55 Best universities for Nuclear Physics 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 Nuclear Physics. A graph of 1.56M citations received by 64.5K 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

#66 in Europe

#166 in the World

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

2. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Nuclear Physics

#103 in Europe

#233 in the World

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

3. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Nuclear Physics

#138 in Europe

#330 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

4. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Nuclear Physics

#153 in Europe

#356 in the World

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

5. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Nuclear Physics

#184 in Europe

#429 in the World

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

6. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Nuclear Physics

#185 in Europe

#430 in the World

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

7. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Nuclear Physics

#202 in Europe

#482 in the World

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

8. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Nuclear Physics

#206 in Europe

#488 in the World

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

9. University of Lodz

For Nuclear Physics

#219 in Europe

#515 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

10. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Nuclear Physics

#229 in Europe

#552 in the World

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

11. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Nuclear Physics

#233 in Europe

#565 in the World

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

12. Lodz University of Technology

For Nuclear Physics

#279 in Europe

#709 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

13. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Nuclear Physics

#318 in Europe

#824 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

14. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Nuclear Physics

#324 in Europe

#846 in the World

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

15. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Nuclear Physics

#335 in Europe

#884 in the World

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

16. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Nuclear Physics

#367 in Europe

#1006 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

17. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Nuclear Physics

#373 in Europe

#1051 in the World

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

18. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Nuclear Physics

#376 in Europe

#1076 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

19. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Nuclear Physics

#417 in Europe

#1271 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

20. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Nuclear Physics

#421 in Europe

#1281 in the World

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

21. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Nuclear Physics

#453 in Europe

#1421 in the World

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

22. University of Opole

For Nuclear Physics

#473 in Europe

#1501 in the World

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

23. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Nuclear Physics

#474 in Europe

#1503 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

24. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Nuclear Physics

#475 in Europe

#1504 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

25. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Nuclear Physics

#480 in Europe

#1530 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

26. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Nuclear Physics

#507 in Europe

#1662 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

27. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Nuclear Physics

#514 in Europe

#1691 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

28. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Nuclear Physics

#521 in Europe

#1719 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

29. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Nuclear Physics

#525 in Europe

#1736 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

30. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Nuclear Physics

#532 in Europe

#1788 in the World

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

31. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Nuclear Physics

#549 in Europe

#1882 in the World

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

32. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Nuclear Physics

#560 in Europe

#1950 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

33. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Nuclear Physics

#565 in Europe

#1971 in the World

Founded: 1950

34. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Nuclear Physics

#570 in Europe

#2001 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

35. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Nuclear Physics

#574 in Europe

#2019 in the World

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

36. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Nuclear Physics

#577 in Europe

#2040 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

37. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Nuclear Physics

#580 in Europe

#2052 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

38. Opole University of Technology

For Nuclear Physics

#598 in Europe

#2123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

39. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Nuclear Physics

#609 in Europe

#2180 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

40. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Nuclear Physics

#615 in Europe

#2208 in the World

Founded: 1945

41. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Nuclear Physics

#635 in Europe

#2337 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

42. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Nuclear Physics

#645 in Europe

#2372 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

43. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Nuclear Physics

#659 in Europe

#2453 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

44. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Nuclear Physics

#667 in Europe

#2499 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

45. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Nuclear Physics

#697 in Europe

#2664 in the World

Founded: 1968

46. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Nuclear Physics

#738 in Europe

#2888 in the World

Founded: 1955

47. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Nuclear Physics

#753 in Europe

#2979 in the World

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

48. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Nuclear Physics

#766 in Europe

#3033 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

49. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Nuclear Physics

#770 in Europe

#3043 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

50. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Nuclear Physics

#779 in Europe

#3098 in the World

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

51. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Nuclear Physics

#796 in Europe

#3191 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

52. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Nuclear Physics

#804 in Europe

#3213 in the World

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

53. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Nuclear Physics

#838 in Europe

#3402 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

54. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Nuclear Physics

#865 in Europe

#3559 in the World

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

55. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Nuclear Physics

#882 in Europe

#3639 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

Nanotechnology57

Optical Engineering64

Quantum and Particle physics65

Theoretical Physics35