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". While the terms "institute of technology" and "polytechnic" are synonymous, the preferred term varies from country to country.
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
Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, also known as Tehran Polytechnic
Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok (Pathumthani), Thailand
Bahrain Polytechnic, Isa Town, Bahrain
Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia
California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, California, US
California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo), San Luis Obispo, California, US
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona), Pomona, California, US
Carnegie Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
Czech Technical University, Prague
DeVry Institute of Technology, DeVry University, Phoenix, Arizona, US
Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland
Eastern Polytechnic, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
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, US
Florida Polytechnic University, Lakeland, Florida, US
Gebze Institute of Technology (GIT), Kocaeli, Turkey
Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Atlanta, Georgia, US
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, US
Indian Institutes of Technology (7 institutes across India)
IIT Bombay
IIT Delhi
IIT Guwahati
IIT Kanpur
IIT Kharagapur
IIT Madras, Chennai
IIT Roorkee
Indiana Institute of Technology (Indiana Tech), Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, France
Instituto Politécnico de Macau (Macao Polytechnic Institute), Macau
İzmir Institute of Technology (İYTE), İzmir, Turkey
K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Kalimantan Institute of Technology, Balikpapan, Indonesia
Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus, Salina, Kansas, US
Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences (KTUAS), Kemi-Tornio, Lapland, Finland
Korea Polytechnic University, South Korea
Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Metro Vancouver, Canada
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico
National Polytechnic School (Spanish: Escuela Politécnica Nacional, EPN), a public university in Quito, Ecuador
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey, US
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech), Socorro, New Mexico, US
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), Old Westbury, New York, US
Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT or Oregon Tech), Klamath Falls, Oregon, US
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 Bari, Italy
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania
Polytechnic (United Kingdom), 30 original polytechnics
Polytechnic Institute of New York University (Poly) (NYU-Poly), Brooklyn, New York, US, formerly Polytechnic University
Polytechnic School of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Polytechnic University of the Philippines System
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
Polytechnic University of Timișoara, Romania
Purdue Polytechnic Institute, West Lafayette, Indiana, US
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, New York, US
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Rochester, New York, US
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT), Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Saint Petersburg Polytechnical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology, Surabaya, Indonesia
Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, Georgia, US
State University of New York Institute of Technology (SUNYIT), Utica, New York, US
Stevens Institute of Technology (Stevens Tech), Hoboken, New Jersey, US
Sumatera Institute of Technology, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurcih), Zurich
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
University of Minnesota Institute of Technology, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, US
University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin, US
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia, US
West Virginia University Institute of Technology (WVU Tech or West Virginia Tech), Montgomery, West Virginia, US
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Yaba College of Technology (Yaba Tech), Lagos, Nigeria
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, US
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Leiria, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Porto, Portugal
ISLA - Instituto Politécnico de Gestão e Tecnologia, Porto, Portugal
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana (Ivy Tech), 23 campuses throughout Indiana, US
Melbourne Polytechnic, Melbourne, Australia
New York City College of Technology (City Tech), Brooklyn, New York
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand
Pennsylvania College of Technology (Penn College), Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Pusa Polytechnic, Delhi, India
Saifi Polytechnic, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Savonia Polytechnic, Finland
Textile Institute of Pakistan, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Tunisia Polytechnic School (EPT), Tunisia
Ungku Omar Polytechnic, Ipoh, Malaysia
Unitec New Zealand, New Zealand
Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), Waterford, Ireland
There are also secondary education schools which use these words:
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, US
Benson Polytechnic High School, Portland, Oregon, US
Duncan Polytechnic High School, Fresno, California, US
Francis Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles, California, US. This began as the business department of Los Angeles High School in the 1890s, and became a separate school in 1906.
Instituto Politécnico Superior "Gral. San Martín", Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Long Beach Polytechnic High School, Long Beach, California, US
Polytechnic School, Pasadena, California, US
Polytechnics in Singapore provide industry oriented education equivalent to a junior college or sixth form college.
Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore
Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore
Republic Polytechnic, Singapore
Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore
Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore
