University of Tal Varisa

The University of Tal Varisa is the oldest seat of learning within the Distant Fringe, founded at the beginning of the 24th century and rivalled only by the University of Selasia. It has a particularly distinguished Astronomy department, which runs the Deep Sky Program.

Motto: Cultura Veritas et Sapientia

(Culture Truth and Wisdom)

• The official journal of the university is the Astra.

Welcome to the University

The University was founded around 2300AD as part of a formal plan for the settlement of Tal Varisa, and was allocated substantial territory and holdings. The first University buildings were constructed soon afterwards, eventually becoming the Old Main of the faculty. Over the centuries many additonal Schools, Halls, and Administrative Centers have been added, though the university still retains a large amount of undeveloped territory on the world.

The main Schools of the University of Tal Varisa are still located on Tal Varisa The University also maintains campuses on many of the member worlds of the Firstworlds and on a number of other worlds located within the coreward half of Far Home Sector.

Demographics

The University of Tal Varisa is diverse and cosmopolitan, with members drawn from a wide range of social, ethnic and racial backgrounds.

The estimated total population of the University is approximately 65,000. This includes undergraduate and graduate students, teaching staff and members of the faculties, administrative staff, variously retained individuals, and individuals engaged in research, expeditions, industrial associations or military ventures. The vast majority of these students are humans, largely originating from within Far Home Sector. There are notable communities of Edur, Temelik and Hoppers within the university, and smaller groups of Meroquan and far-flung Esaran.

Faculties Of The University

Faculty of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Tal Varisa

Departments:

• The Institute of Astrophysics
• The Saito Center for Astronomy
• The Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
  • Valeriya Egorov Institute of Mathematics
  • Chamber of Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology.

The Astronomy Department runs the Deep Sky Program, a long-running project to accurately map and catalogue the stars lying within the Empty Stars. It publishes the DSP Listing.

Department of Biology, University of Tal Varisa

Departments:

• School of Biological Sciences
  • Department of Biochemistry
  • Department of Genetics
  • Alavar Institute of Xenobiology
• Department of Flora Research
• Center for Psychological Study
  • Geliger Intitute of Psionic Research
• Department of Zoology

Faculty of History, University of Tal Varisa

Research groups:

• Center for Last Armada Research
  • Dissident Fleet Research Group
• Association of Confederation-Era Studies
  • Civil Wars Research Group
• Scybrian Wars Research Center
• Tal Varisa Center for Dark Age and Renaissance Studies
  • Elspeth Spence Group for the Study of Dark Age Art
• Institute for Early Modern Trailing History

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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
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