List of fictional universities

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Many books and other works of fiction are set in, or refer to, fictional universities. [1] [2] These have been said to "feature abundantly, persistently, and increasingly in popular culture texts" [3] and in an "array of media including novels, television, film, comic books, and video games". [4] This list includes identifiable fictional universities or other institutions appearing to offer degree-level qualifications. Individual Oxbridge colleges (i.e. parts of the English universities of Oxford and Cambridge) are not included as there are separate lists of these.

University nameCreatorOriginal mediumLocationComments
Banting University Degrassi: The Next Generation scriptwritersTVCanadaThe prestigious, highly selective Banting University is located in Kingston, Ontario. It becomes a setting for Paige Michalchuk's storylines in season 6 of Degrassi: The Next Generation .
University of BantshireAnonymousInternetUKParody website and Twitter feed commenting on UK Higher Education, described as "the Banksy of the education social media world". [5] [6] [7]
Borchester UniversityVariousOtherUK: EnglandName used to disguise a university which was the subject of Angela Thody's 2012 study of emeritus professors. [8] [9] [10] The University is also used as an example in a variety of teaching materials for language learning. [11] [12] Borchester is the fictional county town of fictional Borsetshire, in the English Midlands, scene of the long-running BBC Radio series The Archers .
The University of Bums on SeatsCynicalbastards.comInternetUK: England"Formerly Peckham Polytechnic". A satirical invention reflecting the changing UK Higher Education system, online since at least 2001. [13] [14]
Burston Central UniversityChris Cooper (pseudonym)InternetUK: EnglandAlso the associated "University College of North Burston". Not to be confused with "The University of Burston" (established 1863) in the same town. Setting of The Unknown Tutor, published in December 2012 in the "Wading Through Treacle" blog and later republished. Burston is 4 hours' drive from Prestatyn in north Wales, but otherwise unlocated. [15] [16]
University of BurstonChris Cooper (pseudonym)InternetUK: EnglandEstablished 1863 and not to be confused with Burston Central University in the same town. Featured in The Unknown Tutor, published in December 2012 in the "Wading Through Treacle" blog and later republished. [15]
University of Carrbridge Examiners in the Natural Sciences Tripos at the University of Cambridge OtherUK: Scotland Carrbridge is a village in the Scottish Highlands. The university and its Porterhouse College featured in statistics questions in Cambridge Natural Sciences Tripos examination papers at least from 2008 to 2011. [17]
Cheng Dong University In a Good Way scriptwritersTVTaiwanSetting for the TV series In a Good Way [18]
Christminster University Thomas Hardy NovelUK: EnglandJude's destination in Jude the Obscure , based on Oxford [19]
Clyde University Sea of Souls scriptwriterTVUK: ScotlandThe Clyde is Glasgow 's river. Clyde's Department of Parapsychology is the setting for this BBC TV series written by David Kane. Jordanhill College, Glasgow, was used to represent the university in exterior shots. [20] [21]
Dartmouth University Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong TVUK: EnglandThe former university of main characters Mark and Jeremy in the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show . Not to be confused with Dartmouth College.
University of Edgestow C. S. Lewis NovelUK: EnglandIn the novel That Hideous Strength ; had four colleges: Bracton College, Northumberland College, Dukes College, St. Elizabeth's College. [22] Lewis described the fictional Edgestow as a small university town more beautiful than either Cambridge or Oxford. [23]
Euphoric State University David Lodge NovelUSLocated in the fictional town of Plotinus in the fictional state of Euphoria, the employer of Morris Zapp who makes an academic exchange with Philip Swallow of Rummidge, England, in Changing Places . [24]
Felpersham University The Archers scriptwritersRadioUK: EnglandUniversity in the fictional cathedral city of Felpersham in Borsetshire, attended by several characters from the long-running BBC radio series The Archers . [25] [26]
Fibchester University National Union of Students OtherUK: EnglandSubject of case studies in NUS training courses [27] [28]
University of Gallifrey Doctor Who scriptwritersTVExtraterrestrialLocated on fictional planet Gallifrey, source of the Thirteenth Doctor's doctorate. Merchandise available on eBay and Etsy indicates that it was established in 1963 and known as "Time Lord Academy". [29]
University of Gloucester David Lodge NovelUK: EnglandSetting of Thinks ... ( ISBN   0-436-44502-6) [30] Not to be confused with the real University of Gloucestershire.
