66 Best universities for Philosophy 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 Philosophy. A graph of 2.05M citations received by 285K 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

#117 in Europe

#272 in the World

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

2. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Philosophy

#160 in Europe

#373 in the World

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

3. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Philosophy

#211 in Europe

#488 in the World

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

4. University of Lodz

For Philosophy

#217 in Europe

#500 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

5. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Philosophy

#271 in Europe

#640 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

6. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Philosophy

#298 in Europe

#714 in the World

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

7. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Philosophy

#332 in Europe

#839 in the World

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

8. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Philosophy

#348 in Europe

#881 in the World

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

9. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Philosophy

#355 in Europe

#910 in the World

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

10. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Philosophy

#359 in Europe

#926 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

11. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Philosophy

#374 in Europe

#958 in the World

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

12. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Philosophy

#377 in Europe

#962 in the World

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

13. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Philosophy

#385 in Europe

#981 in the World

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

14. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Philosophy

#398 in Europe

#1020 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

15. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Philosophy

#400 in Europe

#1022 in the World

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

16. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Philosophy

#410 in Europe

#1055 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

17. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Philosophy

#431 in Europe

#1133 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

18. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Philosophy

#443 in Europe

#1181 in the World

Enrollment: 8,077
Founded: 1937

19. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Philosophy

#445 in Europe

#1195 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

20. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Philosophy

#453 in Europe

#1221 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

21. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Philosophy

#462 in Europe

#1245 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

22. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Philosophy

#468 in Europe

#1286 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

23. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Philosophy

#469 in Europe

#1288 in the World

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

24. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Philosophy

#485 in Europe

#1354 in the World

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

25. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Philosophy

#499 in Europe

#1393 in the World

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

26. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Philosophy

#503 in Europe

#1407 in the World

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

27. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Philosophy

#509 in Europe

#1429 in the World

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

28. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Philosophy

#515 in Europe

#1449 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

29. Lodz University of Technology

For Philosophy

#518 in Europe

#1454 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

30. University of Opole

For Philosophy

#526 in Europe

#1473 in the World

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

31. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Philosophy

#539 in Europe

#1527 in the World

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

32. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Philosophy

#591 in Europe

#1784 in the World

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

33. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Philosophy

#599 in Europe

#1804 in the World

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

34. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Philosophy

#611 in Europe

#1848 in the World

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

35. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Philosophy

#614 in Europe

#1856 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

36. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Philosophy

#619 in Europe

#1878 in the World

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

37. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Philosophy

#650 in Europe

#2015 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

38. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Philosophy

#663 in Europe

#2068 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

39. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Philosophy

#667 in Europe

#2086 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

40. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Philosophy

#671 in Europe

#2094 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

41. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Philosophy

#674 in Europe

#2101 in the World

Founded: 1950

42. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Philosophy

#676 in Europe

#2110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

43. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Philosophy

#684 in Europe

#2128 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

44. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Philosophy

#698 in Europe

#2182 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

45. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Philosophy

#713 in Europe

#2230 in the World

Founded: 1945

46. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Philosophy

#721 in Europe

#2257 in the World

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

47. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Philosophy

#726 in Europe

#2280 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

48. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Philosophy

#727 in Europe

#2285 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

49. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Philosophy

#736 in Europe

#2323 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

50. Opole University of Technology

For Philosophy

#750 in Europe

#2408 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

51. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Philosophy

#756 in Europe

#2448 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

52. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Philosophy

#762 in Europe

#2465 in the World

Founded: 1955

53. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Philosophy

#782 in Europe

#2588 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

54. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Philosophy

#803 in Europe

#2713 in the World

Founded: 1968

55. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Philosophy

#816 in Europe

#2788 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

56. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Philosophy

#839 in Europe

#2890 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

57. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Philosophy

#840 in Europe

#2893 in the World

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

58. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Philosophy

#887 in Europe

#3150 in the World

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

59. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Philosophy

#891 in Europe

#3184 in the World

Founded: 1994

60. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Philosophy

#925 in Europe

#3334 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

61. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Philosophy

#926 in Europe

#3337 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

62. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Philosophy

#962 in Europe

#3515 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

63. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Philosophy

#1025 in Europe

#3895 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

64. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Philosophy

#1080 in Europe

#4183 in the World

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

65. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Philosophy

#1172 in Europe

#4694 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

66. Academy of Fine Art of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Philosophy

#1413 in Europe

#6321 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 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