praj-17/QA-MCQ-Open-ended huggingface dataset:
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: In countries like Iran, Finland, Malaysia, Portugal, Singapore or the United Kingdom, there is often a significant and confused distinction between polytechnics and universities. In the UK a binary system of higher education emerged consisting of universities (research orientation) and Polytechnics (engineering and applied science and professional practice orientation). Polytechnics offered university equivalent degrees from bachelor's, master's and PhD that were validated and governed at the national level by the independent UK Council for National Academic Awards. In 1992 UK Polytechnics were designated as universities which meant they could award their own degrees. The CNAA was disbanded. The UK's first polytechnic, the Royal Polytechnic Institution (now the University of Westminster) was founded in 1838 in Regent Street, London. In Ireland the term institute of technology is the more favored synonym of a regional technical college though the latter is the legally correct term; however, Dublin Institute of Technology is a university in all but name as it can confer degrees in accordance with law, Cork Institute of Technology and another of other Institutes of Technology have delegated authority from HETAC to make awards to and including master's degree level—Level 9 of the National Framework for Qualifications (NFQ)—for all areas of study and Doctorate level in a number of others.

question: In what year were polytechnics in the UK given the university designation? 

answer: 1992

question: What is the name of the Royal Polytechnic Institution now? 

answer: University of Westminster

question: What street is the University of Westminster on? 

answer: Regent Street
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: In a number of countries, although being today generally considered similar institutions of higher learning across many countries, polytechnics and institutes of technology used to have a quite different statute among each other, its teaching competences and organizational history. In many cases polytechnic were elite technological universities concentrating on applied science and engineering and may also be a former designation for a vocational institution, before it has been granted the exclusive right to award academic degrees and can be truly called an institute of technology. A number of polytechnics providing higher education is simply a result of a formal upgrading from their original and historical role as intermediate technical education schools. In some situations, former polytechnics or other non-university institutions have emerged solely through an administrative change of statutes, which often included a name change with the introduction of new designations like institute of technology, polytechnic university, university of applied sciences, or university of technology for marketing purposes. Such emergence of so many upgraded polytechnics, former vocational education and technical schools converted into more university-like institutions has caused concern where the lack of specialized intermediate technical professionals lead to industrial skill shortages in some fields, being also associated to an increase of the graduate unemployment rate. This is mostly the case in those countries, where the education system is not controlled by the state and everybody can grant degrees.[citation needed] Evidence have also shown a decline in the general quality of teaching and graduate's preparation for the workplace, due to the fast-paced conversion of that technical institutions to more advanced higher level institutions. Mentz, Kotze and Van der Merwe (2008) argues that all the tools are in place to promote the debate on the place of technology in higher education in general and in Universities of Technology specifically. The aspects of this debate can follow the following lines: • To what degree is technology defined as a concept? • What is the scope of technology discourse? • What is the place and relation of science with technology? • How useful is the Mitcham framework in thinking about technology in South Africa? • Can a measure of cooperation as opposed to competition be achieved amongst higher education institutions? • Who ultimately is responsible for vocational training and what is the role of technology in this?

question: What term was used in some countries to describe select universities that focus on technological education in applied science and engineering? 

answer: polytechnics
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: During the 1970s to early 1990s, the term was used to describe state owned and funded technical schools that offered both vocational and higher education. They were part of the College of Advanced Education system. In the 1990s most of these merged with existing universities, or formed new ones of their own. These new universities often took the title University of Technology, for marketing rather than legal purposes. AVCC report The most prominent such university in each state founded the Australian Technology Network a few years later.

question: What name did some universities switch to in the 1990s for marketing purposes? 

answer: University of Technology

question: What system were institutes of technology a part of during the seventies, eighties, and early nineties? 

answer: College of Advanced Education system
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: Since the mid-1990s, the term has been applied to some technically minded technical and further education (TAFE) institutes. A recent example is the Melbourne Polytechnic rebranding and repositioning in 2014 from Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE. These primarily offer vocational education, although some like Melbourne Polytechnic are expanding into higher education offering vocationally oriented applied bachelor degress. This usage of the term is most prevalent historically in NSW and the ACT. The new terminology is apt given that this category of institution are becoming very much like the institutes of the 1970s–1990s period.

question: What's the four-letter abbreviation for technically minded technical and further education institutes? 

