The Institute of Geological Sciences is a part of the Division III of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
Institute history reaches 1956. We conduct basic geological investigations concerning the origin and formation of rocks and minerals, evolution of selected orogens and reconstruction of ancient environments. Disciplinary areas of research interests include sedimentology, Quaternary geology, isotope geochemistry (especially geochronology), mineralogy, petrology, tectonics, stratigraphy and hydrogeology.

The Headquarters of the Institute is in Warszawa.  
Scientific units of the Institute are: Research Centres - in Kraków, Warszawa and Wrocław, and Doctoral Studies section.
In Research Centres we have laboratories, libraries and geological museum.