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This is a list of universities in Poland. In total, there are approximately 457 universities and collegiate-level institutions of
higher education Higher education is tertiary education leading to award of an academic degree. Higher education, also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education, is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after comple ...
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Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
, including 131 government-funded and 326 privately owned universities, with almost 2 million enrolled students .
Central Statistical Office (Poland) Statistics Poland (formerly known in English as the Central Statistical Office ( pl, Główny Urząd Statystyczny, popularly called GUS)) is Poland's chief government executive agency charged with collecting and publishing statistics related to th ...

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.
According to the March 18, 2011 Act of the
Polish Parliament The parliament of Poland is the bicameral legislature of Poland. It is composed of an upper house (the Senate) and a lower house (the Sejm). Both houses are accommodated in the ''Sejm'' complex in Warsaw. The Constitution of Poland does not ...
, 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, with between one and eight state-funded universities each. Among the top are
Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...
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Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
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Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint Joh ...
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Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...
. The
Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...
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''.


Public universities

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Technical universities

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AGH University of Science and Technology AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, (abbreviated as ''AGH UST'') is a public university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1913, its inauguration took place in 1919. The university focuses on innovative technologies, its research p ...
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Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
(''Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza'', ''AGH'') * University of Bielsko-Biała (''Akademia Techniczno-Humanistyczna w Bielsku-Białej'', ''ATH'') *
Białystok Technical University Bialystok University of Technology ( pl, Politechnika Białostocka) is the largest technical university in northeast Poland.Częstochowa University of Technology (''Politechnika Częstochowska'', ''PCz'') *
Gdańsk University of Technology The Gdańsk University of Technology (Gdańsk Tech, former ''GUT''; pl, Politechnika Gdańska) is a technical university in the Wrzeszcz borough of Gdańsk, and one of the oldest universities in Poland. It has eight faculties and with 41 fie ...
(''Politechnika Gdańska'', ''PG'') *
Silesian University of Technology The Silesian University of Technology (Polish name: Politechnika Śląska; ) is a university located in the Polish province of Silesia, with most of its facilities in the city of Gliwice. It was founded in 1945 by Polish professors of the Lwow P ...
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Gliwice Gliwice (; german: Gleiwitz) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. The city is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica river (a tributary of the Oder). It lies approximately 25 km west from Katowice, the regional capi ...
(''Politechnika Śląska w Gliwicach'', ''PŚl'' or ''Pol.Śl.'') *
Kielce University of Technology The Kielce University of Technology ( pl, Politechnika Świętokrzyska) is a relatively young institution, although the traditions of higher education in Kielce go back to the beginning of the 19th century. It was here that Stanisław Staszic foun ...
(''Politechnika Świętokrzyska'', ''PSK'') *
Koszalin University of Technology Koszalin University of Technology (''Politechnika Koszalińska'') is a public university, public technical university located in Koszalin and other cities, i.e. Chojnice. The institution was established in 1968 as Higher School of Engineering. T ...
(''Politechnika Koszalińska'', ''PK'') *
Lublin University of Technology Lublin University of Technology (''Politechnika Lubelska'') is an engineering university in Lublin, Poland. It was established on May 13, 1953, and currently has 7,787 students. Rectors # Stanisław Ziemecki (1953-1956) # Stanisław Podkowa (19 ...
(''Politechnika Lubelska'', ''PL'') * Łódź University of Technology (''Politechnika Łódzka'', ''PŁ'') *
Opole University of Technology Opole University of Technology ( Polish name: Politechnika Opolska; sometimes called in English Technical University of Opole) is a university located in Opole, Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Centra ...
(''Politechnika Opolska'', ''PO'') *
Poznań University of Technology Poznań University of Technology, PUT (Polish name: ''Politechnika Poznańska'') is a university in Poznań, Poland. Poznań University of Technology is known as one of the best technical universities in Poland. URAP ranked PUT as in top 6% o ...
(''Politechnika Poznańska'', ''PP'') * Kazimierz Pułaski University of Technology and Humanities in Radom (''Uniwersytet Technologiczno-Humanistyczny im. Kazimierza Pułaskiego w Radomiu'', ''UTH'') *
Rzeszów University of Technology Rzeszów University of Technology, also known as Rzeszów Polytechnic ( pl, Politechnika Rzeszowska im. Ignacego Łukasiewicza, PRz) or Ignacy Łukasiewicz University of Technology, is a state-run institution of higher education in Rzeszów, Pola ...
(''Politechnika Rzeszowska'', ''PRz'') * Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology (''Politechnika Krakowska'', ''PK'') *
West Pomeranian University of Technology West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin ( pl, Zachodniopomorski Uniwersytet Technologiczny w Szczecinie, ZUT) is a technical university in Szczecin, Poland. The university was established on January 1. 2009 in Szczecin, from the merg ...
(''Zachodniopomorski Uniwersytet Technologiczny w Szczecinie'', ''ZUT'') *
Warsaw University of Technology The Warsaw University of Technology ( pl, Politechnika Warszawska, lit=Varsovian Polytechnic) is one of the leading institutes of technology in Poland and one of the largest in Central Europe. It employs 2,453 teaching faculty, with 357 professor ...
(''Politechnika Warszawska'', ''PW'') *
Wrocław University of Technology Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...
(''Politechnika Wrocławska'', ''PWr'')


