List of colleges and universities in Zwangzug
While a full list would be exhaustive, this is a list of colleges and universities in Zwangzug that are notable for being ranked in the top ten of the Zwangzug Hearsay and Provincialist Rumormonger rankings, having remarkably similar names to institutions in other countries, and/or participating in association football competitions.
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102d Polyteknik
- City: 102d
- Motto: "I haf 2 b productiv"
- Colors: Gray and yellow
- Mascot: Bees
5th in HPR rankings. Archrivals of Stoal Institute of Science, and the slightly more "applied"/engineering focused faction of the prank war. Association football champions in season 29.
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AIU
Ashthorn College
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Brench
College of Bronc
- District: Vordex
Bryce College
- City: western FTC
- Motto: "Fides, spes, et caritas"
- Colors: Gold and black
- Mascot: Lions
2nd in HPR rankings. In part due to its prominence in the large FTC, Bryce is probably the nation's most "prestigious" school historically even when lesser-known institutions provide similar intellectual heft. Its notable professors include Maxwell Pavand (English), Samuel Deston (religious studies), and Ryan Charis-Eaton (political science); English, economics, and psychology are its most popular majors.
Following her playing career and happenstance recruitment into researching causes of death among nonhuman citizens, footballer Misako Tsuki became an occasional guest lecturer; she had more success as the Lions' coach, leading them to the university title in season 30 (the 6th university competition).
Bulkeley College
- City: eastern FTC
- Motto: "Mit 4 rit"
- Colors: Gray and brown
- Mascot: Dinosaurs
Archrivals of the cross-"town" Bryce Lions. Notable alumni include Inge Lacremort-Cole, a slalom skiing medalist in the 7th Winter Olympics.
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Culver College
- Mascot: Greens
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University of Dauclem
- District: Dauclem
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- City: none, located in the Rackham Range (Rolea District)
- Motto: "Excelsior"
- Colors: Pink and yellow
- Mascot: Mountain Goats
Known for taking literally the old adage about "the hardest part of college is getting in." Mae Franklin was their longtime president.
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Edison College
- City: Sarott (Omephaw District)
- Motto: "Semper lux"
- Colors: Green and white
- Mascot: Eagles
4th in HPR rankings.
Elizur Mountain College
Engdahl Institute
Erewhon University
Association football champions season 31.
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Fleinhardt College
- City: 102d
- Motto: "2 the *s"
- Colors: Blue and gray
- Mascot: Starfish
Association football champions season 26.
Frammard College
- District: Stuvals
Felix Wainwright's alma mater.
Freund College
- District: Ervimnal
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Geeccles University
Glune Institute of Natural Sciences
- City: Gelma (Glune District)
- Motto: "Blithe solace"
- Colors: Gray and green
- Mascot: Turtles
10th in HPR rankings. Popularly known as GIONS. Stereotyped as being the most abstract/impractical of the "big three" hard science schools (102d Polyteknik and Stoal Institute of Science being the others), which is not completely inaccurate.
University of Greater Zwangzug
- City: Jasio (Entique District)
- Motto: "We're greater"
- Colors: Gold and gray
- Mascot: Buzzards
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Hassench College
- City: Honeheli (Nauthron District)
- Mascot: Brethren
Notable for their performing arts programs.
Heisenberg University
- City: Arlington
- Motto: "To know the unknown"
- Colors: Blue and black
- Mascot: Owls
Joint 8th in HPR rankings. Where Erin Splinter went for undergraduate study. Champions of the first association football university bracket (Season 25).
Henssen Institute
University of Homler
- City: Kedzy
- Mascot: Peacocks
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University of Jeatt--Kindtown
- City: Kindtown (Jeatt District)
- Motto: "Unite & strength"
- Colors: Blue and maroon
- Mascot: Squirrels
Joint 8th in HPR rankings. The district's flagship campus, although historically, less athletically accomplished than the Lucina campus. Also known for its underground secret societies, such as the semi-legendary "Wise Men" who meet in the depths of abandoned parking garages.
University of Jeatt--Lucina
Where Erin Splinter went for law school. Historically, better at sports than their rivals and "bigger siblings" in Kindtown.
Jefhed College
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Klerked College
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Lanius University
- Mascot: Starfish
Association football champions seasons 27 and 28.
Leblanc Universite
Liulevi University
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Maddon College
Mandelbrot University
- City: Farise (Ervimnal District)
- Motto: "Truth and beauty"
- Colors: red and blue
- Mascot: Lightning
1st in HPR rankings.
Minong College
Modal College
- City: Logrove
- Motto: "Paix et amour"
- Colors: White and brown
- Mascot: Starfish
Mursbayley College
- Mascot: Doves
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University of Naspe
- District: Naspe
Neume College
- District: Irco
Newtown Institute
- District: Keppal
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Orling College
Ozcheb University
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Parmel District University
- District: Parmel
Pittman University
University of Ponderosa
- Mascot: Half-Cats
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College of the Riverside
- Mascot: Rats
Ronquebuck University
- District: Xander
Won the "Starways Congress Collegiate Championship" (SC^3), the forerunner to the current association football bracket, before that competition's results were well-known/publicized.
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Sapper Tech
Scholl College
Insufferably leftist. They have a weird abstract art statue that is said to cast the shadow of the Universal Standard Dollar sign on May Day (ironically). The Scholl intellectuals, however, claim that true art would never be so understandable.
Universitaet Schwandt
Shanbock College
- District: Cipid
University of Sinako
St. Deedrag's University
- District: Dancirk
Stiglex University
- City: Ewaf Valley (Glune District)
- Colors: Orange and white
- Mascot: Foxes
Their baseball team has a dome so they can host big high school games. This was a plot point once.
Stoal Institute of Science
- City: Spenson
- Motto: "As above, so below"
- Colors: Green and orange
- Mascot: Eagles
3rd in HPR rankings. Familiarly known as "StoalSci." Archrivals of 102d Polyteknik, with whom they contest a high-tech engineering prank war. Attempted to conduct experiments on the "announcers' curse" of the Zwangzug national baseball team during World Baseball Classic 14.
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Taravin College
- City: Engelburg
- Motto: "Abundant in joy"
- Colors: Red and silver
- Mascot: Larks
7th in HPR rankings.
College of Twake
- District: Dancirk
University of Twineur
- City: Twineur
- Motto: "Perpetuum mobile"
- Colors: Purple and white
- Mascot: Cheetahs
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Wawen College
- City: Hautdesert (Xander District)
- Mascot: Crusaders
Their strongest programs are in literature and history.
Westfield College
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Zwangzug National University
- City: Sambock
- Motto: "Rhetorica"
- Colors: Purple and gold
- Mascot: Monarchs
Zwangzug University
- City: Phyreax (Stuvals District)
- Motto: "Froggug sederty bungo-bungo" (claimed to translate as "Forever to teach and learn," in Ancient Maxtopian)
- Colors: Teal and silver
- Mascot: Toads
6th in HPR rankings.
Zwangzug University of Science
- City: Metry (Langport District)
- Motto: "Survival of the fittest"
- Colors: Green and blue
- Mascot: Amoebae
Association football champions cycle 32.