List of institutions using the term "institute of technology" or "polytechnic"
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 πολύ (polú or polý, meaning "many") and τεχνικός (tekhnikós, meaning "arts").[1] 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
- Polytech Group
- Technical University of Munich, Munich
- Polytechnic Universities of Greece (also known as Technical Universities)
- Technological Educational Institute (TEI) is also known as Institute 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
- Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin
- Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
- Politecnico di Bari
- Politecnico di Milano
- Politecnico di Torino
- Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona
- National Polytechnic Institute
- Eastern Polytechnic, Port Harcourt, Rivers State
- Yaba College of Technology (Yaba Tech), Lagos
- Polytechnic University of the Philippines System
- Politechnika Krakowska, Kraków
- Politechnika Śląska, Gliwice
- Politechnika Warszawska, Warsaw
- Politechnika Poznańska, Poznań
- Politechnika Wrocławska, Wrocław
- Politechnika Gdańska, Gdańsk
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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":
- British Columbia Institute of Technology, British Columbia
- Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Edmonton, Alberta
- Savonia Polytechnic
- Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), Waterford
- 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
- (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
- Nanyang Polytechnic
- Ngee Ann Polytechnic
- Republic Polytechnic
- Singapore 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[2]
- 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)
References[]
- ^ "polytechnic - Origin and meaning of polytechnic by Online Etymology Dictionary". www.etymonline.com.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2013-11-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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