Education System
Every course works the same way: enrolling pays that year's tuition immediately, then you repeat a 10-Energy Study action (up to the course's per-year limit) until you complete all required steps. Missing the year deadline gets you expelled — progress is lost and tuition is not refunded. Every course except the Diploma itself requires the High School Diploma first.
| Course | Tuition/yr | Study steps | Max steps/yr | Max years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High School Diploma | $500 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Culinary Arts Certificate | $1,000 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Aesthetics Certificate | $1,000 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Military School | $1,000 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Degree in Medicine | $2,500 | 12 | 3 | 5 |
| Degree in Sports Science | $2,500 | 12 | 3 | 5 |
| Degree in Economics | $2,500 | 12 | 3 | 5 |
| Degree in Law | $2,500 | 12 | 3 | 5 |
| Degree in Marketing | $2,500 | 12 | 3 | 5 |
| Degree in Veterinary Medicine | $2,500 | 12 | 3 | 5 |
| Military Academy | $2,500 | 12 | 3 | 5 |
What each course unlocks
- High School Diploma — +25 points toward your wage multiplier (see Work); prerequisite for everything else.
- Culinary Arts Certificate — licence to found/work a Restaurant.
- Degree in Medicine — licence to found/work a Medical Clinic.
- Degree in Sports Science — licence to found/work a Gym.
- Degree in Economics — licence to found/work a Private Bank (including offering loans and insurance products).
- Aesthetics Certificate — licence to found/work a Beauty Salon.
- Degree in Law — licence to found/work a Law Firm (sells jail-reducing legal vouchers).
- Degree in Marketing — opens no company: it qualifies you for the 📣 Marketing Specialist post in any company that makes goods, a paid shift that adds a star to everything it produces (see Marketing specialists). The post closes at 70.
- Degree in Veterinary Medicine — licence to found/work a Veterinary Clinic, which makes Dog Vaccines or Vet Visits for players' dogs (see Companies & Production and The Family Dog).
- Military School — instantly raises your state army military experience to the Sergeant threshold if you're below it.
- Military Academy — instantly raises your state army military experience to the Colonel threshold if you're below it. Requires the Sergeant rank in the state army.
State army only: neither course ever adds experience to a private militia. Militia experience is a separate track that belongs to one militia and always starts from 0 when you join, and militia ranks don't count toward the Academy's Sergeant requirement (see Military & War).
Note: education resets to zero on inheritance — see Degree-gating on inheritance. An heir who inherits a licensed shop can own and sell it, but cannot personally work it (or, for a bank, adjust rates/products) until earning the matching degree themselves.