Rise of Napoleon/University

This content also applies to Time of War: 1800, Rise of Napoleon: Ultima Ratio and The Age of Conquest.

In Rise of the Moderns and Time of War: 1800, the University requires the first level of Science — Archaeology — to be researched before it can be erected. While it also creates knowledge which is vital for the survival of your civilisation, it also impacts on your happiness by creating a one-time increase in dissent. The amount of happiness lost as a result depends on how high your Knowledge technology levels are. Aside from that, the University also hosts research for three other fields: Tax, Construction and Medicine. These upgrades are vital as they are required for many other upgrades elsewhere. The Construction upgrades are vital as they are needed to create rifled units in the Industrial Era.

Technologies hosted[]

Pedagogics Knowledge is a double-edged sword. While it helps by increasing the amount of knowledge that your civilisation creates, it also results in unhappiness, eventually affecting the effectiveness of your mercenaries, attrition and taxation. For more information, visit the page titled Happiness. In general, all universities reduce your happiness by 7% whenever built, and the amounts increase with each level of Knowledge research that you undertake. However, it may well be a necessary evil since the tech Humanism is so important - it helps unlock all other applicable technologies in the game!

Note: the Statue of Liberty Wonder allows you to research a technology, Manifest Destiny, which pushes your knowledge production rates to the highest level possible, and eliminates the negative impact of universities on happiness.

Humanism[]

"The world is all that is the case." —Ludwig Wittgenstein

Scholars generate 7% more knowledge [Level 1]

Cost	Requirements	Leads to
150; 150 Time to complete: Medium

Academic Disciplines[]

A systematic and methodical approach towards acquiring knowledge both sacred and profane.

Scholars generate 15% more knowledge [Level 3]
Each new university reduces your national happiness by 10 points when built.

Cost	Requirements	Leads to
450; 450 Time to complete: Very long

Dialectic Method[]

"Can two wrongs ever make a right?"

Scholars generate 10% more knowledge [Level 2]
Each new university reduces your national happiness by 15 points when built.

Cost	Requirements	Leads to
250; 250 Time to complete: Long

Scientific Rationality[]

Mundane matters if explored using mundane methods can yield nothing short of divine inspiration.

Scholars generate 20% more knowledge [Level 4]
Each new university reduces your national happiness by 25 points when built.

Cost	Requirements	Leads to
250; 250 Time to complete: Long

Construction[]

The art of engineering is one with many applications. While in Rise of Nations the most frequent manifestation of this skill would be faster and sturdier building, the skill of construction also contributes to military engineering, most notably in the form of enhanced artillery and weapon design.