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Top 25 universities in Poland

The 25 leading universities and higher education institutions in Poland, ordered by the citations their research has received. Part of the WAC University Directory.

25 institutions listed · data October 2026

  1. 1

    Jagiellonian University

    Krakow, Lesser Poland, Poland

    • 126,453 research works
    • 5.3 million citations
    • h-index 551
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  2. 2

    University of Warsaw (UW)

    Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland

    • 110,041 research works
    • 4.7 million citations
    • h-index 612
  3. 3

    AGH University of Krakow (AGH UST)

    Krakow, Poland

    • 61,574 research works
    • 4.5 million citations
    • h-index 509
  4. 4

    Warsaw University of Technology (WUT)

    Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland

    • 61,908 research works
    • 2.4 million citations
    • h-index 395
  5. 5

    Medical University of Warsaw

    Warsaw, Poland

    • 42,310 research works
    • 1.8 million citations
    • h-index 350
  6. 6

    University of Wrocław (UWr)

    Wroclaw, Lower Silesia, Poland

    • 67,864 research works
    • 1.6 million citations
    • h-index 320
  7. 7

    Medical University of Lodz

    Lodz, Poland

    • 32,992 research works
    • 1.5 million citations
    • h-index 319
  8. 8

    Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (AMU)

    Poznan, Greater Poland, Poland

    • 68,050 research works
    • 1.5 million citations
    • h-index 281
  9. 9

    Poznan University of Medical Sciences (PUMS)

    Poznan, Poland

    • 33,634 research works
    • 1.5 million citations
    • h-index 350
  10. 10

    Gdańsk Medical University (MUG)

    Gdansk, Pomerania, Poland

    • 28,753 research works
    • 1.4 million citations
    • h-index 365
  11. 11

    Wrocław University of Science and Technology

    Wroclaw, Lower Silesia, Poland

    • 53,133 research works
    • 1.4 million citations
    • h-index 289
  12. 12

    Wroclaw Medical University

    Wroclaw, Poland

    • 28,915 research works
    • 1.4 million citations
    • h-index 348
  13. 13

    Nicolaus Copernicus University (UMK)

    Torun, Poland

    • 50,909 research works
    • 1.3 million citations
    • h-index 291
  14. 14

    Medical University of Silesia (SUM)

    Katowice, Silesia, Poland

    • 33,025 research works
    • 1.3 million citations
    • h-index 303
  15. 15

    Gdańsk University of Technology

    Gdansk, Poland

    • 34,057 research works
    • 1.2 million citations
    • h-index 290
  16. 16

    Medical University of Lublin (MUL)

    Lublin, Poland

    • 29,257 research works
    • 1.1 million citations
    • h-index 294
  17. 17

    University of Gdańsk (UG)

    Gdansk, Pomerania, Poland

    • 36,895 research works
    • 1.1 million citations
    • h-index 296
  18. 18

    University of Łódź

    Lodz, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland

    • 49,926 research works
    • 1 million citations
    • h-index 289
  19. 19

    Silesian University of Technology

    Gliwice, Silesia, Poland

    • 44,497 research works
    • 975 thousand citations
    • h-index 226
  20. 20

    Pomeranian Medical University (PMU)

    Szczecin, Poland

    • 15,341 research works
    • 973 thousand citations
    • h-index 351
  21. 21

    Lodz University of Technology (TUL)

    Lodz, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland

    • 38,953 research works
    • 952 thousand citations
    • h-index 237
  22. 22

    Medical University of Białystok

    Bialystok, Podlasie, Poland

    • 19,069 research works
    • 941 thousand citations
    • h-index 260
  23. 23

    University of Silesia in Katowice (UŚ)

    Katowice, Poland

    • 39,118 research works
    • 932 thousand citations
    • h-index 247
  24. 24

    Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW)

    Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland

    • 41,121 research works
    • 875 thousand citations
    • h-index 244
  25. 25

    Poznań University of Technology (PUT)

    Poznan, Greater Poland, Poland

    • 30,251 research works
    • 865 thousand citations
    • h-index 254

Ordered by total research citations recorded in OpenAlex (October 2026). Works, citations and h-index are OpenAlex figures for the institution. How the list is made.

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The directory lists 1436 universities, colleges and higher education institutions in 199 countries and territories. In countries with 200 or more higher education institutions recorded in OpenAlex it lists the top 25; everywhere else, the top 5.

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