California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, is a public polytechnic university in Pomona, California. It is the largest of the three polytechnic universities in the California State University system.

Institutes of technology or polytechnic institutes are technologically focused universities, many dating back to the mid-19th century. A handful of American universities include the phrases Institute of Technology, Polytechnic Institute, Polytechnic University, University of Technology or similar phrasing in their names; these are generally research-intensive universities with a focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).