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A polytechnic is a school, college, or university that qualifies as an institute of technology or vocational university. They are sometimes called universities of applied sciences.
Polytechnic may also refer to:
Education
Tertiary education
Asia
- Abu Dhabi Polytechnic, one of the universities and colleges of the United Arab Emirates
- Bahrain Polytechnic, in Isa Town, Bahrain
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University (abbreviated as PolyU)
- Jakarta State Polytechnic, Indonesia
- Macao Polytechnic University
- Polytechnic (Singapore), tertiary institutions in Singapore
- Tokyo Polytechnic University, Japan
- Polytechnic University of the Philippines
- Wuhan Polytechnic University
Europe
- Polytechnic University of Catalonia, or BarcelonaTech, Spain
- Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France, Valenciennes
- Polytechnic University of Milan (Politecnico di Milano), Milan
- Polytechnic University of Paris, Paris
- Polytechnic University of Turin (Politecnico di Torino), Turin
- Politechnika Wrocławska, another name for Wrocław University of Science and Technology in Wrocław, Poland
- Polytechnic (Greece), schools that teach engineering
- Polytechnic (Portugal), schools that offer profession-oriented, practical training
- Polytechnic (United Kingdom), system between 1965 and 1992; later merged with university system so now sometimes known as "post-1992 universities"
North America
- Florida Polytechnic University, of Lakeland, Florida
- Red River College Polytechnic, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
- Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal
- Polytechnic University (New York), New York University Tandon School of Engineering
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), of Blacksburg, Virginia
Oceania
Secondary education
Entertainment
- Polytechnique (film), a 2009 Canadian film
- Polytechnic (film), a 2014 Indian film
- Polytechnic (band), an English indie rock band
Sports
- Polytechnic F.C., an English football club
- Polytechnic Boxing Club, an English boxing club
- Kingston Athletic Club and Polytechnic Harriers, English sporting clubs
- Polytechnic Marathon, an English foot race
- Polytechnic Stadium (London), an English sports facility
- Polytechnic Magazine, magazine covering news for the Regent Street Polytechnic
- Polytechnic Stadium (Kremenchuk), a Ukrainian sports facility
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Polytechnic
- List of institutions using the term "institute of technology" or "polytechnic"
- VEB Polytechnik, a defunct East German (GDR) company
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