65 Best universities for Sociology 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 Sociology. A graph of 1.38M citations received by 141K 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

#432 in the World

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

2. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Sociology

#161 in Europe

#448 in the World

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

3. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Sociology

#263 in Europe

#691 in the World

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

4. University of Lodz

For Sociology

#280 in Europe

#730 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

5. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Sociology

#331 in Europe

#903 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

6. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Sociology

#400 in Europe

#1117 in the World

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

7. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Sociology

#439 in Europe

#1263 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

#444 in Europe

#1283 in the World

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

9. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Sociology

#459 in Europe

#1335 in the World

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

10. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Sociology

#464 in Europe

#1354 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

11. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Sociology

#478 in Europe

#1412 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

12. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Sociology

#480 in Europe

#1422 in the World

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

13. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Sociology

#485 in Europe

#1454 in the World

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

14. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Sociology

#501 in Europe

#1504 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

15. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Sociology

#507 in Europe

#1527 in the World

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

16. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Sociology

#510 in Europe

#1531 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

17. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Sociology

#518 in Europe

#1561 in the World

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

18. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Sociology

#520 in Europe

#1565 in the World

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

19. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Sociology

#529 in Europe

#1611 in the World

Founded: 1945

20. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Sociology

#532 in Europe

#1619 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

21. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Sociology

#533 in Europe

#1622 in the World

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

22. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Sociology

#538 in Europe

#1638 in the World

Founded: 1950

23. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Sociology

#545 in Europe

#1677 in the World

Enrollment: 11,230
Founded: 1937

24. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Sociology

#546 in Europe

#1681 in the World

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

25. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Sociology

#549 in Europe

#1690 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

26. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Sociology

#573 in Europe

#1808 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

27. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Sociology

#578 in Europe

#1833 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

28. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Sociology

#580 in Europe

#1837 in the World

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

29. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Sociology

#581 in Europe

#1839 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

30. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Sociology

#586 in Europe

#1859 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

31. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Sociology

#598 in Europe

#1916 in the World

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

32. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Sociology

#600 in Europe

#1935 in the World

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

33. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Sociology

#603 in Europe

#1950 in the World

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

34. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Sociology

#604 in Europe

#1959 in the World

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

35. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Sociology

#623 in Europe

#2058 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

36. University of Opole

For Sociology

#629 in Europe

#2075 in the World

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

37. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Sociology

#636 in Europe

#2099 in the World

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

38. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Sociology

#639 in Europe

#2131 in the World

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

39. Lodz University of Technology

For Sociology

#658 in Europe

#2237 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

40. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Sociology

#660 in Europe

#2253 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

41. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Sociology

#680 in Europe

#2354 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

42. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Sociology

#682 in Europe

#2372 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

43. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Sociology

#687 in Europe

#2389 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

44. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Sociology

#701 in Europe

#2467 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

45. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Sociology

#705 in Europe

#2491 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

46. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Sociology

#724 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

#743 in Europe

#2661 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

48. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Sociology

#758 in Europe

#2749 in the World

Founded: 1955

49. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Sociology

#782 in Europe

#2906 in the World

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

50. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Sociology

#820 in Europe

#3093 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

51. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Sociology

#826 in Europe

#3114 in the World

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

52. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Sociology

#833 in Europe

#3145 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

53. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Sociology

#892 in Europe

#3456 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

54. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Sociology

#899 in Europe

#3497 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

55. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Sociology

#909 in Europe

#3564 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

56. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Sociology

#920 in Europe

#3636 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

57. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Sociology

#924 in Europe

#3659 in the World

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

58. Opole University of Technology

For Sociology

#988 in Europe

#4111 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

59. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Sociology

#1001 in Europe

#4164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

60. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Sociology

#1017 in Europe

#4247 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

61. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Sociology

#1036 in Europe

#4377 in the World

Founded: 1994

62. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Sociology

#1043 in Europe

#4425 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

63. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Sociology

#1082 in Europe

#4639 in the World

Founded: 1968

64. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Sociology

#1116 in Europe

#4802 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

65. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Sociology

#1222 in Europe

#5331 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 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