66 Best universities for Philosophy 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 Philosophy. A graph of 1.84M citations received by 279K academic papers made by 66 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 Philosophy

#116 in Europe

#270 in the World

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

2. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Philosophy

#162 in Europe

#375 in the World

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

3. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Philosophy

#208 in Europe

#485 in the World

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

4. University of Lodz

For Philosophy

#212 in Europe

#492 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

5. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Philosophy

#265 in Europe

#629 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

6. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Philosophy

#294 in Europe

#697 in the World

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

7. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Philosophy

#326 in Europe

#823 in the World

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

8. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Philosophy

#347 in Europe

#873 in the World

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

9. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Philosophy

#353 in Europe

#897 in the World

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

10. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Philosophy

#362 in Europe

#929 in the World

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

11. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Philosophy

#372 in Europe

#949 in the World

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

12. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Philosophy

#374 in Europe

#957 in the World

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

13. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Philosophy

#390 in Europe

#991 in the World

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

14. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Philosophy

#396 in Europe

#1012 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

15. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Philosophy

#398 in Europe

#1016 in the World

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

16. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Philosophy

#407 in Europe

#1046 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

17. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Philosophy

#431 in Europe

#1128 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

18. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Philosophy

#440 in Europe

#1169 in the World

Enrollment: 11,230
Founded: 1937

19. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Philosophy

#442 in Europe

#1172 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

20. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Philosophy

#449 in Europe

#1213 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

21. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Philosophy

#457 in Europe

#1236 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

22. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Philosophy

#464 in Europe

#1257 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

23. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Philosophy

#468 in Europe

#1273 in the World

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

24. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Philosophy

#477 in Europe

#1326 in the World

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

25. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Philosophy

#490 in Europe

#1369 in the World

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

26. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Philosophy

#494 in Europe

#1380 in the World

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

27. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Philosophy

#498 in Europe

#1392 in the World

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

28. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Philosophy

#512 in Europe

#1436 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

29. Lodz University of Technology

For Philosophy

#513 in Europe

#1440 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

30. University of Opole

For Philosophy

#522 in Europe

#1456 in the World

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

31. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Philosophy

#534 in Europe

#1508 in the World

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

32. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Philosophy

#589 in Europe

#1764 in the World

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

33. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Philosophy

#600 in Europe

#1805 in the World

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

34. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Philosophy

#611 in Europe

#1843 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

35. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Philosophy

#615 in Europe

#1865 in the World

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

36. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Philosophy

#616 in Europe

#1877 in the World

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

37. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Philosophy

#643 in Europe

#1981 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

38. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Philosophy

#652 in Europe

#2039 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

39. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Philosophy

#658 in Europe

#2063 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

40. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Philosophy

#664 in Europe

#2087 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

41. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Philosophy

#672 in Europe

#2107 in the World

Founded: 1950

42. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Philosophy

#673 in Europe

#2108 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

43. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Philosophy

#682 in Europe

#2130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

44. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Philosophy

#694 in Europe

#2174 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

45. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Philosophy

#714 in Europe

#2235 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

46. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Philosophy

#718 in Europe

#2245 in the World

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

47. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Philosophy

#719 in Europe

#2250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

48. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Philosophy

#725 in Europe

#2269 in the World

Founded: 1945

49. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Philosophy

#738 in Europe

#2340 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

50. Opole University of Technology

For Philosophy

#744 in Europe

#2384 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

51. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Philosophy

#757 in Europe

#2433 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

52. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Philosophy

#768 in Europe

#2485 in the World

Founded: 1955

53. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Philosophy

#784 in Europe

#2596 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

54. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Philosophy

#796 in Europe

#2659 in the World

Founded: 1968

55. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Philosophy

#809 in Europe

#2739 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

56. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Philosophy

#832 in Europe

#2853 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

57. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Philosophy

#838 in Europe

#2883 in the World

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

58. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Philosophy

#881 in Europe

#3128 in the World

Founded: 1994

59. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Philosophy

#892 in Europe

#3179 in the World

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

60. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Philosophy

#920 in Europe

#3304 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

61. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Philosophy

#921 in Europe

#3313 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

62. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Philosophy

#959 in Europe

#3494 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

63. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Philosophy

#1023 in Europe

#3871 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

64. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Philosophy

#1091 in Europe

#4231 in the World

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

65. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Philosophy

#1160 in Europe

#4613 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

66. Academy of Fine Art of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Philosophy

#1406 in Europe

#6288 in the World

Founded: 1818

The best cities to study Philosophy 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 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