Business schools

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University of Economics in Katowice University of Economics in Katowice (former Karol Adamiecki Academy of Economics in Katowice) is a public higher education institution in Katowice, Poland. History The University of Economics in Katowice was founded in December 1936 (by t ...
(''Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Katowicach'') * Cracow University of Economics (''Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie'') * Poznań University of Economics and Business (''Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Poznaniu'') *
Wrocław University of Economics The Wroclaw University of Economics and Business''Statut Uniwer ...
(''Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny we Wrocławiu'') *
Warsaw School of Economics SGH Warsaw School of Economics ( pl, Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie, ''SGH''Academy of Special Education in Warsaw (''Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej w Warszawie'') * Jan Długosz University (''Akademia im. Jana Długosza w Częstochowie)'' *
Pedagogical University of Cracow The Pedagogical University of Cracow ( pl, Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie, UP), is named after the Commission of National Education created by King Stanisław August Poniatowski. It is a public university locate ...
(''Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. K.E.N. w Krakowie'') * Pomeranian Academy in Słupsk (''Akademia Pomorska w Słupsku'')


Life sciences

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University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology ( pl, Politechnika Bydgoska im. Jana i Jędrzeja Śniadeckich) is a state-run institution of higher education in Bydgoszcz, Poland. According to international ranking by the ''Webometrics Ranking of ...
(''Uniwersytet Technologiczno-Przyrodniczy w Bydgoszczy'', ''UTP'') *
Agricultural University of Kraków The Agricultural University of Kraków (Polish: ''Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowie''), located in Kraków, Poland, became a university by decree of the Council of Ministers as of 28 September 1972. Formerly, it was known as ...
(''Uniwersytet Rolniczy w Krakowie'') * University of Life Sciences in Lublin (''Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Lublinie'') * University of Life Sciences in Poznań (''Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu'') *
University of Natural Sciences and Humanities in Siedlce The Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and HumanitiesWarsaw University of Life Sciences The Warsaw University of Life Sciences ( pl, Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego, lit=Main School of Rural Homestead, SGGW) is the largest agricultural university in Poland, established in 1816 in Warsaw. It employs over 2,600 staff including ...
(''Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego'', ''SGGW'') * Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences (''Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy we Wrocławiu'')


Colleges of physical education

* Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw *Gdańsk University of Physical Education and Sport (Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego i Sportu im. Jędrzeja Śniadeckieg)


