65 Best universities for Astrophysics and Astronomy 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 Astrophysics and Astronomy. A graph of 899K citations received by 62.2K 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

#64 in Europe

#172 in the World

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

2. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#124 in Europe

#298 in the World

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

3. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#152 in Europe

#370 in the World

Enrollment: 25,500
Founded: 1702

4. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#188 in Europe

#438 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

5. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#202 in Europe

#475 in the World

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

6. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#232 in Europe

#558 in the World

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

7. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#233 in Europe

#560 in the World

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

8. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#241 in Europe

#581 in the World

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

9. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#282 in Europe

#691 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

10. University of Lodz

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#287 in Europe

#709 in the World

Enrollment: 38,000
Founded: 1945

11. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#301 in Europe

#765 in the World

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

12. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#312 in Europe

#809 in the World

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

13. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#328 in Europe

#840 in the World

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

14. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#363 in Europe

#938 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

15. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#368 in Europe

#959 in the World

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

16. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#370 in Europe

#964 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

#372 in Europe

#967 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

18. Lodz University of Technology

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#379 in Europe

#985 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

19. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#382 in Europe

#996 in the World

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

20. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#399 in Europe

#1062 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

21. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#439 in Europe

#1223 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

22. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#443 in Europe

#1233 in the World

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

23. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#453 in Europe

#1266 in the World

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

24. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#493 in Europe

#1435 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

25. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#500 in Europe

#1459 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

26. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#505 in Europe

#1473 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

27. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#507 in Europe

#1482 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

28. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#517 in Europe

#1500 in the World

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

29. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#555 in Europe

#1676 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

30. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#568 in Europe

#1712 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

31. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#571 in Europe

#1715 in the World

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

32. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#576 in Europe

#1724 in the World

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

33. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#577 in Europe

#1743 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

34. University of Opole

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#590 in Europe

#1822 in the World

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

35. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#605 in Europe

#1873 in the World

Founded: 1950

36. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#607 in Europe

#1887 in the World

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

37. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#623 in Europe

#1976 in the World

Founded: 1955

38. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#625 in Europe

#1982 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

39. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#632 in Europe

#2022 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

40. Opole University of Technology

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#650 in Europe

#2149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

41. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#662 in Europe

#2228 in the World

Founded: 1945

42. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#688 in Europe

#2348 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

43. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#689 in Europe

#2349 in the World

Founded: 1968

44. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#692 in Europe

#2364 in the World

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

45. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#694 in Europe

#2370 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

46. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#705 in Europe

#2427 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

47. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#712 in Europe

#2469 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

48. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#714 in Europe

#2477 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

49. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#726 in Europe

#2537 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

50. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#739 in Europe

#2602 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

51. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#757 in Europe

#2673 in the World

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

52. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#768 in Europe

#2745 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

53. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#770 in Europe

#2751 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

54. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#772 in Europe

#2760 in the World

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

55. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#774 in Europe

#2765 in the World

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

56. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#780 in Europe

#2782 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

57. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#782 in Europe

#2796 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

58. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#917 in Europe

#3499 in the World

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

59. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#918 in Europe

#3501 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

60. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#922 in Europe

#3532 in the World

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

61. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#927 in Europe

#3556 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

62. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#955 in Europe

#3734 in the World

Enrollment: 11,230
Founded: 1937

63. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#965 in Europe

#3768 in the World

Founded: 1994

64. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#968 in Europe

#3782 in the World

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

65. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#1043 in Europe

#4161 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 Physics22

Atomic and Molecular physics41

Condensed Matter Physics43

Materials Science67

Medical Physics15

Nanotechnology56

Nuclear Physics55

Optical Engineering64

Quantum and Particle physics65

Theoretical Physics34