This is a list of institutions using the term institute of technology or polytechnic. "Institute of technology" is a designation employed for a wide range of learning institutions awarding different types of degrees and operating often at variable levels of the educational system. The English term "polytechnic" appeared in the early 19th century, from the French École Polytechnique, an engineering school founded in 1794 in Paris. The French term comes from the Greek ( or , meaning "many") and (, meaning "arts"). While the terms "institute of technology" and "polytechnic" are synonymous, the preferred term varies from country to country.
University level There are many university level higher learning institutions granting the highest academic degrees (including doctorate), that use the terms "institute of technology" or "polytechnic" for historic reasons:
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne
Bahrain Polytechnic, Isa Town
Escola Politécnica da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre Escola Politécnica de Pernambuco, Recife Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo Polytechnic School of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
École Polytechnique de Montréal Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Metro Vancouver, British Columbia
Federico Santa María Technical University, Valparaíso
Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang
Czech Technical University, Prague
Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen
National Polytechnic School, Quito
Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences (KTUAS), Kemi-Tornio, Lapland
École Polytechnique, Palaiseau École polytechnique de l'université de Nantes Ecole Polytechnique de l'Université d'Orléans Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble ParisTech (Paris Institute of Technology), Paris Polytechnic Institute of Paris Polytech Group
Technical University of Munich, Munich
Tokyo Polytechnic University
Polytechnic Universities of Greece (also known as Technical Universities) Technological Educational Institute (TEI) is also known as Institute of Technology
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Indian Institutes of Technology National Institutes of Technology
Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung Kalimantan Institute of Technology, Balikpapan Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology, Surabaya Sumatera Institute of Technology, Bandar Lampung
Amirkabir University of Technology also known as Tehran Polytechnic, Tehran K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Tehran Sharif University of Technology , Tehran Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol, Mazandaran Sahand University of Technology, Osku County, East Azarbaijan Malek Ashtar University of Technology, with campuses in Tehran and Shahin Shahr, Isfahan Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Semnan Hamedan University of Technology, Hamedan Kermanshah University of Technology, Kermanshah Qom University of Technology, Qom Shiraz University of Technology, Fars, Shiraz Quchan University of Technology, Quchan, Razavi Khorasan University of Science and Technology of Mazandaran, Behshahr, Mazandaran Birjand University of Technology, Birjand, South Khorasan Urmia University of Technology, Urmia, West Azarbaijan Arak University of Technology, Arak, Markazi Sirjan University of Technology, Sirjan, Kerman
Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
Politecnico di Bari Politecnico di Milano Politecnico di Torino Università Politecnica delle Marche (Polytechnic University of the Marches), Ancona
Instituto Politécnico de Macau
National Polytechnic Institute
Eastern Polytechnic, Port Harcourt, Rivers State Yaba College of Technology (Yaba Tech), Lagos
Delft University of Technology Eindhoven University of Technology University of Twente, Enschede Wageningen University & Research
Polytechnic University of the Philippines System
Politechnika Białostocka, Białystok Politechnika Częstochowska, Częstochowa Politechnika Gdańska, Gdańsk Politechnika Koszalińska, Koszalin Politechnika Krakowska, Kraków Politechnika Łódzka, Łódź Politechnika Opolska, Opole Politechnika Poznańska, Poznań Politechnika Rzeszowska, Rzeszów Politechnika Śląska, Gliwice Politechnika Świętokrzyska, Kielce Politechnika Warszawska, Warsaw Politechnika Wrocławska, Wrocław
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
Faculté polytechnique de l'université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa
Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași Politehnica University of Bucharest Polytechnic University of Timișoara Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
Saint Petersburg Polytechnical University, Saint Petersburg
Korea Polytechnic University
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Universitat Politècnica de València Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena
Blekinge Institute of Technology Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne ETH Zurich
Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok (Pathumthani)
Gebze Institute of Technology (GIT), Kocaeli İzmir Institute of Technology (İYTE), İzmir
Abu Dhabi Polytechnic, Abu Dhabi and Al Ain
California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, California California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo), San Luis Obispo, California California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona), Pomona, California California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt (Cal Poly Humboldt), Arcata, California Carnegie Institute of Technology, former name of Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania DeVry Institute of Technology, former name of DeVry University, Phoenix, Arizona Florida Institute of Technology (Florida Tech), Melbourne, Florida Florida Polytechnic University, Lakeland, Florida Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Atlanta, Georgia Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT or Illinois Tech), Chicago, Illinois Indiana Institute of Technology (Indiana Tech), Fort Wayne, Indiana Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus, Salina, Kansas Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech), Socorro, New Mexico New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), Old Westbury, New York Polytechnic Institute of New York University (Poly) (NYU-Poly), Brooklyn, New York Purdue Polytechnic Institute, West Lafayette, Indiana Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, New York Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Rochester, New York Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT), Terre Haute, Indiana State University of New York Institute of Technology (SUNYIT), Utica, New York Stevens Institute of Technology (Stevens Tech), Hoboken, New Jersey Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, Georgia Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT or Oregon Tech), Klamath Falls, Oregon University of Minnesota Institute of Technology, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia West Virginia University Institute of Technology (WVU Tech or West Virginia Tech), Montgomery, West Virginia Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Worcester, Massachusetts
Other higher education There are many other types of higher education institutions (post-secondary education) which are not universities and use the terms "institute of technology" or "polytechnic":
Melbourne Polytechnic, Melbourne
British Columbia Institute of Technology, British Columbia Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Edmonton, Alberta Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Calgary, Alberta Lethbridge Polytechnic, Lethbridge, Alberta Red Deer Polytechnic, Red Deer, Alberta Saskatchewan Polytechnic, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Savonia Polytechnic
Nanyang Polytechnic Singapore Polytechnic
Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), Waterford
Ungku Omar Polytechnic, Ipoh
Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology Otago Polytechnic Unitec Institute of Technology
Saifi Polytechnic, Karachi, Sindh Textile Institute of Pakistan, Karachi, Sindh
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Coimbra Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Leiria Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Lisbon Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Porto ISLA - Instituto Politécnico de Gestão e Tecnologia, Porto
Tunisia Polytechnic School
Institute of Technology - Clovis (IOT), Clovis, California Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana (Ivy Tech), 23 campuses throughout Indiana Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), New York, New York New York City College of Technology (City Tech), Brooklyn, New York Pennsylvania College of Technology (Penn College), Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Secondary education There are also secondary education schools which use these words:
Instituto Politécnico Superior "Gral. San Martín", Rosario, Santa Fe
Ngee Ann Polytechnic Republic Polytechnic Temasek Polytechnic Note: Polytechnics in Singapore provide industry-oriented education equivalent to a junior college or sixth form college.
Duncan Polytechnic High School, Fresno, California Francis Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles, California (was the business department of Los Angeles High School in the 1890s, and became separate in 1906) Long Beach Polytechnic High School, Long Beach, California Polytechnic School, Pasadena, California Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Baltimore, Maryland Benson Polytechnic High School, Portland, Oregon
See also Institute of technology Institute of Technology (United States) Polytechnic (United Kingdom)
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