History

#608 in Europe

#1781 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

33. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For History

#614 in Europe

#1862 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

34. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For History

#619 in Europe

#1882 in the World

Enrollment: 11,230
Founded: 1937

35. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For History

#621 in Europe

#1891 in the World

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

36. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For History

#622 in Europe

#1892 in the World

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

37. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For History

#647 in Europe

#2009 in the World

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

38. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For History

#656 in Europe

#2066 in the World

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

39. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For History

#657 in Europe

#2077 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

40. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For History

#661 in Europe

#2108 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

41. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For History

#664 in Europe

#2117 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

42. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For History

#669 in Europe

#2142 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

43. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For History

#680 in Europe

#2194 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

44. University of Opole

For History

#685 in Europe

#2210 in the World

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

45. Opole University of Technology

For History

#693 in Europe

#2253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

46. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For History

#701 in Europe

#2288 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

47. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For History

#709 in Europe

#2366 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

48. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For History

#714 in Europe

#2389 in the World

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

49. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For History

#716 in Europe

#2404 in the World

Founded: 1950

50. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For History

#718 in Europe

#2407 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

51. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For History

#721 in Europe

#2414 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

52. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For History

#739 in Europe

#2490 in the World

Founded: 1945

53. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For History

#750 in Europe

#2586 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

54. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For History

#779 in Europe

#2791 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

55. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For History

#807 in Europe

#2921 in the World

Founded: 1968

56. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For History

#821 in Europe

#2988 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

57. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For History

#829 in Europe

#3049 in the World

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

58. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For History

#866 in Europe

#3220 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

59. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For History

#869 in Europe

#3236 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

60. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For History

#890 in Europe

#3377 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

61. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For History

#937 in Europe

#3634 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

62. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For History

#948 in Europe

#3715 in the World

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

63. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For History

#956 in Europe

#3767 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

64. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For History

#1099 in Europe

#4520 in the World

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

65. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For History

#1121 in Europe

#4609 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 Journalism21

Classics and Ancient History47

Communications and Public Relations45

Criminology and Criminal Justice17

Early Childhood Education8

Education Majors53

Forensic Science18

Gender Studies26

Human Rights Law15

Intellectual Property and Patent Law9

International Law18

International Relations and Diplomacy17

Journalism and Digital Media19

Law Enforcement7

Library and Information science44

Media Studies18

Military science16

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution13

Occupational Safety and Health7

Political Economy20

Political Science65

Public Policy / Administration28

Radio and Television broadcasting21

Special Education13

Sports / Exercise science20

Theology / Divinity / Religious studies64

Urban and Regional planning39