History Main / WizardingSchool

* ''Literature/TheQueenOfIeflaria'': Rhodia has universities which train mages. Esofi sets about setting up one for this purpose in Ieflaria as well for the same purpose.

Thus was born the Wizarding School, the institute for education in magic. There the young sorcerers go to learn various forms of [[MagicAIsMagicA rule-based]] FunctionalMagic (after all, there's not much one can ''learn'' if the magic is [[WildMagic random and uncontrollable]]), divided into different "subjects" or even schools of magic. An exceptional talent may be a prerequisite for entrance, in which case the school is a center for TrainingTheGiftOfMagic. Expect plenty of MagiBabble on the tests.

* The Clock Tower in ''LightNovel/LordElMelloiIICaseFiles'', although very little teaching goes on in there, due to the common fear of diluting their magic by teaching others. The main character is notable for being one of the few professors who ''actually'' teaches his students and is incredibly efficient at nurturing a student's talents to the point where several of them have attained incredibly high ranks in magic society.

* ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/895620/Spellcaster_University/ Spellcaster University]]'' is a SpaceManagementGame where the player is tasked with building and maintaining a Magic school where instead of the usual building mechanics, the game relies on a deck of cards to build the necessary rooms and amenities.

* Subaru Magic Academy in ''Literature/MagicalWarfare''.
* ''Literature/TheMagicians'' by Lev Grossman and published in 2009, has Brakebills, a wizarding university in upstate New York; it has an insanely difficult entrance exam and time there is out of sync with time in the rest of the world.

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/art/Having-fun-while-you-can-Ch-8-Pt-4-951049178 chapter 8 part 4]] of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' [[ModernAUFic modern day]] fanfic ''Having fun while you can'', the [[OldSchoolBuilding old abandoned building]] on a mountain nearby Basara Academy campus (which appeared in ''Gakuen Basara'' episode 8), with permission from Principal UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga's orders, gets its interior magically renovated and becomes a school that mainly teaches "hex education" taught all by his sister-in-law Kyogoku Maria, who teaches the students the art of witchery, such as brewing up [[MagicPotion potions]], researching {{Youkai}}, and using [[SummonMagic summoning magic]].

* Subaru Magic Academy in ''LightNovel/MagicalWarfare''.

In [[YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe ye olden days]], people learned skills by being [[TheApprentice apprenticed]] to someone, so it was natural to assume that magicians would learn the ropes in the same manner. Then, the modern age saw the rise of public schooling and universities almost completely displace apprenticeship as the means of education. In light of this, some authors decided that the school setting was a viable way to educate their magicians.

Universities usually only take students who are nominally adults, though exceptions may be made for rare genius. The usual university tropes apply. The students will spend half their time drinking in the local bars and seeking romantic trysts; the professors will mix teachin with cutthroat academic politics and magical research.

Schools are often {{boarding school}}s, with the attendant tropes. The pupils there are children, who leave at sixteen or eighteen. If the pupils are lucky, they'll also get a good {{Muggle}} education in math and [[MagicVersusScience science]] when they aren't learning [[WordsCanBreakMyBones magic words]].

Universities usually only take students who are nominally adults, though exceptions may be made for rare genius. The usual university tropes apply. The students will spend half their time drinking in the local bars and serking romantic trysts; the professors will mix teachin with cutthroat academic politics and magical research.

Universities usually only take students who are nominally adults, though exceptions may be made for rare genius. The usual university tropes apply. The students will spend half their time drinking in the local bars; the professors will be busy with vigorous academic politics and magical research.

* ''Series/TheWheelOfTime'': The White Tower has an academy to train Novice Aes Sedai in using the One Power.

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/art/Having-fun-while-you-can-Ch-8-Pt-4-951049178 chapter 8 part 4]] of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' [[ModernAUFic modern day]] fanfic ''Having fun while you can'', the [[OldSchoolBuilding old abandoned building]] on a mountain nearby Basara Academy campus (which appeared in ''Gakuen Basara'' episode 8), with permission from Principal UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga's orders, gets its interior magically renovated and becomes a school that mainly teaches "hex education" taught all by his sister-in-law Kyogoku Maria, who teaches the students the art of witchery, such as brewing up [[MagicPotion potions]] and researching {{Youkai}}.

