The ranking includes universities: 1. with reported students for the winter semester of the 2020/2021 academic year in the field of law at the uniform master’s level (status of the POL-on database on May 12, 2021) and 2. with graduates in 2019 and 2020 cohorts.

In 2021, a maximum of 30 points could be obtained by a university. The Ranking considered indicators grouped in the following three areas:

ACADEMIC POTENTIAL (11 POINTS)

• Parametric evaluation (max 2 points): A+ Category – 2 points, A Category – 1.5 points, B Category – 1 point, C Category – 0.5 point.
• The number of PhD degrees in law granted to the academic staff of the faculty in 2020 (0.75 point)
• The number of habilitation degrees granted to the academic staff of the faculty in 2020 (1.25 points)
• The number of academic staff per student (considering only acadmic staff with PhD or habilitation degree in law) (1 point)
• Right to confer habilitation degree (max 2 points)
• Right to confer PhD degree (max 1 point)
• Number of PhD students (max 2 points)
• Number of doctoral school participants (max 1 point) 

TEACHING QUALITY (15 POINTS) 

• Eligibility for application (max 5 points)
• The number of candidates (full-time studies) per one place (max 3 points)
• The number of Olympians admitted (max 1 point)
• Internships – number of students per one internship tutor (max 2 points)
• Alumni’s economic situation – the criterion measured by the indicator of the earnings level of graduates of university (max 2 points) and the indicators of their employment (2 points) – following the nationwide survey “Alumni’s Economic Situation” conducted by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education with the use of ZUS (Social Insurance Company) data. 

INTERNATIONALIZATION (4 POINTS) 

• The percentage of foreign students in relation to the total number of students (max 3 points)
• Programs conducted in English (1 point)