Polish universities not bad in CEE, weak in world

Only eight Polish universities were included in the list of 1000 best centers of this type in the world in 2020. The top of the ranking was dominated by universities from the USA and Great Britain. Polish schools are far behind. The best of them, i.e. the University of Warsaw, takes only places 301-400. The Jagiellonian University is in positions 401-500, and AGH takes positions 701-800, according to the Shanghai Ranking. Although we are far in the global ranking, we stand out positively against the CEE countries.

The highest-ranked university in our region is the Charles University in Prague (201-300), and in total, the Czechs have only one representative less than us. The list also includes five centers from Hungary. The remaining countries are doing much weaker: Croatia, Estonia, Serbia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia each have one university on the list

Personnel Service experts note, however, that without the funding of Polish academic centers and without adjusting the education system to the requirements of the labor market, the university diploma will soon lose its importance.

"In Poland, in order to catch up with Western countries in terms of the quality of education, we need both a plan and significant capital outlays. It is difficult to compete with other countries and count on high positions in the rankings, when higher education in Poland suffers from financial, personnel and organizational shortages. - didactic. Underfunding results, among others, in shortages in equipment and less innovation. In addition, still a large part of the most talented graduates choose offers of foreign corporations, where salaries are incomparably better, instead of continuing their scientific careers at universities. intellectual potential," Krzysztof Inglot, president of Personnel Service and labor market expert, said.

(WBJ)