Science and higher education in Poland
Atlas of Polish science and higher education
Universities, research institutes, degree programmes and the right to award doctorates – gathered from Polish public registers and explained so that you can use them without an official dictionary.
The whole site is available in English. Names of institutions and degree programmes are given in Polish, as in the official register; linked sources are mostly in Polish.
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Cartogram: tiles show where the voivodeships are, not their size.
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higher education institutions
Public, non-public and church institutions – from universities to small vocational schools.
academic year 2025/26 · Statistics Poland
1.32 million
students
After years of decline, the number of students is growing again – by 3.3% in the last year.
as of 31 Dec 2025 · Statistics Poland
101.6 thousand
international students
Poland is also a country people come to for their studies.
academic year 2025/26 · Statistics Poland
58.8 bn PLN
on research and development
Total R&D expenditure in Poland, public and private – 1.50% of GDP (a year earlier: 1.41%).
2025 · Statistics Poland
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Universities
Every Polish higher education institution: type, status, branch campuses, degree programmes, research categories and the right to award degrees.
Degree programmes
Where a given programme is taught – level, profile and language, including programmes in English.
Regions
The 16 regions (voivodeships): students, universities, institutes and branch campuses.
Fields and disciplines
The Polish classification of science with institutions and research categories in each discipline.
Academic cities
Universities, institutes and branch campuses city by city, with science centres and planetariums nearby.
Degrees and titles
From bachelor's degree to professorship: who awards each degree and in which disciplines.
Research institutes
Institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Łukasiewicz Research Network and research institutes.
R&D
How much Poland spends on research and development, who funds it and how it compares with the EU.
AI in Polish science
Polish language models, AI factories and supercomputers, research institutes and public programmes.
Science for everyone
Science centres, planetariums, museums of technology, festivals and science trails.
Articles
Explainers on universities, degrees, research evaluation, R&D funding and studying in Poland – based on public data.
Glossary
Over 190 terms of Polish science and higher education – from habilitation to research evaluation.
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The popular-science podcast of TheScience.fm Platform, on YouTube: episodes are recorded in Polish, with subtitles and automatic English dubbing. Also from the Platform: Microscience – how science is measured and done.