60 Best Physical Therapy schools 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 Physical Therapy. A graph of 196K citations received by 20.5K academic papers made by 60 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. Medical University of Lodz

For Physical Therapy

#158 in Europe

#410 in the World

Founded: 1950

2. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Physical Therapy

#220 in Europe

#546 in the World

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

3. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Physical Therapy

#230 in Europe

#583 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

4. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Physical Therapy

#247 in Europe

#635 in the World

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

5. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Physical Therapy

#255 in Europe

#659 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

6. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Physical Therapy

#258 in Europe

#663 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

7. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Physical Therapy

#274 in Europe

#720 in the World

Founded: 1945

8. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Physical Therapy

#289 in Europe

#763 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

9. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Physical Therapy

#298 in Europe

#783 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

10. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Physical Therapy

#346 in Europe

#936 in the World

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

11. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Physical Therapy

#379 in Europe

#1047 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

12. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Physical Therapy

#382 in Europe

#1052 in the World

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

13. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Physical Therapy

#389 in Europe

#1089 in the World

Founded: 1950

14. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Physical Therapy

#399 in Europe

#1136 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

15. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Physical Therapy

#411 in Europe

#1190 in the World

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

16. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Physical Therapy

#425 in Europe

#1243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

17. Opole University of Technology

For Physical Therapy

#469 in Europe

#1417 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

18. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Physical Therapy

#478 in Europe

#1479 in the World

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

19. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Physical Therapy

#481 in Europe

#1486 in the World

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

20. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Physical Therapy

#485 in Europe

#1492 in the World

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

21. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Physical Therapy

#486 in Europe

#1503 in the World

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

22. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Physical Therapy

#498 in Europe

#1563 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

23. University of Lodz

For Physical Therapy

#503 in Europe

#1576 in the World

Enrollment: 38,000
Founded: 1945

24. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Physical Therapy

#505 in Europe

#1585 in the World

Enrollment: 25,500
Founded: 1702

25. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Physical Therapy

#519 in Europe

#1638 in the World

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

26. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Physical Therapy

#528 in Europe

#1673 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

27. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Physical Therapy

#533 in Europe

#1699 in the World

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

28. Lodz University of Technology

For Physical Therapy

#554 in Europe

#1805 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

29. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Physical Therapy

#562 in Europe

#1848 in the World

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

30. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Physical Therapy

#563 in Europe

#1857 in the World

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

31. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Physical Therapy

#569 in Europe

#1894 in the World

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

32. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Physical Therapy

#575 in Europe

#1921 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

33. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Physical Therapy

#588 in Europe

#2008 in the World

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

34. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Physical Therapy

#600 in Europe

#2069 in the World

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

35. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Physical Therapy

#607 in Europe

#2113 in the World

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

36. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Physical Therapy

#618 in Europe

#2180 in the World

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

37. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Physical Therapy

#620 in Europe

#2184 in the World

Founded: 1955

38. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Physical Therapy

#624 in Europe

#2199 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

39. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Physical Therapy

#632 in Europe

#2246 in the World

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

40. University of Opole

For Physical Therapy

#651 in Europe

#2310 in the World

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

41. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Physical Therapy

#657 in Europe

#2367 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

42. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Physical Therapy

#679 in Europe

#2463 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

43. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Physical Therapy

#702 in Europe

#2616 in the World

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

44. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Physical Therapy

#724 in Europe

#2718 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

45. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Physical Therapy

#738 in Europe

#2803 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

46. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Physical Therapy

#742 in Europe

#2813 in the World

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

47. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Physical Therapy

#753 in Europe

#2899 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

48. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Physical Therapy

#786 in Europe

#3032 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

49. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Physical Therapy

#787 in Europe

#3034 in the World

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

50. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Physical Therapy

#800 in Europe

#3106 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

51. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Physical Therapy

#802 in Europe

#3137 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

52. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Physical Therapy

#813 in Europe

#3182 in the World

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

53. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Physical Therapy

#819 in Europe

#3220 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

54. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Physical Therapy

#830 in Europe

#3278 in the World

Founded: 1994

55. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Physical Therapy

#840 in Europe

#3352 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

56. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Physical Therapy

#859 in Europe

#3481 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

57. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Physical Therapy

#860 in Europe

#3483 in the World

Enrollment: 11,230
Founded: 1937

58. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Physical Therapy

#869 in Europe

#3537 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

59. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Physical Therapy

#870 in Europe

#3538 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

60. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Physical Therapy

#871 in Europe

#3541 in the World

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

The best cities to study Physical Therapy in Poland based on the number of universities and their ranks are Lodz, Krakow, Warsaw, and Torun.

Medicine subfields in Poland

Anatomy and Physiology58

Anesthesiology40

Bioethics/Medical Ethics12

Biomedical Engineering32

Clinical Psychology42

Critical Care Nursing23

Family medicine26

Forensic Science18

Gastroenterology and Hepatology35

Health Science43

Healthcare Management (MHA)36

Medical Physics15

Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN)41

Occupational Therapy17

Oncology and Cancer research45

Ophthalmology24

Paramedicine and Emergency medicine25

Plastic Surgery15

Public Health64

Radiation Therapy28

Radiology and Nuclear medicine64

Respiratory Therapy14

Sonography and Ultrasound16

Sports / Exercise science20

Sports Medicine43