 Rupert I recognized the opportunity and initiated talks with the Curia, which ultimately lead to the creation of the Papal Bull for the Foundation of a university.After having received on October 23, 1385 the permission from pope Urban VI to create a school of general studies (), the final decision to found the university was taken on June 26, 1386 at the behest of Rupert I, Count Palatine of the Rhine.As specified in the papal charter, the university was modelled after University of Paris and included four faculties