65 Best universities for Astrophysics and Astronomy 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 Astrophysics and Astronomy. A graph of 1.63M citations received by 74.7K academic papers made by 65 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. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#70 in Europe

#182 in the World

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

2. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#122 in Europe

#291 in the World

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

3. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#164 in Europe

#396 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

4. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#193 in Europe

#453 in the World

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

5. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#213 in Europe

#505 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

6. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#223 in Europe

#538 in the World

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

7. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#229 in Europe

#556 in the World

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

8. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#236 in Europe

#578 in the World

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

9. University of Lodz

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#283 in Europe

#710 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

10. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#288 in Europe

#716 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

11. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#316 in Europe

#820 in the World

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

12. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#332 in Europe

#869 in the World

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

13. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#333 in Europe

#872 in the World

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

14. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#363 in Europe

#946 in the World

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

15. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#367 in Europe

#953 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

16. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#376 in Europe

#989 in the World

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

17. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#377 in Europe

#992 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

18. Lodz University of Technology

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#387 in Europe

#1021 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

19. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#398 in Europe

#1066 in the World

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

20. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#413 in Europe

#1106 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

21. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#462 in Europe

#1337 in the World

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

22. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#465 in Europe

#1349 in the World

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

23. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#480 in Europe

#1405 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

24. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#484 in Europe

#1414 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

25. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#489 in Europe

#1426 in the World

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

26. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#495 in Europe

#1452 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

27. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#497 in Europe

#1455 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

28. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#513 in Europe

#1518 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

29. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#525 in Europe

#1554 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

30. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#532 in Europe

#1591 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

31. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#539 in Europe

#1620 in the World

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

32. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#553 in Europe

#1670 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

33. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#569 in Europe

#1722 in the World

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

34. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#576 in Europe

#1768 in the World

Founded: 1950

35. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#580 in Europe

#1790 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

36. University of Opole

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#596 in Europe

#1875 in the World

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

37. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#609 in Europe

#1932 in the World

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

38. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#627 in Europe

#2052 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

39. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#629 in Europe

#2077 in the World

Founded: 1945

40. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#631 in Europe

#2080 in the World

Founded: 1955

41. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#676 in Europe

#2305 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

42. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#677 in Europe

#2313 in the World

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

43. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#681 in Europe

#2339 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

44. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#693 in Europe

#2393 in the World

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

45. Opole University of Technology

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#704 in Europe

#2440 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

46. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#706 in Europe

#2444 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

47. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#710 in Europe

#2458 in the World

Founded: 1968

48. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#721 in Europe

#2507 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

49. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#724 in Europe

#2520 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

50. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#732 in Europe

#2561 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

51. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#739 in Europe

#2607 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

52. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#745 in Europe

#2644 in the World

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

53. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#748 in Europe

#2665 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

54. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#757 in Europe

#2692 in the World

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

55. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#781 in Europe

#2795 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

56. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#813 in Europe

#2945 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

57. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#821 in Europe

#2986 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

58. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#852 in Europe

#3140 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

59. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#895 in Europe

#3378 in the World

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

60. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#897 in Europe

#3401 in the World

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

61. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#916 in Europe

#3518 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

62. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#936 in Europe

#3629 in the World

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

63. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#963 in Europe

#3772 in the World

Enrollment: 11,230
Founded: 1937

64. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#1019 in Europe

#4063 in the World

Founded: 1994

65. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#1060 in Europe

#4225 in the World

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

The best cities to study Astrophysics and Astronomy in Poland based on the number of universities and their ranks are Warsaw, Krakow, Wroclaw, and Torun.

Physics subfields in Poland

Acoustical Engineering64

Applied/Engineering Physics25

Atomic and Molecular physics42

Condensed Matter Physics45

Materials Science67

Medical Physics15

Nanotechnology57

Nuclear Physics55

Optical Engineering64

Quantum and Particle physics65

Theoretical Physics35