Madrasa (Civ6)

The Madrasa is a unique building of the Arabian civilization in Civilization VI. It is built in the Campus district, replaces the University and is unlocked with Theology.
* Effects:
** +5 (boosted by Rationalism policy card)
** Provides bonus equal to the adjacency bonus of its district
** +1 
** +1 Citizen slot
** +1 point per turn
** +2 for each Scientific City-State with 6 s.
*** With Ethiopia Pack: +2 for each Scientific City-State with 3 s.
** +2 with Great Scientist Isaac Newton activated.
== Strategy ==
The most outstanding factor of the Madrasa is that it unlocks with Theology (a Classical civic) instead of Education (a Medieval technology). Just the fact that Education is a difficult technology to beeline while the path to Theology is short and straightforward (and Arabia is guaranteed to be able to trigger its ) means Arabia can start constructing this building a lot earlier than other civilizations with their regular University. However, since the Madrasa is no cheaper than the University, being able to build multiple Madrasas right after it is unlocked is a hard task. When playing with the expansions, you should combine the construction with Magnus and some Woods chopping. Consider going straight for Theology after researching Political Philosophy (for Tier 1 governments), and maybe Military Tradition (for Maneuver to build Heavy Chariots and upgrade them into Mamluks later).
Compared to the University, the Madrasa provides 1 additional and some depending on the adjacency bonus of the Campus it is in, which can be further boosted with the Natural Philosophy or Five-Year Plan policy cards. The extra point of doesn't sound like much on its own but when combined with the fact that you unlock this building long before others get theirs, it becomes quite significant. The extra is obviously a nice boost to Arabia as a whole, and is especially synergistic with Saladin's bonuses to both and .
The biggest issue with the Madrasa is that it is way too expensive to be a Classical building. Arabia gets access to this unique University almost 1.5 eras sooner than everyone else, yet the price tag of this building (especially when considering the production infrastructure at this time is almost non-existent) means actually being able to build this is a struggle. This is the reason why you shouldn't wait until the last , since the last religion is never going to get Jesuit Education, a critical belief for Arabia. If you don't have Jesuit Education, establish Magnus in a city and try to chop out Madrasas.
== Civilopedia entry ==
== Gallery ==
File:Civ 6 Madrasa.jpg|Madrasa in game
File:Historic Moment Madrasa (Civ6).png|Historic Moment for building the Madrasa
== See also ==
* Madrasa in other games
Category:Arabian