Hydra Academy

Hydra Academy is a fictional learning center featured in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It appeared on the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. television series on ABC and was first seen in flashback in the season five episode, "Rise and Shine".

Hydra Academy was an exclusive private school owned and operated by the subversive terrorist organization known as Hydra. Their goal was to breed strong cadets as operatives to face what they considered to be an oppressive system of government. At this point in time, Hydra had already established many in-roads into the S.H.I.E.L.D. espionage organization, and many people who were associated with the school also had ties to the agency.

In 1990, Hydra leader Daniel Whitehall payed a personal visit to the school to address students and staff. This was in large measure connected to Hydra's ambitious plan to replicate and improve upon a scientific process to create the most powerful human being in the world. Among the students in attendance during Whitehall's visit were Jasper Sitwell, Wolfgang von Strucker, and a young woman named Hale. Whitehall took Hale aside later and told her that she was going to play a critical and literal role in the creation of this super-being. A such, he had her artificially inseminated.

Staff

 * Daniel Whitehall
 * Professor Steger

Students

 * Hale
 * Jasper Sitwell
 * Wolfgang von Strucker