There are more than 500 universities in Poland, most of which are within the private sector. The country prides itself on having produced many notable university alumni, including the first ever woman to win a Nobel Prize, Marie Curie, and the famous astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.
14 universities in Poland feature in the QS World University Rankings® 2019, while 23 rank within the top 300 in the QS EECA University Rankings 2019 – a dedicated ranking of the top universities in Emerging Europe and Central Asia.