The University of Maximegalon is one of the most prestigious learning institutions in the universe.
Faculties[]
History Department[]
The History Department of the University of Maximegalon was a former faculty of the university. It had written a list of research project priorities, upon which Tricia McMillian's parallel Earth was situated at number 4,763,984,132.[1]
When the Infinite Improbability Drive was invented, the history faculty of the university closed and its buildings were given to the joint faculty of Divinity and Water Polo.[2] After the takeover, no one had great sense of urgency to complete the research priority list.[1]
Institute of Slowly and Painfully Working Out the Surprisingly Obvious[]
The Maximegalon Institute of Slowly and Painfully Working Out the Surprisingly Obvious, or MISPWOSO, was a former department that was famous for its Herring Sandwich experiments, of which they found the practical function of boredom.
Appearances[]
The University of Maximegalon was mentioned in:
- The Douglas Adams book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
- The Douglas Adams book The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.
- The Douglas Adams book Mostly Harmless.
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 From chapter 3 of the Douglas Adams novel Mostly Harmless.
- ↑ From chapter 1 of the Douglas Adams novel Mostly Harmless.