Magical institutions

[Kaelthas]

Just curious but are there more formal organizations of magical learning in places say like Riddleport (where I would expect such to be),or even more close to home in the Rise of the Runelords campaign area like the city of Magnimar? I suppose on Magnimar I could ask my DM about that (figure I'll get a faster response here),but since I'm the player I can't read the book as that would be a major no-no...hehe.

[Coridan]

Magnimar has the "Stone of the Seers" a magical school of wizardry that seems to specialize in Divination magic (and Abjuration as well). I'd imagine Korvosa has a magic school too.

[Christopher Adams]

The gazetteer of Varisia in Pathfinder #3 mentions a few:

• The Twilight Academy in the town of Galduria
  
• The Stone of the Seers in the city of Magnimar
  
• The "infamous" Acadamae in the city of Korvosa

The Stone of the Seers is mentioned in the Magnimar gazetteer in Pathfinder #2 as having a focus on abjuration and divination; it's located in the Keystone district.

[Mike McArtor]

As Christopher Adams pointed out, Korvosa has the famed (or infamous) Acadamae. The Acadamae only teaches specialist wizards (with heavy, heavy focus on conjurers, but also lots of enchanters). For a more well-rounded education, there's also another, much smaller wizard school in Korvosa.