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{{quote|''"DOCTOR Evil! I didn't spend six years in evil medical school to be called "'mister"', thank you very much."'' |'''Dr. Evil''', ''[[Austin Powers]] II'' }}

This is a school that teaches their students how to be better villains. There will be courses on mayhem, [[Blackmail Is Such an Ugly Word|extortion]], use of [[Bad Powers, Bad People|powers]] for [[Good Powers, Bad People|evil]], money laundering and many other topics. Usually the school will be a strictly evil institution that is staffed entirely with [[Sadist Teacher|Sadist Teachers]]s and directed by the Principal / [[Big Bad]]. Despite this rigid order much of the rules have two big caveats: [[Might Makes Right]], and the teachers won't punish cheating-- rathercheating—rather, they'll punish ''[[Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty|getting caught]]'' because it's a sign of sloppy work.

Presumably, such a school is funded by graduates tithing back money to the principal, though he or she may get funding from parents who enroll their children because they [[In the Blood|want their kids]] to [[Legacy Character|follow their evil jackboot-steps.]]

To be fair, [[Dark Is Not Evil]], and the '''Academy Ofof Evil''' may just be suffering from a bad reputation. In this case it will at worst be teaching the <s>Dark</s> [[Grey and Grey Morality|Off-Grey]] [[The Dark Arts|Arts]] and fomenting [[Ambition Is Evil]] and [[Guile Hero]] in the student body. Speaking of which, expect it to have a near [[Asskicking Equals Authority|Darwinian social scene]] that makes most prisons seem like a [[Sugar Bowl]]. [[Alpha Bitch]] won't just badmouth you, she'll have her [[Girl Posse]] cut you up and sell you for parts to the [[Mad Scientist]]-in-training.

* [[Alan Moore]] did a ''[[Two Thousand AD (Comic Book)|2000 AD]]'' gag strip based on one of these for Ming-style [[Space Opera]] bad guys.

* The Praetorian Academy in ''[[PS 238PS238]]''.

* In mainstream ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' continuity, Emma Frost used to be headmistress of the Massachusetts Academy -- aAcademy—a front for the Hellfire Club that produced the Hellions, rivals to the then-Xavier Institute student body, the ''[[New Mutants]]''. When Emma had her [[Heel Face Turn]], the Massachusetts Academy became a [[Super-Hero School]], the front for ''[[Generation X]]''.

* Oft mentioned in ''[[Justice League International (Comic Book)|Justice League International]]'' was the Manga Khan School of Melodrama, which taught students how to ''talk'' like a villain.

* In the [[Marvel Universe]], any institution run by [[Taskmaster]] is this - he first came to prominence running schools for henchmen of other supervillains. Later, during ''[[Dark Reign (Comic Bookcomics)|Dark Reign]]'', he was in charge of ''The Initiative'' for a while. He's so good at what he does that the government sometimes hires him to train their operatives, including a replacement [[Captain America (comics)]].

* ''[[The Karate Kid]]'': (Film)|Cobra Kai]] is essentially a Dojo of Evil.

* [[wikipedia:Scholomance|The Scholomance]], a hidden school in deepest [[UberwaldÜberwald|Transylvania]] with [[Satan]] for a headmaster. [[Bram Stoker]] took inspiration from this story, claiming in his novel that [[Dracula]] himself learned black magic there.

* Catherine Jinks's ''[[Evil Genius Trilogy]]'' sends its protagonist, the [[Sociopathic Hero]] Cadel, to the Axis Institute, which includes courses like "Poisoning" and "Forgery."

* The Higher Institute of Villainous Education, or ''[[HIVEH.I.V.E. Series|H.I.V.E.]]''

* From ''[[Harry Potter (Literaturenovel)|Harry Potter]]'': Durmstrang, where people are said to be taught the Dark Arts instead of fighting against them is likely this. Grindelwald, Dumbledore's arch-nemesis comes from here.

*** Given that Durmstrang is the only school we ever see in canon for children from the Nordic countries or eastern Europe, not having at least a few of them be good guys could have had some seriously unfortunate implications.

** The entirety of Hogwarts in [[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (novel)|Book 7]] when it's being run by the Death Eaters- they change the curriculum to be all-evil, all the time.

* There is a "[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Shadow_Academy Shadow Academy]" in the ''[[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]'', as a Dark Side counterpart to the Jedi Academy.

* The Nightmoore Academy of Frank Peretti's ''[[Veritas Project]]'' series.

* ''[[The Wheel of Time (Literature)|The Wheel of Time]]'' has Mesana opening a lot of those during [[Crystal Spires and Togas|The age of legends]], and its pupils were ''not'' dedicated to idle cackling.

* Played with in [[Discworld (Literature)|Discworld]] with the Assassins' Guild School, which while it does still teach the art of assassination, is also considered a prestigious academy for gentlemen and, as of recently, ladies. Another Academy of Evil is discussed in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Sourcery|Sourcery]]'', though it may not actually exist:

{{quote| Of course, all [[Evil Vizier|Grand Viziers]] talk like that all the time. There's probably a school somewhere.}}

* [[Dracula (Literaturenovel)|Dracula]] is mentioned to have studied at the 'Scholomance' - presumably the same one from the folklore section above. Freda Warrington's [[Dracula the Undead|unofficial sequel]] has the now-abandoned Scholomance play a big role in the plot.

* Bekinsop's Academy for the Daughters of Gentlefolk in ''Blonde Genius'' by [[JTJ. T. Edson]].

* The Institute of Evil, Nether Academy - the setting of ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]''. It's literally a school in ''hell'', where demons go to learn how to be properly evil (By their [[Poke the Poodle|generally awkward]] standards). Also doubles as a [[Bizarro World]], since honor students are the ones who never attend class or do their homework, while delinquents maintain 100% attendance (even though the teachers rarely bother showing up), and give THEMSELVES homework (which they always complete) since the teachers won't. They also pick up litter. Oddly, the so-called "delinquents" are the only ones who ever get to graduate from the academy, since they run off the same standards as any other school in that regard... In fact, {{spoiler|the previously mentioned delinquents are the first ones to ever graduate, which amounts to be [[Kicked Upstairs]]. You see, the Academy's objective is to make the students remain paying the tuition for all the eternity.}}

* The Sith Academies on Korriban and Malachor V in ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (Videovideo Gamegame)|Knights of the Old Republic]] I'' and ''II'', respectively. The former encourages backstabbing and killing your fellow students and even teachers to gnaw your way to the top.

* Evil University in ''[[Adventurers (Webcomic)|Adventurers!]]''.

* The [[Round Robin]] story ''[[Dark Heart High]]'' uses one as a setting.

** The [[SCP Foundation (Wiki)|SCP Foundation]] frequently has to deal with SCPs created by Alexylva University, a mind control-obsessed organization from an [[Alternate Universe]].

* ''[[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Teen Titans]]'' had Brother Blood as headmaster of suchthe H.I.V.E. [[H.I.V.E. Series|(not this one)]], a school for super-villains.

* In ''[[Winx Club (Animation)|Winx Club]]'' has Cloudtower opposing Alfea Academy, though in all fairness, few students except the Trix are truly evil.

* The Huntsclan Academy in ''[[American Dragon Jake Long (Animation)|American Dragon: Jake Long]]'', where students are taught how to slay dragons and to be overall [[Fantastic Racism|racist]] [[Knight Templar|Knight Templars]]s.

* Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz of ''[[Phineas and Ferb (Animation)|Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz]]'' intended to open one. He tried to drive laundromats bankrupt so he could turn them into school buildings.