For reference, in the encyclopedia and game the College's description is:

EMBLEMATIC DISTRICT

+3  Science

-10  Stability

+2  Science on  Research Quarter

+2  Influence on Religious District

Count as " Research Quarter "

From this description, I would expect each College district to buff ALL Research Quarters (with +2 Science) and ALL Religious Districts (with +2 Influence) in a city.

What actually happens is each College only buffs Research Quarters and Religious District in the same territory. It might also be more accurate to also say that the bonuses buff the College district itself rather than "on" the other districts (see attached pic). Also, it's presented like it has a base +5 Science, although this might be a way of presenting the general +2 Science bonus on itself (since it counts as a RQ).

If so, a more accurate description of the current effects might be:

EMBLEMATIC DISTRICT

+5  Science

-10  Stability

+2  Science for every other Research Quarter in territory

+2  Influence for every other Religious District in territory

Count as " Research Quarter "

RedSirus wrote:

I totally get that the Ming Tea Houses and Austrian Opernhauser were too powerful when they benefitted city-wide, but is there a concern that the Scots College would be too strong city-wide and needs to be territory-only?

In my admittedly limited playtime with the Scots so far, I've found the Legacy Trait % boost per Research Agreement to be their most powerful advantage. If you are playing "diplomatically" and try to keep lots of players in the game (which also maximizes grievances and leverage drops) it's easy to get huge percentage gains - even more so on larger maps with lots of players to begin with. e.g., 5 other players with 4 (Embassy) Agreements each = 60% Science boost. I think it's entirely plausible that the citywide boost was too powerful in combination with that. 

Compare that to the French who only get a flat 10% boost as their LT but have the Collective Minds ability. In my experience, their Exhibition Halls generally get bigger district-only Science and Influence boosts than the College, but I could see the College being a better fit in those arctic territories that practically beg to be made into Research specialty districts. 

Bumping this because the information is still inaccurately displayed in game.  I'm in a Nazca - Mississippi- Ottoman - Scots run where I picked the Scots specifically to boost my old EQs (my cities are only 4 territories, so it wasn't going to be anything crazy.) I'm in the camp that the college doesn't need the territory restriction, but if there are concerns about the LT and unrestricted college being too much, I'd rather see the %s on the LT get adjusted. As is, the college feels a little underwhelming.

Regardless of the decision made on balance, I'd really love to see the tooltip and encyclopedia info corrected. It's frustrating that I can't get accurate info on how the game works anywhere - I only saw this because I came to report it and it got spam bumped. I thought it was bad that the Oceania DLC still had old figures in the encyclopedia.