In the latest Research.com – Best Universities in the World 2026 ranking, the University of Silesia in Katowice climbed four places nationally, securing the 14th spot in Poland.
In the ‘Best Universities by Discipline 2026’ ranking, our University was listed in four disciplines, achieving high national rankings:
- 2nd place in ‘Earth Science’,
- 4th place in ‘Plant Science and Agronomy’,
- 5th place in ‘Engineering and Technology’,
- 8th place in ‘Chemistry’.
In the ‘Earth Science’ discipline, six Polish universities were included in the ranking out of 845 analysed. In the individual ranking, three representatives of the USil Faculty of Natural Sciences appeared among the top ten researchers in Poland: Prof. Grzegorz Racki, Prof. Leszek Marynowski and Prof. Michał Zatoń.
In the ‘Chemistry’ discipline, 21 Polish universities were classified out of 1,554 institutions. Three individuals representing the USil Faculty of Science and Technology were distinguished: Prof. Marian Paluch, Prof. Beata Walczak, and Josef Jampilek PhD, Assoc. Prof.
In the ‘Plant Science and Agronomy’ discipline, 11 Polish universities were ranked out of a total of 907. Two researchers representing the University of Silesia were ranked among the country’s top twenty in this field: Prof. Iwona Szarejko from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Sunny Ahmar, MSc, from the Doctoral School at the University of Silesia.
In the ‘Engineering and Technology’ discipline, 11 Polish universities were ranked out of 1,333 institutions. A representative of the University of Silesia—the aforementioned Prof. Beata Walczak— ranked among the very best in the country in this category.
A university’s position in the Research.com ranking is determined based on the sum of metrics derived from citations of researchers affiliated with the institution. The latest edition covers nearly 280,000 researcher profiles and data collected up to 12 January 2026. This note incorporates data made available at the end of September 2026.
