68 Best universities for 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 Physics. A graph of 9.18M citations received by 574K 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

#109 in Europe

#307 in the World

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

2. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Physics

#144 in Europe

#382 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

3. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Physics

#150 in Europe

#393 in the World

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

4. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#159 in Europe

#409 in the World

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

5. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Physics

#188 in Europe

#492 in the World

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

6. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Physics

#214 in Europe

#573 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

7. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Physics

#221 in Europe

#594 in the World

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

8. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Physics

#230 in Europe

#628 in the World

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

9. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Physics

#234 in Europe

#645 in the World

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

10. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Physics

#237 in Europe

#657 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

#256 in Europe

#695 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

13. Lodz University of Technology

For Physics

#269 in Europe

#736 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

14. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Physics

#327 in Europe

#898 in the World

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

15. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Physics

#328 in Europe

#900 in the World

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

16. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Physics

#370 in Europe

#1042 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

17. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#382 in Europe

#1086 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

18. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Physics

#383 in Europe

#1094 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

19. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Physics

#420 in Europe

#1240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

20. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Physics

#422 in Europe

#1245 in the World

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

21. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Physics

#433 in Europe

#1289 in the World

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

22. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Physics

#459 in Europe

#1387 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

23. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#472 in Europe

#1434 in the World

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

24. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Physics

#483 in Europe

#1474 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

25. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Physics

#486 in Europe

#1484 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

26. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Physics

#513 in Europe

#1648 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

27. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#531 in Europe

#1716 in the World

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

28. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Physics

#532 in Europe

#1717 in the World

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

29. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Physics

#557 in Europe

#1828 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

30. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Physics

#558 in Europe

#1833 in the World

Founded: 1950

31. Opole University of Technology

For Physics

#561 in Europe

#1845 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

32. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Physics

#565 in Europe

#1850 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

33. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Physics

#575 in Europe

#1882 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

34. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Physics

#590 in Europe

#1947 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

35. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Physics

#605 in Europe

#1991 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

36. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Physics

#606 in Europe

#2007 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

37. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Physics

#610 in Europe

#2024 in the World

Founded: 1945

38. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Physics

#618 in Europe

#2052 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

39. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Physics

#625 in Europe

#2084 in the World

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

40. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Physics

#636 in Europe

#2144 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

41. University of Opole

For Physics

#639 in Europe

#2175 in the World

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

42. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Physics

#641 in Europe

#2203 in the World

Founded: 1955

43. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Physics

#643 in Europe

#2211 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

44. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Physics

#652 in Europe

#2258 in the World

Founded: 1968

45. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Physics

#653 in Europe

#2265 in the World

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

46. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Physics

#659 in Europe

#2291 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

47. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Physics

#713 in Europe

#2584 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

48. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Physics

#745 in Europe

#2717 in the World

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

49. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Physics

#761 in Europe

#2827 in the World

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

50. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Physics

#767 in Europe

#2841 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

51. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#768 in Europe

#2849 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

52. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Physics

#781 in Europe

#2903 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

53. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Physics

#792 in Europe

#2965 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

54. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Physics

#795 in Europe

#2979 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

55. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#850 in Europe

#3243 in the World

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

56. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Physics

#854 in Europe

#3261 in the World

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

57. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Physics

#859 in Europe

#3293 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

58. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Physics

#889 in Europe

#3405 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

59. Bialystok Technical University

Poland | Bialystok

For Physics

#918 in Europe

#3555 in the World

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

60. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Physics

#921 in Europe

#3560 in the World

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

61. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Physics

#937 in Europe

#3643 in the World

Enrollment: 8,077
Founded: 1937

62. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Physics

#942 in Europe

#3678 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

63. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#973 in Europe

#3820 in the World

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

64. Medical University of Lodz

For Physics

#981 in Europe

#3867 in the World

Founded: 1950

65. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#1070 in Europe

#4368 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

66. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#1108 in Europe

#4552 in the World

Founded: 1994

67. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#1119 in Europe

#4612 in the World

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

68. Academy of Fine Art of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Physics

#1450 in Europe

#6580 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

Nanotechnology58

Nuclear Physics55

Optical Engineering64

Quantum and Particle physics65

Theoretical Physics35