Higher education systems, that are influenced by the French education system set at the end of the <answer>18th</answer> century, use a terminology derived by reference to the French École polytechnique. Such terms include Écoles Polytechniques (Algeria, Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland, Tunisia), Escola Politécnica (Brasil, Spain), Polytechnicum (Eastern Europe).
What century in France's history included the French École polytechnique that influenced education systems in other countries?
18th