University of Coruscant / Legends The University of Coruscant , also known as the Coruscant University , was a university located in the Fobosi District of the Galactic Republic ' s capital planet Coruscant . Founded by Supreme Chancellor Fillorean and the Duinuogwuin philosopher Borz ' Mat ' oh in 15 , 500 BBY as Coruscant ' s first university , the insitution offered a wide variety of courses throughout its history and gained a reputation as a premier learning institution . However , the rise of the Galactic Empire at the end of the Clone Wars and the New Order ' s Humanocentric policies sullied the school ' s reputation , and it was not until almost three decades later that the New Republic regained control of Coruscant that the University began accepting non - Humans again . History . Founding and early years . The first formal university on the planet Coruscant , the University of Coruscant was founded by Supreme Chancellor Fillorean and the Duinuogwuin philosopher Borz ' Mat ' oh in 15 , 500 BBY , at the end of the conflict between the Galactic Republic and the Duinuogwuin species that became known as the Duinuogwuin Contention . Originally a single tower in the Fobosi District on the Republic ' s capital of Coruscant , the University expanded over the millennia to include many different buildings scattered throughout the district . The original tower became largely administrative offices , student housing , and several of the original lecture halls , though the two chalcedony statues of Borz ' Mat ' Oh and Fillorean remained . The dean of the University was addressed by the traditional title of " Cadaeda " The University handed out honorary degrees to individuals who were influential in their field , such as Nasdra Magrody , and the recipients of honorary degrees also received gold rings . The Human Archiban Kimble attended Coruscant University ' s medical program , the First Republic Medical Academy of Coruscant , during the early years of the Cold War between the Sith Empire and the Republic , and during his time studying xenopathology Kimble ' s fellow students complained that he received favorable treatment from several of his female instructors . Almost three thousand years after the Cold War , the Quermian Murk Lundi taught history at the University , specializing in little - known organizations and events that had nonetheless impacted the galaxy . However , Lundi ' s mediocre research skills led him to delve into topics and subjects outside of his standard classics in order to save his career , and the Quermian began to research the Sith . His attempts to retrieve a Sith holocron on the planet Kodai were foiled by the Jedi Order , and the professor was relieved of his position when he ultimately went insane and was imprisoned in a mental facility . The Zabrak medical student Zan Yant was tutored in music by one of the professors at the University ' s School of Music in the years before the conflict known as the Clone Wars , and the School of Music was considered one of the premier musical institutions at the time . The University ' s medical departments occasionally suffered from thievery during that period , such as how the Balosar medical student Elan Sel ' Sabagno abused his access to the school ' s medical supplies and stole them to use in the production of illegal drugs . The Clone Wars and the Empire . In 22 BBY , the tensions between the Republic and the fledgling Confederacy of Independent Systems began to boil over , and the students of Coruscant University became embroiled in several incidents of public unrest on the capital planet . The controversy surrounding the infant Ludi Billane , who had been adopted by the Jedi Order after the two - year - old was separated from her mother in a quake on their homeworld Ord Thoden , inspired many student activists to involve themselves with the ongoing events . Several students used an automated slicer program to overload two of the University ' s datanet hubs early in the morning with trillions and trillions of images of Ludi , who had been named Aris - Del Wari by the Jedi and whose mother Jonava was trying to fight for custody of her daughter . By the afternoon , the program — which had been duplicating the files exponentially and overwriting existing data on the University network — had completely filled both of the hubs with images of Ludi taken from a HoloNet News report . The caption " I ' d rather be with Mom than Mace " had been added to the images , and the Campus Information Office was unable to uncover any leads in their investigation . Just under a month later , a twenty - student sociology tour group infiltrated the Jedi Temple through the public entrance before unleashing several pre - programmed graffiti - bomb s that sprayed messages across the lobby such as " Baby Ludi Wants Her Mom , " " Broodsnatchers , " and logos of the People ' s Inquest movement — a public watch group that was supporting Billane in her attempts to regain custody of her daughter . As the two young Padawans present were unwilling to utilize their lightsabers against the activists , the group was able to push into the Temple ' s Second Atrium Lobby before Plo Koon and Ki - Adi - Mundi , two members of the Jedi Council , arrived to block their