The Magician's Guild by Trudi Canavan
The Novice by Trudi Canavan
Currently reading The High Lord which is book three of The Black Magician trilogy by Canavan. The first book, while well written was a very cliché fantasy story, the second was an improvement on the first, advanced the plot and added nice detail and more world building. The third at least so far seems to be an improvement on the second. I intend to get her other novels set in this universe as well.