The Jagiellonian University took second place among 20 Polish higher education institutions included in the list of world’s top 1,500 universities of the QS World University Ranking 2026: Top Global Universities – the global university ranking published annually by the British company Quacquarelli Symonds, considered one of the four most important rankings of its kind in the field of higher education.
The ranking is based on several criteria: academic reputation, employer reputation, student-to-faculty ratio, citations per faculty, international faculty and student ratio, employment outcomes, international research network, and sustainability.
This year’s ranking features over 1,500 universities from all over the world. The United States is the most represented country with 184 ranked institutions, followed by the United Kingdom with 92 and China with 85 universities featured in the ranking. For the 15th consecutive year, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) maintains its top global position, followed by Imperial College London and Stanford University (joint second place).
The QS World University Ranking 2027: Top Global Universities includes 20 Polish higher education institutions:
- University of Warsaw (289th place),
- Jagiellonian University (329th place),
- Warsaw University of Technology (504th place),
- Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (731-740),
- AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków (761-770),
- Gdańsk University of Technology (801-850),
- University of Wrocław (851-900),
- University of Gdańsk (901-950),
- Wrocław University of Technology (901-950),
- Cracow University of Technology (1001-1200),
- Lodz University of Technology (1001-1200),
- Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (1001-1200),
- Poznań University of Life Sciences (1001-1200),
- Poznań University of Technology (1001-1200),
- Silesian University of Technology (1001-1200),
- University of Lodz (1001-1200),
- University of Silesia in Katowice (1201-1400),
- University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (1201-1400),
- Warsaw University of Life Sciences (1201-1400),
- Lublin University of Technology (1400+).
The results of the QS World University Rankings 2027 are available on the website topuniversities.com.
