Top 20 Universities in Charted Space?

[MasterGwydion]

Anyone know of a list anywhere of the Top 20 Universities in Charted Space? University of Vincennes is one I am sure.

 

[actionman]

Makhidarun School of Business

 

[steelbrok]

The Lunion School of Economics was introduced in TNE IIRC

I once used Trin Ladies Academy in a scenario. The Trinians (actually former students) were not to be trifled with

 

[Condottiere]

That's a wide net.

Trin College.

 

[WHULorigan]

Rhylanor Institute of Technology
Imperial University of Rhylanor
The Jumpspace Institute (Deneb)
University of Regina
University of Terra
Imperial Academy of Science and Medicine (IASM)
Glisten Institute of Planetological Studies (GLIPS)
Lunion School of Economics
Imperial Mora University
Mora Technical Institute

 

[MasterGwydion]

Rhylanor Institute of Technology
Imperial University of Rhylanor
The Jumpspace Institute (Deneb)
University of Regina
University of Terra
Imperial Academy of Science and Medicine (IASM)
Glisten Institute of Planetological Studies (GLIPS)
Lunion School of Economics
Imperial Mora University
Mora Technical Institute

That is awesome! Did you just make that up or is it canon from somewhere?

 

[WHULorigan]

That is awesome! Did you just make that up or is it canon from somewhere?

They are all canon.


Some others (some probably not as prestigious):

University of Rhylanor - (Unsure if this is the same as the Imperial University of Rhylanor - I am going to guess a Pop=9 world is large enough that they are different)
Rhylanor Polytechnic Institute
Karbiili School (finishing school for High Nobility on Sylea (like Eaton in England)
University of Sylea
University of Kasiiga (City of Ishimaga on Vland) - Hosts the Argushiigi Admegulasha Bilanidin (AAB)


You can also look at the following on the Traveller Wiki:

• Higher Learning
• Category:Educational Institute

 

[Terry Mixon]

In Core:

There is the University of Aadkhien in the Reference system and the Brygella School of Oceanography on Brygella.

 

[WHULorigan]

Imperial Sylean University is one of the most prestigious in the entire Imperium.

 

[MasterGwydion]

They are all canon.


Some others (some probably not as prestigious):

University of Rhylanor - (Unsure if this is the same as the Imperial University of Rhylanor - I am going to guess a Pop=9 world is large enough that they are different)
Rhylanor Polytechnic Institute
Karbiili School (finishing school for High Nobility on Sylea (like Eaton in England)
University of Sylea
University of Kasiiga (City of Ishimaga on Vland) - Hosts the Argushiigi Admegulasha Bilanidin (AAB)


You can also look at the following on the Traveller Wiki:

• Higher Learning
• Category:Educational Institute

Thank you for this info! It is awesome and helpful!

 

[agentwigggles]

In a jtas article I invoked that there is a space mining university from fornice.

 

[Condottiere]

Considering travelling times and costs, most schools of higher learning for billions of sophonts would be insubsector.

 

[MasterGwydion]

Considering travelling times and costs, most schools of higher learning for billions of sophonts would be insubsector.

Technically aren't all schools in Traveller in a subsector?

 

[Condottiere]

That would be true, but only those that the vast majority could afford.

 

[WHULorigan]

Technically aren't all schools in Traveller in a subsector?

Yes, but I think the point he is making is that there would have to be a solid school per Subsector (or ~ per Sector for very prestigious Institutions), or a branch campus of an Imperial University or Special Institute (similar to the Imperial Naval Academy which has branch campuses across the Imperium at major Naval Bases or Depots). The scale of the Imperium and the travel times involved mean that having an "appointment" to an Institution of Higher Learning that is 4 Sectors away is not like someone in Omaha, Nebraska getting a Scholarship to Oxford, UK. One isn't likely to just get tickets to the equivalent of a "trans-Atlantic flight" in order to attend. Each Jump is a week of travel, 1 way.

