The United Countries' Heliocentric Academy of Research and Magic (UCAHRM) are a tuition-free, United Countries sponsored magical liberal arts research university college where students aged 14-20 are trained in both academics and magic located in Siberia and opened in the year 2000. Rumors said it is a high school because it admits students aged 14-18. 1st Jan is orientation day for new students and December 31st is the graduation day. Intake is solely in January. Admission to UCHARM is very harsh and meritocratic, where applicants have to display extraordinary academic achievement and excellent extra-curricular records, else they have to write an identity essay that tells them who they are and why do they want to attend UCHARM. The Academy students do not wear uniforms. Its funds are filled by taxes collected by the United Countries' Development Bank. There is no pre-school in the planet Gaia, but all kids in started primary school in United Countries affiliated countries at the age of 4, where kids do not have exams every year, not even a single end of primary school exam, and they leave with basic literacy and numeracy skills at the age of 9, when their preadolescence started and prepared for adolescence in secondary school, where puberty started at age 10 for both genders equally. Alongside physical and behavioral changes, their magical and superpower sources develop naturally that heighten their intellectual and supernatural capabilities, so secondary school classes will have classes to train students to control their powers. By the time they reach adolescence at the age of 14, they have learned a lot of etiquette, ethics, rhetoric, logic, health, human development and sexuality, which enables them to respect each other regardless of gender, race and religion.
Selected applicants who applied to UCHARM attend the Sorting Ceremony at the New Year's Eve on December 31st before the New Year's Day, where the graduates of UCHARM sort the new applicants into campuses:
- Civilore focuses on Anthropology, Sociology, Human Geography, Ethnology and Culturology
- Vivarium focuses on Biology, Biotechnology, Zoology, Botany, Marine Science, Environmental Science, Ecology, Gemology, Meteorology, Climatology, Oceanography, Geology, Hydrology and Paleontology
- Astrosmonium focus on Astronomy, Cosmology, Planetology, Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Mathtechphysics focus on Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
- Infocommedu focus on Television, Film, Electronic games, Education, Journalism, Media, Communication, Library science, Information Science, Museology and Pedagogy
- Linguisterature focus on Languages, Linguistics and Oral and Written Literature
- Enginemistry focus on Engineering and Chemistry
- Archistory focus on History, Futurology and Archaeology
- Choreotheatribatics focus on Dance, Theatre, and Circus Arts
- Psychoforemedicineal focus on Psychology, Medicine and Forensic science
- Mytheosophy focus on Philosophy, Theology and Mythology
- Econominance focus on Economics, Business and Finance
- Visuartecturesign focus on Fine Arts, Design and Architecture
- Muselyrichorus is a Music Conservatory
- Civilegalogistilitarity focus on Law, Politics, Logistics, Military and Security
- Cuisillinaryculture focus on Culinary Arts, Nutrition, Gastronomy and Agriculture
For the safety and integration to this magical global society of the students in UCHARM, students must attend mandatory magic class every year and choose magical electives to perform magic safely and to control their powers for every year, learn a different foreign language every year and also attend core campus courses.
1st year - Theurgy: Study of theoretical magical effects. This is not stage magic; any magic is treated as a performance art shall face the worst consequences imagined.
The eight effects of powers:
Production: Produces something from nothing.
Vanish: Makes something disappear. A vanish, being the reverse of a production, may use a similar technique in reverse.
Transfiguration: Transforms something from one state into another
Transposition: A transposition involves two or more objects which will cause these objects to change places, as many times as pleased, and in some cases, ends with a kicker by transforming the objects into something else.
Teleportation: The magician causes something to move from one place to another When two objects exchange places, it is called a transposition: a simultaneous, double transportation. A teleportation can be seen as a combination of a vanish and a production.
Escape: Placed in a restraining device or a death trap, and escapes to safety.
Levitation: Defies gravity by making something float in the air or with the aid of another object known as suspension
Penetration: Solid objects pass through another. Sometimes referred to as "solid-through-solid".
Prediction: Choice of the outcome of an event under seemingly impossible circumstances.
2nd year: Thaumaturgy, the study on practical applications of magic through:
- Magical items, substances and devices
- Incantations, spells and charms
- Magical formulae
- Magical languages and alphabets
- Magical Signs and Shapes
- Gestures
- Rituals
3rd year: Alchemy, the study of elements and their capabilities, and the transmutation of elements
4th year: Evocation is the study of Low Magic types and their theories and applications
5th year: Invocation is the study of High Magic types and their theories and applications
6th year: Divination, the study of gaining insights and answers into a question or situation. It includes the theories about the nature and limitations of magic and knowledge and practice in determining the meaning and validity of magic and knowledge.
- Ways of mancy: sense perception, reason, emotion, faith, imagination, intuition, memory, language
- Areas of knowledge: mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences, history, religious knowledge systems, indigenous knowledge systems, the arts, ethics, Theurgy, Thaumaturgy, Alchemy, Evocation, Invocation
-The distinct natures and methods of gaining knowledge from each area of knowledge, the types of claims each makes and the issues to consider
Criteria of truth: Authority, Coherence, Consensus gentium, Consistency, Correspondence, Custom, Emotions, Instinct, Intuition, Majority rule, Naïve realism, Pragmatic, Revelation, Time, Tradition
Methods of knowledge by magical-academic methods.
Students must produce a thesis for the whole seventh year based on their studies in their respective campus.