QS EECA Poland University Rankings 2022
QS EECA Poland University Rankings 2022
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 is its specialized universities of technology and its medical schools. These institutions offer world-class education at modest tuition fees.
Top-ranked universities in Poland
University |
QS Ranking 2022 |
University of Warsaw |
308 |
Jagiellonian University |
309 |
Warsaw University of Technology |
501 |
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan (UAM) |
801 |
AGH University of Science and Technology |
801 |
Cracow University of Technology |
801 |
Gdansk University of Technology |
801 |
Lodz University of Technology |
801 |
Nicolaus Copernicus University |
801 |
Poznan University of Technology |
801 |
Silesian University of Technology |
801 |
University of Gdansk |
801 |
University of Lodz |
801 |
University of Wroclaw |
801 |
Wrocław University of Science and Technology |
801 |
Lublin University of Technology |
1001 |
University of Bialystok |
1001 |
University of Silesia in Katowice |
1001 |
Warsaw University of Life Sciences |
1001 |
Maria Curie-Sklodowska University |
– |
Medical University of Bialystok |
– |
Medical University of Warsaw |
– |
Rzeszow University of Technology |
– |
SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities |
– |
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn |
– |
Wroclaw Medical University |
– |
Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences |
– |
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.