65 Best universities for Sociology 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 Sociology. A graph of 1.51M citations received by 145K 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. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Sociology

#155 in Europe

#434 in the World

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

2. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Sociology

#160 in Europe

#441 in the World

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

3. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Sociology

#260 in Europe

#683 in the World

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

4. University of Lodz

For Sociology

#278 in Europe

#726 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

5. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Sociology

#332 in Europe

#903 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

6. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Sociology

#398 in Europe

#1109 in the World

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

7. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Sociology

#436 in Europe

#1254 in the World

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

8. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Sociology

#440 in Europe

#1272 in the World

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

9. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Sociology

#458 in Europe

#1330 in the World

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

10. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Sociology

#465 in Europe

#1350 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

11. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Sociology

#474 in Europe

#1393 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

12. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Sociology

#478 in Europe

#1412 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

13. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Sociology

#488 in Europe

#1450 in the World

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

14. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Sociology

#499 in Europe

#1486 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

15. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Sociology

#506 in Europe

#1517 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

16. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Sociology

#509 in Europe

#1525 in the World

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

17. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Sociology

#514 in Europe

#1551 in the World

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

18. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Sociology

#523 in Europe

#1578 in the World

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

19. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Sociology

#527 in Europe

#1592 in the World

Founded: 1945

20. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Sociology

#531 in Europe

#1602 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

21. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Sociology

#536 in Europe

#1627 in the World

Founded: 1950

22. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Sociology

#538 in Europe

#1631 in the World

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

23. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Sociology

#545 in Europe

#1656 in the World

Enrollment: 8,077
Founded: 1937

24. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Sociology

#547 in Europe

#1674 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

25. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Sociology

#551 in Europe

#1682 in the World

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

26. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Sociology

#571 in Europe

#1796 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

27. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Sociology

#574 in Europe

#1825 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

28. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Sociology

#580 in Europe

#1839 in the World

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

29. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Sociology

#583 in Europe

#1845 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

30. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Sociology

#584 in Europe

#1851 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

31. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Sociology

#600 in Europe

#1919 in the World

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

32. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Sociology

#603 in Europe

#1938 in the World

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

33. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Sociology

#605 in Europe

#1940 in the World

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

34. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Sociology

#606 in Europe

#1952 in the World

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

35. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Sociology

#625 in Europe

#2055 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

36. University of Opole

For Sociology

#626 in Europe

#2056 in the World

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

37. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Sociology

#634 in Europe

#2093 in the World

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

38. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Sociology

#640 in Europe

#2127 in the World

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

39. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Sociology

#655 in Europe

#2215 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

40. Lodz University of Technology

For Sociology

#663 in Europe

#2251 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

41. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Sociology

#685 in Europe

#2358 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

42. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Sociology

#688 in Europe

#2367 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

43. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Sociology

#692 in Europe

#2399 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

44. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Sociology

#701 in Europe

#2464 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

45. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Sociology

#715 in Europe

#2538 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

46. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Sociology

#728 in Europe

#2582 in the World

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

47. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Sociology

#748 in Europe

#2684 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

48. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Sociology

#759 in Europe

#2744 in the World

Founded: 1955

49. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Sociology

#787 in Europe

#2922 in the World

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

50. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Sociology

#824 in Europe

#3102 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

51. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Sociology

#828 in Europe

#3116 in the World

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

52. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Sociology

#835 in Europe

#3161 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

53. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Sociology

#892 in Europe

#3466 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

54. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Sociology

#904 in Europe

#3520 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

55. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Sociology

#916 in Europe

#3600 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

56. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Sociology

#921 in Europe

#3624 in the World

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

57. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Sociology

#924 in Europe

#3652 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

58. Opole University of Technology

For Sociology

#989 in Europe

#4126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

59. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Sociology

#1001 in Europe

#4167 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

60. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Sociology

#1022 in Europe

#4278 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

61. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Sociology

#1041 in Europe

#4411 in the World

Founded: 1994

62. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Sociology

#1047 in Europe

#4444 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

63. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Sociology

#1079 in Europe

#4593 in the World

Founded: 1968

64. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Sociology

#1118 in Europe

#4820 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

65. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Sociology

#1222 in Europe

#5325 in the World

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

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