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Lesser Poland region (małopolskie)

In the academic year 2025/26, 157,473 students were enrolled at institutions based in the region – 11.9% of all students in Poland; 9,030 of them were international students. Source: Statistics Poland (GUS).

According to the POL-on register the region has 23 higher education institutions and 23 research organisations.

Academic cities: Kraków, Tarnów, Nowy Targ.

Universities (23)

Research institutes (23)

Branch campuses of institutions from other regions (14)

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.