"polytechnic" in 1993 when it was able to grant master's and doctoral degrees, using the term "university" instead and changed the name of some degree designations to bring it in line with other traditional research universities. Saskatchewan Polytechnic, formerly SIAST (polytechnic institute; multiple campuses with headquarters in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) Sheridan College (polytechnic institute in Oakville, Ontario) Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT; polytechnic institute in Calgary, Alberta) University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT; university in Oshawa, Ontario) China 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. Harbin Institute of Technology is among the best engineering school in China and the world. Chile Federico Santa María Technical University (UTFSM), currently the only active technical university / Intitute of technology in Chile, founded initially in 1931 as School of Crafts and Arts and School of Engineering José Miguel Carrera, 18,000 students Costa Rica The National Technical University (UTN) founded in 2008 by merging several trade and craftsmanship schools, it is a polytechnic. The Costa Rica Institute of Technology (TEC) was founded in 1971, has its main campus located in the Cartago province, it is an institute of technology. Croatia 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. Czech Republic Technical universities Brno University of Technology (VUT), founded in 1899, 24,000 students Collegium Nobilium in Olomouc, 1725–1847 Czech Technical University in Prague (ČVUT), college founded in 1707, university since 1806, 23,000 students, belongs to the oldest technical universities in the world Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (ČZU), founded in 1904, focused on agriculture, 18,000 students Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague (VŠCHT), founded in 1952, 3,000 student Mendel University Brno (MENDELU), founded in 1919, focused on agriculture, 9,000 students Technical University of Liberec (TUL), founded in 1953, 8,000 students Technical University of Ostrava (VŠB TUO), founded in 1849, 22,000 students Tomáš Baťa University in Zlín (UTB), founded in 2000, 10,000 students Research institutions Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (AV ČR), dates back to 1784, 14,000 research staff altogether Technical faculties at universities Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem (Faculty of Production Technology and Management,