answer: TAFE

question: What is the new name of the Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE? 

answer: Melbourne Polytechnic
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: In Tasmania in 2009 the old college system and TAFE Tasmania have started a 3-year restructure to become the Tasmanian Polytechnic www.polytechnic.tas.edu.au, Tasmanian Skills Institute www.skillsinstitute.tas.edu.au and Tasmanian Academy www.academy.tas.edu.au

question: TAFE Tasmania started a three-year restructuring in what year? 

answer: 2009
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: In the higher education sector, there are seven designated Universities of Technology in Australia (though, note, not all use the phrase "university of technology", such as the Universities of Canberra and South Australia, which used to be Colleges of Advanced Education before transitioning into fully-fledged universities with the ability - most important of all - to confer doctorates):

question: In Australia, how many universities are recognized as Universities of Technology? 

answer: seven
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: Fachhochschule is a German type of tertiary education institution and adopted later in Austria and Switzerland. They do not focus exclusively on technology, but may also offer courses in social science, medicine, business and design. They grant bachelor's degrees and master's degrees, and focus more on teaching than research and more on specific professions than on science.

question: What's the German word for a tertiary education institution? 

answer: Fachhochschule

question: In addition to Bachelor's degrees, what other kind of degree can one earn from a Fachhochschule? 

answer: master's degrees
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: Hogeschool is used in Belgium and in the Netherlands. The hogeschool has many similarities to the Fachhochschule in the German language areas and to the ammattikorkeakoulu in Finland.

question: What term is used in Belgium and the Netherlands to refer to an institution like a German Fachhochschule? 

answer: hogeschool
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: Hogeschool institutions in the Flemish Community of Belgium (such as the Erasmus Hogeschool Brussel) are currently undergoing a process of academization. They form associations with a university and integrate research into the curriculum, which will allow them to deliver academic master's degrees.

question: What term refers to the process that a hogeschool undergoes before it's able to award Master's degrees? 

answer: academization
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: In the Netherlands, four former institutes of technology have become universities over the past decades. These are the current three Technical Universities (at Delft, Eindhoven and Enschede), plus the former agricultural institute in Wageningen. A list of all hogescholen in the Netherlands, including some which might be called polytechnics, can be found here.

question: How many institutes of technology in the Netherlands have converted into full-fledged universities in the past few decades? 

answer: four

question: How many Technical Universities are there in the Netherlands today? 

answer: three
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: In Cambodia, there are Institutes of Technology/Polytechnic Institutes, and Universities that offer instruction in a variety of programs that can lead to: certificates, diplomas, and degrees. Institutes of Technology/Polytechnic Institutes and Universities tend to be independent institutions.

question: What country has Institutes of Technology/Polytechnic Institutes from which students can earn certificates, diplomas, and degrees? 

answer: Cambodia
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: In Canada, there are Affiliate Schools, Colleges, Institutes of Technology/Polytechnic Institutes, and Universities that offer instruction in a variety of programs that can lead to: engineering and applied science degrees, apprenticeship and trade programs, certificates, and diplomas. Affiliate Schools are polytechnic divisions belonging to a national university and offer select technical and engineering programs. Colleges, Institutes of Technology/Polytechnic Institutes, and Universities tend to be independent institutions.

question: What are polytechnic divisions of national universities called in Canada? 

answer: Affiliate Schools
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: Credentials are typically conferred at the undergraduate level, however university-affiliated schools like the École de technologie supérieure and the École Polytechnique de Montréal (both of which are located in Quebec), also offer graduate and postgraduate programs, in accordance with provincial higher education guidelines. Canadian higher education institutions, at all levels, undertake directed and applied research with financing allocated through public funding, private equity, or industry sources.

question: In what city is the École Polytechnique de Montréal located? 

answer: Quebec

question: In addition to private equity and industry sources, what's a third source of research funding for institutions of higher learning in Canada? 

answer: public funding
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: Some of Canada's most esteemed colleges and polytechnic institutions also partake in collaborative institute-industry projects, leading to technology commercialization, made possible through the scope of Polytechnics Canada; a national alliance of eleven leading research-intensive colleges and institutes of technology.

question: What is Canada's national alliance of 11 research-focused schools called? 

answer: Polytechnics Canada

question: What kind of projects does Polytechnics Canada sponsor that can lead to technology commercialization? 

