66 Best universities for Psychology 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 Psychology. A graph of 2.58M citations received by 193K 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

#366 in the World

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

2. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Psychology

#222 in Europe

#621 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

#650 in the World

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

4. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Psychology

#258 in Europe

#729 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

5. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Psychology

#283 in Europe

#804 in the World

Founded: 1950

6. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Psychology

#287 in Europe

#812 in the World

Founded: 1945

7. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Psychology

#288 in Europe

#815 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

8. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Psychology

#312 in Europe

#906 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

9. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Psychology

#324 in Europe

#943 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

10. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Psychology

#349 in Europe

#1021 in the World

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

11. University of Lodz

For Psychology

#354 in Europe

#1036 in the World

Enrollment: 23,188
Founded: 1945

12. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Psychology

#361 in Europe

#1069 in the World

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

13. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Psychology

#386 in Europe

#1172 in the World

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

14. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Psychology

#389 in Europe

#1185 in the World

Enrollment: 20,158
Founded: 1702

15. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Psychology

#397 in Europe

#1211 in the World

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

16. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Psychology

#422 in Europe

#1306 in the World

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

17. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Psychology

#429 in Europe

#1333 in the World

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

18. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Psychology

#437 in Europe

#1356 in the World

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

19. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Psychology

#445 in Europe

#1387 in the World

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

20. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Psychology

#466 in Europe

#1463 in the World

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

21. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Psychology

#476 in Europe

#1504 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

22. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Psychology

#480 in Europe

#1518 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

#1581 in the World

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

24. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Psychology

#516 in Europe

#1685 in the World

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

25. Lodz University of Technology

For Psychology

#518 in Europe

#1709 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

26. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Psychology

#522 in Europe

#1726 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

27. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Psychology

#556 in Europe

#1914 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

28. Medical University of Lodz

For Psychology

#563 in Europe

#1949 in the World

Founded: 1950

29. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Psychology

#568 in Europe

#1974 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

30. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Psychology

#576 in Europe

#1994 in the World

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

31. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Psychology

#588 in Europe

#2048 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

32. University of Opole

For Psychology

#593 in Europe

#2066 in the World

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

33. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Psychology

#605 in Europe

#2139 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

34. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Psychology

#617 in Europe

#2200 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

35. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Psychology

#622 in Europe

#2241 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

36. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Psychology

#625 in Europe

#2264 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

37. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Psychology

#640 in Europe

#2349 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

38. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Psychology

#649 in Europe

#2403 in the World

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

39. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Psychology

#681 in Europe

#2557 in the World

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

40. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Psychology

#684 in Europe

#2568 in the World

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

41. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Psychology

#694 in Europe

#2607 in the World

Enrollment: 11,230
Founded: 1937

42. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Psychology

#700 in Europe

#2645 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

43. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Psychology

#724 in Europe

#2745 in the World

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

44. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Psychology

#741 in Europe

#2849 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

45. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Psychology

#742 in Europe

#2854 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

46. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Psychology

#751 in Europe

#2898 in the World

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

47. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Psychology

#754 in Europe

#2920 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

48. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Psychology

#783 in Europe

#3066 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

49. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Psychology

#784 in Europe

#3072 in the World

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

50. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Psychology

#791 in Europe

#3114 in the World

Founded: 1955

51. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Psychology

#793 in Europe

#3117 in the World

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

52. Opole University of Technology

For Psychology

#795 in Europe

#3129 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

53. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Psychology

#805 in Europe

#3179 in the World

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

54. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Psychology

#806 in Europe

#3184 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

55. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Psychology

#812 in Europe

#3212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

56. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Psychology

#820 in Europe

#3254 in the World

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

57. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Psychology

#843 in Europe

#3390 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

58. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Psychology

#963 in Europe

#4059 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

59. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Psychology

#965 in Europe

#4069 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

60. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Psychology

#981 in Europe

#4188 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

61. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Psychology

#1001 in Europe

#4272 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

62. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Psychology

#1011 in Europe

#4330 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

63. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Psychology

#1021 in Europe

#4372 in the World

Founded: 1994

64. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Psychology

#1045 in Europe

#4507 in the World

Founded: 1968

65. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Psychology

#1168 in Europe

#5162 in the World

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

66. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Psychology

#1173 in Europe

#5177 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 Lublin.

Psychology subfields in Poland

Child Psychology54

Clinical Psychology46

Cognitive Science60

Education Majors55

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution13

Occupational Therapy19

Organizational / Business / IO Psychology8

Social Psychology65

Special Education13