32 best universities in Poland in 2026
Ranking based on the average of the three main global rankings: Shanghai (ARWU), Times Higher Education and QS.
University of Warsaw
Average rank: #345
No. 1University of Warsaw
Poland's largest and most prestigious public university, founded in 1816, a pillar of Polish research and education.
No. 2Jagiellonian University in Krakow
Poland's oldest university and one of Europe's earliest, founded in 1364 in the heart of Krakow.
No. 3AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow
Poland's leading technical university in Krakow, specialized in mining, engineering and advanced technologies since 1919.
No. 4Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan
One of Poland's largest and most prestigious public universities, in Poznan, with over a century of history.
No. 5Gdansk University of Technology
Largest public engineering school in northern Poland, in Gdansk, with 120 years of technical history.
No. 6Warsaw University of Technology
Poland's largest and most prestigious public engineering school, in Warsaw, with traditions going back to 1826.
No. 7Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun
Large public multidisciplinary university in Torun, ranked among Poland's best and named after Copernicus since 1945.
No. 8Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
One of Poland's top public engineering schools, in Wroclaw, with over 75 years of technical excellence.
No. 9Poznan University of Life Sciences
Public university in Poznan dedicated to agriculture, food, environment and life sciences.
No. 10Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice
Major public engineering school in Gliwice, at the heart of the Silesian industrial basin, with over a century of history.
No. 11University of Wroclaw
One of Poland's oldest and most prestigious public universities, heir to the Leopoldina Academy founded in 1702.
No. 12SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw
Major Polish private university and leading reference in psychology, social sciences and humanities.
No. 13The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
Poland's oldest private university (1918), strong in humanities, law and theology.
No. 14University of Gdansk
Large public university in the Baltic tri-city, a major hub of economics, sciences and social sciences in northern Poland.
No. 15Cracow University of Technology
Public engineering school in Krakow, heir to nineteenth-century technical traditions and founded in 1945.
No. 16Lodz University of Technology
Major public engineering school in Lodz, renowned for its textile, biotechnology and digital programmes since 1945.
No. 17Poznan University of Technology
Public engineering school in Poznan, ranked among Poland's best technical universities since 1919.
No. 18Bialystok University of Technology
Public engineering school in Bialystok, the technical pillar of northeastern Poland since 1949.
No. 19Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw
Humanistic Warsaw university spanning philosophy, theology, law and social sciences.
No. 20Maritime University in Gdynia
Public university in Gdynia training merchant marine officers, engineers and maritime transport professionals.
No. 21Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce
Public multidisciplinary university in Kielce, named after poet Jan Kochanowski, with half a century of history.
No. 22Lublin University of Technology
Public engineering school in Lublin, the technical pillar of eastern Poland since 1953.
No. 23Marie Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin
Large public multidisciplinary university in Lublin, focused on humanities and social sciences since 1944.
No. 24University of Rzeszow
Major public university in southeastern Poland, the academic pillar of the Carpathian region since 2001.