answer: collaborative institute-industry projects
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: China's modern higher education began in 1895 with the Imperial Tientsin University which was a polytechnic plus a law department. Liberal arts were not offered until three years later at Capital University. To this day, about half of China's elite universities remain essentially polytechnical.

question: In what year was the Imperial Tientsin University founded in China? 

answer: 1895

question: What was the first university to offer courses in liberal arts? 

answer: Capital University

question: What portion of China's elite universities still have a primary polytechnical focus today? 

answer: half
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: In Croatia there are many polytechnic institutes and colleges that offer a polytechnic education. The law about polytechnic education in Croatia was passed in 1997.

question: What year did Croatia pass a law regarding polytechnic education? 

answer: 1997
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: EPN is known for research and education in the applied science, astronomy, atmospheric physics, engineering and physical sciences. The Geophysics Institute  monitors over the country`s seismic, tectonic and volcanic activity in the continental territory and in the Galápagos Islands.

question: What institution is in charge of tracking volcanic activity in the Galápagos Islands? 

answer: The Geophysics Institute
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: One of the oldest observatories in South America is the Quito Astronomical Observatory. Founded in 1873 and located 12 minutes south of the Equator in Quito, Ecuador. The Quito Astronomical Observatory is the National Observatory of Ecuador and is located in the Historic Center of Quito and is managed by the National Polytechnic School.

question: What observatory is the National Observatory of Ecuador? 

answer: Quito Astronomical Observatory

question: What school oversees the Quito Astronomical Observatory? 

answer: National Polytechnic School

question: When was the Quito Astronomical Observatory founded? 

answer: 1873
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: The Nuclear Science Department at EPN is the only one in Ecuador and has the large infrastructure, related to irrradiation factilities like cobalt-60 source and Electron beam processing.

question: EPN's Nuclear Science Department is among how many of its kind in Ecuador? 

answer: one
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: Its mission is to provide high quality education, training and research in the areas of science and technology to produce qualified professionals that can apply their knowledge and skills in the country's development.

question: If the mission is achieved, professionals will apply what they've learned to what goal? 

answer: the country's development
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: MIT raises funds from non-governmental organizations and individuals who support the mission and objectives of the Institute. Tigray Development Association, its supporters, and REST have provided the initial funds for the launching of the Institute. As a result of the unstinting efforts made by the Provisional Governing Board to obtain technical and financial assistance, the Institute has so far secured financial and material support as well as pledges of sponsorship for 50 students, covering their tuition fees, room and board up to graduation. The MIT has also been able to create linkages with some universities and colleges in the United States of America, which have provided manpower and material support to MIT. The institute is governed by a provisional governing board.

question: MIT raised money to cover tuition, room and board for what number of students? 

answer: 50
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: Universities of Technology are categorised as universities, are allowed to grant B.Sc. (Tech.), M.Sc. (Tech.), Lic.Sc. (Tech.), Ph.D. and D.Sc.(Tech.) degrees and roughly correspond to Instituts de technologie of French-speaking areas and Technische Universität of Germany in prestige. In addition to universities of technology, some universities, e.g. University of Oulu and Åbo Akademi University, are allowed to grant the B.Sc. (tech.), M.Sc. (tech.) and D.Sc. (Tech.) degrees.

question: What's the equivalent of Universities of Technology in French-speaking areas? 

answer: Instituts de technologie
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: Universities of Technology are academically similar to other (non-polytechnic) universities. Prior to Bologna process, M.Sc. (Tech.) required 180 credits, whereas M.Sc. from a normal university required 160 credits. The credits between Universities of Technology and normal universities are comparable.

question: How many credits were needed for an M.Sc. (Tech.) degree before the Bologna Process? 

answer: 180

question: How many credits were needed for an M.Sc. from a traditional university prior to the Bologna Process? 

answer: 160
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: Polytechnic schools are distinct from academic universities in Finland. Ammattikorkeakoulu is the common term in Finland, as is the Swedish alternative "yrkeshögskola" – their focus is on studies leading to a degree (for instance insinööri, engineer; in international use, Bachelor of Engineering) in kind different from but in level comparable to an academic bachelor's degree awarded by a university. Since 2006 the polytechnics have offered studies leading to master's degrees (Master of Engineering). After January 1, 2006, some Finnish ammattikorkeakoulus switched the English term "polytechnic" to the term "university of applied sciences" in the English translations of their legal names. The ammattikorkeakoulu has many similarities to the hogeschool in Belgium and in the Netherlands and to the Fachhochschule in the German language areas.

