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}}
- Camden College
- Chalet School, in books by Elinor Brent-Dyer
- Greyfriars School, in books by Charles Hamilton writing as Frank Richards
- Jade Mountain Academy, featured in Tui T. Sutherland's Wings of Fire series{{Cite web |last=Sieben |first=Cole S. |date=2022-07-01 |title=Mastery of Morality and Wings of Fire |url=https://cssieben.substack.com/p/mastery-of-morality-and-wings-of-fire |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305172747/https://cssieben.substack.com/p/mastery-of-morality-and-wings-of-fire |archive-date=2023-03-05 |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=Substack |language=en}}
- The Little Female Academy, in Sarah Fielding's 1754 book.
{{citation |last1=Clark |first1=Beverley Lyon |last2=Shankar |first2=Lavina Dhingra |title=When Women Tell Tales About School |date=October 1994 |journal=Studies in Popular Culture |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=17–20 |jstor=23413787 }}
- Lowood Institution, in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- Malory Towers, in books by Enid Blyton
- Miskatonic University, in stories by H. P. Lovecraft
- St Trinian's School, in comic books by Ronald Searle and later films
- Sweet Valley High
- Redmond College, in Lucy Maud Montgomery's series of works related to Anne of Green Gables
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
= 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}}
- Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Scotland
- Beauxbatons Academy of Magic in France
- Durmstrang Institute for Magical Learning between the border of Norway and Sweden
- Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in North America{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/jk-rowling-announces-four-new-wizarding-schools-yo-231525|title=J.K. Rowling announces four new wizarding schools you'll never get to attend|last=Hughes|first=WilliM|date=January 30, 2016|publisher=AV Club|access-date=31 January 2016}}
- Uagadou in Uganda
- Mahoutokoro in Japan
- Castelobruxo (pronounced cah-stelo-bru-sho) in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil
=Others=
- Balamb Garden, a magic school featured in Final Fantasy VIII. Other "gardens" in this game include Galbadia Garden and Trabia Garden.
- University of Salamanca Faculty of Magic in The Charwoman's Shadow by Lord Dunsany
- {{ill|Meng School|lt=|zh|萌學園}} in the Taiwanese TV series
See also
References
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Sources
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