This simple motto - "Universitas sedis sapientiae is associated with Sophia University in Japan, which was founded by the Jesuits in 1913. It means: university of the seat of wisdom.
Interestingly, the phrase "sedes sapientiae" is a devotional title of Mary the mother of Jesus meaning simply seat of wisdom and also a type of icon.
sedes, -is (f) seat
sedeo, sedere, sedi, sessum to sit
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