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Welcome! Thank you for considering Florence Institute of Higher Learning for Witches!

Here at Florence Institute, we offer advanced post-secondary studies to witches of all nationalities between the ages of 17 and 26. Our mission is to provide rigorous, complex courses designed to enhance and challenge witches in all fields of professional and personal development. By doing so, we hope to inspire young witches everywhere to go further than they ever thought possible. We also dream of doing our part to create a generation of knowledgeable, self-sufficient witches who feel confident and experienced in their respective fields from the very start.

Our school offers two-year studies in Healing, Alchemy, Potions, Herbology, Wizarding Law, Ancient Runes, Magical Education, Magizoology, and much, much more! We even have a Defense track for those who wish to go on and become Aurors!

All courses are designed to challenge and motivate our witches, and each is led by a world-renowned expert in their field. When our students leave Florence Institute, they do so with a breadth of knowledge and experience that their peers simply will not have.

Since our inception in 2004, the number of witches in mid-to-high level positions in the British Ministry of Magic has skyrocketed from 23% to 45%. The acceptance rates of Florence Institute graduates in the areas of Healing are 38% higher than their non-graduate peers, and there are an astonishing forty-eight Florence Institute alums currently working in their respective government cabinets throughout the world!

In just the last five years, Florence Institute has seen a huge jump in international applicants. We now proudly host students from over sixty different countries, and as a result, we are the most diverse magical campus in all the world.

Florence Institute of Higher Learning for Witches expects much of its students, and its coursework is not for the faint of heart. However, no young witch will ever be more prepared for their life’s journey than those who start with the right education.

Florence Institute is more than just a place of learning. It is a unified, supportive sisterhood of witches who come together to grow, learn, and take joy in each other’s accomplishments. Our campus is more than a school. It is a home, a place of comfort and never-ending support. To become a Florence Nightingale means to ingratiate yourself in a community that will follow you for the rest of your life.

In this spirit, we at Florence Institute also invite any applicant who is the non-magical daughter of a magical parent. Yes, Squibs are welcome! We have a number of majors that do not require spellwork, including History of Magic, Muggle Studies, and Music. Look no further than Florence Institute graduate Lindsey Stewart to see evidence of just how far you can go! Lindsey was part of the first-ever graduating class of Florence Institute, and she now travels the world with the Brighton Magical Orchestra as their lead violinist! Congratulations, Lindsey!

There are many more possible avenues for study available at our school, and we continue to expand our programs every year. We invite you to visit our stunning campus at Trolleholm Castle in Svalöv, Sweden to learn more.

If you have any further questions, feel free to send a letter by owl to Headmistress Narcissa Stewart.

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“Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.”

Sirius Black: I…

Charlie Weasley: Learned about dragons.

Molly Weasley: Your class learned about dragons?

Charlie Weasley: I learned about dragons.

Neville Longbottom: …yeah.

Hannah Abbott: Is this your first time?

These are my favourite songs to listen to while writing, along with the feelings they evoke in me and the situations they remind me of.  If you make your own playlist, please tag me! I wanna see. 

Hans Zimmer - Time (Inception): realizing your insignificance in our ever-expanding universe, watch time (whatever that might be) loop endlessly around you. Past, present, future, all connected through endless wormholes, floating amidst a thousand stars, those places where reality feels altered (abandoned buildings, the woods at night, rest stops on highways. 

Ludovico Einaudi - Experience: Hope, when flowers grow in the dark, making your peace with that which you cannot change, not giving up. 

Theory of Everything - Ending Scene Music (The Cinematic Orchestra - Arrival of the birds): being freed of boundaries,  the bittersweetness of having arrived in the future, seeing how things turn out, but not being able to tell your past self, wanting to learn everything there is to learn about the world we live in. 

Game of Thrones: Season 6 OST - Light of the Seven: Anger, revenge, avenging yourself and those you love, cunning.  

Zankyou no Terror OST - Von: Finding a sliver of hope when all else feels lost, healing. 

LORDE - Everybody Wants To Rule The World: Cunning, great ambition, rebelling, disregard for rules. 

The Rains of Castamere: Pride and honour, duty, war. 

Zack Hemsey - The Way (Instrumental): An eerie melody, the devastation of knowing the war is lost but continuing to fight, walking in the land of the Dead. The last night with your peers before heading into battle. 

Sleeping at Last - Saturn: Death of a loved one, mourning. 

Ask i Memnu music: Passion, secrets, forbidden desires, sex. 

Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars: Nostalgia, pulling a dérive with the person you love, escaping and leaving the world behind with them, the feeling of time stopping when you’re with them. 

Death Parade -  Moonlit Night: Sadness, being in denial, then finally being set free, allowing yourself to feel. 

Andrew Belle - In my veins: Unrequited love, heartbreak.

Game of Thrones Season 6 OST - Winter Has Come: Longing for home, the coming of dawn after a night full of darkness, battle. 

The Most Saddest Melody: Feeling lost, like a wandering spirit that never quite reaches its destination. Reflecting on the mistakes of the past, wishing you could change what was written in the stars.

Naruto Soundtrack- Sadness and Sorrow: As the name suggests, this song represents the deepest sorrow imaginable. I also hear a hint of nostalgia, loss of innocence, mourning.

Taylor Swift feat.The Civil Wars Safe & Sound: A sense of safety and stability in the middle of chaos, walking barefoot in the woods, the echoes of ruins, a bonfire.  

ADELE - Love In The Dark | Kyle Hanagami Choreography (Leroy Sanchez Cover): Difficult relationship, feeling unwanted, when you finally accept it’s over and it’s time to let go. 

Sleeping Beauty OST - Aurora’s Return/Maleficent’s Evil Spell: (from 1:48 minutes until 3:40) Feeling someone breathe on your neck when no one else is there, being followed by someone you cannot see, waking up at three am for no apparent reason, sounds you cannot explain, shadows in your peripheral vision. 

Alex & Sierra - Little Do You Know: Falling in love and the hurting that comes with it, loving someone unconditionally and fearing what that might mean, overcoming obstacles in a relationship. 

Parachute - Kiss Me Slowly: First kiss, slow and tender, yet powerful and dizzying. Waking up in the arms of your loved one for the very first time. 

Christina Perri ft. Steve Kazee - A Thousand Years: A marriage proposal, spending the rest of your life with your soulmate, growing old with them.