55 Best universities for Nuclear 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 Nuclear Physics. A graph of 1.63M citations received by 66.1K academic papers made by 55 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 Nuclear Physics

#67 in Europe

#171 in the World

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

2. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Nuclear Physics

#99 in Europe

#229 in the World

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

3. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Nuclear Physics

#138 in Europe

#329 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

4. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Nuclear Physics

#149 in Europe

#350 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

5. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Nuclear Physics

#184 in Europe

#434 in the World

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

6. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Nuclear Physics

#185 in Europe

#436 in the World

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

7. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Nuclear Physics

#203 in Europe

#484 in the World

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

8. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Nuclear Physics

#205 in Europe

#486 in the World

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

9. University of Lodz

For Nuclear Physics

#220 in Europe

#521 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

10. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Nuclear Physics

#231 in Europe

#559 in the World

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

11. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Nuclear Physics

#233 in Europe

#569 in the World

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

12. Lodz University of Technology

For Nuclear Physics

#275 in Europe

#711 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

13. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Nuclear Physics

#318 in Europe

#827 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

14. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Nuclear Physics

#324 in Europe

#847 in the World

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

15. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Nuclear Physics

#333 in Europe

#880 in the World

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

16. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Nuclear Physics

#366 in Europe

#1019 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

17. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Nuclear Physics

#374 in Europe

#1062 in the World

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

18. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Nuclear Physics

#378 in Europe

#1090 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

19. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Nuclear Physics

#419 in Europe

#1278 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

20. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Nuclear Physics

#425 in Europe

#1297 in the World

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

21. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Nuclear Physics

#454 in Europe

#1433 in the World

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

22. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Nuclear Physics

#472 in Europe

#1508 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

23. University of Opole

For Nuclear Physics

#474 in Europe

#1524 in the World

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

24. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Nuclear Physics

#478 in Europe

#1532 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

25. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Nuclear Physics

#479 in Europe

#1537 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

26. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Nuclear Physics

#501 in Europe

#1642 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

27. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Nuclear Physics

#512 in Europe

#1687 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

28. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Nuclear Physics

#518 in Europe

#1725 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

29. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Nuclear Physics

#520 in Europe

#1729 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

30. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Nuclear Physics

#528 in Europe

#1789 in the World

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

31. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Nuclear Physics

#541 in Europe

#1862 in the World

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

32. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Nuclear Physics

#559 in Europe

#1944 in the World

Founded: 1950

33. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Nuclear Physics

#562 in Europe

#1961 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

34. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Nuclear Physics

#569 in Europe

#2020 in the World

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

35. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Nuclear Physics

#573 in Europe

#2036 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

36. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Nuclear Physics

#583 in Europe

#2063 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

37. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Nuclear Physics

#584 in Europe

#2065 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

38. Opole University of Technology

For Nuclear Physics

#595 in Europe

#2127 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

39. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Nuclear Physics

#609 in Europe

#2180 in the World

Founded: 1945

40. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Nuclear Physics

#610 in Europe

#2181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

41. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Nuclear Physics

#636 in Europe

#2337 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

42. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Nuclear Physics

#643 in Europe

#2383 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

43. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Nuclear Physics

#660 in Europe

#2451 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

44. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Nuclear Physics

#675 in Europe

#2527 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

45. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Nuclear Physics

#696 in Europe

#2672 in the World

Founded: 1968

46. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Nuclear Physics

#733 in Europe

#2861 in the World

Founded: 1955

47. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Nuclear Physics

#749 in Europe

#2959 in the World

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

48. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Nuclear Physics

#761 in Europe

#3024 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

49. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Nuclear Physics

#780 in Europe

#3089 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

50. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Nuclear Physics

#783 in Europe

#3102 in the World

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

51. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Nuclear Physics

#794 in Europe

#3180 in the World

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

52. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Nuclear Physics

#806 in Europe

#3232 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

53. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Nuclear Physics

#841 in Europe

#3444 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

54. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Nuclear Physics

#870 in Europe

#3594 in the World

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

55. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Nuclear Physics

#886 in Europe

#3670 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

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

Physics subfields in Poland

Acoustical Engineering64

Applied/Engineering Physics25

Astrophysics and Astronomy65

Atomic and Molecular physics42

Condensed Matter Physics45

Materials Science67

Medical Physics15

Nanotechnology58

Optical Engineering64

Quantum and Particle physics65

Theoretical Physics35