61 Best universities for Cognitive Science 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 Cognitive Science. A graph of 318K citations received by 24.1K academic papers made by 61 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. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Cognitive Science

#195 in Europe

#515 in the World

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

2. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Cognitive Science

#205 in Europe

#543 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

3. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Cognitive Science

#222 in Europe

#593 in the World

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

4. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Cognitive Science

#229 in Europe

#611 in the World

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

5. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Cognitive Science

#242 in Europe

#642 in the World

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

6. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Cognitive Science

#252 in Europe

#680 in the World

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

7. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Cognitive Science

#345 in Europe

#1020 in the World

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

8. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Cognitive Science

#351 in Europe

#1037 in the World

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

9. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Cognitive Science

#354 in Europe

#1059 in the World

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

10. Lodz University of Technology

For Cognitive Science

#361 in Europe

#1089 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

11. University of Lodz

For Cognitive Science

#366 in Europe

#1105 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

12. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Cognitive Science

#413 in Europe

#1294 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

13. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Cognitive Science

#414 in Europe

#1296 in the World

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

14. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Cognitive Science

#438 in Europe

#1434 in the World

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

15. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Cognitive Science

#460 in Europe

#1534 in the World

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

16. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Cognitive Science

#465 in Europe

#1553 in the World

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

17. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Cognitive Science

#488 in Europe

#1657 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

18. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Cognitive Science

#493 in Europe

#1685 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

19. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Cognitive Science

#502 in Europe

#1720 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

20. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Cognitive Science

#521 in Europe

#1798 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

21. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Cognitive Science

#527 in Europe

#1827 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

22. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Cognitive Science

#537 in Europe

#1872 in the World

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

23. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Cognitive Science

#546 in Europe

#1917 in the World

Founded: 1950

24. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Cognitive Science

#548 in Europe

#1921 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

25. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Cognitive Science

#559 in Europe

#1971 in the World

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

26. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Cognitive Science

#575 in Europe

#2062 in the World

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

27. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Cognitive Science

#591 in Europe

#2138 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

28. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Cognitive Science

#593 in Europe

#2149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

29. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Cognitive Science

#610 in Europe

#2223 in the World

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

30. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Cognitive Science

#613 in Europe

#2231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

31. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Cognitive Science

#624 in Europe

#2283 in the World

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

32. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Cognitive Science

#632 in Europe

#2309 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

33. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Cognitive Science

#636 in Europe

#2337 in the World

Founded: 1994

34. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Cognitive Science

#643 in Europe

#2415 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

35. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Cognitive Science

#655 in Europe

#2461 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

36. Opole University of Technology

For Cognitive Science

#665 in Europe

#2508 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

37. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Cognitive Science

#678 in Europe

#2587 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

38. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Cognitive Science

#686 in Europe

#2626 in the World

Founded: 1945

39. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Cognitive Science

#692 in Europe

#2645 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

40. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Cognitive Science

#705 in Europe

#2728 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

41. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Cognitive Science

#716 in Europe

#2796 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

42. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Cognitive Science

#724 in Europe

#2841 in the World

Founded: 1955

43. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Cognitive Science

#725 in Europe

#2846 in the World

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

44. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Cognitive Science

#729 in Europe

#2865 in the World

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

45. University of Opole

For Cognitive Science

#752 in Europe

#2977 in the World

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

46. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Cognitive Science

#757 in Europe

#3005 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

47. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Cognitive Science

#765 in Europe

#3046 in the World

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

48. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Cognitive Science

#784 in Europe

#3151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

49. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Cognitive Science

#787 in Europe

#3173 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

50. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Cognitive Science

#793 in Europe

#3196 in the World

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

51. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Cognitive Science

#806 in Europe

#3258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

52. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Cognitive Science

#823 in Europe

#3340 in the World

Founded: 1968

53. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Cognitive Science

#832 in Europe

#3383 in the World

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

54. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Cognitive Science

#851 in Europe

#3474 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

55. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Cognitive Science

#867 in Europe

#3555 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

56. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Cognitive Science

#872 in Europe

#3588 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

57. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Cognitive Science

#876 in Europe

#3602 in the World

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

58. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Cognitive Science

#890 in Europe

#3701 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

59. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Cognitive Science

#895 in Europe

#3712 in the World

Enrollment: 8,077
Founded: 1937

60. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Cognitive Science

#963 in Europe

#4034 in the World

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

61. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Cognitive Science

#982 in Europe

#4099 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

The best cities to study Cognitive Science in Poland based on the number of universities and their ranks are Krakow, Warsaw, Wroclaw, and Gliwice.

Psychology subfields in Poland

Child Psychology54

Clinical Psychology46

Education Majors55

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution13

Occupational Therapy20

Organizational / Business / IO Psychology7

Social Psychology65

Special Education13