Specialist universities


Medical universities and colleges

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Jagiellonian University Medical College Jagiellonian University Medical College is the oldest medical school in Poland. The Jagiellonian University's Faculties of Medicine and Pharmacy are acclaimed as one of the largest medical academies in Poland. The school was established by King C ...
(''Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego'') *
Medical University of Białystok The Medical University of Białystok (UMB; Polish: ''Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku'') is a medical university located in Białystok, the capital of Podlaskie Voivodeship in northeastern Poland. The university is home to the Medical Depar ...
(''Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku'') *Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz of the Nicolaus Copernicus University of
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(''Collegium Medicum w Bydgoszczy Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu'') * Medical University of Gdańsk (''Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny'') * Medical University of Silesia in Katowice (''Śląski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Katowicach'') *
Medical University of Lublin The Medical University of Lublin dates back to 1944 in Lublin, Poland. The university gained its autonomy in 1950. Over the years, new departments were added such as the Department of Dentistry in 1973. The university maintains lively internationa ...
(''Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie'') *
Medical University of Łódź The Medical University of Łódź was founded on October 1, 2002 as a merger of the Medical Academy of Łódź (founded January 1, 1950) and the Military Medical Academy of Łódź (founded July 1, 1958). It is the largest teaching hospital un ...
(''Uniwersytet Medyczny w Łodzi'') *
Poznań University of Medical Sciences Poznan University of Medical Sciences ( pl, Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu) is a prominent Polish medical university, located in the city of Poznań in western Poland. It traces its beginnings to the foundation of Poz ...
(''Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu'') *
Pomeranian Medical University Pomeranian Medical University (PMU) was established in 1948 in Szczecin, Poland. It is referred to as ''Pomorski Uniwersytet Medyczny'' in Polish. History Viewed from a historical perspective, a period of 53 years, when compared with the mu ...
in Szczecin (''Pomorski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Szczecinie'') *
Medical University of Warsaw The Medical University of Warsaw ( Polish name: '' Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny'', Latin name: ''Universitas Medica Varsoviensis'') is one of the oldest and the largest medical school in Poland. The first academic department of medicine was crea ...
(''Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny'', ''WUM'') *
Wrocław Medical University Wrocław Medical University ( Polish: ''Uniwersytet Medyczny we Wrocławiu'', Latin: ''Universitas Medicus Vratislaviensis'') is an institution of higher medical education in Wrocław, Poland. It consists of five faculties: Medicine, Dentistry, P ...
(''Uniwersytet Medyczny we Wrocławiu'') * Collegium Medicum of the University of Warmia and Mazury in
Olsztyn Olsztyn ( , ; german: Allenstein ; Old Prussian: ''Alnāsteini'' * Latin: ''Allenstenium'', ''Holstin'') is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with county rights. ...
(''Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie'') * Collegium Medicum of the University of Zielona Góra (''Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Zielonogórskiego'')


Universities of economics

* University of Dąbrowa Górnicza (''Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu w Dąbrowie Górniczej'', ''WSB'')


Academies of music

* Bydgoszcz Music Academy - "Feliks Nowowiejski" (''Akademia Muzyczna im. Feliksa Nowowiejskiego w Bydgoszczy'') * Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk (''Akademia Muzyczna im. Stanisława Moniuszki w Gdańsku'') * University of Music in Katowice (''Akademia Muzyczna w Katowicach'') *
Academy of Music in Kraków The Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków ( pl, Akademia Muzyczna im. Krzysztofa Pendereckiego w Krakowie) is a conservatory located in central Kraków, Poland. It is the '' alma mater'' of the renowned Polish contemporary composer Krz ...
(''Akademia Muzyczna w Krakowie'') * Academy of Music in Łódź (''Akademia Muzyczna im. Grażyny i Kiejstuta Bacewiczów w Łodzi'') *
Academy of Music in Poznań An academy ( Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy ...
(''Akademia Muzyczna w Poznaniu'') *
Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw The Chopin University of Music ( pl, Uniwersytet Muzyczny Fryderyka Chopina, UMFC) is a musical conservatorium and academy located in central Warsaw, Poland. It is the oldest and largest music school in Poland, and one of the largest in Europe.
(''Uniwersytet Muzyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina w Warszawie'') * Karol Lipiński University of Music in
Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...
(''Akademia Muzyczna im. Karola Lipińskiego we Wrocławiu'')


Academies of theatre and film

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The Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw ''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite ...
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Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts Ludwik () is a Polish given name. Notable people with the name include: * Ludwik Czyżewski, Polish WWII general * Ludwik Fleck (1896–1961), Polish medical doctor and biologist * Ludwik Gintel (1899–1973), Polish-Israeli Olympic soccer player ...
in Kraków * National Film School in Łódź


Academies of fine arts

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Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts The Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków ( pl, Akademia Sztuk Pięknych im. Jana Matejki w Krakowie, usually abbreviated to ''ASP''), is a public institution of higher education located in the centre of Kraków, Poland. It is the oldest Pol ...
in Kraków *
Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw ( pl, Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Warszawie) is a public university of visual arts and applied arts located in the Polish capital. The Academy traces its history back to the Department of Arts founded at the Warsaw ...
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Art Academy of Szczecin The Szczecin Art Academy ( pl, Akademia Sztuki w Szczecinie) is a public university in Szczecin, Poland, founded on September 1, 2010. The profile of the university includes both music and visual arts with programmes offered in two different art d ...
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Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław ( pl, Akademia Sztuk Pięknych im. Eugeniusza Gepperta we Wrocławiu) is a public institution of higher learning established in 1946 originally as the College of Fine Arts. From 2008 the univ ...
in Wrocław *
University of Fine Arts in Poznań Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan Poznań (in Polish: ''Uniwersytet Artystyczny im. Magdaleny Abakanowicz w Poznaniu'') is one of the major fine-art academies in Poland. It was founded in 1919 as the State School of Decorative ...
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Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk The Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk (''Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Gdańsku'') was founded in 1945 in Sopot, Poland as the State Institute of Fine Arts, later renamed the State College of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. In 1954, the headquarters were moved f ...
* Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice


