67 Best Medical schools 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 Medicine. A graph of 6.27M citations received by 392K academic papers made by 67 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 Medicine

#117 in Europe

#325 in the World

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

2. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#157 in Europe

#430 in the World

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

3. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Medicine

#200 in Europe

#570 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

4. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Medicine

#201 in Europe

#573 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

5. Medical University of Lodz

For Medicine

#204 in Europe

#576 in the World

Founded: 1950

6. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Medicine

#208 in Europe

#591 in the World

Founded: 1945

7. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Medicine

#212 in Europe

#603 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

8. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Medicine

#218 in Europe

#627 in the World

Founded: 1950

9. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Medicine

#229 in Europe

#658 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

10. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#295 in Europe

#869 in the World

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

11. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Medicine

#304 in Europe

#907 in the World

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

12. University of Lodz

For Medicine

#332 in Europe

#993 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

13. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Medicine

#336 in Europe

#1008 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

14. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Medicine

#347 in Europe

#1062 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

15. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Medicine

#362 in Europe

#1120 in the World

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

16. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Medicine

#367 in Europe

#1137 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

17. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#387 in Europe

#1225 in the World

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

18. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Medicine

#389 in Europe

#1236 in the World

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

19. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#408 in Europe

#1330 in the World

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

20. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Medicine

#410 in Europe

#1336 in the World

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

21. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Medicine

#428 in Europe

#1419 in the World

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

22. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Medicine

#443 in Europe

#1480 in the World

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

23. Lodz University of Technology

For Medicine

#465 in Europe

#1555 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

24. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Medicine

#466 in Europe

#1564 in the World

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

25. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Medicine

#473 in Europe

#1593 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

26. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Medicine

#483 in Europe

#1627 in the World

Founded: 1955

27. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Medicine

#485 in Europe

#1639 in the World

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

28. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Medicine

#486 in Europe

#1640 in the World

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

29. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Medicine

#496 in Europe

#1676 in the World

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

30. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Medicine

#499 in Europe

#1693 in the World

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

31. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Medicine

#512 in Europe

#1757 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

32. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Medicine

#531 in Europe

#1863 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

33. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Medicine

#533 in Europe

#1876 in the World

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

34. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Medicine

#545 in Europe

#1936 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

35. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Medicine

#546 in Europe

#1937 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

36. University of Opole

For Medicine

#627 in Europe

#2366 in the World

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

37. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Medicine

#638 in Europe

#2445 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

38. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Medicine

#645 in Europe

#2470 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

39. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#649 in Europe

#2501 in the World

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

40. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Medicine

#671 in Europe

#2593 in the World

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

41. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Medicine

#676 in Europe

#2625 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

42. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#678 in Europe

#2644 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

43. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Medicine

#688 in Europe

#2710 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

44. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#709 in Europe

#2794 in the World

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

45. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#719 in Europe

#2827 in the World

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

46. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Medicine

#721 in Europe

#2845 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

47. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Medicine

#754 in Europe

#3013 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

48. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Medicine

#773 in Europe

#3120 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

49. Opole University of Technology

For Medicine

#781 in Europe

#3155 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

50. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#788 in Europe

#3201 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

51. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Medicine

#800 in Europe

#3247 in the World

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

52. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Medicine

#806 in Europe

#3277 in the World

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

53. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Medicine

#813 in Europe

#3315 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

54. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Medicine

#842 in Europe

#3485 in the World

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

55. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Medicine

#860 in Europe

#3590 in the World

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

56. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Medicine

#862 in Europe

#3598 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

57. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Medicine

#875 in Europe

#3710 in the World

Enrollment: 11,230
Founded: 1937

58. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Medicine

#881 in Europe

#3729 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

59. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Medicine

#937 in Europe

#4039 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

60. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Medicine

#939 in Europe

#4061 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

61. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Medicine

#975 in Europe

#4252 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

62. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Medicine

#1037 in Europe

#4603 in the World

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

63. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Medicine

#1051 in Europe

#4697 in the World

Founded: 1968

64. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#1061 in Europe

#4749 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

65. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#1178 in Europe

#5365 in the World

Founded: 1994

66. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Medicine

#1221 in Europe

#5626 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

67. Lazarski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#1256 in Europe

#5813 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1993

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

Medicine subfields in Poland

Anatomy and Physiology60

Anesthesiology41

Bioethics/Medical Ethics15

Biomedical Engineering33

Clinical Psychology46

Critical Care Nursing28

Family medicine31

Forensic Science14

Gastroenterology and Hepatology36

Health Science49

Healthcare Management (MHA)40

Medical Physics15

Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN)48

Occupational Therapy19

Oncology and Cancer research46

Ophthalmology26

Paramedicine and Emergency medicine28

Physical Therapy63

Plastic Surgery13

Public Health64

Radiation Therapy31

Radiology and Nuclear medicine65

Respiratory Therapy15

Sonography and Ultrasound16

Sports / Exercise science22

Sports Medicine49