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World University Rankings 2026: Poland

55 universities ranked in Poland, out of 2,280 worldwide. No official admissions or graduate-earnings data is used for Poland yet, so the within-country part (35%) is estimated from each university’s standing among Poland’s universities on the global measures.

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National rankRank	University	World rank	Overall score	Research	Alumni outcomes	Admissions & earnings (in country)	World rank range
1	Medical University of Lublin	=212	42.9	85	72	est.	111–666
2	University of Warsaw	265	40.5	65	93	est.	106–785
3	Gdańsk University of Technology	=333	38.2	81	61	est.	170–896
4	Wrocław Medical University	=358	37.5	82	21	est.	178–974
5	Jagiellonian University	=396	36.1	66	89	est.	157–968
6	Medical University of Łódź	429	35.3	79	21	est.	200–1022
7	Medical University of Białystok	=430	35.2	79	21	est.	196–1079
8	Poznań University of Medical Sciences	=627	29.7	72	21	est.	337–1383
9	Medical University of Warsaw	=675	28.5	70	53	est.	359–1427
10	University of Wrocław	=687	28.2	40	92	est.	228–1510
11	University of Łódź	=799	25.3	62	70	est.	449–1556
12	Silesian University of Technology	=848	24.3	64	61	est.	479–1658
13	Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń	=865	23.8	60	68	est.	491–1696
14	Medical University of Gdańsk	=890	23.4	64	21	est.	505–1703
15	Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin	=954	22.3	62	21	est.	522–1819
16	Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań	=999	21.0	57	64	est.	572–1863
17	AGH University of Science and Technology	=1021	20.4	59	21	est.	546–1979
18	Warsaw School of Economics	=1026	20.3	17	87	est.	477–1938
19	Poznań University of Life Sciences	=1076	19.4	57	21	est.	638–1948
20	Warsaw University of Life Sciences	=1080	19.3	56	49	est.	634–1945
21	Medical University of Silesia	=1158	18.1	55	21	est.	676–2003
22	Lublin University of Technology	=1172	17.8	54	21	est.	693–2009
23	University of Gdańsk	=1211	17.2	30	77	est.	637–2037
24	Poznań University of Technology	=1274	16.5	50	50	est.	755–2057
25	University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn	=1290	16.3	50	43	est.	762–2079
26	John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin	=1298	16.2	33	74	est.	733–2082
27	Łódź University of Technology	=1384	15.3	38	67	est.	779–2126
28	Opole University of Technology	=1410	15.1	47	21	est.	811–2123
=29	Cracow University of Technology	=1472	14.5	45	21	est.	876–2134
=29	Military University of Technology, Warsaw	=1472	14.5	45	21	est.	838–2147
31	University of Rzeszów	=1494	14.3	44	21	est.	874–2151
32	University of Zielona Góra	=1526	14.0	43	21	est.	872–2174
33	Warsaw University of Technology	=1566	13.7	31	65	est.	816–2193
=34	Wrocław University of Economics	=1618	13.3	26	67	est.	853–2181
=34	Wrocław University of Science and Technology	=1618	13.3	31	62	est.	899–2171
=36	SWPS University	=1665	13.0	29	62	est.	937–2192
=36	Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences	=1665	13.0	38	21	est.	911–2187
38	Kraków University of Economics	=1741	12.6	27	62	est.	882–2198
39	University of Life Sciences in Lublin	=1776	12.4	35	21	est.	927–2199
=40	Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw	=1790	12.3	20	64	est.	901–2216
=40	Pedagogical University of Kraków	=1790	12.3	34	21	est.	956–2209
=40	University of Szczecin	=1790	12.3	34	21	est.	946–2206
43	Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce	=1804	12.2	29	53	est.	957–2214
44	Maria Curie-Sklodowska University	=1821	12.1	32	43	est.	944–2209
=45	Poznań University of Economics and Business	=1861	11.8	24	56	est.	963–2217
=45	University of Opole	=1861	11.8	28	49	est.	998–2222
47	University of Białystok	=1900	11.6	30	21	est.	960–2222
=48	Białystok University of Technology	=2011	10.9	13	59	est.	1012–2236
=48	University of Economics in Katowice	=2011	10.9	24	21	est.	1034–2232
50	Rzeszów University of Technology	=2019	10.8	22	21	est.	1043–2238
=51	University of Agriculture in Kraków	=2032	10.7	22	21	est.	1034–2237
=51	University of Science and Technology in Bydgoszcz	=2032	10.7	22	21	est.	1033–2237
=51	University of Silesia in Katowice	=2032	10.7	5	68	est.	960–2243
54	Częstochowa University of Technology	=2077	10.4	11	56	est.	1055–2240
55	West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin	=2209	8.6	6	21	est.	1151–2267

55 universities

Research Index for Poland · All of Europe · All countries

National rank follows the world ranking: universities are listed in world-rank order and keep a shared rank where their world rank is shared. Research and Alumni outcomes are percentiles among all 2,280 ranked universities; Admissions & earnings is the position within the university’s own country (est. where no official data exists). How the ranking works.