Traditionally, the Portuguese universities were organized in autonomous schools, each designated "faculdade" (faculty). In the early 20th century, some higher education schools not integrated in universities were designated "instituto superior" (higher institute). When the present polytechnic system was created in the early 1980s, the standard designation adopted for the divisions of the polytechnic institutes was that of "escola superior" (higher school). The change of status and the integration of some institutions in universities or in polytechnics, keeping the original names, meant that presently universities can include divisions named faculties, higher institutes or schools and polytechnic institutes can include either higher schools or higher institutes.