Rankings: The 29 best universities in Poland for 2023/2024

Poland is an exciting country to study abroad, and Polish universities have been increasingly successful in international university rankings over recent years. The best-ranked universities in Poland are the University of Warsaw (the country’s largest) and Jagiellonian University in Cracow (the country’s oldest, dating back to the 14th century).

One strength of the Polish higher education system are its specialised universities of technology and its medical schools. These institutions offer world-class education at modest tuition fees.

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Top ranked universities in Poland

University	QS Ranking 2023	THE Ranking 2022	ARWU Ranking 2022
University of Warsaw	284	601	401
Jagiellonian University	293	501	401
Warsaw University of Technology	521	1201	901
Poznan University of Life Sciences	521	–	–
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan (UAM)	801	1001	901
Gdansk University of Technology	801	1001	801
Nicolaus Copernicus University	801	1001	901
AGH University of Science and Technology	801	1201	601
Cracow University of Technology	801	1201	–
Lodz University of Technology	801	1201	–
Poznan University of Technology	801	1201	–
University of Gdansk	801	1201	–
University of Lodz	801	1201	–
Wrocław University of Science and Technology	801	1201	901
University of Wroclaw	801	1201	–
Silesian University of Technology	1001	1201	–
Warsaw University of Life Sciences	1001	1201	801
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn	1001	1201	–
Lublin University of Technology	1001	–	–
University of Bialystok	1001	–	–
University of Rzeszów	1201	–	–
University of Silesia in Katowice	1201	–	–
Medical University of Warsaw	–	1001	901
SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities	–	1001	–
Medical University of Bialystok	–	1001	–
Maria Curie-Sklodowska University	–	1201	–
Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences	–	1201	–
Rzeszow University of Technology	–	1201	–
Wroclaw Medical University	–	–	801

Explained: How do the university rankings work?

The QS World University Rankings are among the most important, most-referenced rankings. The QS ranking relies heavily on its academic survey, asking thousands of academics worldwide about the reputation of universities.

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings (or the THE Rankings for short) compile a wide range of statistics. Equal weight is put on teaching quality, research excellence, and research impact through citations (meaning how often a university’s research is referenced elsewhere).

The Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University (often just Shanghai Ranking, or ARWU) focuses on research output and quality, for example measured by the number of published and cited scientific papers and the number of staff or alumni winning the Nobel Prize or Fields Medal.

Study in Poland

Poland is an exciting and modern destination for international students. Tuition fees in the Eastern European country are modest and cost of living extremely low, while the quality of teaching is high.

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Relevant links

• Studying abroad in Poland: Basic information for international students
• Study programmes in Poland
• Visit the website of the QS World University Rankings
• Visit the website of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings
• Visit the website of the Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Ranking of World Universities