Times Higher Education Poland University Rankings 2023

THE Poland University Rankings 2023

How do the university rankings work?

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023 include 1,799 universities across 104 countries and regions, making them the largest and most diverse university rankings to date.

The table is based on 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators that measure an institution’s performance across four areas: teaching, research, knowledge transfer, and international outlook.

Study in Poland

If you want to study in Poland, then you need to know which of its universities are right for you. Times Higher Education World University Rankings take the top institutions in the world and look at their performance across all of their core objectives: teaching, research, knowledge transfer, and international outlook.

Poland has 34 universities in the overall Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The highest-ranking university in Poland is Wroclaw Medical University, which is ranked at number 351–400.

Choosing where to study for a degree in Poland is one of the biggest decisions you will ever make. THE’s student resources are here to help you make the right choice, particularly if you want to study abroad. Explore the universities of Poland below - we’ve pulled together some information that we hope will help you to decide where to study.

Use the map to see where Poland’s top universities are located, and if any institutions are of particular interest, you can click on their name, or the “explore” button, to find out more. We’ve also pulled in information about how much Poland is investing in its higher education, and also how many people live there.

Our World University Rankings were founded in 2004 and our data are trusted by governments and universities across the world.

Best universities in the Poland

Rank	Name Country/Region	No. of FTE Students	No. of students per staff	International Students	Female: Male Ratio
351–400	Wroclaw Medical University Poland	6,769	9.4	14%	71 : 29
601–800	Jagiellonian University Poland	34,725	9.6	11%	67 : 33
601–800	Medical University of Lodz Poland	10,294	8.6	10%	70 : 30
801–1000	Medical University of Gdańsk Poland	6,344	5.6	16%	65 : 35
801–1000	University of Warsaw Poland	37,090	12.0	10%	63 : 37
1001–1200	Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań Poland	35,901	23.9	4%	68 : 32
1001–1200	Medical University of Bialystok Poland	5,494	12.7	8%	76 : 24
1001–1200	SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities Poland	14,522	37.6	8%	78 : 22
1201–1500	AGH University of Science and Technology Poland	20,240	12.7	3%	35 : 65
1201–1500	University of Gdańsk Poland	19,970	23.9	2%	67 : 33
1201–1500	Gdańsk University of Technology Poland	14,816	19.9	5%	38 : 62
1201–1500	Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń Poland	19,684	13.0	4%	67 : 33
1201–1500	Opole University of Technology Poland	5,604	14.5	7%	33 : 67
1201–1500	Poznan University of Medical Sciences Poland	7,495	6.0	14%	72 : 28
1201–1500	Poznan University of Technology Poland	14,502	11.6	4%	33 : 67
1201–1500	Silesian University of Technology Poland	18,396	12.4	4%	32 : 68
1201–1500	The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin Poland	10,070	10.7	9%	62 : 38
1201–1500	Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW Poland	15,736	13.6	6%	59 : 41
1201–1500	Warsaw University of Technology Poland	25,021	18.9	7%	34 : 66
1201–1500	Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences Poland	7,351	17.1	4%	68 : 32
1201–1500	University of Wrocław Poland	19,501	16.4	7%	67 : 33
1501+	Bialystok University of Technology Poland	6,417	10.6	4%	36 : 64
1501+	Cracow University of Technology Poland	13,339	12.9	2%	38 : 62
1501+	University of Łódź Poland	22,273	16.7	8%	63 : 37
1501+	Lodz University of Technology Poland	12,642	17.8	4%	39 : 61
1501+	Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS) Poland	18,263	12.6	9%	68 : 32
1501+	Medical University of Silesia in Katowice Poland	10,267	7.6	5%	74 : 26
1501+	Rzeszów University of Technology Poland	11,259	12.1	1%	38 : 62
1501+	SGH Warsaw School of Economics Poland	9,092	17.7	12%	50 : 50
1501+	University of Silesia in Katowice Poland	19,962	12.0	3%	67 : 33
1501+	University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn Poland	17,690	17.7	2%	59 : 41
1501+	Wrocław University of Science and Technology Poland	23,657	20.3	6%	35 : 65
Reporter	Maritime University of Szczecin Poland	2,559	24.7	13%	26 : 74
Reporter	WSB Academy Poland	4,346	6.2	33%	49 : 51

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 dessert
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.

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