# WICKED Q: The Shiz University campus

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-q-the-shiz-university-campus/1011087>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 2, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-q-the-shiz-university-campus/1011087 "2024-12-02T22:52:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-q-the-shiz-university-campus/1011087/1 "2024-12-02T22:52:48Z")

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Were the Alhambra-style exteriors of Shiz University based on an existing American university? I swear I’ve seen them before in one of those “20 Best University Campus” articles (and also that collee that Buffy Summers briefly attended). I’m not asking about the bonkers library, which was Hogwarts-meets-2001, just the exteriors.

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**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-q-the-shiz-university-campus/1011087/2 "2024-12-03T00:34:58Z")

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Haven’t seen the movie, but perhaps UCLA?

[![](https://luskinconferencecenter.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Blog_Luskin.jpg) ](https://luskinconferencecenter.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Blog_Luskin.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-q-the-shiz-university-campus/1011087/3 "2024-12-03T00:58:10Z")

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Stanford, maybe?

[![](https://online.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/styles/front_intro_image_l/public/2023-10/stanford-online-background-image.jpg.webp?itok=zdPOrQ5A) ](https://online.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/styles/front_intro_image_l/public/2023-10/stanford-online-background-image.jpg.webp?itok=zdPOrQ5A)

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-q-the-shiz-university-campus/1011087/4 "2024-12-03T01:12:12Z")

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For what it’s worth, this appears to be an image of the place, from the movie:

[![](https://www.shizuniversity.com/images/intro_background.jpg) ](https://www.shizuniversity.com/images/intro_background.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-q-the-shiz-university-campus/1011087/5 "2024-12-03T03:08:02Z")

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I’m going with UCLA.