64 Best Physical Therapy schools 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 Physical Therapy. A graph of 345K citations received by 26.8K academic papers made by 64 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 Physical Therapy

#198 in Europe

#505 in the World

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

2. Medical University of Lodz

For Physical Therapy

#210 in Europe

#524 in the World

Founded: 1950

3. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Physical Therapy

#221 in Europe

#546 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

4. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Physical Therapy

#234 in Europe

#586 in the World

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

5. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Physical Therapy

#235 in Europe

#587 in the World

Founded: 1945

6. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Physical Therapy

#238 in Europe

#599 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

7. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Physical Therapy

#251 in Europe

#643 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

8. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Physical Therapy

#279 in Europe

#723 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

9. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Physical Therapy

#286 in Europe

#742 in the World

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

10. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Physical Therapy

#321 in Europe

#848 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

11. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Physical Therapy

#337 in Europe

#904 in the World

Founded: 1950

12. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Physical Therapy

#360 in Europe

#986 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

13. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Physical Therapy

#367 in Europe

#1000 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

14. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Physical Therapy

#371 in Europe

#1008 in the World

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

15. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Physical Therapy

#405 in Europe

#1166 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

16. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Physical Therapy

#436 in Europe

#1285 in the World

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

17. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Physical Therapy

#461 in Europe

#1394 in the World

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

18. Opole University of Technology

For Physical Therapy

#465 in Europe

#1402 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

19. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Physical Therapy

#467 in Europe

#1405 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

20. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Physical Therapy

#469 in Europe

#1414 in the World

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

21. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Physical Therapy

#477 in Europe

#1463 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

22. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Physical Therapy

#478 in Europe

#1464 in the World

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

23. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Physical Therapy

#487 in Europe

#1494 in the World

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

24. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Physical Therapy

#499 in Europe

#1540 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

25. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Physical Therapy

#505 in Europe

#1564 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

26. University of Lodz

For Physical Therapy

#514 in Europe

#1612 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

27. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Physical Therapy

#523 in Europe

#1654 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

28. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Physical Therapy

#548 in Europe

#1774 in the World

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

29. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Physical Therapy

#552 in Europe

#1787 in the World

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

30. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Physical Therapy

#556 in Europe

#1819 in the World

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

31. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Physical Therapy

#570 in Europe

#1899 in the World

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

32. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Physical Therapy

#580 in Europe

#1935 in the World

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

33. Lodz University of Technology

For Physical Therapy

#587 in Europe

#1955 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

34. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Physical Therapy

#618 in Europe

#2141 in the World

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

35. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Physical Therapy

#623 in Europe

#2151 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

36. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Physical Therapy

#638 in Europe

#2249 in the World

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

37. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Physical Therapy

#642 in Europe

#2267 in the World

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

38. University of Opole

For Physical Therapy

#643 in Europe

#2274 in the World

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

39. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Physical Therapy

#646 in Europe

#2294 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

40. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Physical Therapy

#647 in Europe

#2306 in the World

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

41. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Physical Therapy

#664 in Europe

#2387 in the World

Founded: 1955

42. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Physical Therapy

#676 in Europe

#2444 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

43. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Physical Therapy

#690 in Europe

#2499 in the World

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

44. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Physical Therapy

#741 in Europe

#2839 in the World

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

45. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Physical Therapy

#742 in Europe

#2841 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

46. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Physical Therapy

#748 in Europe

#2873 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

47. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Physical Therapy

#773 in Europe

#3028 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

48. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Physical Therapy

#774 in Europe

#3030 in the World

Founded: 1968

49. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Physical Therapy

#796 in Europe

#3116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

50. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Physical Therapy

#812 in Europe

#3214 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

51. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Physical Therapy

#825 in Europe

#3278 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

52. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Physical Therapy

#831 in Europe

#3310 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

53. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Physical Therapy

#837 in Europe

#3341 in the World

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

54. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Physical Therapy

#844 in Europe

#3365 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

55. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Physical Therapy

#852 in Europe

#3401 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

56. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Physical Therapy

#857 in Europe

#3423 in the World

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

57. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Physical Therapy

#858 in Europe

#3424 in the World

Enrollment: 8,077
Founded: 1937

58. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Physical Therapy

#859 in Europe

#3425 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

59. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Physical Therapy

#868 in Europe

#3481 in the World

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

60. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Physical Therapy

#869 in Europe

#3493 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

61. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Physical Therapy

#880 in Europe

#3577 in the World

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

62. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Physical Therapy

#886 in Europe

#3595 in the World

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

63. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Physical Therapy

#889 in Europe

#3612 in the World

Founded: 1994

64. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Physical Therapy

#901 in Europe

#3684 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

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

Medicine subfields in Poland

Anatomy and Physiology60

Anesthesiology42

Bioethics/Medical Ethics15

Biomedical Engineering34

Clinical Psychology46

Critical Care Nursing32

Family medicine32

Forensic Science15

Gastroenterology and Hepatology36

Health Science49

Healthcare Management (MHA)41

Medical Physics15

Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN)48

Occupational Therapy20

Oncology and Cancer research48

Ophthalmology26

Paramedicine and Emergency medicine30

Plastic Surgery14

Public Health64

Radiation Therapy32

Radiology and Nuclear medicine65

Respiratory Therapy15

Sonography and Ultrasound17

Sports / Exercise science22

Sports Medicine49