Today, the Polish higher education system is developing rapidly. Poland holds fourth place in Europe (after the UK, Germany and France) in terms of the number of people enrolled in higher education. The total student population, at over 400 university-level schools, is almost one and a half million. Each year almost half a million young people begin their education at universities and colleges here. Polish university-level schools offer over 200 high quality types of study as an integral part of the European Higher Education Area. Most schools offer courses in foreign languages.

The main Polish institutions in charge of quality assurance in higher education are the Polish Accreditation Committee, the General Council of Higher Education and the Conference of Rectors of the Academic Schools in Poland. There are over 5000 courses available in Poland and each has had to gain the Polish Accreditation Committee’s approval. Among them there are a number of fields of study that have received an ‘Excellent’ rating.