List of institutions using the term "institute of technology" or "polytechnic"
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, 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 preference concerning which one is 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:
- Abu Dhabi Polytechnic,Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, UAE
- Asian Institute of Technology,Bangkok,(Pathumthani), Thailand
- Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, also known as Tehran Polytechnic
- Bahrain Polytechnic, Isa Town, Bahrain
- California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona), Pomona, California, USA
- Czech Technical University, Prague
- California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo, California, USA
- California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, California, USA
- Carnegie Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- DeVry Institute of Technology, DeVry University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
- Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland
- École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
- École polytechnique de l'université de Nantes, France
- Ecole Polytechnique de l'Université d'Orléans, France
- École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada
- École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne), Lausanne, Switzerland
- Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich)
- Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Escola Politécnica de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
- Faculté polytechnique de l'université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, République démocratique du Congo
- Federico Santa María Technical University, Valparaíso, Chile
- Florida Institute of Technology (Florida Tech), Melbourne, Florida, USA
- Florida Polytechnic University, Lakeland, Florida, USA
- Gebze Institute of Technology (GIT), Kocaeli, Turkey
- Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași, Romania
- Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT or Illinois Tech), Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Indian Institutes of Technology (7 institutes across India)
- IIT Bombay, Bombay, India
- IIT Delhi, Delhi, India
- IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India
- IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India
- IIT Kharagapur, Kharagapur, India
- IIT Madras, Chennai, India
- IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India
- Indiana Institute of Technology (Indiana Tech), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
- Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, France
- Instituto Politécnico de Macau (Macao Polytechnic Institute), Macau
- İzmir Institute of Technology (İYTE), İzmir, Turkey
- Korea Polytechnics, South Korea
- K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Metro Vancouver, Canada
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico
- National Polytechnic School, (Spanish: Escuela Politécnica Nacional), also known as EPN, is a public university located in Quito, Ecuador.
- New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey, USA
- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech), Socorro, New Mexico, USA
- New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), Old Westbury, NY, USA
- Oregon Institute of Technology, (OIT or Oregon Tech), Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA
- ParisTech (Paris institute of Technology), Paris, France
- Politechnika Krakowska, Kraków, Poland
- Politechnika Poznańska, Poznań, Poland
- Politechnika Śląska, Gliwice, Poland
- Politechnika Warszawska, Warsaw, Poland
- Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- Politecnico di Torino, Italy
- Politecnico di Bari, Italy
- Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania
- Polytechnic University of Timișoara, Romania
- Polytechnic Institute of New York University (Poly) (NYU-Poly), Brooklyn, New York, USA, formerly Polytechnic University
- Polytechnic University of the Philippines
- Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
- Polytechnic School of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Polytechnic (United Kingdom), 30 original polytechnics
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, New York, USA
- Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Rochester, New York, USA
- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT), Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
- Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
- Saint Petersburg Polytechnical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, Georgia, USA
- State University of New York Institute of Technology (SUNYIT), Utica, New York, USA
- Stevens Institute of Technology (Stevens Tech), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurcih), Zurich, Switzerland
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
- Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- Technion - Israel Institute of Technology,Haifa, Israel
- Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
- University of Minnesota Institute of Technology, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin, USA
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
- West Virginia University Institute of Technology (WVU Tech or West Virginia Tech), Montgomery, West Virginia, USA
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
- Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences (KTUAS), Kemi-Tornio, Lapland Finland
- Yaba College of Technology (Yaba Tech), Lagos, Nigeria
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, Canada
- Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, New Zealand
- Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), New York, New York, USA
- Government College of Technology (GCT), Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
- Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Leiria, Portugal
- Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, (Ivy Tech), 23 campuses throughout Indiana, USA
- Melbourne Polytechnic, Melbourne, Australia
- Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore
- New York City College of Technology (City Tech), Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore
- Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand
- Pennsylvania College of Technology (Penn College), Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA
- Pusa Polytechnic, Delhi, India
- Republic Polytechnic, Singapore
- Saifi Polytechnic, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
- Savonia Polytechnic, Finland
- Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore
- Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore
- Tunisia Polytechnic School (EPT), Tunisia
- Ungku Omar Polytechnic, Malaysia
- Unitec New Zealand, New Zealand
- Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), Waterford, Ireland
Secondary education
There are also secondary education schools using that word:
- Duncan Polytechnic High School, Fresno, California, USA [2]
- Long Beach Polytechnic High School, Long Beach, California, USA
- Benson Polytechnic High School, Portland, Oregon, USA
- Polytechnic School, Pasadena, California, USA
- Francis Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles, California, USA. This began as the business department of Los Angeles High School in the 1890s, and became a separate school in 1906.
- Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
- Instituto Politécnico Superior "Gral. San Martín", Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.