The Prussian king inaugurates the Rubenow Memorial in 1856 to mark the 400th anniversary of the University of Greifswald. The university becomes a modern hub of research in the fields of medicine, law, theology and philology.
In 1869, struggling to accommodate the large number of students, the 'Unified Royal and City Grammar School' in Stettin is split into the municipal grammar school and the grammar school at the Seminary of St Mary in 1869, which also accommodates Jageteufelsche Collegium.
A school for the daughters of good houses is opened in Barth in 1855; a school for coxswains moves into the upper storey in 1860. A new school building is constructed in Barth in 1867, although a navigation college already exists in Stralsund. Seagoing sailors and coxswains with 60 months of experience attend this school to acquire a license to navigate a ship
In 1897, Kartz von Kameke auf Streckenthin uses latest scientific methods to establish a centre of potato cultivation of global standing in the district of Köslin.
Catholic primary schools are built from 1850 onward.