In the academic year 2025/26, 17,863 students were enrolled at institutions based in the region – 1.4% of all students in Poland; 1,769 of them were international students. Source: Statistics Poland (GUS).
According to the POL-on register the region has 5 higher education institutions and 2 research organisations.
Academic cities: Opole.
Universities (5)
- Akademia Nauk Stosowanych - Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania i Administracji w Opolu Opole
- Państwowa Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w Nysie Nysa
- Politechnika Opolska Opole
- Uniwersytet Opolski Opole
- Wyższa Szkoła Humanistyczno-Ekonomiczna w Brzegu Brzeg
Research institutes (2)
- Instytut Śląski Opole
- Sieć Badawcza Łukasiewicz - Instytut Chemii Surowców Odnawialnych Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Branch campuses of institutions from other regions (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.