University of Hilldene Ruth Rendell TVUK: EnglandAlma mater of DI Burden's daughter Pat in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries episode The Mouse in the Corner; filmed at Southampton [31]
University of Inverdoon Eric Linklater NovelUK: ScotlandThe protagonist of Linklater's semi-autobiographical White Maa's Saga attends medical school at this Scottish university, either identified as University of Aberdeen or set in a town which is "a thinly veiled combination of Aberdeen and Inverness". [32] [33]
King's University, also known as King's College Dublin Eilís Dillon NovelIreland Dublin based setting for novels including Death in the Quadrangle (Faber, 1956; republished 2009 ISBN   978-1601870445) [34] [35]
Kirke University Campus scriptwritersTVUK: EnglandSetting for the semi-improvised sitcom Campus [36]
University College Limerick David Lodge NovelIrelandEmployer of a character in Small World ( ISBN   0-436-25663-0) [37]
Lowlands University Andrew Davies TVUK: EnglandSetting for A Very Peculiar Practice [38] Possibly based on Warwick. [1]
Manchester Medlock University Fresh Meat scriptwritersTVUK: EnglandSetting of TV comedy series Fresh Meat [39] The Medlock is a river in Greater Manchester.
University of Maximegalon Douglas Adams RadioExtraterrestrialFrom the BBC Radio series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy . [40]
University of Muri Walter Benjamin and Gershom Sholem OtherSwitzerland/GermanyFabrication of a university through various references and fake documents as an extended satire on academic procedures. [41] [42]
New Tammany College John Barth NovelUSSetting of Giles Goat-Boy . A vast university variously serving as an allegory for the United States, the human world, the universe, and the Cold War. It is divided into a secretive and authoritarian East Campus (representing the Eastern Bloc) and a more open West Campus, ruled by a messianic Grand Tutor. [43]
University of North Norfolk Elly Griffiths NovelUK: EnglandThe title character of Griffiths' Ruth Galloway series heads the department of forensic archaeology at this university near King's Lynn, Norfolk (which is not in North Norfolk local authority district). [44] [45]
University of North Yorkshire Susan ParryNovelUK: EnglandNear Harrogate. Features in the novel Grand Depart (2013, Viridian Publishing, ISBN   978-0956789143) and other books by the same author, as the employer of central character Dr Millie Sanderson. [46]
University of Norwich Michael Frayn FilmUK: EnglandIn the 1986 film Clockwise , written by Frayn and directed by Christopher Morahan, headmaster Brian Stimpson (Cleese) sets off to deliver a speech at this fictional university [47] Scenes depicting the university were filmed at King Edward's School, Birmingham and the University of Birmingham. [48] Not to be confused with the real University of East Anglia established 1963 in Norwich, or the real Norwich University of the Arts which gained university status in 2013.
Oxbridge University William Makepeace Thackeray NovelUK: EnglandLocation of the St Boniface College attended by the eponymous hero of Thackeray's novel Pendennis . [49] The Oxford English Dictionary defines Oxbridge as "Originally: A fictional university" and cites Thackeray as its earliest reference. [50] The term is now more commonly used as a portmanteau term for the English universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
Pennbrook University Boy Meets World scriptwritersTVUSLocated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennbrook University is the fictional institution of which the main characters of Boy Meets World attend beginning in season 5. The university becomes a main setting for the remainder of the series. It is believed to be based on Saint Joseph's University and the University of Pennsylvania. [51]
Poltowan UniversityNicola K. SmithNovelUK: EnglandSet in a fictional town somewhere west of Falmouth, Cornwall, this university is the setting for Smith's 2019 novel A Degree of Uncertainty (Compass, ISBN   978-1912009411) featuring tensions between students and residents. [52]
Poppleton University Laurie Taylor NewspaperUK: England Nether Poppleton and Upper Poppleton are real villages just outside York. Also used by HESA as an example in official documentation [53] [54]
Rummidge University David Lodge NovelUK: EnglandSetting of the Campus Trilogy: Changing Places , Small World and Nice Work "A thinly-veiled portrait of Birmingham". [55]
St Luke's University Doctor Who scriptwritersTVUK: EnglandFictional university in Bristol where the Twelfth Doctor taught and Bill Potts worked, first appearing in series 10, episode one The Pilot . Filming used the buildings of Cardiff University. [56]
St Rule's University Margaret Oliphant StoryUK: ScotlandSetting of Oliphant's 1896 short story "The Library Window", based on University of St Andrews. [57]
St Sebastian's UniversityAnonymousNovelUK: EnglandSetting of A Campus Conspiracy ( ISBN   9780954758677), published anonymously in 2006 but attributed to Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok. [58] [59]
Scumbag College The Young Ones scriptwritersTVUK: EnglandCollege attended (or not) by the four flat-sharing students in 1980s BBC TV series The Young Ones, written by Ben Elton, Rik Mayall and Lise Mayer. A highlight was the four's appearance as the college's team on TV quiz show University Challenge confronting Footlights College, Oxbridge. [60] [61]
Shanhe University Netizens MemeChinaA non-existent Chinese university with fair admissions policies, reasonable fees, great teaching and otherwise Utopian.
