QS Poland University Rankings

Examine your university's ranking on the poland map.

Choosing a university or college to study at may be a difficult decision. Given the numerous factors to consider before determining where to pursue your higher education, it is prudent to review the QS Rankings of your preferred institution.

Why QS Ranking?

Generally placed, the QS ranking is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarellu Symonds, a British company specialised in the education industry. It was first released in 2004 in conjunction with Times Higher Education and was known as the Times Higher Education – QS World University Rankings until 2009, when both agreed to issue their own versions.

QS Ranking Method

For its compilation of top universities in the world, the QS World University Rankings considers the university's popularity among other universities (40 percent ), employers (10 percent ), student-teacher ratio (20 percent ), citations-academic workers ratio (20 percent ), and international outlook including students and staff (10 percent ).

The QS framework ranks these universities based on their global status as well as subject-wise (48 separate subjects and five faculty areas), as well as five regional tables.

The 17th edition of the QS ranking comprises 1,000+ of the world's best institutions from around the world, as well as the top 4,700 qualifying institutions. This year saw about 60 new entrants, making it the most comprehensive list to date. The next QS World University Ranking is scheduled to be released in June.

Fast Facts

• Located in central Europe
• Area: 312,685 sq km
• Population: around 38.4 million
• Capital: Warsaw (also the largest city)
• Borders with Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, Lithuania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine and the Baltic sea
• Students will need a minimum of 30,000 PLN (~US$7,820) per year to cover their living costs in Poland.
• International tuition fees can reach up to ~US$4,180 per year at public universities.
• Poland has a TV channel dedicated to the Pope.
• National currency: zloty (PLN)
• More winners of the “World’s Strongest Man” competition than any other location
• 17 Nobel Prize winners
• 9,300 lakes, 23 National Parks and one desert
• 90 percent of Poles have completed at least secondary education, the highest score in the EU, along with Czechs, Slovaks and Slovenes.
• Polish-born astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was the first person to suggest that the Earth was in fact not the center of the universe.
• 70 percent of the Nazi extermination camps during WWII were located in Poland, including the three most infamous, Auschwitz, Treblinka and Belzec.