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| image         = [[File:UniversityofMagicalArts01.png|250px]]
| caption       = The ''University of Magical Arts'' as illustrated in ''[[The Adventure Begins]]'', p97, by David Roach (1998).
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| aliases       = Wizards' School, Wizards' College
| type          = School
| architecture  = Triangular pyramid with walled courtyard
| floors        = 9
| location      = [[Free City of Greyhawk]]
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| staff         = Instructors, Porters, students
| occupants     = 250+
| services      = Arcane education
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| price         = 100gp+
| organizations = [[Guild of Wizards]]
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| alignment      = Neutral (typically)
| type           = School
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| leader         = [[Kieren Jalucian]]
| members        = Arcane spellcasters (wizards and sorcerors)
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| headquarters   = [[Free City of Greyhawk]]
| allies         = [[Greyhawk Guild of Wizardry]], [[Society of Magi]]
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The '''University of Magical Arts''', also called the '''School of Wizardry''',{{cite dragon|315|53}} '''Wizard School'''{{csb|CoG|68|Gem of the Flanaess}}{{csb|PG|58}}, or '''College of Magic'''{{csb|PG|58}}{{csb|CoG|69|Gem of the Flanaess}} is a college sponsored by the [[Guild of Wizardry]] in the [[Free City of Greyhawk]].

==Description==
=== University campus ===
{{quoted text|One of the most architecturally striking buildings in the City' of Greyhawk is the University of Magical Arts, a dramatic three-sided pyramid with no apparent entrances. Inside, the pyramid contains working and living space for hundreds of students of wizardry and their instructors. At any time, a number of students are off adventuring, since the school encourages people to gain experience in this way.|{{csb|PG|29}} }}

The wall surrounding the college (6ft tall){{csb|TAB|95}} creates a courtyard, but does not have any apparent gates or other entrances, just like the pyramid itself.

The pyramid itself has been given different measurements: 100' long on each side and 90' tall{{csb|TAB|95}}, or each side being 222' x 181'{{cite lgj|5|5}} (making the building 170' tall).  It is detailed as having either 15 floors{{csb|CoG|68|Gem of the Flanaess}} or 9 floors,{{csb|TAB|95}}{{cite lgj|5|5}} although it has been also been characterized as "having many more floors than expected" due to teleportation magic or extradimensional spaces.{{csb|TAB|95}}  The first set results in a smaller, though a more steeply angled pyramid, while the second results in a pyramid which is taller overall but with walls angled a few degrees less steep.

The first floor is full of applicants, apprentices, and 0-level casters and as they grow in spellcasting ability, they advance to new and higher floors of the University.

==History==

==Geography==
The University of Magical Arts is noted on maps of the Free City as area C6.  

Situated in [[City of Greyhawk#Clerkburg (the Halls)|Clerkburg]], the grounds of the University take up an entire city block.  It is between the parallel [[College Road]] and [[University Street]], across from the [[Millstream]], just south of the [[Free City Arena]].  There are gardens, trees, a large fountain, and a large pond.{{csb|[[The City of Greyhawk]] poster maps}}

==People==
=== Members ===
"Students and teachers at the university are highly respected by everyone who has heard of the school."{{csb|PG|58}}

Prospective students at the University must first apply and "are admitted by invitation only."{{csb|PG|58}}  All applicants must come with a recommendation from a senior wizard, who often is sponsoring a new student who will be their apprentice.  Each applicant must also be approved by a board of tutors and there is an admission fee of 100gp,{{csb|TAB|95}}{{cite lgj|5|6}} though this is often covered by senior spellcasters sponsoring the new student.

Students at the university are drawn from most all walks of life, from serfs to nobility, and from all across the [[Flanaess]].  "The university accepts applicants based on merit and potential magical aptitude, paying little heed to such meaningless trifles as social class, race, or familial connections. Both wizards and sorcerers are accepted, though many of the more traditional instructors favor wizardly hopefuls."{{cite lgj|5|5}}  Much like its sponsor, the [[Greyhawk Guild of Wizardry]] applicants aren't turned away for philosophical or moral reasons.

