At which university did Victor Frankenstein study?

Victor Frankenstein studies at the University of Ingolstadt. In Mary Shelley's novel, the Bavarian university is where Victor pursues advanced studies and encounters the intellectual influences that propel him toward creating life.

Victor leaves Geneva for Ingolstadt after finishing his early education. There, Professor M. Waldman encourages his interest in modern scientific inquiry, while Professor Krempe dismisses much of the older natural philosophy Victor had previously admired. These conflicting encounters help redirect Victor from outdated alchemical texts toward chemistry and experimental science.

The university is fictionalized as part of the novel's European setting, but Ingolstadt itself was a real historic city in Bavaria. The University of Ingolstadt was founded in 1472 and later moved to Landshut before becoming part of what is now Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Victor's laboratory and the Creature's creation are associated with Ingolstadt in the novel, although Shelley does not provide the kind of technical procedure later popularized by films. A frequent mix-up comes from adaptations that replace the university with an invented medical college or another location.