Atlas report
AI researchers in Poland
Jagiellonian University is the largest, with 442 indexed researchers, barely ahead of Warsaw University of Technology at 411. No single place dominates here.
The short answer
By number of indexed researchers, Poland ranks 26th of 132 countries, with 3 288 profiles.
The subject where Poland weighs most against the rest of the world is Neural Networks and Applications: 2.1% of its subject assignments work on it, 1.7 times the world share of 1.2%.
Among people who started between 2023 and 2025, the subject gaining fastest in Poland is Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): its share of newcomers is 1.6 times what it was over the three previous years, with 42 people starting on it.
What stands out
Industry employs 6.3% of Poland's indexed AI researchers; worldwide the share is 8.8%, so the country runs at 71% of the average.
Subjects
The single most common subject is Topic Modeling, on which 6.5% of Poland's subject assignments fall.
Subject reports: Natural Language Processing Techniques, Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis, Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI), Neural Networks and Applications, Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning.
| Subject | Researchers | Share here | Share worldwide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Topic Modeling | 438 | 6.5% | 7.9% |
| Natural Language Processing Techniques | 321 | 4.8% | 4.3% |
| Advanced Neural Network Applications | 212 | 3.1% | 4.4% |
| Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis | 158 | 2.3% | 2.6% |
| Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) | 146 | 2.2% | 1.5% |
| Neural Networks and Applications | 145 | 2.1% | 1.2% |
| Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning | 99 | 1.5% | 1.9% |
| Data Mining Algorithms and Applications | 62 | 0.9% | 0.3% |
Newcomers by year
Poland gained 529 new researchers between 2023 and 2025, 1.3 times the 418 of the three years before; the world ratio is 1.1.
The 2025 intake for Poland was 1.1 times the average of the three previous years, against 0.8 worldwide.
| First publication | New in Poland | Share of the world's newcomers |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 104 | 0.5% |
| 2020 | 104 | 0.5% |
| 2021 | 153 | 0.6% |
| 2022 | 161 | 0.5% |
| 2023 | 158 | 0.5% |
| 2024 | 189 | 0.6% |
| 2025 | 182 | 0.7% |
Institutions
The three largest institutions, Jagiellonian University first, hold 33% of the country's indexed researchers.
Jagiellonian University is the largest, with 442 indexed researchers, barely ahead of Warsaw University of Technology at 411. No single place dominates here.
| Institution | Researchers | Share of the country |
|---|---|---|
| Jagiellonian University | 442 | 13% |
| Warsaw University of Technology | 411 | 12% |
| Wrocław University of Science and Technology | 237 | 7.2% |
Compared with its peers
The two countries closest in size are Vietnam and Belgium. Same order of magnitude, different profile. The gap that stands out is the researchers per million inhabitants: 90 here, below the 144 of those two.
| Poland | Vietnam | Belgium | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Researchers | 3 288 | 3 298 | 3 021 |
| Per million inhabitants | 90 | 33 | 256 |
| In a company | 6.3% | 1.5% | 7.6% |
| Early career | 48% | 54% | 50% |
| Newcomers, recent against previous window | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
Common questions
- How many AI researchers are there in Poland?
- 3 288 researchers in the Founding Hires index have an institution in Poland, 0.5% of all profiles with a known country, as of October 2026.
- Where do you find AI researchers in Poland?
- Jagiellonian University, 442, Warsaw University of Technology, 411, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, 237. Together they hold 33% of the country's indexed researchers.
- What is Poland strongest in?
- Neural Networks and Applications, at 1.7 times the world share.
- Is the pool of AI researchers in Poland growing?
- Yes, faster than the world. Between 2023 and 2025, 529 people in Poland published for the first time, against 418 over the three years before, a ratio of 1.3 where the world sits at 1.1.
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