![]() In some rooms the direction of gravity moves around as a day passes, and some rooms contain other rooms which contain the room one started with (especially problematic for a conga line). This is also the cause of the various physical and biological anomalies that plague it. Due to the high levels of background magic in the vicinity, a typical map of UU vaguely resembles an exploding chrysanthemum and is usually only valid for a day or so, though it is generally agreed that the inside of UU is larger than the exterior walls, under normal circumstances, should be able to contain. The University is centred around the Tower of Art, out of which it grew any further attempt at grasping its geography is close to pointless. (That is: a blue field bearing a book of magic spells, with copper clasps, over a pointed hat.)Īs usually rendered, the coat bears a strong resemblance to the coat of arms of the University of Oxford. The coat of arms is azure, a livre des sortilèges, attaché en cuivre, sur un chapeau pointu. The university's name is a pun on the real-world Invisible College. The unofficial motto is "η β π", or "Eta Beta Pi" (Eat A Better Pie). The official motto of UU is "Nunc Id Vides, Nunc Ne Vides", loosely translated as "Now you see it, now you don't". ![]() Unseen University is a school of wizardry in Terry Pratchett's fictional Discworld city of Ankh-Morpork, staffed by a faculty composed of mostly indolent and inept old wizards. ![]()
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