"Members of all the common races can be found in the university, though by far the bulk of students come from Greyhawk or the surrounding region (the tutors tend to favor “home grown” magical talent during the approval of potential apprentices). Most students and tutors are of Neutral alignment, and all at least pay lip service to [[Boccob|Boccob the Uncaring]]."{{cite lgj|5|6}}

"No one can remember a [[halfling]] or [[dwarf]] ever attending the school, but that’s not to say one wouldn’t be accepted. Humans are the most common students, followed by [[elf#Elven subraces|half-elves]] and [[elf|elves]]. A few [[gnome]]s have studied here. No [[Rhennee]] have ever attended."{{csb|PG|59}}

"Members are sometimes sought out by desperate folk in need of magical aid; the school favors charity work and likes to hear of several incidences of pro bono spellcasting per year from each member."{{csb|PG|58}}

[[File:UniversityofMagicalArts02.png|thumb|The ''University of Magical Arts'' from [[The City of Greyhawk]] boxed set; map, as illustrated by [[Valerie Valusek]]. The depiction of n entryway on the souteast side is inaccurate to the text.]]

==Resources==
Some students who've studied at the University are known for having learned and embraced the "Greyhawk Method" which emphasizes both research and field work. This method is noted for resulting in students' spell research being more successful and their learning more spells (i.e. more spells per level).{{cite dragon|315|53}}  This method of instruction is viewed by its detractors as creating "base mercenaries" who are characterized by "intellectual pursuit tainted by commercial or foolhardy concerns".{{cite lgj|5|6}}

In second edition, the "Apprentices to the University of Magical Arts" class kit{{csb|PG|58}} for wizards describes a similar benefit.  However, it allows for memorizing one extra spell of each spell level, instead of giving more spells in the spellbook.  The number of spells able to be cast does not change, just the which are memorized.  

== Rumors and legends ==
"The students of the University of Magical Arts are fond of testing their powers on unsuspecting citizens, making them the victims of numerous practical jokes. (This practice is strictly forbidden by the University; students caught in such activities are expelled.)"{{csb|Falcon's Revenge|64|note=Appendix 4: Rumors}}

In [[584 CY]], an experiment involving "extremely powerful magic" and "a delicate incantation" was miscast by a member of the University of Magical Arts on the uppermost level of the pyramid.   It caused a slight out-of-phase planar shift, and apparitions of people from an alternate [[Material Plane]] began appearing in the pyramid.  Later, in Spring of [[590 CY]], an "elderly human wizard with an all-too-familiar face appeared ... claiming to have come from a world known as [[Yarth]]. ... [The Senior Tutor Abrazaldin] Hosk caught the archmage unawares and imprisoned him upon his private demiplane, but not before the strange visitor had a chance to introduce himself as Xagig Yragurne, Lord Mayor of the City of Greyhawk."{{cite lgj|5|6|Gem of the Flanaess: Clerkberg, pt2.}} (as opposed to "[[Zagig Yragerne]]" of Oerth.)

"Rumors swirl around the streets of Greyhawk that a few [lifelike stone statues, set in natural everyday poses ... from the [[Choking City]] were] transported at the dead of night in heavily guarded, sealed wagons to the University of Magical Arts for further experimentation."<ref>{{cite web |last=Broadhurst |first=Creighton |authorlink=Creighton Broadhurst |coauthors=Paul Looby |title=The Choking City |url=http://wizards.com/default.asp?x=lg/lgdc/20070515a |format= |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20090604164853/https://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=lg/lgmp/20070123a |archivedate=04 June 2009 |work=Living Greyyhawk: Mysterious Places |publisher=[[WotC]] |date=23 Jan 2007|accessdate=15 September 2022}}</ref>

==See Also==
*[[Guild of Wizardry]]
*[[Society of Magi]]

== Gallery ==
=== Maps ===
<gallery>
File:UniversityofMagicalArts03.png|[[The City of Greyhawk]] boxed set, art by Diesel, 1989.
File:UniversityofMagicalArts05.jpg|''[[LGJ]]'' #3, art by [[Denis Tetreault]], 2001.
File:UniversityofMagicalArts04.png|[[Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk|EttRoG]], art by Mike Schley, 2007.
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==References==
====Citations====
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====Bibliography====
*[[Brown, Anne]]. ''Player's Guide''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.
*[[Anne Brown|Brown, Anne]] and Richard W. Brown.  ''[[Falcon's Revenge]]''.  Lake Geneva, SI: [[TSR]], 1990.
*[[Moore, Roger E]]. ''The Adventure Begins''. Renton, WA: TSR, 1998.
*[[Niles, Douglas]], [[Rik Rose]], and [[Carl Sargent]]. ''The City of Greyhawk''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1989.
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