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Wizarding Schools Map LR

Map of select wizarding schools around the world.

A wizarding school (also called a magical school) was an educational institution which provided magical instruction to young witches and wizards.[1]

There were eleven "long-established and prestigious" wizarding schools throughout the world. There were smaller wizarding schools, but these tended to be short-lived, and often not regulated.[1]

However, most countries in the world did not have their own wizarding school. Magical children in these countries were typically homeschooled or educated via correspodence courses.[1]

Range and regulation

The vast majority of countries in the world did not have their own wizarding school.[1] Wizards and witches in these countries generally chose to homeschool their children instead.[1] Correspondence courses were also sometimes used as a cost-effective method of providing magical instruction to young witches and wizards in countries with very small or isolated wizarding populations.[1]

Mahoutokoro storm petrels

Day student of Mahoutokoro in Japan riding to school on a giant storm petrel.

Wizarding schools generally admitted students from whatever country in which they were based, but some served multiple nations or a broad geographical region, or at least were open to accepting international students on a selective basis. Castelobruxo and Uagadou accepted students from all over their respective continents,[2][3][4] whereas Hogwarts only accepted students from the United Kingdom and Ireland.[5] The school with the smallest number of students was Mahoutokoro, and the school with the most students was Uagadou.[2][6]

Some schools also enforced special restrictions with regard to the admission of students. The Durmstrang Institute, for example, did not accept Muggle-born witches and wizards.[7]

The Educational Office of the International Confederation of Wizards was responsible for cataloging and overseeing wizarding schools around the world, including the eleven oldest, most respected ones.[1] Smaller wizarding schools existed, but these were often short-lived and poorly-regulated, as most were not registered with the respective Ministry of Magic of the country in which they operated.[1] The quality of magical education on offer at these smaller, unregistered institutions was thus questionable.[1]

However, there seems to have been some smaller schools that were approved by the Educational Office, as Africa was reported to be home to "a number of smaller wizarding schools" in addition to Uagadou.[2] The book An Appraisal of Magical Education in Europe covered publicly available information on various wizarding schools in Europe.[7]

Known wizarding schools

Image Wizarding school Location Students' place of origin
File:BeauxbatonsAcademyofMagic.png Beauxbatons Academy of Magic Pyrenees, France[8] France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal and Spain[8]
CastelobruxoSchoolofMagic Castelobruxo Amazon rainforest, Brazil[4] All over South America[4]
DurmstrangInstitute Durmstrang Institute Northernmost reaches of Sweden
or Norway[9][10][9][11] 		Willing to accept international students,[7] but presumably mainly Northern Europe
HogwartsSchool Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Scotland, Great Britain[12] United Kingdom and Ireland[5]
IlvermornySchoolofMagic Ilvermorny North America[13] North America[13]
EmptyFile Koldovstoretz Russia Russia[14]
MahoutokoroSchoolofMagic Mahoutokoro School of Magic Minami Iwo Jima, Japan[6] Japan[6]
File:UagadouSchoolofMagic.png Uagadou School of Magic Mountains of the Moon, Uganda[3][2] All over Africa[3][2]

Interaction between schools

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Beauxbatons students arriving at Hogwarts for the Triwizard Tournament in 1994.

Every five years, a competition known as the Triwizard Tournament was held between the three major European wizarding schools of Beauxbatons, Durmstrang, and Hogwarts. One champion was selected to represent each school (with the exception of the 1994 Triwizard Tournament, when Hogwarts ended up with two champions) to compete in an array of deadly challenges. The winning school received the Triwizard Cup.[7]

The Wizarding Schools Potions Championship was held at unknown intervals between students of Hogwarts, Koldovstoretz, Mahoutokoro and Uagadou. The winning school received a golden cauldron.[15]

Castelobruxo in Brazil offered student exchange programmes to pupils at wizarding schools in Europe. There was apparently also an international pen-friend programme in place for students of Castelobruxo and Hogwarts at one point. Bill Weasley wanted to take an exchange trip to Castelobruxo, but had to back out because his family could not afford the expense, leading his upset Castelobruxo pen-friend to send him a cursed hat.[7][4]

Specialised schools

Outside of general education, the wizarding world offers specialised schools of learning as well. Such schools include the Academy of Broom Flying, Charm School, and the Wizarding Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Behind the scenes

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Pottermore - Writing by J.K. Rowling: "Wizarding Schools"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Pottermore - Writing by J.K. Rowling: "Uagadou"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 @naunihalpublic Uagadou takes students from all over Africa, but it is in Uganda. #IAgreePottermoreShouldSayThatWillChangeDescription by J. K. Rowling on Twitter.com
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Pottermore - Writing by J.K. Rowling: "Castelobruxo"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 8 July 2000 South West News Service interview
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Pottermore - Writing by J.K. Rowling: "Mahoutokoro"
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Pottermore - Writing by J.K. Rowling: "Beauxbatons Academy of Magic"
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Report on Maggie's Cancer Caring Centre reading
  10. ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Hermione: "It must be far north because they have fur capes on the uniform list."
  11. ↑ Pottermore - Writing by J.K. Rowling: "Durmstrang Institute"
  12. ↑ 1997 interview in The Herald (Glasgow)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Pottermore - News: "Pottermore reveals that Ilvermorny is the North American wizarding school"
  14. ↑ Pottermore facts from the 2014 UK editions of the Harry Potter books (transcript and link to photographs here)
  15. ↑ Wonderbook: Book of Potions
  16. ↑ .@jgrahamhutch The Salem Witches' Institute isn't a school, but a joke on the Women's Institute in the UK. by J.K. Rowling on Twitter
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