Suifere College

**Suifere College** is a college located in Martlet, Summerset Province, Ahremia. The college began as a small, privately funded scribal school known as the School of St. Dustia which existed as early as 932 SY. The college has been attended by many international scholars, along with a select few members of Ahremian royalty, making it one of the most well-known institutions of higher education in Ivlon.

The college began as a Pretorian school in the 900s, being founded by a cell of Pretorian monks residing in Salutemia. During the Exelonian Period the school became a royal college, and was directly funded by the Ahremian royalty. The school has since grown to encompass nearly an entire district of Martlet, and attendance was at nearly 7,000 by the 1520s.

## History

Suifere College was originally a small Pretorian grammar school founded in Martlet in about 930 SY, and was called the School of St. Dustia (a name derived from the church it was attached to). Like most grammar schools, the school taught young children (mostly boys) the grammar of Cisalian, the *lingua franca* of the time. The school was most likely one of only a few standardized schools in the region, being located in Martlet - which at the time was a relatively insignificant town on the edge of the Kingdom of Euritas.

The school would remain a small, religious institution until the late 11th century SY, when the operations of the school were transferred to the state (which at the time were the rulers of the Exelonian province of Euritas). This new school, although still having Pretorian values and traditions deeply engraved into the school's culture, would teach a wide variety of secular subjects. The studies of medicine and alchemy, along with music were some of the first secular subjects taught at the new school. Educators at the school were mostly gathered from the main cities of Ahremia, supplemented by Cisalian and Zedian scholars from abroad.

In 1145 SY the school's operations would be headed by Leo Johannes Suifere, a scholar from Ulrox who expanded the school's colleges and also oversaw the construction of the predecessor to the Suifere Clocktower and its surrounding park. Upon his death, the school's board of directors renamed the school Suifere College.

In the past centuries of its existence, the college has seen immense growth in its public image, a trend which coincides with the urban growth of its home of Martlet. The college, in the past century or so, has become frequented more and more by foreign academics, hailing from a variety of kingdoms who come to study at Suifere - some then staying to teach. At the other hand, the University of Martlet, the college's main competitor, serves a more native group of students.

## Academics

The majority of teachers at Suifere are former students, and most also have foreign origins. This results in a large selection of languages being taught of Suifere, along with more traditional pursuits like medicine, art, music, rhetoric, philosophy, mathematics, theology, and history.

Students at Suifere can complete a degree by attending a set amount of lectures. To receive a master's degree, a student must stay for an extra 3 years and commit to teaching at the college for a set amount of time. Most foreign students of Suifere complete a normal degree before returning to their home country.