66 Best universities for Psychology 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 Psychology. A graph of 2.82M citations received by 200K academic papers made by 66 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 Psychology

#130 in Europe

#365 in the World

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

2. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Psychology

#222 in Europe

#618 in the World

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

3. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Psychology

#231 in Europe

#649 in the World

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

4. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Psychology

#255 in Europe

#715 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

5. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Psychology

#282 in Europe

#796 in the World

Founded: 1945

6. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Psychology

#284 in Europe

#803 in the World

Founded: 1950

7. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Psychology

#286 in Europe

#808 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

8. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Psychology

#313 in Europe

#901 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

9. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Psychology

#325 in Europe

#943 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

10. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Psychology

#344 in Europe

#1015 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

11. University of Lodz

For Psychology

#355 in Europe

#1038 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

12. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Psychology

#361 in Europe

#1067 in the World

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

13. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Psychology

#390 in Europe

#1190 in the World

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

14. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Psychology

#395 in Europe

#1203 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

15. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Psychology

#399 in Europe

#1216 in the World

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

16. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Psychology

#423 in Europe

#1300 in the World

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

17. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Psychology

#431 in Europe

#1336 in the World

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

18. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Psychology

#438 in Europe

#1362 in the World

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

19. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Psychology

#444 in Europe

#1372 in the World

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

20. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Psychology

#461 in Europe

#1445 in the World

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

21. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Psychology

#473 in Europe

#1495 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

22. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Psychology

#483 in Europe

#1532 in the World

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

23. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Psychology

#495 in Europe

#1591 in the World

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

24. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Psychology

#515 in Europe

#1694 in the World

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

25. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Psychology

#517 in Europe

#1714 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

26. Lodz University of Technology

For Psychology

#522 in Europe

#1727 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

27. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Psychology

#553 in Europe

#1900 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

28. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Psychology

#560 in Europe

#1924 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

29. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Psychology

#570 in Europe

#1979 in the World

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

30. Medical University of Lodz

For Psychology

#583 in Europe

#2022 in the World

Founded: 1950

31. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Psychology

#585 in Europe

#2030 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

32. University of Opole

For Psychology

#588 in Europe

#2044 in the World

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

33. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Psychology

#611 in Europe

#2173 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

34. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Psychology

#620 in Europe

#2212 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

35. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Psychology

#622 in Europe

#2246 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

36. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Psychology

#623 in Europe

#2248 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

37. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Psychology

#642 in Europe

#2364 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

38. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Psychology

#654 in Europe

#2431 in the World

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

39. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Psychology

#681 in Europe

#2543 in the World

Enrollment: 8,077
Founded: 1937

40. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Psychology

#688 in Europe

#2583 in the World

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

41. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Psychology

#695 in Europe

#2618 in the World

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

42. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Psychology

#704 in Europe

#2656 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

43. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Psychology

#723 in Europe

#2738 in the World

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

44. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Psychology

#746 in Europe

#2861 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

45. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Psychology

#747 in Europe

#2877 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

46. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Psychology

#753 in Europe

#2897 in the World

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

47. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Psychology

#761 in Europe

#2956 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

48. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Psychology

#783 in Europe

#3084 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

49. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Psychology

#784 in Europe

#3087 in the World

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

50. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Psychology

#785 in Europe

#3090 in the World

Founded: 1955

51. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Psychology

#786 in Europe

#3093 in the World

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

52. Opole University of Technology

For Psychology

#795 in Europe

#3131 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

53. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Psychology

#803 in Europe

#3179 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

54. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Psychology

#805 in Europe

#3196 in the World

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

55. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Psychology

#809 in Europe

#3209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

56. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Psychology

#815 in Europe

#3226 in the World

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

57. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Psychology

#835 in Europe

#3343 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

58. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Psychology

#960 in Europe

#4045 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

59. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Psychology

#964 in Europe

#4053 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

60. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Psychology

#988 in Europe

#4222 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

61. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Psychology

#999 in Europe

#4266 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

62. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Psychology

#1001 in Europe

#4281 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

63. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Psychology

#1021 in Europe

#4399 in the World

Founded: 1994

64. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Psychology

#1044 in Europe

#4519 in the World

Founded: 1968

65. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Psychology

#1165 in Europe

#5138 in the World

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

66. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Psychology

#1178 in Europe

#5196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

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

Psychology subfields in Poland

Child Psychology54

Clinical Psychology46

Cognitive Science61

Education Majors55

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution13

Occupational Therapy20

Organizational / Business / IO Psychology7

Social Psychology65

Special Education13