Academic cities
Cities with at least 3 universities, research institutes or branch campuses according to the POL-on register: 49.
An academic city, for us, is a place where the POL-on register shows at least three universities, research institutes or branch campuses that teach. There are 49 such cities. For each we list the institutions based there, branch campuses of institutions from other cities and every degree programme taught locally – useful if you want to study in a particular city.
Each city page also has a “Worth seeing” box with planetariums, science centres and observatories in the region. Institutions in smaller towns are in the Universities catalogue – the region filter includes branch campuses.
Results: –
- WarszawaMasovian · universities: 67 · institutes: 112 · branch campuses: 7
- KrakówLesser Poland · universities: 16 · institutes: 23 · branch campuses: 7
- WrocławLower Silesian · universities: 21 · institutes: 11 · branch campuses: 7
- PoznańGreater Poland · universities: 21 · institutes: 14 · branch campuses: 2
- ŁódźŁódź · universities: 18 · institutes: 9 · branch campuses: 1
- GdańskPomeranian · universities: 11 · institutes: 5 · branch campuses: 6
- KatowiceSilesian · universities: 12 · institutes: 4 · branch campuses: 4
- SzczecinWest Pomeranian · universities: 9 · institutes: 1 · branch campuses: 4
- LublinLublin · universities: 9 · institutes: 2 · branch campuses: 2
- BiałystokPodlaskie · universities: 7 · institutes: 0 · branch campuses: 4
- Bielsko-BiałaSilesian · universities: 7 · institutes: 1 · branch campuses: 2
- KielceŚwiętokrzyskie · universities: 7 · institutes: 1 · branch campuses: 1
- ToruńKuyavian-Pomeranian · universities: 4 · institutes: 2 · branch campuses: 3
- BydgoszczKuyavian-Pomeranian · universities: 7 · institutes: 0 · branch campuses: 1
- GdyniaPomeranian · universities: 5 · institutes: 2 · branch campuses: 1
- GliwiceSilesian · universities: 1 · institutes: 6 · branch campuses: 1
- RadomMasovian · universities: 6 · institutes: 1 · branch campuses: 1
- RzeszówSubcarpathian · universities: 6 · institutes: 0 · branch campuses: 2
- CzęstochowaSilesian · universities: 6 · institutes: 0
- KoszalinWest Pomeranian · universities: 4 · institutes: 0 · branch campuses: 1
- OlsztynWarmian-Masurian · universities: 1 · institutes: 2 · branch campuses: 2
- OpoleOpole · universities: 3 · institutes: 1 · branch campuses: 1
- ZabrzeSilesian · universities: 0 · institutes: 5
- Gorzów WielkopolskiLubusz · universities: 3 · institutes: 0 · branch campuses: 1
- KoninGreater Poland · universities: 3 · institutes: 0 · branch campuses: 1
- ŁomżaPodlaskie · universities: 4 · institutes: 0
- OstrołękaMasovian · universities: 1 · institutes: 0 · branch campuses: 3
- PiłaGreater Poland · universities: 1 · institutes: 0 · branch campuses: 3
- PłockMasovian · universities: 2 · institutes: 0 · branch campuses: 2
- RybnikSilesian · universities: 0 · institutes: 0 · branch campuses: 4
- TarnówLesser Poland · universities: 2 · institutes: 0 · branch campuses: 2
- ChojnicePomeranian · universities: 1 · institutes: 0 · branch campuses: 2
- ChorzówSilesian · universities: 1 · institutes: 0 · branch campuses: 2
- ElblągWarmian-Masurian · universities: 2 · institutes: 1
- EłkWarmian-Masurian · universities: 0 · institutes: 0 · branch campuses: 3
- GnieznoGreater Poland · universities: 2 · institutes: 0 · branch campuses: 1
- GrudziądzKuyavian-Pomeranian · universities: 2 · institutes: 0 · branch campuses: 1
- JaworznoSilesian · universities: 0 · institutes: 0 · branch campuses: 3
- Jelenia GóraLower Silesian · universities: 1 · institutes: 0 · branch campuses: 2
- KaliszGreater Poland · universities: 1 · institutes: 0 · branch campuses: 2
- LegnicaLower Silesian · universities: 2 · institutes: 0 · branch campuses: 1
- Nowy TargLesser Poland · universities: 1 · institutes: 0 · branch campuses: 2
- Piotrków TrybunalskiŁódź · universities: 1 · institutes: 0 · branch campuses: 2
- PrzemyślSubcarpathian · universities: 2 · institutes: 1
- PuławyLublin · universities: 0 · institutes: 3
- SłupskPomeranian · universities: 2 · institutes: 0 · branch campuses: 1
- SopotPomeranian · universities: 1 · institutes: 1 · branch campuses: 1
- Stalowa WolaSubcarpathian · universities: 0 · institutes: 0 · branch campuses: 3
- WałbrzychLower Silesian · universities: 2 · institutes: 0 · branch campuses: 1
Data: RAD-on (OPI PIB), POL-on register, as of 2026-11-06. Names of institutions and degree programmes are given in Polish, as in the register.