Question: What's the three-letter acronym for institut universitaire de technologie?
Answer: IUT

Question: What's the term in German for what those in French-speaking Switzerland call haute école specialisée?
Answer: Fachhochschule

Question: In Eastern Europe, what is the word for an institute of technology?
Answer: Polytechnicum

Question: What century in France's history included the French École polytechnique that influenced education systems in other countries?
Answer: 18th

Question: What term in Brasil and Spain refers to a polytechnic institute?
Answer: Escola Politécnica

Question: Fachhochschulen first came about in the early years of what decade?
Answer: 1970s

Question: Fachhochschulen favor an education in what, as opposed to research?
Answer: teaching

Question: In addition to technology, Fachhochschulen offer courses in social science, medicine, design, and what other discipline?
Answer: business

Question: What's the abbreviation for a Technische Universität?
Answer: TU

Question: What's the main focus of a Technische Universität?
Answer: research

Question: Which department's faculty can be associated with university hospitals?
Answer: medicine

Question: How many Technische Universitäten make up the TU9 German Institutes of Technology?
Answer: nine

Question: How many institutes of technology are there in Germany?
Answer: 17

Question: What's the approximate number of students in Germany who are enrolled in a university of technology?
Answer: 290,000

Question: Which German state has the highest ratio of universities of technology to standard universities?
Answer: Saxony

Question: What's the joint project of TU Clausthal, TU Braunschweig, and the University of Hanover called?
Answer: Niedersächsische Technische Hochschule

Question: What's the name of the Act that changed how Greek public institutes of technology were designated?
Answer: Higher Education Reform Act

Question: What was the very first polytechnic school in Hong Kong?
Answer: The Hong Kong Polytechnic

Question: What was the original name of Hong Kong Polytechnic?
Answer: Hong Kong Technical College

Question: In what year was the City Polytechnic of Hong Kong founded?
Answer: 1984

Question: What Hong Kong university was created in 1991?
Answer: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Question: When did the two polytechnic schools in Hong Kong receive status as universities?
Answer: 1994

Question: What kind of mining did the world's first institute of technology prepare students for?
Answer: copper

Question: What's the founding year of the first institute of technology ever?
Answer: 1735

Question: Who established the Berg-Schola?
Answer: Court Chamber of Vienna

Question: How many private institutes of technology are there in India?
Answer: 16

Question: How many government-affiliated institutes of technology are there in India?
Answer: 30

Question: What organization oversees India's technical education institutions?
Answer: AICTE

Question: What's the name of the diploma awarded in India for technical or vocational coursework?
Answer: Diploma in Engineering

Question: How many government-owned public institutes of technology does Indonesia have?
Answer: four

Question: Rather than four-year Bachelor's degrees, Politeknik offer a diploma after how many years?
Answer: three

Question: What was the original name of Ireland's Institute of Technology system?
Answer: Regional Technical College

Question: What Irish institute of technology evolved independently of the Regional Technical College System?
Answer: Dublin Institute of Technology

Question: What term in higher education refers to technical universities that award engineering degrees?
Answer: Politecnico

Question: Traditionally, how many Politecnici were there?
Answer: two

Question: What city houses the headquarters of the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia?
Answer: Genoa

Question: What college was the forerunner for the engineering faculty at the University of Tokyo?
Answer: Imperial College of Engineering

Question: What area of discipline do Japan's institutes of technology specialize in?
Answer: sciences

Question: What country has operated polytechnic institutes for nearly 44 years?
Answer: Malaysia

Question: What international organization partnered with Malaysia's Ministry of Education in 1969?
Answer: UNESCO

Question: In what city in the state of Perak is the Politeknik Ungku Omar located?
Answer: Ipoh

Question: How many polytechnic institutes does Malaysia have now?
Answer: 32

Question: How many students were enrolled in polytechnic schools in Malaysia in 2009?
Answer: 60,840

Question: How many students were enrolled in polytechnic schools in Malaysia in 2012?
Answer: 87,440

Question: What's the name of Mauritius's sole technical university?
Answer: University of Technology, Mauritius

Question: What's the focus of Mauritius's University of Technology's specialized mission?
Answer: technology

Question: What country considers their polytechnics, universities, and colleges state-owned institutions?
Answer: New Zealand

Question: What does UCOL stand for?
Answer: Universal College of Learning

Question: In what year was the Education Act originally passed in New Zealand?
Answer: 1989

Question: What school did Massey University combine with?
Answer: Wellington Polytechnic

Question: In what decade did New Zealand's tertiary education institutions begin consolidation?
Answer: 1990s

Question: What school considered a merger with Waikato Institute of Technology that was later abandoned?
Answer: Central Institute of Technology

Question: What island was Waiarapa Polytechnic located on before it merged with UCOL?
Answer: North Island

Question: What's the only polytechnic school in New Zealand to be designated a university?
Answer: Auckland University of Technology

Question: In Pakistan, a student's tests in what grade determine their admission to a diploma program?
Answer: 10th

Question: What are people being trained for, mainly, in Pakistan's polytechnic institutes?
Answer: trades

Question: How many years does it usually take to earn a diploma from polytechnic schools in Pakistan?
Answer: three

Question: What two-letter abbreviation is used for undergraduate engineering  courses?
Answer: BE

Question: What's Pakistan's program called that's comparable to the British A Level?
Answer: F.Sc

Question: What word do they use in Poland for an institute of technology?
Answer: Politechnika

Question: What is the Portuguese word for the short-cycle degrees awarded prior to 1988?
Answer: bacharelatos

Question: What process was instituted in 2007 that brought Master's degrees to the polytechnic education system?
Answer: Bologna Process

Question: What's the name of Singapore's centralized institute that students can attend before university?
Answer: Millennia Institute

Question: How many polytechnics are there in Singapore?
Answer: 5

Question: How many years of study would it take to obtain a degree from a polytechnic in Singapore?
Answer: three

Question: What queen set up the Banská Akadémia?
Answer: queen Maria Theresa

Question: What year was the Banská Akadémia founded?
Answer: 1735

Question: The Banská Akadémia was originally intended for training workers in what two precious metals?
Answer: silver and gold

Question: What year did teaching start at the Banská Akadémia?
Answer: 1764

Question: What are the university buildings still standing at the Banská Akadémia used for now?
Answer: teaching

Question: What are polytechnics called in South Africa?
Answer: Technikons

Question: What year did Technikons gain the ability to give out technology degrees?
Answer: 1993

Question: When did Technikons start being integrated with traditional South African universities?
Answer: 2004

Question: Most institutes of technology in Thailand were born out of what other type of institutions?
Answer: technical colleges