Empire State University


Empire State University is a fictional university in the Marvel Comics Universe. It is located somewhere in New York City, in Greenwich Village near the site of New York University. Many Marvel Comics characters, especially those associated with Spider-Man, have either attended or worked at the university. It first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #31.

Fictional location

Depictions of the university's location have been vague, although maps published in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe depict the university as being near Washington Square Park, on or near the site of New York University. In the 2002 Chamber miniseries, the main character dorms in Empire State's Brittany Hall, the name of a real dorm at NYU.
The novel The Venom Factor, by Diane Duane, places the university in Greenwich Village, where NYU is located.

Notable fictional students

Peter Parker, also known as Spider-Man, studied biophysics at Empire State University after graduating high school.
Victor von Doom was invited to come from Latveria to study at Empire State, where he met Reed Richards. He was expelled after the accidental explosion that scarred his face.
Johnny Storm, the Human Torch, attended Empire State University. He was expelled and then sued after he accidentally burned part of a building down while engaged in a battle with supervillains.
A young Emma Frost also attended ESU in her late teens. She was there when an anti-mutant strike broke out.
Later, X-Man Chamber enrolled briefly at ESU in order to investigate a bombing that killed six people. Chamber's findings resulted in ESU closing their main mutant program, and creating a new human/mutant student exchange program with the Xavier Institute. The first participants of this program were Walter—Chamber's paraplegic, human dorm-mate—and Amber, a reptilian mutant student who assisted Chamber in his investigation.
Eddie Brock, AKA Venom, attends Empire State University in the Ultimate Spider-Man series.
Flash Thompson, AKA Agent Venom in The Amazing Spider-Man series.

Fictional staff, students, and faculty

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In other media

Television