question: In what country are polytechnic schools designated uniquely from academic universities? 

answer: Finland

question: What word means polytechnic school in Finnish? 

answer: ammattikorkeakoulus

question: What's the Swedish word for a polytechnic school? 

answer: yrkeshögskola
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: Collegiate universities grouping several engineering schools or multi-site clusters of French grandes écoles provide sciences and technology curricula as autonomous higher education engineering institutes. They include :

question: Universities that encompass several engineering schools provide curricula in sciences and what other field? 

answer: technology
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: In addition, France's education system includes many institutes of technology, embedded within most French universities. They are referred-to as institut universitaire de technologie (IUT). Instituts universitaires de technologie provide undergraduate technology curricula. 'Polytech institutes', embedded as a part of eleven French universities provide both undergraduate and graduate engineering curricula.

question: What are an institute of technology called in France? 

answer: institut universitaire de technologie

question: What's the three-letter acronym for institut universitaire de technologie? 

answer: IUT
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: In the French-speaking part of Switzerland exists also the term haute école specialisée for a type of institution called Fachhochschule in the German-speaking part of the country. (see below).

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

answer: Fachhochschule
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: Higher education systems, that are influenced by the French education system set at the end of the 18th century, use a terminology derived by reference to the French École polytechnique. Such terms include Écoles Polytechniques (Algeria, Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland, Tunisia), Escola Politécnica (Brasil, Spain), Polytechnicum (Eastern Europe).

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
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: Fachhochschulen were first founded in the early 1970s. They do not focus exclusively on technology, but may also offer courses in social science, medicine, business and design. They grant bachelor's degrees and master's degrees, and focus more on teaching than research and more on specific professions than on science.

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
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: Technische Universität (abbreviation: TU) are the common terms for universities of technology or technical university. These institutions can grant habilitation and doctoral degrees and focus on research.

question: What's the abbreviation for a Technische Universität? 

answer: TU

question: What's the main focus of a Technische Universität? 

answer: research
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: The nine largest and most renowned Technische Universitäten in Germany have formed TU9 German Institutes of Technology as community of interests. Technische Universitäten normally have faculties or departements of natural sciences and often of economics but can also have units of cultural and social sciences and arts. RWTH Aachen, TU Dresden and TU München also have a faculty of medicine associated with university hospitals (Klinikum Aachen, University Hospital Dresden, Rechts der Isar Hospital).

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
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: There are 17 universities of technology in Germany with about 290,000 students enrolled. The four states of Bremen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony-Anhalt and Schleswig-Holstein are not operating a Technische Universität. Saxony and Lower Saxony have the highest counts of TUs, while in Saxony three out of four universities are universities of technology.

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
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: Niedersächsische Technische Hochschule is a joint-venture of TU Clausthal, TU Braunschweig and University of Hanover. Some universities in Germany can also be seen as institutes of technology due to comprising a wide spread of technical sciences and having a history as a technical university. Examples are

question: What's the joint project of TU Clausthal, TU Braunschweig, and the University of Hanover called? 

answer: Niedersächsische Technische Hochschule
Title: Institute_of_technology
Context: In Greece, there are 2 "Polytechnics" part of the public higher education in Greece and they confer a 5-year Diplom Uni (300E.C.T.S – I.S.C.E.D. 5A), the National Technical University of Athens and the Technical University of Crete. Also, there are Greek Higher Technological Educational Institutes (Ανώτατα Τεχνολογικά Εκπαιδευτικά Ιδρύματα – Α.T.E.I). After the N.1404/1983 Higher Education Reform Act (Ν.1404/1983 - 2916/2001 - Ν. 3549/2007 - N. 3685/2008 - N. 4009/2011) the Technological Educational Institute constitute, a parallel and equivalent with universities part of the public higher education in Greece. They confer 4-year bachelor's degree (Diplom FH) (240E.C.T.S – I.S.C.E.D. 5A).

question: What's the name of the Act that changed how Greek public institutes of technology were designated? 

answer: Higher Education Reform Act