People started to send their children to universities so that they can get education and enhance their social position. Lives of medieval students are depicted in different tales. From these tales we can find out social stereotypes of medieval students and determine to what extent these stereotypes reflect real life of English medieval students. In his Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer depicts students in two ways, he shows us two social stereotypes of students: firstly as very serious, and secondly as rogues and womanizers. In General Prologue he represents student who studied philosophy at Oxford University. This sincere student loves learning and for him education is a crucial aspect of his life. This clerk is very poor and he hardly feeds himself because all money that he borrows from his friends, he spends on books and learning. This student tends to get a lot of knowledge rather than chasing wealth. He prefers books of Aristotle’s philosophy to rich clothes and fiddle. His speech is full of moral virtue and it is very fascinating for people to listen to him. This clerk prays for those who help him and give him money for education. Geoffrey Chaucer depicts a student as a very serious person, who is respected by others, speaks when it is needed, and prefers intellectual enrichment to wealth and entertainment. So this is the first picture of medieval students that we can take from Canterbury Tales. Another social stereotype of medieval students is