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 and τεχνικός. 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, that use the terms "institute of technology" or "polytechnic" for historic reasons:;
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- 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, 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
- Polytech Group
- Technical University of Munich, Munich
- Polytechnic Universities of Greece
- Technological Educational Institute is also known as Institute of Technology
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Indian Institutes of Technology
- *IIT Bombay
- *IIT Delhi
- *IIT Guwahati
- *IIT Kanpur
- *IIT Kharagapur
- *IIT Madras, Chennai
- *IIT Roorkee
- Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Deemed to be University, Haryana
- 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
- Instituto Politécnico de Macau
- National Polytechnic Institute
- Eastern Polytechnic, Port Harcourt, Rivers State
- Yaba College of Technology, 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
- 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
- Blekinge Institute of Technology
- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- ETH Zurich
- Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok
- Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli
- İzmir Institute of Technology, İzmir
- Abu Dhabi Polytechnic, Abu Dhabi and Al Ain
- DeVry Institute of Technology, DeVry University, Phoenix, Arizona
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California
- California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Pomona, California
- Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida
- Florida Polytechnic University, Lakeland, Florida
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
- Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, Georgia
- Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois
- Indiana Institute of Technology, Fort Wayne, Indiana
- , Clovis, California
- Purdue Polytechnic Institute, West Lafayette, Indiana
- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana
- Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus, Salina, Kansas
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts
- University of Minnesota Institute of Technology, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
- New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey
- Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey
- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico
- New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, New York
- Polytechnic Institute of New York University , Brooklyn, New York
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
- State University of New York Institute of Technology, Utica, New York
- Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, Oregon
- Carnegie Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
- West Virginia University Institute of Technology, Montgomery, West Virginia
- University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin
Other higher education
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- Melbourne Polytechnic, Melbourne
- British Columbia Institute of Technology, British Columbia
- Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Edmonton, Alberta
- Savonia Polytechnic
- New Polytechnic Kolhapur, Maharashtra
- Pusa Polytechnic, Delhi
- Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford
- Ungku Omar Polytechnic, Ipoh
- Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology
- Otago Polytechnic
- Unitec Institute of Technology
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- 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, Clovis, California
- Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, 23 campuses throughout Indiana
- Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, New York
- New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, New York
- Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Secondary education
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- Instituto Politécnico Superior "Gral. San Martín", Rosario, Santa Fe
- Nanyang Polytechnic
- Ngee Ann Polytechnic
- Republic Polytechnic
- Singapore Polytechnic
- Temasek Polytechnic
- Duncan Polytechnic High School, Fresno, California
- Francis Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles, California
- Long Beach Polytechnic High School, Long Beach, California
- Polytechnic School, Pasadena, California
- Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
- Benson Polytechnic High School, Portland, Oregon