The Jagiellonian University invariably ranks as one of the top universities in Poland. Additionally, as one of very few Polish higher education institutions, it is frequently featured on the most important international ranking lists. Read on to find out more about the Jagiellonian University’s position in selected university rankings.
Quacquarelli Symonds Top Universities rankings
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QS World University Ranking: Top global universities
The ranking features about 1,500 higher education institutions from around the world. It is based on several criteria: academic reputation, employer reputation, student-to-faculty ratio, citations per faculty, international faculty and student ratio.
In its latest edition, the Jagiellonian University was ranked at the 329th position. The oldest Polish higher education institutions received highest score for its international research network, faculty to student ratio and sustainability.
QS World University Rankings by Subject
The ranking is divided into 55 academic disciplines divided into five areas: Arts & Humanities, Engineering & Technology, Life Sciences & Medicine, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences & Management. It is based on five factors: university’s reputation in the academic community, university’s reputation among employers, citations, h-index and International Research Network index (used to measure universities’ capability in forming partnerships with international institutions).
In this year’s edition, the Jagiellonian University was classified in 27 disciplines, three more than in the previous year, divided into five main research areas. Once again, Library and Information Management were ranked the highest. Strong results were also achieved in Philosophy, Modern Languages and Linguistics.
ShanghaiRanking Consultancy rankings
Academic Ranking of World Universities
The Academic Ranking of World Universities has been published since 2003. Each year, the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy rates universities around the world on the basis of several indicators. These include the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, number of highly cited researchers and publications, number of articles published in Nature and Science journals, as well as the per capita performance of a university. Specific positions are announced only for top one hundred universities – the lower ranked institutions are placed in groups of 50 or 100. Over 2.5 thousand universities are evaluated each year, the top 1000 of which are published on the ranking list.
In the latest edition, the highest scores among Polish universities were awarded to the University of Warsaw (401-500), the Jagiellonian University (501-600) and the AGH University of Krakow (801-900). The remaining four are: Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Warsaw University of Technology and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (ranked 901–1000).
Global Ranking of Academic Subjects
The Global Ranking of Academic Subjects lists universities in 57 subjects across Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences. It uses a range of objective academic indicators and third-party data to measure the performance of world universities in respective subjects, including research output (Q1), research influence (CNCI), international collaboration (IC), research quality (Top), and international academic awards (Award).
The GRAS 2026 ranking includes around 2,000 universities from over 100 countries. As in other rankings, exact positions are assigned only to the top 100 universities, while the remaining institutions are placed in ranges. This year, the Jagiellonian University was listed in 12 disciplines.
Times Higher Education
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World University Ranking
The ranking published by British magazine Times Higher Education that comprehensively rates research-intensive universities across five areas: teaching, research environment, research quality, industry, and international outlook.The organisation uses 18 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons, trusted by students, academics, university leaders, industry and governments.
The latest edition of THE World University Ranking features more than 2,000 from 115 countries, including 42 higher education institutions from Poland. The Jagiellonian University was ranked in the 501–600 range, making it one of two leading Polish universities.
World University Ranking by Subject
THE World University Ranking by Subject is based on the same criteria as the more general THE World University Ranking, but it takes into account achievements in disciplines relevant to each of the eleven fields.
In this year's edition of the ranking, the Jagiellonian University was classified in ten out of eleven categories, with the highest positions in Law (126–150 bracket), Arts and Humanities (251–300 bracket), as well as Education and Psychology (301–400 bracket).
The Center for World University Rankings list
The CWUR ranking is based on such criteria as academic success of alumni, professional success of alumni, academic staff achievements, general research output, the number of high quality publications, research influence, and the number of highly-cited research papers.
In the 2026 edition of the ranking, there are 39 Polish universities. The Jagiellonian University was ranked as Poland’s best higher education institution (396th place), closely followed by the University of Warsaw (438th place) and AGH University of Science and Technology (627th place).
U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Ranking
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In the latest the ranking, the Jagiellonian University was ranked as 394th globally as well as the best university in Poland. It received the highest marks for its excellence in the area of Mathematics (138th), Arts and Humanities (140th) as well as Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems (143rd).
"Perspektywy" Education Foundation ranking
The ranking is based on seven criteria: prestige (12 percent), research potential (13 percent), research effectiveness (30 percent), teaching and learning conditions (10 percent), internationalisation (15 percent), innovation (8 percent), and alumni’s position on the job market (12 percent), assessed using 30 different indicators, which makes it one of the most comprehensive and transparent educational rankings in the world, one of only four rankings awarded with the "IREG approved" certificate by the IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence.
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In the 27th edition of the ranking, the Jagiellonian University took joint first place with the University of Warsaw, institution with which the oldest Polish university has been competing for the position of the leading higher education institution for many years, frequently switching places or sharing the top position. The third place was taken by Warsaw University of Technology.