List of fictional schools#Film

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This is a list of fictional schools as portrayed in various media. Universities and other degree-granting institutions are listed in List of fictional universities.

Literature

{{Main|School story|Campus novel}}

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Comics

Film

Television

{{Main|List of television series about school}}

  • Ackley Bridge College in Channel 4's television drama series, Ackley Bridge, set in the fictional Yorkshire mill town of Ackley Bridge{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2019-06-25/ackley-bridge-tv-time-date/|title=When is Ackley Bridge on TV? Who's in the cast and what's going to happen?|work=Radio Times|last=Bley Griffiths|first=Eleanor|date=25 June 2019|accessdate=8 September 2019}}
  • For-Profit Online University
  • Grange Hill School in BBC's television drama series, Grange Hill, set in the fictional North London borough of Northam{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2701443.stm|title=Grange Hill makes Mersey debut|work=BBC|date=28 January 2003|accessdate=8 September 2019}}
  • Hudson University
  • Mars University, Futurama
  • Pembroke University, a small university "in what seems like New England", the setting for 2021 Netflix series The Chair{{cite news |last1=Mangan |first1=Lucy |title=The Chair review – Sandra Oh is first class in moreish university satire |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/aug/20/the-chair-review-sandra-oh-netflix-university-satire-comedy |access-date=21 August 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=20 August 2021 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Millman |first1=Zosha |title=Netflix's 'The Chair' Skewers Liberal Arts Education |url=https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/is-pembroke-based-on-a-real-university-the-chair |access-date=21 August 2021 |work=Bustle |date=20 August 2021 |language=en}}
  • Starfleet Academy, located in San Francisco, California in the fictional Star Trek universe.

Magic schools

{{anchor|List of fictional magic schools}}

A magic school/academy/university is an institution for learning magic, appearing in works of fantasy depicting worlds in which magic exists and in which there is an organized society of magicians or wizards who pass on their knowledge systematically.

= Folklore =

  • The Black School, where the Icelandic priest and scholar Sæmundr fróði supposedly learned magic from the Devil{{Cite book|last=Mitchell|first=Stephen A.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/794700632|title=Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages|date=2011|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|isbn=978-0-8122-0371-4|location=Philadelphia|pages=225, n30, 260, n25|oclc=794700632}}
  • Domdaniel
  • The Cave at Salamanca where the Devil supposedly taught,{{Cite book|last=Waxman|first=Samuel Montefiore|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DikSAAAAYAAJ|title=Chapters on Magic in Spanish Literature|date=1916|publisher=imprimerie F. Paillart|pages=77|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Thorpe|first=Benjamin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4IBpAAAAcAAJ|title=Northern Mythology, Comprising the Principal Popular Traditions and Superstitions of Scandinavia, North Germany, and the Netherlands: Compiled from Original and Other Sources. North German and Netherlandish popular traditions and superstitions|date=1852|publisher=Lumley|pages=63|language=en}} among others, Pope Sylvester II
  • The Scholomance, a legendary school of black magic in Transylvania{{Cite book|last=Miller|first=Elizabeth|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56050978|title=Bram Stoker's Dracula: A Documentary Volume|date=2005|publisher=Thomson Gale|isbn=0-7876-6841-9|location=Detroit|pages=183|oclc=56050978|author-link=Elizabeth Miller (academic)}}{{citation|last=Majuru|first=Adrian|title=Khazar Jews. Romanian History And Ethnography|url=http://icr.ro/pagini/khazar-jews-romanian-history-and-ethnography|journal=Plural Magazine|volume=27|pages=234|year=2006}}

=In a series=

;Dungeons and Dragons

{{See also|Magic of Dungeons & Dragons#Magic system}}

  • Arcanix in Aundair from the Eberron campaign setting
  • Morgrave University in Sharn from the Eberron campaign setting{{Cite web|date=2021-08-16|title=D&D: Fantastic Locations In The Eberron Campaign|url=https://www.thegamer.com/dungons-dragons-fantastic-locations-eberron-campaign/|access-date=2021-12-07|website=TheGamer|language=en-US}}{{Cite book|last=Baker|first=Keith|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55943911|title=Eberron: Campaign Setting|date=2004|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|others=Bill Slavicsek, James Wyatt|isbn=978-0-7869-3274-0|location=Renton, WA|oclc=55943911}}
  • Soltryce Academy in Rexxentrum, the capital of the Dwendalian Empire, from the Wildemount campaign setting; premiered in Critical Role's second campaign{{Cite book|last=Mercer|first=Matthew|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1139657849|title=Explorer's Guide to Wildemount|date=2020|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|others=James Haeck, James Introcaso, Chris Lockey, Even Amundsen|isbn=978-0-7869-6691-2|location=Renton, WA|oclc=1139657849}}
  • Sorcere, part of the academy of Menzoberranzan, where drow mages learn magic; from the Forgotten Realms campaign setting{{Cite book|last=James|first=Brian R.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/808135830|title=Menzoberranzan: City of Intrigue|date=2012|publisher=Wizards of the Coast LLC|others=Eric Menge|isbn=978-0-7869-6036-1|location=Renton, WA|oclc=808135830}}{{Cite web|date=2021-05-29|title=D&D: With Menzoberranzan Getting An Update Here's Where It Once Stood - An Adventurer's Guide|url=https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2021/05/dd-with-menzoberranzan-getting-an-update-heres-where-it-once-stood-an-adventurers-guide.html|access-date=2021-12-07|website=Bell of Lost Souls|language=en-US}}
  • Strixhaven, a magical university located in the plane of Arcavios from the Magic: The Gathering multiverse{{Cite web|last=Nelson|first=Samantha|date=December 6, 2021|title=D&D's Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos understands what makes college memorable|url=https://www.polygon.com/reviews/22821170/dungeons-dragons-strixhaven-curriculum-of-chaos-review|access-date=December 7, 2021|website=Polygon|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=February 19, 2021|title=Strixhaven, Magic: The Gathering's Newest Set, Is Hogwarts Without The Terf|url=https://kotaku.com/strixhaven-magic-the-gathering-s-newest-set-is-hogwa-1846308177|access-date=2021-06-07|website=Kotaku|language=en-us}}

;Harry Potter series

{{see also|Fictional universe of Harry Potter}}

=Others=

See also

References

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Sources

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