 There are many references to University of Notre Dame in the movie  as a handful of the people that produced the movie were "Domers",  Notre Dame graduates. The biggest example being the shape of the  castle, exactly like that of the Hesburg Library. Another reference  is "DuLac" The Universitys Name is University of Notre Dame du Lac,  our lady of the lake. The Student guide/disciplinary manual is  called DuLac. A third reference is the "Farquad" There are many  quads on the ND campus, and there is a dorm that is in the middle of  nowhere, on a "Far quad". You can see the famous golden dome of the  university on the back of Shreks vest.