Beacon Academy

Beacon Academy is a facility for training teams of fighters to slay various monsters, which is run by Headmaster Ozpin. Students aspire to become Huntsmen or Huntresses, whose duty is to keep the peace within the world. Team RWBY and Team JAUN are currently the only known teams to attend the school. There will be other teams besides RWBY and JAUN at this school. It could be inferred from Weiss', Blake's, and Yang's ages as well as Ruby's early invitation that the usual admission age for Beacon Academy is 17.

Airships are used to transport new students to Beacon Academy. A port is seen at the bottom of the cliffs next to Beacon Academy, implying that you could also arrive by boat. It is implied that Beacon Academy and Signal Academy are in relatively close distance to each other as Ruby states she can see Signal from the airship. Beacon lies on the edge of a large circular lake on an overhanging cliff.

After arrival, new Cadet Huntsmen and Huntresses are deposited on a long, wide avenue leading up to what appears to be the main academy buildings and their large, impressive main doorway. The avenue is marked with trees and flag-draped light-poles. Beyond the doorway is what appears to be a large, open-air amphitheatre. Within this is a raised platform upon which a speaker can address those standing below.

The most prominent part of the academy buildings is a large tower, apparently the same one seen in the opening narration of the pilot episode. This is surmounted by what appears to be some kind of signal light, possibly the beacon which the institution is named after. The academy is also shown to have large gardens, apparently at the rear of the buildings, including a large pond surrounded by a path, where students are free to wander as they please.

On the inside, there is a grand assembly area where Ozpin addresses all the new students and a living area that new students may sleep in until they are assigned proper quarters.

Known Teams

 * RWBY
 * JAUN

Known Staff Members

 * Professor Ozpin: Headmaster
 * Glynda Goodwitch

Trivia

 * The organization shares a similar goal with the DWMA from Soul Eater, as both train fighters to combat threats to their world.
 * The stonework in the courtyard where Weiss lectures Ruby about Dust forms the same symbol seen on Professor Ozpin's mug.
 * There is an initiation process that new students must go through on the second day at Beacon.