Vulcan Science Academy

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[[File:SpockCouncil.jpg|thumb|[[Spock (alternate reality)|Spock]] refuses admission into the Vulcan Science Academy]]
The '''Vulcan Science Academy''' (abbreviated as "'''VSA'''") was an [[University|educational institute]] located on {{dis|Vulcan|planet}}. ''As late as the [[2250s]] of the [[alternate reality]], no Vulcan had ever declined admission.'' ({{film|11}})

{{bginfo|In an ultimately unused line of dialogue from the first draft script of {{ENT|Strange New World}}, [[T'Pol]] made it clear that the reason she wanted to stay overnight to study [[marsupial|wildlife]] on [[Archer IV|a particular unnamed planet]] was that "''the Vulcan Science Academy may find the data useful.''"|In the writers' second draft script of {{ENT|Breaking the Ice}}, T'Pol admitted that, prior to the launch of {{EnterpriseNX}}, she had been planning to take a [[director]]'s position at the Vulcan Science Academy.}}

Graduates could apply for the [[Vulcan Expeditionary Group]]. ({{DIS|Lethe}})

T'Pol's mother, [[T'Les]], was an instructor at the Vulcan Science Academy until [[2154]], when she was asked to resign. ({{ENT|Home}})

In the mid-[[2150s]], the Vulcan Science Academy was skeptical on the issue of [[time travel]]. ({{ENT|Awakening}})

The Vulcan Science Academy also spent a deal of time studying [[sub-quantum transporter|sub-quantum transporting]] but had little success. [[Earth]]'s expert on [[transporter]]s, [[Emory Erickson]], had been trying to get his hands on some of the Science Academy's research for years to no avail, but later claimed that it was probably just as well, as it might have sent him down the wrong path. ({{ENT|Daedalus}})

[[File:Vulcan Science Academy.jpg|thumb|The Science Academy in the late 2240s]]
[[Michael Burnham]] was the first [[Human]] to attend the Vulcan Science Academy. She attended the Science Academy from [[2245]] to [[2249]]. She studied [[quantum mechanics]] there. ({{DIS|The Vulcan Hello|The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry}})

In [[2249]], [[Spock]] decided to join [[Starfleet]] rather than attend the Vulcan Science Academy, against the wishes of his father, [[Sarek]]. Spock's decision was motivated by the realization that he would never be seen as an equal by the staff, only as someone who had "overcome the handicap" of half-[[Human]] parentage. ({{TOS|Journey to Babel}}) 

''In the alternate reality, {{alt|Spock}} likewise declined an invitation to study at the Vulcan Science Academy as they also considered [[Amanda Grayson (alternate reality)|his Human mother]] a "disadvantage".'' ({{film|11}})

In [[2257]], following the peace accord made following the {{dis|Federation-Klingon War|2256-57}} between the [[United Federation of Planets]] and the [[Klingon Empire]], the Vulcan Science Academy offered [[Paul Stamets]] a permanent teaching position to which Stamets accepted. ({{DIS|Brother}})

{{bginfo|The script of the [[Star Trek films|film]] ''Star Trek'' made it clear that, prior to Spock's rejection of admittance into the Vulcan Science Academy, they had never had a half-Human pupil. ''[http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Trek.html]''|{{dis|Star Trek|novel|The novelization of the film}} suggests that, after declining acceptance, Spock salutes the council with a "distinctly Human digital gesture" unfamiliar to them &ndash; a [[The finger|raised middle finger]] &ndash; before walking out.|In the script of ''Star Trek'', Spock Prime planned to "assist in the foundation of a new science academy," at the end of the film, following the [[destruction of Vulcan]]. ''[http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Trek.html]''}}

Prior to the sealing of the ruins in the mid-[[23rd century]], the VSA excavated [[archaeology|archeological]] sites on [[Tagus III]]. The [[Jacobson Excavation]] recovered artifacts from the [[Post-Ramirez Era]] and [[Sepulveda Period]]. ({{TNG|Qpid}})

{{bginfo|Information on the VSA's activities on Tagus III is from an okudagram titled, "Tagus III Archaeological Notes", which was perused by {{Captain}} [[Jean-Luc Picard]] in [[2367]].}}

From [[2354]] to [[2369]], the director of the Vulcan Science Academy was [[Dr.]] [[T'Pan]]. ({{TNG|Suspicions}})

In the late [[2360s]], the {{USS|Merrimac|NCC-61827}} was on special assignment for the academy. ({{TNG|Brothers|Chain of Command, Part I}})

In [[2387]], the Vulcan Science Academy commissioned the ''{{dis|Jellyfish|ship}}''. ({{film|11}})

== See also ==
* [[Vulcan Science Directorate]]
* [[Vulcan Science Council]]

== External links ==
* {{startrek.com|vulcan-science-academy}}
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