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/art/Having-fun-while-you-can-Ch-8-Pt-4-951049178 chapter 8 part 4]] of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' [[ModernAUFic modern day]] fanfic ''Having fun while you can'', the [[OldSchoolBuilding old abandoned building]] on Basara Academy campus (which appeared in ''Gakuen Basara'' episode 8), with permission from Principal UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga's orders, gets its interior magically renovated and becomes a school that mainly teaches "hex ed" taught by his sister-in-law Kyogoku Maria.

->''"Unseen University was much bigger on the inside. Thousands of years as the leading establishment of practical magic in a world where dimensions were largely a matter of chance in any case had left it bulging with places where it shouldn't have places."''
-->-- ''Literature/TheLastContinent'' by Creator/TerryPratchett

* The ''LightNovel/MagiciansAcademy'', from the light novel of the same name.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' has the Arcanamirium, founded in Absalom by wizards from the {{Magocracy}} of Nex. It still exists on Abasalom Station in ''TabletopGame/{{Starfinder}}''.

* ''Literature/TheWitchOfKnightcharm'': Knightcharm and the Scholomance teach students magic for good and evil purposes, respectively.

* The Tristain Academy of Magic in ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero''.

* There are a few in ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', including the Conclave of Mages and the School of the Unseen from the Ice Age cycle, but the most important (and the one with the most [[GameBreaker game-breaking card]]) is the Tolarian Academy. The most famous school in the multiverse is apparently Strixhaven, located on the plane of Arcavios and the focus of the set ''Strixhaven: School of Mages''; this latter example is rather unique in that the actual topics are fairly mundane academic ones (history, mathematics, biology, arts and crafts, literature) but done through magic (i.e. the Lorehold College studies history by using WhiteMagic to raise spirits from the dead).

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/art/Having-fun-while-you-can-Ch-8-Pt-4-951049178 chapter 8 part 4]] of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' [[ModernAUFic modern day]] fanfic ''Having fun while you can'', the [[OldSchoolBuilding old abandoned building]] on Basara Academy campus (which appeared in ''Gakuen Basara'' episode 8), with permission from Principal UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga's orders, gets its interior magically renovated and becomes a school that mainly teaches magicology taught by his sister-in-law Kyogoku Maria.

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/art/Having-fun-while-you-can-Ch-8-Pt-4-951049178 chapter 8 part 4]] of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' [[ModernAUFic modern day]] fanfic ''Having fun while you can'', the [[OldSchoolBuilding old abandoned building]] on Basara Academy campus (which appeared in ''Gakuen Basara'' episode 8), with permission from Principal UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga's orders, gets its interior magically renovated and becomes a school that mainly teaches magology taught by his sister-in-law Kyogoku Maria.

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/art/Having-fun-while-you-can-Ch-8-Pt-4-951049178 chapter 8 part 4]] of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' [[ModernAUFic modern day]] fanfic ''Having fun while you can'', the [[OldSchoolBuilding old abandoned building]] on Basara Academy campus (which appeared in ''Gakuen Basara'' episode 8), with permission from Principal UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga's orders, gets its interior magically renovated and becomes a school that mainly teaches "hex education" taught by his sister-in-law Kyogoku Maria.

* ''Series/LunaNera'' has a class of young women learning magic from two older witches during the 1600s.

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/art/Having-fun-while-you-can-Ch-8-Pt-4-951049178 chapter 8 part 4]] of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' [[ModernAUFic modern day]] fanfic ''Having fun while you can'', the [[OldSchoolBuilding old abandoned building]] on Basara Academy campus (which appeared in ''Gakuen Basara'' episode 8) gets renovated under Principal UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga's orders and becomes a school that mainly teaches "hex education" taught by his sister-in-law Kyogoku Maria.

* ''LightNovel/DaybreakOnHyperion'' has the Königsfeld Academy of Magic, the most prestigious in the Kingdom of Weichsel, overlapping with MilitaryAcademy due to the Kingdom's strong military traditions for its nobility (all of whom can use magic).

* Constant Magic Academy in ''LightNovel/DemonKingDaimao''.

* ''LightNovel/TheGreatestMagicmastersRetirementPlan'': The Second Institute of Alpha is one of many schools for training students to become Magicmasters, and happens to be the one the main character, Alus, is enrolled in.

* ''LightNovel/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'' has 9 of them.

* Most of ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' takes place in an unnamed school that trains all magic users in the kingdom, as they are considered to be an incredibly valuable asset. Due to the fact that the ability to use magic is almost exclusively found among nobility and royalty, it also doubles as a RoyalSchool.