67 Best Medical 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 Medicine. A graph of 4.24M citations received by 327K 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

#131 in Europe

#344 in the World

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

2. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#167 in Europe

#464 in the World

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

3. Medical University of Lodz

For Medicine

#176 in Europe

#485 in the World

Founded: 1950

4. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Medicine

#208 in Europe

#579 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

5. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Medicine

#217 in Europe

#614 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

6. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Medicine

#232 in Europe

#654 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

7. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Medicine

#233 in Europe

#656 in the World

Founded: 1945

8. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Medicine

#234 in Europe

#657 in the World

Founded: 1950

9. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Medicine

#241 in Europe

#675 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

10. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#299 in Europe

#863 in the World

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

11. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Medicine

#300 in Europe

#865 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

12. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Medicine

#317 in Europe

#928 in the World

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

13. University of Lodz

For Medicine

#332 in Europe

#979 in the World

Enrollment: 38,000
Founded: 1945

14. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Medicine

#342 in Europe

#1019 in the World

Enrollment: 25,500
Founded: 1702

15. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Medicine

#355 in Europe

#1065 in the World

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

16. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Medicine

#385 in Europe

#1173 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

17. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Medicine

#387 in Europe

#1184 in the World

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

18. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#398 in Europe

#1234 in the World

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

19. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#401 in Europe

#1240 in the World

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

20. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Medicine

#421 in Europe

#1376 in the World

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

21. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Medicine

#424 in Europe

#1382 in the World

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

22. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Medicine

#457 in Europe

#1500 in the World

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

23. Lodz University of Technology

For Medicine

#459 in Europe

#1502 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

24. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Medicine

#477 in Europe

#1568 in the World

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

25. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Medicine

#483 in Europe

#1588 in the World

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

26. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Medicine

#490 in Europe

#1623 in the World

Founded: 1955

27. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Medicine

#503 in Europe

#1663 in the World

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

28. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Medicine

#504 in Europe

#1665 in the World

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

29. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Medicine

#508 in Europe

#1680 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

30. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Medicine

#522 in Europe

#1729 in the World

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

31. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Medicine

#527 in Europe

#1759 in the World

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

32. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Medicine

#531 in Europe

#1778 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

33. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Medicine

#533 in Europe

#1785 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

34. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Medicine

#560 in Europe

#1934 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

35. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Medicine

#598 in Europe

#2119 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

36. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Medicine

#636 in Europe

#2349 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

37. University of Opole

For Medicine

#637 in Europe

#2357 in the World

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

38. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Medicine

#661 in Europe

#2488 in the World

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

39. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Medicine

#673 in Europe

#2554 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

40. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#680 in Europe

#2603 in the World

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

41. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Medicine

#684 in Europe

#2615 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

42. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#692 in Europe

#2639 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

43. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Medicine

#708 in Europe

#2750 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

44. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Medicine

#722 in Europe

#2826 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

45. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#746 in Europe

#2933 in the World

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

46. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#763 in Europe

#3003 in the World

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

47. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Medicine

#773 in Europe

#3042 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

48. Opole University of Technology

For Medicine

#775 in Europe

#3047 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

49. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Medicine

#777 in Europe

#3064 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

50. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#785 in Europe

#3109 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

51. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Medicine

#794 in Europe

#3170 in the World

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

52. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Medicine

#806 in Europe

#3259 in the World

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

53. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Medicine

#848 in Europe

#3488 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

54. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Medicine

#851 in Europe

#3496 in the World

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

55. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Medicine

#859 in Europe

#3558 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

56. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Medicine

#861 in Europe

#3578 in the World

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

57. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Medicine

#926 in Europe

#3904 in the World

Enrollment: 11,230
Founded: 1937

58. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Medicine

#941 in Europe

#3970 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

59. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Medicine

#950 in Europe

#4066 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

60. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Medicine

#967 in Europe

#4156 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

61. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Medicine

#993 in Europe

#4329 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

62. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Medicine

#1034 in Europe

#4591 in the World

Founded: 1968

63. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Medicine

#1038 in Europe

#4640 in the World

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

64. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#1064 in Europe

#4749 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

65. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#1128 in Europe

#5102 in the World

Founded: 1994

66. Lazarski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Medicine

#1180 in Europe

#5405 in the World

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

67. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Medicine

#1194 in Europe

#5504 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

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

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

Physical Therapy60

Plastic Surgery15

Public Health64

Radiation Therapy28

Radiology and Nuclear medicine64

Respiratory Therapy14

Sonography and Ultrasound16

Sports / Exercise science20

Sports Medicine43