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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 provides magical instruction to young witches and wizards.^[1]

There were eleven long-established and prestigious wizarding schools throughout the world, all of which were registered with the International Confederation of Wizards. Smaller and less well-regulated institutions were rarely registered with the appropriate Ministry and are difficult to keep track of.^[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 correspondence 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, Ilvermorny 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]^[6]

The school with the smallest number of students was Mahoutokoro, and the school with the most students was Uagadou.^[2]^[7]

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.^[8]

The Educational Office of the International Confederation of Wizards was responsible for cataloguing and overseeing wizarding schools around the world, namely 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] Africa was known to have been 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.^[8]

Known wizarding schools

Image	Wizarding School	Location	Range
File:BeauxbatonsAcademyofMagic.png	Beauxbatons Academy of Magic	Pyrenees, France^[9]	France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain^[9]
	Castelobruxo	Amazon rainforest, Brazil^[4]	All over South America^[4]
	Durmstrang Institute	Scandinavia; northernmost reaches of either Norway or Sweden^[10]^[11]^[12]	Willing to accept international students,^[8] but presumably mainly northern Europe
	Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry	Highlands, Scotland^[13]	Scotland, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland and Wales^[5]^[6]
	Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry	Mount Greylock, United States of America^[14]	All over North America^[14]
	Koldovstoretz	Russia	Russia^[15]
	Mahoutokoro School of Magic	Minami Iwo Jima, Japan^[7]	Japan^[7]
File:UagadouSchoolofMagic.png	Uagadou School of Magic	Mountains of the Moon, Uganda^[3]^[2]	All over Africa^[3]^[2]

Interaction between schools

2005 harry potter and the goblet of fire 071 — 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: 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.^[8]

The Wizarding Schools Potions Championship was held in seven-year intervals between students of Hogwarts, Koldovstoretz, Mahoutokoro and Uagadou. The winning school received a golden cauldron.^[16]

Castelobruxo in Brazil offered student exchange programmes to pupils at wizarding schools in Europe.^[4] There was apparently also an international pen-friend programme in place for students of Castelobruxo and Hogwarts.^[4]^[17] 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.^[4]^[17]

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

The Salem Witches' Institute was once thought by some fans to be a wizarding school in the United States. J. K. Rowling has since revealed that the Salem Witches' Institute is a play on the Women's Institute in Britain.^[18]
It is unknown how Muggle-borns in countries without a magical school receive a magical Education or if there are Muggle-borns unaware of their powers: this could cause issues regarding the Statute of Secrecy.
- One method could be said that they can attend schools with a wider acceptance range(Ex: a Portuguese Muggle-born could attend Beauxbatons Academy of Magic or a Canadian Muggle-born could attend Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.)

Appearances

Notes and references

↑ ^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"
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Uagadou" at Pottermore
↑ ^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
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Castelobruxo" at Pottermore
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 3 July 1999 interview in the Telegraph
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 8 July 2000 South West News Service interview
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Mahoutokoro" at Pottermore
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 ^8.3 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Beauxbatons Academy of Magic" at Pottermore
↑ Report on Maggie's Cancer Caring Centre reading
↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Hermione: "It must be far north because they have fur capes on the uniform list."
↑ Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Durmstrang Institute" at Pottermore
↑ 1997 interview in The Herald (Glasgow)
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 Pottermore - News: "Pottermore reveals that Ilvermorny is the North American wizarding school"
↑ Pottermore facts from the 2014 UK editions of the Harry Potter books (transcript and link to photographs here)
↑ Wonderbook: Book of Potions
↑ ^17.0 ^17.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 7 (Bagman and Crouch)
↑ .@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

Wizarding education

The eleven schools
Beauxbatons · Castelobruxo · Durmstrang · Hogwarts · Ilvermorny · Koldovstoretz · Mahoutokoro · Uagadou
Specialised schools
Academy of Broom Flying · Charm School · Euro-Glyph School of Extraordinary Languages · Merge School of Under-Water Spellage · The Naaszcademy of Magizoology · Wizarding Academy of Dramatic Arts · Young Wizards Daycare Center

[pottermoreschools-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"

[pottermore-uagadou-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Uagadou" at Pottermore

[twitter-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

[pottermore-castelobruxo-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Castelobruxo" at Pottermore

[1999telegraph-5] 5.0 ^5.1 3 July 1999 interview in the Telegraph

[southwestinterview-6] 6.0 ^6.1 8 July 2000 South West News Service interview

[pottermore-mahoutokoro-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Mahoutokoro" at Pottermore

[gof-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 ^8.3 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

[pottermore-beauxbatons-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Beauxbatons Academy of Magic" at Pottermore

[maggie-10] Report on Maggie's Cancer Caring Centre reading

[gofhermione-11] Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Hermione: "It must be far north because they have fur capes on the uniform list."

[pottermore-durmstrang-12] Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Durmstrang Institute" at Pottermore

[hogwartslocation-13] 1997 interview in The Herald (Glasgow)

[pottermoreilvermornynews-14] 14.0 ^14.1 Pottermore - News: "Pottermore reveals that Ilvermorny is the North American wizarding school"

[2014pottermorefacts-15] Pottermore facts from the 2014 UK editions of the Harry Potter books (transcript and link to photographs here)

[wonderbookpotions-16] Wonderbook: Book of Potions

[gof8-17] 17.0 ^17.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 7 (Bagman and Crouch)

[Twitter-18] .@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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 *The [[Salem Witches' Institute]] was once thought by some fans to be a wizarding school in the [[United States of America|United States]]. [[J. K. Rowling]] has since revealed that the Salem Witches' Institute is a play on the [[Wikipedia:Women's Institutes|Women's Institute]] in Britain.<ref name="Twitter">[https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/607275327111458816 .@jgrahamhutch The Salem Witches' Institute isn't a school, but a joke on the Women's Institute in the UK.] by [https://twitter.com/jk_rowling J.K. Rowling on Twitter]</ref>
 *It is unknown how [[Muggle-borns]] in countries without a magical school receive a magical Education or if there are Muggle-borns unaware of their powers: this could cause issues regarding the [[Statute of Secrecy]].
-**It could be said that they can attend schools with a wider acceptance range(Ex: a Portuguese Muggle-born could attend [[Beauxbatons Academy of Magic]] or a Canadian Muggle-born could attend [[Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]].)
+**One method could be said that they can attend schools with a wider acceptance range(Ex: a Portuguese Muggle-born could attend [[Beauxbatons Academy of Magic]] or a Canadian Muggle-born could attend [[Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]].)
 ==Appearances==