The so-called Ecclesiastical Schools of Zaragoza had later consolidated into the School of Zaragoza.

References from 1335 indicate there was a School of Arts (known as liberal arts, since the classics included in the "trivium and "quadrivium" were taught there).

The cultural activities and endeavors of the leaders of Zaragoza had obtained authorization from Pope Sixtus IV in 1474 and, at the petition of Ferdinand, heir to the Aragonese throne, it had been made a General School of Arts.

Coinciding with the introduction of the printing press, evidence of an interest in knowledge, ratification of the General School of Arts had been obtained from King John II in 1476.

Thus the Aragonese capital can now grant the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

In 1477, the Rector Pedro de la Cabra and a representative of the town council prepares the school’s first bylaws.