- 2 academic center in Poland in terms of the number of students (after the Masovia Province)
- Number of universities - 30
- Number of students in the academic year 2017/2018 - 157.7 thousand people
- Number of graduates in the academic year 2016/2017 - 53.6 thous. people (by 5.4 thousand, ie 11.2% more than in the previous academic year)
- Number of international students in the academic year 2017/2018 - 8.4 thous. people from 111 countries