polytechnic
1. Brit a college offering advanced full- and part-time courses, esp vocational courses, in many fields at and below degree standard
2. of or relating to technical instruction and training
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polytechnic
(in England and Wales between 1965 and 1991), the second tier of the HIGHER EDUCATION system (see BINARY SYSTEM). Elsewhere the use of the term is variable, and polytechnic institutions, as in France, may be of a higher status than universities. see also NEW UNIVERSITY.Collins Dictionary of Sociology, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2000