65 Best universities for Astrophysics and Astronomy 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 Astrophysics and Astronomy. A graph of 1.73M citations received by 76.6K 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

#180 in the World

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

2. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#121 in Europe

#293 in the World

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

3. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#165 in Europe

#398 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

4. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#191 in Europe

#445 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

5. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#216 in Europe

#510 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

6. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#223 in Europe

#543 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

#561 in the World

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

8. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#234 in Europe

#572 in the World

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

9. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#287 in Europe

#720 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

10. University of Lodz

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#289 in Europe

#722 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

11. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#313 in Europe

#811 in the World

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

12. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#332 in Europe

#874 in the World

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

13. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#335 in Europe

#880 in the World

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

14. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#365 in Europe

#953 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

#366 in Europe

#954 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

16. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#376 in Europe

#991 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

#378 in Europe

#999 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

18. Lodz University of Technology

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#388 in Europe

#1029 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

19. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#400 in Europe

#1075 in the World

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

20. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#414 in Europe

#1117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

21. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#465 in Europe

#1356 in the World

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

22. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#472 in Europe

#1384 in the World

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

23. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#480 in Europe

#1413 in the World

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

24. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#488 in Europe

#1430 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

25. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#490 in Europe

#1437 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

26. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#497 in Europe

#1469 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

27. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#498 in Europe

#1470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

28. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#512 in Europe

#1523 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

29. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#513 in Europe

#1526 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

30. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#532 in Europe

#1603 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

31. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#533 in Europe

#1606 in the World

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

32. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#534 in Europe

#1608 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

33. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#559 in Europe

#1701 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

#1775 in the World

Founded: 1950

35. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#580 in Europe

#1796 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

36. University of Opole

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#600 in Europe

#1908 in the World

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

37. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#609 in Europe

#1942 in the World

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

38. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#624 in Europe

#2037 in the World

Founded: 1945

39. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#628 in Europe

#2052 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

40. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#630 in Europe

#2060 in the World

Founded: 1955

41. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#672 in Europe

#2305 in the World

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

42. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#673 in Europe

#2308 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

43. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#674 in Europe

#2315 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

44. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#686 in Europe

#2361 in the World

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

45. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#702 in Europe

#2426 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

46. Opole University of Technology

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#711 in Europe

#2474 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

47. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#714 in Europe

#2482 in the World

Founded: 1968

48. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#720 in Europe

#2500 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

49. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#727 in Europe

#2542 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

50. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#735 in Europe

#2579 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

51. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#738 in Europe

#2602 in the World

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

52. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#742 in Europe

#2621 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

53. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#755 in Europe

#2693 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

54. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#760 in Europe

#2711 in the World

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

55. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#786 in Europe

#2826 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

56. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#819 in Europe

#2959 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

57. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#822 in Europe

#2975 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

58. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#859 in Europe

#3164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

59. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#890 in Europe

#3362 in the World

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

60. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#900 in Europe

#3421 in the World

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

61. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#923 in Europe

#3551 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

62. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#934 in Europe

#3613 in the World

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

63. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#960 in Europe

#3747 in the World

Enrollment: 8,077
Founded: 1937

64. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#1031 in Europe

#4108 in the World

Founded: 1994

65. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#1066 in Europe

#4244 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

Nanotechnology58

Nuclear Physics55

Optical Engineering64

Quantum and Particle physics65

Theoretical Physics35