Top Universities in Poland

106 universities in Poland with a measured position, 3 of them ranked worldwide.

#UniversityCityWorld rankIn-countryCitations
1 University of Warsaw #271 (2026) #1 4,551,833
2 Jagiellonian University Cracow #303 (2026) #2 5,230,324
3 Warsaw University of Technology #487 (2026) #3 2,282,500
4 AGH University of Science and Technology not ranked #4 5,229,932
5 Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznan not ranked #5 1,475,188
6 Technical University of Lodz not ranked #19 1,267,324
7 University of Lodz not ranked #20 1,267,324
8 Medical Academy in Lodz not ranked #16 1,267,324
9 Music Academy in Lodz not ranked #17 1,267,324
10 Fine Arts Academy “Wladyslaw Strzeminski” in Lodz not ranked #15 1,267,324
11 State Film, Television and Theatre Higher School “Leon Schiller” in Lodz not ranked #18 1,267,324
12 University of Silesia not ranked #21 983,193
13 Agricultural University of Poznan not ranked #23 878,101
14 Technical University of Poznan not ranked #29 878,101
15 Academy of Economics in Poznan not ranked #22 878,101
16 Music Academy "Ignacy Jana Paderewski" in Poznan not ranked #26 878,101
17 Fine Arts Academy in Poznan not ranked #24 878,101
18 Physical Education Academy "Eugeniusz Piasecki" in Poznan not ranked #27 878,101
19 Medical Academy “Karol Marcinkowski” in Poznan not ranked #25 878,101
20 Poznan School of Banking not ranked #28 878,101
21 University of Wamia and Masuria in Olsztyn not ranked #30 722,136
22 Poznan University of Life Sciences not ranked #31 585,778
23 Agricultural University of Lublin not ranked #32 446,461
24 Catholic University of Lublin not ranked #33 446,461
25 Technical University of Lublin not ranked #36 446,461
26 Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Lublin not ranked #34 446,461
27 University of Economics and Innovation Lublin not ranked #37 446,461
28 Medical Academy in Lublin not ranked #35 446,461
29 Technical University of Cracow not ranked #38 426,686
30 Zachodniopomorska School of Science and Engineering not ranked #39 396,319
31 University of Bialystok not ranked #40 343,085
32 Technical University of Zielona Gora not ranked #42 329,172
33 Pedagogical University of Zielona Gora not ranked #41 329,172
34 Technical University of Opole not ranked #43 181,902
35 University of Opole not ranked #44 181,902
36 Uniwersytet SWPS not ranked #45 153,579
37 Agricultural University of Cracow not ranked #47 142,707
38 University School of Physical Education not ranked #54 142,707
39 Pedagogical University of Krakow not ranked #52 142,707
40 Fine Arts Academy "Jan Matejko" in Cracow not ranked #48 142,707
41 Academy of Economics in Cracow not ranked #46 142,707
42 Music Academy in Cracow not ranked #51 142,707
43 Ludwik Solski State Academy of Theatre in Cracow not ranked #49 142,707
44 School of Banking and Management in Cracow not ranked #53 142,707
45 Maj Institute of Pharmacology Polish Academy of Sciences not ranked #50 142,707
46 Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw not ranked #55 111,637
47 Agricultural University of Wroclaw not ranked #7 97,634
48 University of Lower Silesia of the Association for the Advancement of Education in Wroclaw. not ranked #13 97,634
49 Technical University of Wroclaw not ranked #12 97,634
50 University of Wroclaw not ranked #14 97,634
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What the two columns mean

In-country is the position the ranking record gives the university among those in its own country, and it is often the more useful number: a university ranked 480th in the world may still be third at home. It is carried over as published, so it does not always follow the order of the other two columns. World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.

The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.

Rankings in other countries

USA 138 ranked UK 55 ranked Germany 40 ranked China 37 ranked Australia 31 ranked Canada 26 ranked France 19 ranked Italy 18 ranked South Korea 17 ranked Japan 16 ranked Spain 15 ranked Switzerland 13 ranked