Universities of social sciences

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University of Social Sciences and Humanities , latin_name = , former_names = Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej , president = , established = 1996 , type = Private , founder = Piotr Voelkel, Andrzej Eliasz, Zbigniew Pietrasiński and Janusz Reykowski , rector = Associate Profe ...
in Warsaw (''SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny'')


Theological universities

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Pontifical University of John Paul II The Pontifical University of John Paul II ( pl, Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie) is an academic institution located in Kraków, Poland, that offers graduate degrees in theology, philosophy, and church history. It derived from the ...
(''Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie'') * John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (''Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II'', ''KUL'') * Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Wrocław (''Papieski Wydział Teologiczny we Wrocławiu'') *Cardinal
Stefan Wyszyński Stefan Wyszyński (3 August 1901 – 28 May 1981) was a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the bishop of Lublin from 1946 to 1948, archbishop of Warsaw and archbishop of Gniezno from 1948 to 1981. He was created a cardinal on ...
University in
Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...
(from above) with particular sensitivity to
Christian values Christian values historically refers to values derived from the teachings of Jesus Christ. The term has various applications and meanings, and specific definitions can vary widely between denominations, geographical locations and different schools ...


Maritime universities

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Gdynia Maritime University The Gdynia Maritime University (Polish: Uniwersytet Morski w Gdyni) is one of two colleges in Poland which specialises in educating highly qualified officers for the maritime industry, especially for the merchant navy. History The university ...
(''Akademia Morska w Gdyni'') *
Maritime University of Szczecin The Maritime University of Szczecin ( pl, Politechnika Morska w Szczecinie; ''Akademia Morska'' until 2022) is a public university in Szczecin, Poland. The profile of the university is maritime education. The University structure: # Faculty o ...
(''Akademia Morska w Szczecinie'')


Military universities

* War Studies University (''Akademia Sztuki Wojennej'') *
Polish Air Force Academy The Polish Air Force Academy (Polish: ''Wyższa Szkoła Oficerska Sił Powietrznych'' (1994-2018); ''Lotnicza Akademia Wojskowa'' (since 2018)) is located in Dęblin, eastern Poland. Established in 1927 during the interwar period, the Polish Air ...
in
Dęblin Dęblin is a town at the confluence of Vistula and Wieprz rivers, in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. Dęblin is the part of the agglomeration with adjacent towns of Ryki and Puławy, which altogether has over 100 000 inhabitants. The population o ...
(''Wyższa Szkoła Oficerska Sił Powietrznych'') *
Military University of Technology in Warsaw Military University of Technology (MUT, – WAT) is the civil-military technical academic institution in Poland, located at Bemowo, Warsaw. It was established in 1951. The university's rector-commander is płk. Przemysław Wachulak. The unive ...
(''Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna im. Jarosława Dąbrowskiego'', ''WAT'') * Tadeusz Kościuszko Land Forces Military Academy in
Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...
(''Wyższa Szkoła Oficerska Wojsk Lądowych im. gen. Tadeusza Kościuszki'') *
Polish Naval Academy The Polish Naval Academy (PNA) " Heroes of Westerplatte" is a naval university supervised by the Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Poland, with the history, uninterrupted by World War II, dating back to 1922. At present the PNA provi ...
in
Gdynia Gdynia ( ; ; german: Gdingen (currently), (1939–1945); csb, Gdiniô, , , ) is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With a population of 243,918, it is the 12th-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in th ...
(''Akademia Marynarki Wojennej'')


