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Silesian region (śląskie)

In the academic year 2025/26, 117,437 students were enrolled at institutions based in the region – 8.9% of all students in Poland; 8,361 of them were international students. Source: Statistics Poland (GUS).

According to the POL-on register the region has 33 higher education institutions and 18 research organisations.

Academic cities: Katowice, Bielsko-Biała, Gliwice, Częstochowa, Zabrze, Rybnik, Chorzów, Jaworzno.

Universities (33)

Research institutes (18)

Branch campuses of institutions from other regions (16)

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.