67 Best Medical 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 Medicine. A graph of 6.9M citations received by 410K 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

#322 in the World

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

2. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#155 in Europe

#429 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

#197 in Europe

#560 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

4. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Medicine

#200 in Europe

#567 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

5. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Medicine

#204 in Europe

#580 in the World

Founded: 1945

6. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Medicine

#209 in Europe

#597 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

7. Medical University of Lodz

For Medicine

#210 in Europe

#600 in the World

Founded: 1950

8. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Medicine

#213 in Europe

#613 in the World

Founded: 1950

9. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Medicine

#230 in Europe

#661 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

10. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#300 in Europe

#879 in the World

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

11. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Medicine

#303 in Europe

#898 in the World

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

12. University of Lodz

For Medicine

#333 in Europe

#997 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

13. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Medicine

#344 in Europe

#1051 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

14. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Medicine

#350 in Europe

#1074 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

15. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Medicine

#361 in Europe

#1123 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

16. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Medicine

#362 in Europe

#1130 in the World

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

17. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#383 in Europe

#1218 in the World

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

18. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Medicine

#393 in Europe

#1250 in the World

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

19. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Medicine

#406 in Europe

#1314 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

20. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#412 in Europe

#1346 in the World

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

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

#441 in Europe

#1467 in the World

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

23. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Medicine

#464 in Europe

#1556 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

24. Lodz University of Technology

For Medicine

#466 in Europe

#1563 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

25. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Medicine

#468 in Europe

#1570 in the World

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

26. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Medicine

#479 in Europe

#1615 in the World

Founded: 1955

27. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Medicine

#482 in Europe

#1627 in the World

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

28. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Medicine

#487 in Europe

#1640 in the World

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

29. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Medicine

#493 in Europe

#1672 in the World

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

30. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Medicine

#500 in Europe

#1714 in the World

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

31. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Medicine

#510 in Europe

#1759 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

32. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Medicine

#533 in Europe

#1886 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

33. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Medicine

#539 in Europe

#1902 in the World

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

34. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Medicine

#540 in Europe

#1904 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

35. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Medicine

#552 in Europe

#1949 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

36. University of Opole

For Medicine

#623 in Europe

#2323 in the World

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

37. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Medicine

#632 in Europe

#2398 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

38. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#644 in Europe

#2472 in the World

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

39. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Medicine

#647 in Europe

#2480 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

40. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#667 in Europe

#2584 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

41. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Medicine

#674 in Europe

#2622 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

42. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Medicine

#675 in Europe

#2625 in the World

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

43. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Medicine

#684 in Europe

#2678 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

44. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#706 in Europe

#2769 in the World

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

45. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Medicine

#721 in Europe

#2846 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

46. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#726 in Europe

#2866 in the World

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

47. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Medicine

#755 in Europe

#3016 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

48. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Medicine

#775 in Europe

#3134 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

49. Opole University of Technology

For Medicine

#784 in Europe

#3159 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

50. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#793 in Europe

#3218 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

51. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Medicine

#797 in Europe

#3256 in the World

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

52. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Medicine

#809 in Europe

#3294 in the World

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

53. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Medicine

#811 in Europe

#3300 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

54. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Medicine

#849 in Europe

#3518 in the World

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

55. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Medicine

#859 in Europe

#3574 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

56. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Medicine

#860 in Europe

#3575 in the World

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

57. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Medicine

#870 in Europe

#3699 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

58. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Medicine

#871 in Europe

#3704 in the World

Enrollment: 8,077
Founded: 1937

59. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Medicine

#929 in Europe

#4012 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

60. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Medicine

#932 in Europe

#4024 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

61. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Medicine

#982 in Europe

#4282 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

62. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Medicine

#1025 in Europe

#4501 in the World

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

63. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#1052 in Europe

#4702 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

64. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Medicine

#1055 in Europe

#4726 in the World

Founded: 1968

65. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#1180 in Europe

#5373 in the World

Founded: 1994

66. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Medicine

#1218 in Europe

#5634 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

67. Lazarski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#1265 in Europe

#5874 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

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

Physical Therapy64

Plastic Surgery14

Public Health64

Radiation Therapy32

Radiology and Nuclear medicine65

Respiratory Therapy15

Sonography and Ultrasound17

Sports / Exercise science22

Sports Medicine49