Former universities and colleges in Poland

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Lubrański Academy The Lubrański Academy ( Polish: ''Akademia Lubrańskiego''; Latin: ''Collegium Lubranscianum'') was a university college that was established in 1518 in Poznań by Bishop Jan Lubrański. It was the first school with university aspirations in Pozna ...
(established in 1518) *
Collegium Hosianum The Collegium Hosianum was the Jesuit collegium founded in 1565, 1566 by Polish Cardinal Stanislaus Hosius in Braunsberg (Braniewo), Kingdom of Poland. The town was then part of the Polish Prince-Bishopric of Warmia under rule of Cardinal Hos ...
founded in 1565 * Jesuit College in Polotsk * Akademia Zamojska (1594–1784) *
Politechnika Lwowska Lviv Polytechnic National University ( ua, Націона́льний університе́т «Льві́вська політе́хніка») is the largest scientific university in Lviv, Ukraine. Since its foundation in 1816, it has bee ...
, now Lviv Polytechnic in Ukraine *
Wilno University Vilnius University ( lt, Vilniaus universitetas) is a public research university, oldest in the Baltic states and in Northern Europe outside the United Kingdom (or 6th overall following foundations of Oxford, Cambridge, St. Andrews, Glasgow a ...
, now Vilnius University in Lithuania *
Lwów University The University of Lviv ( uk, Львівський університет, Lvivskyi universytet; pl, Uniwersytet Lwowski; german: Universität Lemberg, briefly known as the ''Theresianum'' in the early 19th century), presently the Ivan Franko Na ...
, now Lviv University *
Collegium Nobilium (Warsaw) The Collegium Nobilium, the "College for nobles", was an elite boarding college for the sons of magnates and wealthy nobles ('' szlachta''), founded in 1740 in Warsaw by the Piarist intellectual, Stanisław Konarski, and run by his religious br ...
founded in 1740 *
Collegium Nobilium (Jesuit) in Warsaw The Collegium Nobilium was a Jesuit foundation in Warsaw between 1752 and 1777. It was intended to provide an élite education for the sons of Magnates of Poland and Lithuania, and other leading Szlachta families, likely to run the country or ...
founded in 1752 *
Corps of Cadets (Warsaw) ''Szkoła Rycerska'' ( en, School of Chivalry) or ''Akademia Szlachecka Korpusu Kadetów Jego Królewskiej Mości i Rzeczypospolitej'' (English: ''Nobles' Academy of the Corps of Cadets of His Royal Majesty and the Commonwealth'') was the first st ...
, the first state college in the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi- confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Poland and Lithuania ru ...
, 1765 *
Jazłowiec College Jazłowiec (uk: Язловець, romanized: Yazlovets) was a Polish language Catholic lyceum founded in 1863 by the Congregation of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary ("Niepokalanki" in Polish), expressly for th ...
for girls, founded in 1863 * Jesuit College in Khyriv for boys founded in 1886 * Jesuit Collegium in Poznań * Agricultural University of Szczecin (''Akademia Rolnicza w Szczecinie''), now part of
West Pomeranian University of Technology West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin ( pl, Zachodniopomorski Uniwersytet Technologiczny w Szczecinie, ZUT) is a technical university in Szczecin, Poland. The university was established on January 1. 2009 in Szczecin, from the merg ...
* Szczecin University of Technology (''Politechnika Szczecińska'', ''PS''), now part of
West Pomeranian University of Technology West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin ( pl, Zachodniopomorski Uniwersytet Technologiczny w Szczecinie, ZUT) is a technical university in Szczecin, Poland. The university was established on January 1. 2009 in Szczecin, from the merg ...
* '' Wyższa Szkoła Wojenna'' Academy, 1919, now War Studies University


Private universities

* Wyższa Szkoła Przedsiębiorczości i Administracji w Lublinie *Wyższa Szkoła Prawa (University of Law) * Prywatna Wyższa Szkoła Nauk Społecznych * Collegium Humanum – Warsaw Management University(''Collegium Humanum – Szkoła Główna Menedżerska'') https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazowiecka_Uczelnia_Medyczna_w_Warszawie


See also

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Education in Poland Education in Poland is compulsory; every child must receive education from when they are 7 years old until they are 18 years old. It is also mandatory for 6-year-old children to receive one year of kindergarten ( pl, przedszkole, literally ''pr ...
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List of universities and colleges in Kraków Higher Education in Kraków takes place in 10 university-level institutions with about 120,000 to over 170,000 students (based on years and different data providers) and 10,000 faculty, as well as in a number of non-public colleges. Public insti ...
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Open access in Poland Open access scholarly communication of Poland can be searched via the "CeON Aggregator" of the University of Warsaw Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling's Centre for Open Science. Repositories As of March 2018, th ...
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Underground Education in Poland During World War II World War II saw the cultivation of underground education in Poland ( pl, Tajne szkolnictwo, or '). Secretly conducted education prepared scholars and workers for the postwar reconstruction of Poland and countered German and Soviet threats to era ...
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List of colleges and universities by country A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...


Notes and references


Official register of educational institutions by type (Wykaz szkół i placówek oświatowych według typów).
Centrum Informatyczne Edukacji, 30 September 2016. {{Universities in Poland *
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Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
Universities A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, ...