The Gotham University was the main institution for higher education and research on Gotham City.
History[]
One of the most notorious criminals in Gotham was once a psychology professor at the Gotham U. He was Jonathan Crane, who was sacked from the institution after he employed ruthless methods to teach about the psychology of fear.
The G.U. was later the target of a vicious attack by former professor Vilmer, who sought revenge against the institution and the headmaster for his sacking after unethical experiments. The institution was saved by the timely intervention of Batman and Robin. Much later, the laboratories of Gotham University were used as a trap to capture The Pi-Meson Man. After several inmates from Arkham Asylum were released, Scarecrow used a large group of students at the Gotham University as his test subjects and using one of the building's classrooms, he transformed them into his minions. With a small army at his command, Scarecrow killed one student before leaving the place.
In Other Media[]
Animation[]
Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures[]
The university appears in a few episodes of Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures. Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon attends it. During a whole season, the University was the target of several attacks from former professor from the institution, Jonathan Crane, under his new alias of Scarecrow. Using hired help, Crane stole from the university's bank, and he kidnapped Dr. Long, the man responsible for his expulsion from the institution.
The Batman (TV series)[]
Gotham University appeared in Seasons 4 and 5 of The Batman. Before he was the Riddler, Edward Nigma was once a student at the university with his lover, Julie.
After Barbara finished high school, she now attends the university where the Terrible Trio, Fox, Vulture and Shark were once students, but they were soon expelled and arrested after attempting to turn the whole student body into mutants after being thwarted by Batman and Batgirl.
Live-Action[]
Films[]
Batman & Robin[]
Bruce plays footage of Victor Fries' accident at Gotham University Labs on the Batcomputer.
TV Shows[]
Batman (1960s series)[]
Gotham City University appeared in the Season 2 episode, Catwoman Goes to College, where Catwoman enrolls as a criminology major.
Gotham (TV series)[]
Gotham University appears in a few episodes of Gotham.