List of universities in Poland

This is a list of selected state-funded universities in Poland. In total, there are approximately 501universities and collegiate-level institutions of higher education in the country including 131 government-funded and 326 privately owned universities, with almost 2 million enrolled students as of 2010.[1] According to the March 18, 2011 Act of the Polish Parliament,[2] the universities are divided into categories based on their legal status and level of authorization.

There are forty publicly funded and two private universities considered classical, granting doctoral degrees on top of bachelor's and master's degrees in at least ten fields of knowledge. The remaining universities are divided according to their educational profile usually reflected in their differing names. Academy is used for institutions which focus on fine arts, music and drama. The technical universities specialize in engineering and the physical sciences. (The name refers to the subjects taught; they are not technical schools.)

In total, there are 24 cities in Poland,[3] with between one and eight state-funded universities each.[4] Among the top are Warsaw, Kraków, Poznań, and Wrocław.[5] The Polish names of listed universities are given in brackets, followed by a standard abbreviation (if commonly used or if existent). Note that some of the institutions might choose to translate their own name as university in English, even if they do not officially have the Polish-language equivalent name of uniwersytet.

Density of collegiate-level institutions of higher education across Poland

Classical universities

Please use table sort buttons for year of establishment in chronological order and alphabetical list of locations
Name of University in English (and Polish) Location Est.
University of Białystok (Uniwersytet w Białymstoku) Białystok 1997 [6]
Casimir the Great University (Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy, UKW) Bydgoszcz 1969 [7]
University of Gdańsk (Uniwersytet Gdański, UG) Gdańsk 1970 [8]
Jagiellonian University (Uniwersytet Jagielloński, UJ) Kraków 1364 [9]
John Paul II Catholic University (Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, KUL) Lublin 1918 [10]
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej, UMCS) Lublin 1944 [11]
University of Łódź (Uniwersytet Łódzki, UŁ) Łódź 1945 [12]
University of Warmia and Mazury (Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie, UWM) Olsztyn 1999 [13]
Opole University (Uniwersytet Opolski, UO) Opole 1994 [14]
Adam Mickiewicz University (Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, UAM) Poznań 1919 [15]
University of Rzeszów (Uniwersytet Rzeszowski, UR) Rzeszów 2001 [16]
University of Silesia (Uniwersytet Śląski, UŚ) Katowice 1968 [17]
University of Szczecin (Uniwersytet Szczeciński, US) Szczecin 1945 [18]
Nicolaus Copernicus University (Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, UMK) Toruń 1945 [19]
University of Warsaw (Uniwersytet Warszawski, UW) Warsaw 1816 [20]
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University (Uniwersytet Stefana Wyszyńskiego, UKSW) Warsaw 1954 [21]
University of Wrocław (Uniwersytet Wrocławski, UWr) Wrocław 1702 [22]
University of Zielona Góra (Uniwersytet Zielonogórski, UZ) Zielona Góra 2001 [23]
Jan Kochanowski University (Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego, UJK) Kielce 1969 [24]
Pictures of selected locations
Rectorate of Warsaw University at Kazimierz Palace, Warsaw 
Jagiellonian University in Kraków, rectorate at Collegium Novum 
University of Łódź, Faculty of Management, Łódź 
University of Szczecin, Law & Administration 
Aula of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin 
Casimir the Great University in Bydgoszcz, Copernicanum 
Nicolaus Copernicus University, Collegium Maius, Toruń 
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn 
University of Wrocław main building in Wrocław 
University of Silesia Faculty of Computer Science, Sosnowiec 
University of Zielona Góra Campus in Zielona Góra 
University of Gdańsk Faculty of Social Sciences, Gdańsk 

Publicly funded technical universities

Medical universities and colleges

Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin

Universities of life sciences

Universities of economics

Pedagogical universities

Academies of music

Academies of theatre and film

Academies of fine arts

Theological universities

Maritime universities

Military universities

Former universities and colleges in Poland

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Central Statistical Office (Poland): Studenci szkół wyższych (łącznie z cudzoziemcami) na dzień 30 XI 2008. Number of students at Poland's institutions of higher education, as of 30 November 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2012. (Polish)
  2. ↑ Ustawa z dnia 27 lipca 2005 r. – Prawo o szkolnictwie wyższym, Dziennik Ustaw, 2005, No.164, pos.1365. Legal Act of Polish Parliament. ISAP. Retrieved 13 June 2012. (Polish)
  3. ↑ "Ośrodki akademickie" [Academic centres]. Uczelnie publiczne i niepubliczne (see: left-hand column). Uczelnie.net. 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  4. ↑ MNSW. "Wykaz uczelni publicznych nadzorowanych przez Ministra właściwego ds. szkolnictwa wyższego - publiczne uczelnie akademickie" [List of public universities in Poland, by Ministry of Science and Higher Education] (PDF file, direct download). Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  5. ↑ Zadroga, Aneta (10 March 2008). "Studia w liczbach: Warszawa bije Kraków" [University studies in numbers: Warsaw beats Krakow]. Gazeta Wyborcza. Gazeta.pl, Kraków. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  6. ↑ The University of Bialystok, homepage. The Internet Archive. (English)
  7. ↑ Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, homepage. (English)
  8. ↑ Gdańsk University, homepage. (English)
  9. ↑ Jagiellonian University, homepage. (English)
  10. ↑ John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, homepage. The Internet Archive. (English)
  11. ↑ Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, homepage. The Internet Archive. (English)
  12. ↑ University of Łódź, homepage. (Polish)
  13. ↑ University of Warmia and Mazury, homepage. (English)
  14. ↑ Opole University, homepage. (English)
  15. ↑ Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, homepage. (English)
  16. ↑ Rzeszów University, homepage. (English)
  17. ↑ University of Silesia, homepage. (English)
  18. ↑ University of Szczecin, homepage. (English)
  19. ↑ Nicolaus Copernicus University, homepage. (English)
  20. ↑ University of Warsaw, homepage. (Polish)
  21. ↑ Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, homepage. (Polish)
  22. ↑ University of Wrocław, homepage. (English)
  23. ↑ University of Zielona Góra, homepage. (English)
  24. ↑ Jan Kochanowski University, homepage. (English)
  25. ↑ About University of Bielsko-Biala (homepage). (English)
  26. ↑ Białystok Technical University (homepage). (English)
  27. ↑ About the University, at the Częstochowa University of Technology homepage. (English)
  28. ↑ About Polish Academy of Sciences (homepage). (English)
  29. ↑ University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz, homepage. (English)


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