Basic information on higher education institutions (HEIs) operating in the 2024/25 academic year under the Law on Higher Education and Science. Data on the higher education institutions, students and graduates by type of institutions of the system of higher education and science, broad and narrow fields of education, age and sex, academic teachers, non-degree postgraduate programmes, doctoral education, and conferred academic degrees. Data on the structure and basic financial categories: revenues, expenses and financial result of higher education institutions, funds and their use, capital expenditure and costs of repairs, cost of education per student. Share of expenditure on higher education in selected European countries and public expenditure in Poland.