We have the unconscious tendency to think of Imperial worlds like cities on a modern map. In some cases (based on UWP Pop level) the world is little more than a sparse "colony" or a few settlements (Pop<6) on an otherwise largely barren world, and the analogy isn't all that incorrect. But worlds that have Pop = 7, 8 or 9+ are the equivalent of a modern country, or the entire planet Earth today (or as projected to be 50-100 years from now), and should have more than sufficient infrastructure to have one or several (or more) prestigious Universities (and other industries or corporations) of their own, just like the entire Earth today, depending on Pop.

 

[MasterGwydion]

Yes, but I think the point he is making is that there would have to be a solid school per Subsector (or ~ per Sector for very prestigious Institutions), or a branch campus of an Imperial University or Special Institute (similar to the Imperial Naval Academy which has branch campuses across the Imperium at major Naval Bases or Depots). The scale of the Imperium and the travel times involved mean that having an "appointment" to an Institution of Higher Learning that is 4 Sectors away is not like someone in Omaha, Nebraska getting a Scholarship to Oxford, UK. One isn't likely to just get tickets to the equivalent of a "trans-Atlantic flight" in order to attend. Each Jump is a week of travel, 1 way.

Also, most Universities are planetary and at that planet's TL. So, what happens if you put a branch campus of the University of Vincennes and put it on Gazulin, TL-11. Are they still teaching TL-16 science or are they teaching something else?

We have the unconscious tendency to think of Imperial worlds like cities on a modern map. In some cases (based on UWP Pop level) the world is little more than a sparse "colony" or a few settlements (Pop<6) on an otherwise largely barren world, and the analogy isn't all that incorrect. But worlds that have Pop = 7, 8 or 9+ are the equivalent of a modern country, or the entire planet Earth today (or as projected to be 50-100 years from now), and should have more than sufficient infrastructure to have one or several (or more) prestigious Universities (and other industries or corporations) of their own, just like the entire Earth today, depending on Pop.

Oxford was founded when the population of England was about 2 million, so any planet with less than a Pop Code of 6, likely do not have a University. The first foreign student at Oxford was around 1,200AD, from Paris. That was a 2 to 3 week trip in 1,200AD. 3 or 4 weeks from Rome. So, travelling for a month or two to attend university was not uncommon in days with long travel times.

 

[WHULorigan]

Also, most Universities are planetary and at that planet's TL. So, what happens if you put a branch campus of the University of Vincennes and put it on Gazulin, TL-11. Are they still teaching TL-16 science or are they teaching something else?

If it is a branch of the University of Vincennes my guess would be that they are teaching their TL-16 science as part of their reputation, or they wouldn't put a branch campus there if they couldn't live up to it and provide for the University learning infrastructure.

Oxford was founded when the population of England was about 2 million, so any planet with less than a Pop Code of 6, likely do not have a University. The first foreign student at Oxford was around 1,200AD, from Paris. That was a 2 to 3 week trip in 1,200AD. 3 or 4 weeks from Rome. So, travelling for a month or two to attend university was not uncommon in days with long travel times.

So that would be about 4 commercial jumps, or ~8-12pc effective range.

 

[MasterGwydion]

If it is a branch of the University of Vincennes my guess would be that they are teaching their TL-16 science as part of their reputation, or they wouldn't put a branch campus there if they couldn't live up to it and provide for the University learning infrastructure.

This makes sense to Me. Thank you.

So that would be about 4 commercial jumps, or ~8-12pc effective range.

So, that is like what? 2, 3, or 4 subsectors?

 

[AndrewW]

Of course you might also be in a different subsector that is closer then the other side of the subsector. Also, might take into consideration jump routes when placing institutions of higher learning, if one is say a jump-6 from anywhere else but another is only jump-2 from multiple worlds which is more likely to be utilized?

 

[WHULorigan]

So that would be about 4 commercial jumps, or ~8-12pc effective range.

So, that is like what? 2, 3, or 4 subsectors?

1 Subsector is 8pc x 10pc.
So that range covers ~1 Subsector.