I need to know something. How do people get educated in Cyrodiil? Where do they go to become archaeologists, historians, etc.? I mean, there's the Arcane University, but that's a college for magic, so I'm at a loss as to where people go to learn subjects like the liberal arts. Do people wishing to become qualified archeologists just take on tutors? What institution in Cyrodiil educates people in these kinds of subjects?

I'm thinking about writing a fanfiction based on my Skyrim character who is from Cyrodiil, and this is something that's important for my fanfiction. Thanks!

I'd say education is withheld for the high class citizens, as the majority of people wouldn't be able to afford actual education other than basics learned on the farm. While there's none represented in game, its safe to assume there would be education facilities, like acadamies or colleges for the higher class citizens but I wouldn't expect for the average joe to be able afford an education, especially in something like archeology. I could see apprenticeships being predominant though.

The Arcane University isn't only for magic in reality, I'd wager. There is also an Imperial University mentioned in lore. I don't think there are colleges for liberal arts or craftswork (blacksmithing, etc.) - those are probably taught via apprenticeships. I'm guessing that tutors and the like play an important part in education as well.

In MW the Tribunal Temple was responsible for education (including of the poor)
This was quite common in pre-modern societies and I'd expect basic education would be run by religious institutions
Most townspeople would at least learn to read and write and basic arithmatic
Like Lady Nerevar said I'd imagine other than that most people would learn their jobs on the job so to speak and only those who could afford it would get an education in the modern sense

Right; one might assume that most craft or work educations might be handled by a guild system that extends beyond the adventuring professions we've seen (Mages, Fighters, Thieves, Assassins). Things like the "Tailors and Dyers Hall" in the St. Delyn Canton of Vivec support the idea that there's some professional organization at work in Tamriel.

The religious bureaucracy and the aforementioned universities probably handle more academic educations, but that's probably as rare as it was in pre-modern RL.
The majority of people, especially the under-classes, are probably largely uneducated.
Off-topic: I love the new picture, Lady N.

In Daggerfall you would see occasional buildings called 'lyceums.' In practice they were just bookstores, but it gave the impression that there were schools here and there.

Tamriel actually seems pretty literate for a pre-modern culture--there are a lot of bookstores, journals, and other forms of written communication, even among non-noble NPCs.

Aye, they even have a printing press, honestly their literacy bit always confused me and seemed kinda contradictory to logic, but then again its a whole different universe.

the number of books in tamriel might be a little... surprising, however even looking at the real world it's possible to find examples of literacy in early cultures (example - the Book of Kells)

true, the greater population wasn't usually too literate, and it was mostly just churchmen and nobility, but: i make the assumption that, in tamriel, church and state saw early on that a literate population might be more beneficial than one that didn't have the opportunity. after all there's no real point producing written propaganda if only a handful of people can understand it and tbh, the mages guild probably impacted this too - taking in anyone, and teaching them a great deal about magic, would have encouraged note taking. researching and sharing results would have required literacy, or impeccable memories and conversational skills.

Liberal arts, at least in our own pre-industrial world, wasn't a field of study. It was a coterie of subjects that was considered essential, if immediately impractical, knowledge for all well-rounded, free men, hence the name. Supposing Cyrodiilic society works the same, which from OB we know it practically does, then we can safely assume that all well-to-do folk are practiced in the liberal arts.

That being said, mages are pretty much the academics of Tamriel, ergo the guild-halls and Arcane U are the centers of higher education.