Imperial City University

The Imperial City University was established shortly after the by a decree from Emperor Palpatine. As he considered the bureaucracy of the Old Republic to be corrupt, the intent was to provide a new school for training civil servants to work in the Imperial government. The new university established in recently-renamed offered courses in fields related to working in government and was run by the  branch of. Law, finance, business administration, and galactic languages were the most prominent faculties at the school. By the time of the, Imperial City University rivalled the much older and prestigious University of Coruscant in number of applicants, as well as other august institutions on the galactic capital. The school was regarded as a way to advance for a career in the Imperial bureaucracy and many regional elites from throughout the Galactic Empire sent their children to study there.

After the liberation of Coruscant by the in 6 ABY, the university was allowed to maintain its name and continued functioning, although it lost its former prominence. Nonetheless the school continued to provide officials for the new government.