Skerryvore University James Bridie PlayUK: ScotlandA Scottish university, the setting of Bridie's 1939 play What Say They?, which was adapted into the 1952 comedy film You're Only Young Twice . [62] [63] Skerryvore is an uninhabited island off the west of Scotland, 12 miles (19 km) beyond Tiree.
Smithdale University Degrassi: The Next Generation scriptwritersTVCanadaThe fictional university attended by several characters in Degrassi: The Next Generation . Based on and filmed at York University in Toronto, Ontario.
Streeling University Isaac Asimov Novel Trantor Workplace of Hari Seldon and the other psychohistorians, Issac Asimov. Foundation.
Sweet Valley University Francine Pascal NovelUSSetting for 63 YA novels by Pascal and ghost-writers (published 1993-2000), part of the Sweet Valley High franchise. [64]
University of Tayside Traces scriptwritersTVUK: ScotlandLocated in Dundee, Scotland, and hosts the Scottish Institute of Forensic Science and Anatomy (SIFA), the setting for the series Traces , made by Alibi and shown on BBC One. Filming locations include University of Bolton. [65] Also branded as "Tayside University". [66]
Toronto University Degrassi: The Next Generation scriptwritersTVCanadaA fictional public university from the Canadian teen drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation . Based on the University of Toronto, this institution is where numerous Degrassi graduates attend for higher education. As its name suggests, it's located in Toronto, Ontario.
Tuktoyaktuk UniversityAnonymousClothingCanada: NWTA clothing manufacturer in the real Tuktoyaktuk, a hamlet in Canada's Northwest Territories, sold celebrated teeshirts and sweatshirts from this fictional institution. [67] [68]
Unseen University Terry Pratchett NovelExtraterrestrialIn the city of Ankh-Morpork on Discworld. [69]
Warren University Mona Awad NovelUSSetting of Bunny . A small liberal arts college in New England with a MFA program known for its "experimental approach to narrative". [70]
Watermouth University Malcolm Bradbury NovelUK: EnglandSetting of The History Man ; "bears more than a passing resemblance to the University of East Anglia" [71]
Weissnichtwo University Thomas Carlyle NovelGermanyThis home institution of main character Professor Diogenes Teufelsdröckh is the backdrop of the ironic treatment of then contemporary German philosophical currents in the 1831 novel Sartor Resartus . [72]
Wetherton University Reginald Hill TVUK: EnglandThe local university is mentioned in some episodes of Dalziel and Pascoe , the BBC TV series set in fictional Wetherton, Yorkshire. [73] [74]
Wetwang University Yorkshire Post columnist?NewspaperUK: EnglandWetwang is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire [75]
Winchester University Justin Simien FilmUSThe 2014 film Dear White People is set in this fictional Ivy League university. [76] Not to be confused with the real University of Winchester in England.
Wrottesley Polytechnic Howard Jacobson NovelUK: EnglandSefton Goldberg, the central character of Jacobson's 1980 novel Coming From Behind, is an unhappy lecturer at this English polytechnic "somewhere in the debased and deteriorating Midlands". [77] [78] Inspired by Jacobson's experiences as a lecturer at Wolverhampton Polytechnic. [79]
Ziggoreth University Isaac Asimov Novel Ziggoreth In co-operative nephelometric research with Streeling University (q.v.). Issac Asimov. Foundation.

Note that the red brick university in England in which Kingsley Amis sets Lucky Jim is unnamed.

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