Polytechnic

As Polytechnic (short for polytechnic college or polytechnic education institution ) were referred to in the 19th century engineering schools. Some were converted to the turn of the century in technical colleges, others went in the course of the 20th century in colleges, many were also technical grammar schools, such as the Austrian Higher Technical School, also who also run adult education ( master classes ).

Important foundations in Europe

  • The École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées ( " National School of Bridges and Roads" ) was founded in France on February 14, 1747 as the world's first engineering school
  • Sultanic naval engineering school in Istanbul, founded in 1773, in 1795 expanded to include training of army engineers in 1845 to education of architects, 1883 by Civil Engineering
  • École Polytechnique in Paris, founded in 1794, the prototype of later start-ups in Europe
  • Founded institutum Geometrico - Hydrotechnicum 1782 in Budapest, 1871 recognition as Institute of Technology
  • Polytechnic Institute in Prague, founded in 1806, first in German, and Czech Language, 1869 divided into German and Czech Institute, 1879 Institute of Technology, from 1920 to 1939 and since 1945 Czech Technical University ( CTU )
  • Polytechnic Institute founded in Vienna in 1815, 1872 TH, today Vienna University of Technology
  • Polytechnic School in Nuremberg, opened in 1823, today the Georg- Simon- Ohm - Hochschule Nürnberg
  • Kungliga Tekniska högskolan Stockholm, converted the TH as in 1825, with precursors since 1696 and 1798,
  • Warsaw Polytechnic School, founded in 1826 as preschool, 1898 as College
  • Polytechnic School in Karlsruhe, founded in 1825, TH 1865, 1967 University, since 2009, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  • Polytechnic School in Munich founded in 1827, in 1868 the Royal. Bayr. Polytechnic School, 1877 TH, today Technical University of Munich
  • Royal - Technical Education Institute of Saxony in Dresden, founded in 1828, in 1851 the Royal. Saxon. Polytechnic School, since 1871 KGL. - Saxon. Polytechnic, 1890 TH, today Technical University of Dresden
  • United Real and trade school in Stuttgart, founded in 1829, TH 1876, today the University of Stuttgart
  • Polytechnic educational institution, founded in 1829 in Copenhagen at the initiative of Hans Christian Ørsted, after the model of the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris,
  • Imperial Vocational School Moscow, founded in 1830, Imperial 1868. Technical School Moscow, Bauman Moscow State Technical University today
  • Higher Vocational School in Hanover, founded in 1831, today the University of Hannover
  • National Technical University of Athens founded in 1836
  • Polytechnic Academy in Porto, founded in 1836 as a replacement of the Royal. Marine and Commercial College and in 1911 merged into the University of Porto
  • Balthasar -Neumann- Polytechnic in Schweinfurt, whose history dates back to the year 1850. For this, the Fachhochschule Würzburg -Schweinfurt showed
  • Federal Institute of Technology Zurich founded in 1854 as the Federal Polytechnic of Zurich
  • Turin Polytechnic founded in 1859
  • Technical University of Darmstadt, emerged from a vocational school founded in 1836, in 1869 developed into a polytechnic, 1877 rank of Technical University
  • Polytechnic of Milan, founded in 1863 as the Istituto Tecnico Superiore
  • Polytechnic School in Delft, founded in 1864, successor to the 1842 founded the Royal. Academy of Civil Engineers, today Delft University of Technology
  • Polytechnic School of Bucharest, founded in 1864
  • Rheinisch- Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH), founded in 1870 as the Royal Polytechnic School RWTH Aachen
  • Ecole polytechnique Brussels Free University, founded in 1873, today the Faculty of Applied Sciences at the Free University of Brussels
  • National Polytechnic Institute of St. Petersburg, founded in 1899,
  • Technical University of Gdansk, founded in 1904 as Technical University of Gdansk for the East Prussia,
  • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne founded in 1968 as the second Federal Polytechnic
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