Editing University of Iustitia (section)

== History ==
The University of Iustitia was founded just outside of what was at the time the [[Iustitia City]] limits, east of what is today the M 202 - M 103 interchange, as a seminary school on August 7, 1627. The small school of divinity produced a number of notable 17th century theologians, namely Arthur Covington, a Valahandia-born minister who cofounded the [[Iustitia Protestant Church|Iustitian Protestant Church]] in the 1660s. The College of Human Studies (humanities) was founded in 1673, offering a secular education adjacent to theological studies. Classes for the School of Human Studies were originally instructed in the cellar of the seminary, but overwhelming demand led to the construction of a separate facility for the new school in 1699, dubbed King's Hall. King's Hall is the oldest surviving academic building on campus, as the seminary building and two outbuildings were destroyed in a fire in 1773. In the 18th century, the College of Human Studies became the fashionable institution for the eldest sons of aristocrats, bankers and merchant tycoons from across [[Royal Colony of Iustitia|Royal Colony]] to attend, leading to the emergence of the University's unfortunate reputation as a repository for "dandies" (yuppies, in today's terms), a legacy that persists to this day. During the [[Iustitian War for Independence]], the University was forced to send students home, both for their own safety (as the City of Iustitia was twice besieged during the conflict), and to avoid students coming to blows with one another over fundamental disagreements on the appropriate fate of the Colony. Most students with noble-ties opposed the independence movement, while most without such ties supported independence.

In the 19th century, the college's student body grew closely tied to the [[Republic of Iustitia|Provisional Government]] managing Iustitia, with most faculty supporting the existing Iustitian Republic and almost all of the student body hailing from families tied to the emergent new-money aristocracy. In the years preceding the [[Iustitian Civil War]], the University churned out a number of pamphlets and theses opposing universal male suffrage, popular democracy, and popular sovereignty. Although the University faced considerable ridicule in the years following the establishment of the [[Libertas Omnium Maximus|Second Republic]], many of the works created during the prewar years, though propagandistic, were of intellectual merit and were often cited during the Maximusian conservative intellectual revival in the 1870s. To this day, the University of Iustitia is considered a comparatively conservative institution, though faculty and students represent a diverse range of political inclinations. 

The College of Business Administration was founded in 1897, which was constructed concurrently with a number of major renovations to existing academic buildings and an expansion to the campus. As the Maximusian economy experienced a prolonged boom at the turn of the 20th century, donations from recently windfallen alumni and parents came rolling in, leading to the construction of a second, much larger library (Fleming Hall), an additional bank of dormitories, and a new quadrangle. In 1920, a Conservatory for the study of fine and performing arts was established thanks to a number of sizeable donations. Since the 1968 [[Public Universities Charter]], the University of Iustitia has received a federal endowment of a varying size each year based on financial aid issued and a number of other factors. Construction and planning is underway for a new college, the College of Data Science, which will open for the 2027-2028 academic year, the tricentennial anniversary of the University's founding.