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unusual facts about Polytechnic School


Heinrich von Ferstel

In 1866 Ferstel was appointed professor at the Polytechnic School, in 1871 chief government inspector of public works and in 1879 was raised to the rank of Freiherr.



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Andrew Weston

Andrew Weston studied architecture at the City of Leicester Polytechnic School of Architecture (now De Montford University) where he met and collaborated with his current business partners Chris Williamson and Steve Humphreys.

Escola Politécnica da UFRJ

The Polytechnic School of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: Escola Politécnica da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), also called "Poli", founded in 1792, is the third most ancient engineering school of the world and the most ancient of America, with the Military Institute of Engineering (Instituto Militar de Engenharia - IME), being one of the firsts institutions of higher education in Brazil.

The Polytechnic School has partnerships with some of the most important research centers of Brazil: the Petrobras Research Center (Centro de Pesquisas da Petrobras - CENPES), the Eletrobras Research Center (Centro de Pesquisas da Eletrobras - CEPEL), the Research Center in Mineral Technology (Centro de Pesquisa em Tecnologia Mineral - CETEM) and the Institute of Nuclear Engineering (Instituto de Engenharia Nuclear).

Escola Superior de Estudos Industriais e de Gestão

The Escola Superior de Estudos Industriais e de Gestão (Superior School of Industrial Studies and Management) or ESEIG is a higher learning polytechnic school in the conurbation of Póvoa de Varzim and Vila do Conde, Portugal.

Gustaf Munch-Petersen

Gustaf Munch-Petersen grew up in a rich and respectable home; he was son of Valfrid Palmgren, a Swedish born Associate Professor in Swedish at Copenhagen University and Jon Julius Munch-Petersen, Professor in Engineering Research at the Polytechnic School.

Henry de Bury

Count Robert Visart de Bury, of Bury in Péruwelz, Belgium and St. John, New Brunswick, a civil engineer, studied at the Episcopal College of Mecheln, in Belgium, at the University of Zurich and at the Polytechnic School of Stuttgart in Württemberg.

Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo

The Polytechnic School was classified among the 51-100 best Engineering Schools in the world (Electrical Engineering), according to the 2012 QS World University Rankings.

Sam Rosa

The son of housepainter Alexander Rosa and Mary Elizabeth Henshaw, Rosa was probably born in Australia but grew up in London, where he attended St Andrew's School and the Polytechnic School of Art in Regent Street.