University of Meador
The University of Meador is the oldest and most renowned university in Leanor. Some of the brightest minds of Leanor taught and studied here throughout the history of the institution and continue to do so. The university has a large library where not only the books used by the university are kept, but also the main historical archive of Leanor. Other than that, the university is only just starting to acquire rooms of its own, since it had previously mainly been using mostly rooms that happened to be available. The university doesn't define itself as a place but rather a community.
It is possible to study law, medicine, religion, science and language. Science includes things like number theory, geometry and astronomy, but also music theory, Language includes grammar, logic and rhetoric. All of this is taught in old Acadean. A student can chose any single subject, any combination of subjects or all of them. Generally, five years of studying are required to achieve the lowest academic degree, with further study higher degrees can be achieved.
Since the students are mainly rather liberal young people from all of Leanor, but Meador is located right next to the aguilean regent's seat, there often have been altercations between the students and conservative supporters of royalty, sometimes even weaponised ones, leading to a strict no-weapons-policy within the city walls of Meador. Occasionally, duels happen outside the city. This is also illegal, so any law student caught in the act or with a visible injury from it is subsequently expelled from the law faculty, but they can continue studying everything except law.
As of this day, the university only accepts male applicants, which a few women have unsuccessfully tried to change throughout history, the most recent being Ilea Meados, who kept trying to apply everytime the university took new students for the past few years but was rejected every time.
It is possible to study law, medicine, religion, science and language. Science includes things like number theory, geometry and astronomy, but also music theory, Language includes grammar, logic and rhetoric. All of this is taught in old Acadean. A student can chose any single subject, any combination of subjects or all of them. Generally, five years of studying are required to achieve the lowest academic degree, with further study higher degrees can be achieved.
Since the students are mainly rather liberal young people from all of Leanor, but Meador is located right next to the aguilean regent's seat, there often have been altercations between the students and conservative supporters of royalty, sometimes even weaponised ones, leading to a strict no-weapons-policy within the city walls of Meador. Occasionally, duels happen outside the city. This is also illegal, so any law student caught in the act or with a visible injury from it is subsequently expelled from the law faculty, but they can continue studying everything except law.
As of this day, the university only accepts male applicants, which a few women have unsuccessfully tried to change throughout history, the most recent being Ilea Meados, who kept trying to apply everytime the university took new students for the past few years but was rejected every time.
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