68 Best universities for Physics in Poland

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Poland ranked based on their research performance in Physics. A graph of 5.86M citations received by 483K academic papers made by 68 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. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#105 in Europe

#295 in the World

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

2. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#154 in Europe

#401 in the World

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

3. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Physics

#165 in Europe

#419 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Enrollment: 41,661
Founded: 1364

4. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Physics

#169 in Europe

#428 in the World

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

5. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Physics

#193 in Europe

#491 in the World

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

6. University of Wroclaw

Poland | Wroclaw

For Physics

#203 in Europe

#529 in the World

Enrollment: 25,500
Founded: 1702

7. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Physics

#213 in Europe

#564 in the World

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

8. University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Physics

#231 in Europe

#619 in the World

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

9. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Physics

#247 in Europe

#664 in the World

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

10. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Physics

#249 in Europe

#668 in the World

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

11. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Physics

#258 in Europe

#691 in the World

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

12. University of Lodz

For Physics

#261 in Europe

#696 in the World

Enrollment: 38,000
Founded: 1945

13. Lodz University of Technology

For Physics

#265 in Europe

#710 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

14. University of Silesia in Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Physics

#318 in Europe

#848 in the World

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

15. Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Poland | Lublin

For Physics

#324 in Europe

#865 in the World

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

16. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Physics

#342 in Europe

#907 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

17. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Physics

#380 in Europe

#1045 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

18. Military University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#389 in Europe

#1067 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1951

19. Czestochowa University of Technology

Poland | Czestochowa

For Physics

#426 in Europe

#1240 in the World

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

20. Lublin University of Technology

Poland | Lublin

For Physics

#436 in Europe

#1266 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

21. Polytechnic University, Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Physics

#444 in Europe

#1298 in the World

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

22. West Pomeranian University of Technology of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Physics

#463 in Europe

#1389 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2009

23. University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Physics

#468 in Europe

#1407 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1968

24. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#496 in Europe

#1503 in the World

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

25. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Physics

#500 in Europe

#1521 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

26. University of Zielona Gora

Poland | Zielona Gora

For Physics

#517 in Europe

#1629 in the World

Enrollment: 12,700
Founded: 2001

27. University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Physics

#518 in Europe

#1632 in the World

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

28. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#554 in Europe

#1761 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Enrollment: 9,147
Founded: 1809

29. Opole University of Technology

For Physics

#560 in Europe

#1789 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1966

30. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Physics

#563 in Europe

#1799 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

31. Medical University of Gdansk

Poland | Gdansk

For Physics

#576 in Europe

#1848 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1945

32. Medical University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Physics

#580 in Europe

#1869 in the World

Founded: 1950

33. University of Humanities and Sciences of Kielce

Poland | Kielce

For Physics

#595 in Europe

#1942 in the World

Enrollment: 15,600
Founded: 1969

34. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Physics

#608 in Europe

#1988 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

35. Pedagogical University of Cracow

Poland | Krakow

For Physics

#609 in Europe

#1989 in the World

Enrollment: 14,900
Founded: 1946

36. University of Rzeszow

Poland | Rzeszow

For Physics

#610 in Europe

#1990 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

37. Kielce University of Technology

Poland | Kielce

For Physics

#615 in Europe

#2014 in the World

Enrollment: 9,800
Founded: 1965

38. University of Opole

For Physics

#622 in Europe

#2056 in the World

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

39. University of Technology and Life Sciences of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Physics

#627 in Europe

#2081 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1951

40. Wroclaw Medical University

Poland | Wroclaw

For Physics

#646 in Europe

#2157 in the World

Founded: 1945

41. Koszalin University of Technology

Poland | Koszalin

For Physics

#648 in Europe

#2163 in the World

Founded: 1968

42. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Physics

#649 in Europe

#2164 in the World

Founded: 1955

43. Medical University of Silesia, Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Physics

#656 in Europe

#2233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1948

44. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Physics

#665 in Europe

#2296 in the World

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

45. Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Poland | Wroclaw

For Physics

#674 in Europe

#2328 in the World

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

46. Medical University of Bialystok

Poland | Bialystok

For Physics

#681 in Europe

#2354 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1950

47. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa

Poland | Czestochowa

For Physics

#716 in Europe

#2569 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

48. Poznan University of Economics

Poland | Poznan

For Physics

#755 in Europe

#2730 in the World

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

49. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#761 in Europe

#2763 in the World

Enrollment: 9,736
Founded: 1954

50. University of Bielsko-Biala

Poland | Bielsko-Biala

For Physics

#785 in Europe

#2886 in the World

Enrollment: 67,200
Founded: 2001

51. Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland | Wroclaw

For Physics

#786 in Europe

#2889 in the World

Enrollment: 11,653
Founded: 1947

52. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Physics

#793 in Europe

#2903 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

53. Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Physics

#794 in Europe

#2906 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Enrollment: 43,000
Founded: 1948

54. Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz

Poland | Bydgoszcz

For Physics

#805 in Europe

#2992 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1969

55. Bialystok Technical University

Poland | Bialystok

For Physics

#835 in Europe

#3136 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 12,400
Founded: 1949

56. Maritime University of Szczecin

Poland | Szczecin

For Physics

#852 in Europe

#3228 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

57. Cracow University of Economics

Poland | Krakow

For Physics

#872 in Europe

#3314 in the World

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

58. Warsaw School of Economics

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#875 in Europe

#3329 in the World

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

59. University of Natural Sciences and Humanities of Siedlce

Poland | Siedlce

For Physics

#885 in Europe

#3391 in the World

Enrollment: 5,245
Founded: 1969

60. Medical University of Lodz

For Physics

#907 in Europe

#3475 in the World

Founded: 1950

61. University of Technology and Humanities of Radom

For Physics

#918 in Europe

#3528 in the World

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

62. University of Physical Education in Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Physics

#935 in Europe

#3601 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1950

63. University of Economics of Katowice

Poland | Katowice

For Physics

#960 in Europe

#3721 in the World

Enrollment: 11,230
Founded: 1937

64. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#1016 in Europe

#4059 in the World

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

65. Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#1054 in Europe

#4274 in the World

Founded: 1994

66. Kozminski University

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#1128 in Europe

#4642 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1993

67. University of Physical Education of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Physics

#1152 in Europe

#4774 in the World

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

68. Academy of Fine Art of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Physics

#1423 in Europe

#6433 in the World

Founded: 1818

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

Physics subfields in Poland

Acoustical Engineering64

Applied/Engineering Physics22

Astrophysics and Astronomy65

Atomic and Molecular physics41

Condensed Matter Physics43

Materials Science67

Medical Physics15

Nanotechnology56

Nuclear Physics55

Optical Engineering64

Quantum and Particle physics65

Theoretical Physics34