63 Best Surgeons 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 Surgery. A graph of 1.51M citations received by 99.7K academic papers made by 63 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 Surgery

#101 in Europe

#286 in the World

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

2. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Surgery

#113 in Europe

#312 in the World

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

3. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Surgery

#156 in Europe

#442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

4. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Surgery

#162 in Europe

#466 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

5. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Surgery

#163 in Europe

#467 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

6. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Surgery

#167 in Europe

#474 in the World

Founded: 1945

7. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Surgery

#194 in Europe

#556 in the World

Founded: 1950

8. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Surgery

#199 in Europe

#568 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

9. Medical University of Lodz

For Surgery

#209 in Europe

#586 in the World

Founded: 1950

10. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Surgery

#224 in Europe

#637 in the World

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

11. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Surgery

#324 in Europe

#1029 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

12. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Surgery

#327 in Europe

#1045 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

13. University of Lodz

For Surgery

#360 in Europe

#1171 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

14. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Surgery

#369 in Europe

#1206 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

15. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Surgery

#377 in Europe

#1252 in the World

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

16. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Surgery

#391 in Europe

#1303 in the World

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

17. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Surgery

#402 in Europe

#1352 in the World

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

18. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Surgery

#411 in Europe

#1389 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

19. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Surgery

#413 in Europe

#1391 in the World

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

20. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Surgery

#427 in Europe

#1463 in the World

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

21. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Surgery

#428 in Europe

#1469 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

22. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Surgery

#443 in Europe

#1530 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

23. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Surgery

#446 in Europe

#1542 in the World

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

24. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Surgery

#452 in Europe

#1554 in the World

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

25. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Surgery

#490 in Europe

#1704 in the World

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

26. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Surgery

#497 in Europe

#1740 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

27. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Surgery

#499 in Europe

#1753 in the World

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

28. Lodz University of Technology

For Surgery

#503 in Europe

#1763 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

29. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Surgery

#504 in Europe

#1766 in the World

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

30. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Surgery

#532 in Europe

#1864 in the World

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

31. Opole University of Technology

For Surgery

#556 in Europe

#1967 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

32. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Surgery

#561 in Europe

#1991 in the World

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

33. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Surgery

#564 in Europe

#1998 in the World

Founded: 1955

34. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Surgery

#570 in Europe

#2027 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

35. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Surgery

#571 in Europe

#2030 in the World

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

36. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Surgery

#590 in Europe

#2107 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

37. University of Opole

For Surgery

#601 in Europe

#2147 in the World

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

38. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Surgery

#616 in Europe

#2192 in the World

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

39. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Surgery

#621 in Europe

#2208 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

40. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Surgery

#652 in Europe

#2335 in the World

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

41. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Surgery

#680 in Europe

#2538 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

42. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Surgery

#720 in Europe

#2746 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

43. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Surgery

#723 in Europe

#2777 in the World

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

44. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Surgery

#736 in Europe

#2838 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

45. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Surgery

#743 in Europe

#2881 in the World

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

46. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Surgery

#744 in Europe

#2885 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

47. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Surgery

#748 in Europe

#2910 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

48. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Surgery

#767 in Europe

#3077 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

49. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Surgery

#774 in Europe

#3099 in the World

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

50. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Surgery

#782 in Europe

#3151 in the World

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

51. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Surgery

#799 in Europe

#3251 in the World

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

52. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Surgery

#804 in Europe

#3268 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

53. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Surgery

#810 in Europe

#3302 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

54. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Surgery

#817 in Europe

#3347 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

55. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Surgery

#832 in Europe

#3424 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

56. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Surgery

#914 in Europe

#3907 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

57. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Surgery

#919 in Europe

#3927 in the World

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

58. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Surgery

#939 in Europe

#4040 in the World

Enrollment: 11,230
Founded: 1937

59. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Surgery

#946 in Europe

#4089 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

60. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Surgery

#956 in Europe

#4126 in the World

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

61. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Surgery

#960 in Europe

#4138 in the World

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

62. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Surgery

#962 in Europe

#4150 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

63. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Surgery

#1011 in Europe

#4505 in the World

Founded: 1968

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

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