25 Best universities for Applied/Engineering Physics 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 Applied/Engineering Physics. A graph of 76.2K citations received by 5.1K academic papers made by 25 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. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#86 in Europe

#262 in the World

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

2. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#95 in Europe

#284 in the World

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

3. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#134 in Europe

#366 in the World

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

4. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#135 in Europe

#367 in the World

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

5. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#161 in Europe

#419 in the World

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

6. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#164 in Europe

#423 in the World

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

7. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#202 in Europe

#515 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

8. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#214 in Europe

#560 in the World

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

9. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#222 in Europe

#576 in the World

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

10. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#232 in Europe

#621 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

11. Lodz University of Technology

Poland | Lodz

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#233 in Europe

#622 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

12. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#238 in Europe

#635 in the World

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

13. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#244 in Europe

#655 in the World

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

14. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#265 in Europe

#719 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

15. University of Lodz

Poland | Lodz

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#288 in Europe

#787 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

16. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#312 in Europe

#871 in the World

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

17. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#328 in Europe

#928 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

18. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#346 in Europe

#978 in the World

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

19. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#352 in Europe

#997 in the World

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

20. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#368 in Europe

#1059 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

21. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#377 in Europe

#1087 in the World

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

22. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#424 in Europe

#1273 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

23. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#440 in Europe

#1359 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

24. Opole University of Technology

Poland | Opole

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#447 in Europe

#1393 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

25. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#449 in Europe

#1400 in the World

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

The best cities to study Applied/Engineering Physics in Poland based on the number of universities and their ranks are Warsaw, Krakow, Wroclaw, and Poznan.

Physics subfields in Poland

Acoustical Engineering64

Astrobiology25

Astrophysics and Astronomy65

Atomic and Molecular physics42

Biophysics36

Condensed Matter Physics45

Optical Engineering64

Quantum and Particle physics65

Theoretical Physics35