A technikon was a post-secondary institute of technology (polytech) in South Africa.
It focused on career-oriented vocational training.
There were 15 technikons in the 1990s, but they were merged or restructured as universities in the early 2000s.
Tshwane University of Technology combined 3 technikons.
An institute of technology is an institution of tertiary education that specializes in engineering, technology, applied science, and natural sciences.
Students at the Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Founding decree of the Czech Technical University in Prague from January 18, 1707
Lecture at the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, CTU in Prague
Cape Peninsula University of Technology was composed of two former technikons and other smaller independent colleges.