We are pleased to announce that our psychology program has been ranked 3rd among programs of its kind in Poland in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2022. This position is a confirmation of our teaching and research excellence in the field of psychology, which we have been honing for the past 25 years.
SWPS University has been ranked 3rd among 6 Polish universities that offer study programs in psychology and that have qualified for the ranking. Overall, SWPS University has placed between 301 and 400, among over 560 universities from around the world.
For a university that was founded by three Polish eminent psychologists in 1996, this position in the Times Higher Education ranking is a confirmation of excellence in teaching and research in the field of psychology. Since the beginning, psychology has been our strongest field of expertise, comprising more than 60 percent of our academic output in English, and securing the majority of our research grants.
Our Institute of Psychology includes close to 20 research centers, where over 100 experts, specializing in various disciplines of psychology, conduct advanced research on basic and complex cognitive processes. Thanks to the funding provided by the National Science Centre, the Foundation for Polish Science, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, and various European funds, our researchers run numerous studies in the disciplines of social psychology, economic psychology, clinical psychology, neuropsychology, and health psychology. The results of their research improve the quality of life and contribute to the economy and social policy.
Our psychologists research crucial issues affecting global populations as well as national and cross-national (EU) policies, for example: