The History of Every MAGIC School in the Wizarding World (All 11) - Harry Potter Explained

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we’re taking a look at the GLOBAL wizarding community. In the Harry Potter books and films we’re more or less confined to a couple of places within the UK, and that was our primary introduction to the wizarding world. However, when the Fantastic Beasts films came about- the wizarding world as we know it began expanding- showing us new countries and magical places. In fact, much of the Fantastic Beasts films so far have taken place in America and France, with the next installment bringing us ALL OVER the place. With our ever-growing knowledge of other wizarding countries, I find it particularly interesting how the wizarding culture differs from place to place, and in today’s video I’m going to be honing in on one particular aspect of that culture- the school system.

Because you see, Hogwarts (though granted the potentially biased honour of the ‘worlds greatest magic school’, isn’t the only option for witches and wizards around the globe. Today, I want to open your eyes to the rest of them..At least the ones we know about anyway. As it turns out, there are eleven established wizarding schools in total- at least, 11 that are OFFICIALLY registered with the International Confederation of Wizards- the primary governing body. There are others, but they aren’t as ‘official’ or ‘regulated’, and we don’t know much about those ones. Now I know what you might be thinking- 11 SCHOOLS? For the whole WORLD? That’s it? Well- Pottermore has a fair explanation for this:

“Affairs relating to magical schooling are handled by the Educational Office of the International Confederation of Wizards, who can direct people to their nearest school. However, the majority of magical communities choose to homeschool young witches and wizards, which is why there are so few schools in comparison to the number of countries. Alternatively, some witches and wizards might take correspondence courses, which may prove a cheaper option in countries that are too small to have their own school.”

Okay- so there are 11 OFFICIAL wizarding schools, a few ‘unofficial’ schools, and a significant population of homeschooled students. Now there’s just one thing left to answer- what are these 11 schools? Which countries are they in? How do they differ from Hogwarts?

Let’s get in to it.

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[HarryPotterTheory]

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[MsCheshirskaya]

The comment section here proved once more that Fantastic Beasts should've been an actual series about Newt travelling to different countries, seeing their magic and cultures and finding fantastic beasts in between. So many people are interested to see more countries and their magic systems/schools/mythology etc!

[purplepurina]

In Poland we have a Harry Potter themed summer camp for children from 9 to 18 years old. They are being taken to famous polish castles (like Czocha) sorted to houses (different than in the books) and taught things like potions, spells and all of the other stuff, all while wearing robes. The funniest thing is the tourists passing by and being very confused (those muggles… so unaware)
Edit: Wow I didn't expect my comment to blow up so much, glad you enjoyed it! In fact I'm going there as a "professor" this summer. It's called Quatromondis if you're curious and wanna google it (there's Quatronum too, it was part of mondis in the past but they split to two :( )
Edit2: we have the English variant also ;)

[robertgronewold]

China and India both definitely need their own schools, just given the populations there. And I can imagine a lot of places having their own schools that are just not officially recognized because they don't have a balanced education or particularly high grades for their students.

[guillermopena]

They never actually acknowledge the language barrier, do they? Because making Brazil the only South American country with a Wizarding school means that most South Americans would struggle attending classes in Portuguese rather than in Spanish. It's probably worst for the Japanese and African schools which are meant to be the only schools of Asia and Africa respectively and which continents have a huge variety of languages.

So, I guess magic universal translators have a to be a thing.

[dimitriusritzel]

I find it hard to picture a brazilian school where the students wear robes in the middle of the amazon forest, a really hot and humid place. Besides that, it be interesting to see how the structure would look like

[aura]

I’d definitely attend Uagadou…I mean just imagine how convenient learning wandless magic would be? as opposed to wands that can break like Ron’s did. Or how they can turn on its owner…like nah im just gonna use my hands lol

edit: I cannot believe people are still replying to this comment

[krisgonynor]

The North American school on top of Mt Greylock - I grew up with a view of that mountain out of my bedroom windows. Always misty or snow covered or cloud covered. Very serene yet mysterious at the same time. Wish I had been invited to attend the school but I guess that wasn't meant to be.

[jimslancio]

2:28 Castelobruxo
4:02 Koldovstoretz
5:24 Durmstrang
6:58 Ilvermorny
9:12 Beauxbatons
10:35 Mahoutokoro
12:42 Uagadou
14:26 Hogwarts
16:30 non-named schools

[bolladragon]

With the success of Hogwarts Legacy, perhaps we can get a series of games with stories set in the other schools.

[yekkow]

As an American Potterhead, I would love to see more information on Ilvermorny. Honestly anything on it. A new book series, Movies that focus solely on it, even a Video Game would be amazing.

[vivicovoibarra]

Pottermore need to give us images of the schools architecture cause now I’m so curious of how the schools really look ! We need more of these

[joshuapaulson]

The Japanese school sounds interesting. Especially the robes growing and changing color.

[austinwilburn]

Ilvermorny is such a wholesome story, sad but really wholesome.
If anyone hasn’t seen it, I highly recommend it.

[yadisfhaddad]

The fact that Castelobruxo was founded before the colony makes me think the type of magic being taught there would mix with indigenous and chamanic knowledge, radically differing from European magic, such as what is described in Uagadou. Definitely would go there.

[mohammadhazraty]

Honestly there should be many more, china, india, greece, Egypt and persia. These are ancient civilizations and would have schools even older than hogwarts. Persian school of magic would be well versed in alchemy and they would wear robes with gold and silver threads

[SonicGamerLP]

Timecodes:

2:30 Castelobruxo - Brazil
4:05 Koldovstoretz - Russia
5:25 Durmstrang - North Europe
7:00 Ilvermorny - North America
9:12 Beaubatons - France
10:35 Mahoutokoro - Japan
12:43 Uagadou - Uganda
14:27 Hogwarts - United Kingdom

[penneyburgess]

I would go to any school of magic that would send an invitation.
They all sound amazing.

[arsemex]

Spain also had a magic school, unfortunately they didn't expect the Spanish inquisition.

[rahulsuresh]

There is definitely an *Indian* wizarding school in Himalayan mountains...
Comment the characteristics of this school...
I think we specialise in herbology and portions (as ayurvedic medicine is prevalent in India)...