University founded in 1991) University of Pardubice (Faculty of Chemical Technology since 1950, Jan Perner Faculty of Transportation since 1991, Institute of Electrical Engineering and Informatics since 2002) University of West Bohemia (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering; University founded in 1991) Denmark Technical University of Denmark, founded in 1829 by Hans Christian Ørsted Dominican Republic Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago Ecuador National Polytechnic School (EPN), National Polytechnic School, Quito, Ecuador EPN is known for research and education in the applied science, astronomy, atmospheric physics, engineering and physical sciences. The Geophysics Institute monitors the country's seismic, tectonic and volcanic activity in the continental territory and in the Galápagos Islands. One of the oldest observatories in South America is the Quito Astronomical Observatory. It was founded in 1873 and is located 12 minutes south of the Equator in Quito, Ecuador. The Quito Astronomical Observatory is the National Observatory of Ecuador and is located in the Historic Center of Quito and is managed by the National Polytechnic School. The Nuclear Science Department at EPN is the only one in Ecuador and has the large infrastructure, related to irradiation facilities like cobalt-60 source and electron beam processing. Egypt Alexandria Higher Institute of Engineering and Technology (AIET) Higher Technological Institute Institute of Aviation Engineering and Technology Estonia Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), a public research university Tallinn University of Applied Sciences, a public vocational university Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences, a private institution in Tallinn Finland Universities of technology Universities of technology are categorised as universities, are allowed to grant B.Sc. (Tech.), Diplomi-insinööri M.Sc. (Tech.), Lic.Sc. (Tech.), Ph.D. and D.Sc. (Tech.) degrees and roughly correspond to Instituts de technologie of French-speaking areas and Technische Universität of Germany in prestige. In addition to universities of technology, some universities, e.g. University of Oulu and Åbo Akademi University, are allowed to grant the B.Sc. (tech.), M.Sc. (tech.) and D.Sc. (Tech.) degrees. Universities of technology are academically similar to other (non-polytechnic) universities. Prior to Bologna process, M.Sc. (Tech.) required 180 credits, whereas M.Sc. from a normal university required 160 credits. The credits between universities of technology and normal universities are comparable. Some Finnish universities of technology are: Aalto University formed from Helsinki University of Technology and other universities Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT Polytechnics Polytechnic schools are distinct from academic universities in Finland. Ammattikorkeakoulu is the common term in Finland, as