68 Best universities for 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 Physics. A graph of 8.52M citations received by 559K academic papers made by 68 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 Physics

#108 in Europe

#297 in the World

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

2. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Physics

#150 in Europe

#392 in the World

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

3. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Physics

#152 in Europe

#394 in the World

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

4. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#158 in Europe

#405 in the World

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

5. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Physics

#188 in Europe

#490 in the World

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

6. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Physics

#214 in Europe

#561 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

7. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Physics

#220 in Europe

#586 in the World

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

8. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Physics

#230 in Europe

#631 in the World

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

9. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Physics

#234 in Europe

#642 in the World

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

10. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Physics

#246 in Europe

#669 in the World

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

11. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Physics

#249 in Europe

#677 in the World

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

12. University of Lodz

For Physics

#253 in Europe

#684 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

13. Lodz University of Technology

For Physics

#273 in Europe

#735 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

14. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Physics

#326 in Europe

#888 in the World

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

15. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Physics

#327 in Europe

#889 in the World

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

16. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Physics

#367 in Europe

#1014 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

17. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#383 in Europe

#1079 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

18. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Physics

#386 in Europe

#1096 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

19. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Physics

#421 in Europe

#1234 in the World

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

20. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Physics

#423 in Europe

#1239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

21. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Physics

#436 in Europe

#1286 in the World

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

22. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Physics

#462 in Europe

#1386 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

23. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#478 in Europe

#1452 in the World

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

24. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Physics

#481 in Europe

#1465 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

25. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Physics

#483 in Europe

#1474 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

26. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Physics

#512 in Europe

#1630 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

27. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Physics

#529 in Europe

#1688 in the World

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

28. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#537 in Europe

#1721 in the World

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

29. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Physics

#557 in Europe

#1818 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

30. Opole University of Technology

For Physics

#565 in Europe

#1840 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

31. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Physics

#568 in Europe

#1850 in the World

Founded: 1950

32. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Physics

#570 in Europe

#1854 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

33. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Physics

#584 in Europe

#1914 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

34. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Physics

#592 in Europe

#1940 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

35. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Physics

#605 in Europe

#1992 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

36. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Physics

#607 in Europe

#1999 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

37. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Physics

#620 in Europe

#2048 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

38. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Physics

#621 in Europe

#2052 in the World

Founded: 1945

39. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Physics

#634 in Europe

#2124 in the World

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

40. University of Opole

For Physics

#637 in Europe

#2143 in the World

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

41. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Physics

#639 in Europe

#2167 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

42. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Physics

#640 in Europe

#2170 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

43. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Physics

#646 in Europe

#2220 in the World

Founded: 1955

44. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Physics

#650 in Europe

#2235 in the World

Founded: 1968

45. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Physics

#656 in Europe

#2282 in the World

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

46. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Physics

#661 in Europe

#2300 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

47. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Physics

#717 in Europe

#2583 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

48. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Physics

#744 in Europe

#2708 in the World

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

49. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Physics

#761 in Europe

#2824 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

50. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#765 in Europe

#2837 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

51. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Physics

#771 in Europe

#2864 in the World

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

52. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Physics

#784 in Europe

#2912 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

53. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Physics

#790 in Europe

#2956 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

54. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Physics

#796 in Europe

#2977 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

55. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#847 in Europe

#3226 in the World

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

56. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Physics

#855 in Europe

#3264 in the World

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

57. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Physics

#856 in Europe

#3274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

58. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Physics

#881 in Europe

#3383 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

59. Bialystok Technical University

Poland | Bialystok

For Physics

#904 in Europe

#3486 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 12,400
Founded: 1949

60. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Physics

#924 in Europe

#3571 in the World

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

61. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Physics

#936 in Europe

#3651 in the World

Enrollment: 11,230
Founded: 1937

62. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Physics

#947 in Europe

#3688 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

63. Medical University of Lodz

For Physics

#972 in Europe

#3804 in the World

Founded: 1950

64. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#979 in Europe

#3863 in the World

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

65. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#1075 in Europe

#4392 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

66. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#1102 in Europe

#4512 in the World

Founded: 1994

67. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#1120 in Europe

#4645 in the World

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

68. Academy of Fine Art of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Physics

#1448 in Europe

#6574 in the World

Founded: 1818

The best cities to study 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

Nuclear Physics55

Optical Engineering64

Quantum and Particle physics65

Theoretical Physics35