25 Best universities for Applied/Engineering Physics 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 Applied/Engineering Physics. A graph of 83.6K citations received by 5.31K 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

#84 in Europe

#265 in the World

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

2. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#92 in Europe

#276 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

3. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#127 in Europe

#351 in the World

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

4. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#138 in Europe

#378 in the World

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

5. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#160 in Europe

#420 in the World

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

6. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#165 in Europe

#436 in the World

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

7. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#205 in Europe

#534 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

8. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#215 in Europe

#562 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

#217 in Europe

#569 in the World

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

10. Lodz University of Technology

Poland | Lodz

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#233 in Europe

#631 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

11. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#234 in Europe

#632 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

12. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#239 in Europe

#644 in the World

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

13. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#242 in Europe

#657 in the World

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

14. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#270 in Europe

#737 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

15. University of Lodz

Poland | Lodz

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#293 in Europe

#820 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

16. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#308 in Europe

#870 in the World

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

17. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#336 in Europe

#968 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

18. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#350 in Europe

#1002 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

#1004 in the World

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

20. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#358 in Europe

#1032 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

21. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#388 in Europe

#1136 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

#420 in Europe

#1275 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

23. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#446 in Europe

#1395 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

24. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#448 in Europe

#1407 in the World

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

25. Opole University of Technology

Poland | Opole

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#455 in Europe

#1428 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

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

Astrobiology26

Astrophysics and Astronomy65

Atomic and Molecular physics42

Biophysics37

Condensed Matter Physics45

Optical Engineering64

Quantum and Particle physics65

Theoretical Physics35