path . Koon mentally subdued the crowd with the Force so that several Padawans could remove the students peacefully , though the event gained enough attention to warrant a HoloNet report . Less than four weeks later , public uproar over the Military Creation Act drew a large number of students from the University ' s Southern Campus . The Senate Guard was forced to break up the crowds of approximately 7 , 000 activists around the Senate Building , with thirty - eight protesters — many of whom were University students — arrested by the building ' s protectors . The students ' protests were in vain , however , as the following weeks saw the signing of the Military Creation Act and the beginning of the Clone Wars . By that time , the Fobosi District featured many cantinas that catered to the University ' s staff and students , including the Haunch of Nerf . At the end of the Clone Wars in 19 BBY , the Republic became the Galactic Empire , and the University of Coruscant underwent significant policy changes in the era of the New Order . The Empire passed a bylaw that forbade non - Humans from applying to the University and expelled those currently attending , and in their absence the University soon became almost entirely Human males . Many of the new students were former members of the Sub - Adult Group youth brigades that had been organized by the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order , and a large number of them were washouts from the Imperial Military academies — something that caused the University ' s reputation to suffer as most of its students pursued careers in the Imperial government . While other premier universities mocked the school as a " bureaucrat factory " , the University ' s students damaged the school ' s reputation further by creating a climate of bullying and Humanocentrism that thrived over the next two decades . Around 11 BBY , the Corellian female Bria Tharen decided to study archaeology and ancient art at the University after completing her undergraduate education at the age of seventeen , though her exposure to the religion known as the Cult of The One and The All derailed her studies . Sometime during the period of Imperial rule , the University ' s Vice - Chancellor Zokor Polpot and the current Chancellor were among those University officials visited the planet Woostri , and Polpot attempted to discredit his boss with a prank involving the droid 8t88 . Polpot replaced the crocidile – like head of 8t88 , the Tiss ' sharl administrative droid in charge of managing Woostri ' s famous HoloScan Database , with the smaller head of a JMM series droid , and the episode resulted with the Chancellor ' s resignation and Polpot ' s ascension to the post . However , 8t88 went on to become an information broker with a bitter resentment of Humans , and he eventually murdered Polpot while the Chancellor was visiting the planet Mawan sometime before 7 ABY . The New Republic . When the New Republic liberated the galactic capital in 7 ABY , the University immediately began to accept students of all species , though resentment among non - Humans remained high in the years that followed as the University ' s Imperial reputation lingered . By 18 ABY , the University ' s Diplomatic Archives were open to the public , and it included material on figures such as Gaeriel Captison , a Senator of Bakura . Students of certain species , such as Shistavanens , were shunned and feared by their fellow students and even faculty on account of their fearsome appearance , though such reactions were not always exclusive to the University . Around that time , the Coruscant University Press published scholarly articles and reports by notable scientists . By 30 ABY , the University had once again regained its reputation as a premier institute of learning , and it regularly dispatched research expeditions in a wide variety of fields . A group of zoologists from the University undertook an expedition to the planet Kowak , the homeworld of the Kowakian monkey - lizard , though the monkey - lizards sabotaged or stole most of the researchers equipment enough that the group was forced to abandon further attempts at studying them . Under the New Republic , a panel of multicultural scientists from the University of Coruscant was in charge of the formal designation of species ' sentience , and they issued their rulings on different species only after a research team approved by the government had conducted an extensive field study . Significant findings that could affect a species ' designation were also brought before the panel . During the Second Galactic Civil War , the Galactic Alliance Guard rounded up many Corellians on Coruscant , including a large number of students and professors at the University . The University greatly resented the Guard ' s actions , and various members of the school were more than willing to aid GAG captain Lon Shevu when he allied with the Jedi in order to bring down the Guard ' s leader and Co - Chief of State Jacen Solo . From his contacts at the University , Shevu was able to acquire a shuttle belonging to the University ' s geological survey team , and he and Ben Skywalker successfully masqueraded as a geological professor and student on a survey to the planet Kavan .