Mihai Eminescu National College (

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: ''Colegiul Național Mihai Eminescu'') is a public day high school for students aged 10 to 18, established in 1634 by the Jesuits, and located in

Satu Mare Satu Mare (; hu, Szatmárnémeti ; german: Sathmar; yi, סאטמאר or ) is a city with a population of 102,400 (2011). It is the capital of Satu Mare County, Romania, as well as the centre of the Satu Mare metropolitan area. It lies in the ...

, Romania. In 1919, the school is named after the great Romanian poet

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, being the first high school in Transylvania bearing the name of the poet. The Mihai Eminescu National College is one of the only four national colleges located in Satu Mare, alongside Ioan Slavici, Kölcsey Ferenc, and Doamna Stanca.

History

The high school was established in 1634 when Jesuits received approval to open a college in

. The new institution was supported by an act issued in 1639 in Vienna by Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III. It operated according to the pedagogical principles of the ''

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'', with few exceptions until 1804 when a decree was given by the Holy Roman Emperor

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that states the college will be supported through state funds. Also in 1804 the school established a bishop college in 1850 which later merged with the gymnasium. Based on an energetic approach of the

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the gymnasium was taken over by the state in 1863 and decreed a royal Catholic secondary school – gimnazium regium. Although this school taught young students belonging to all ethnic groups in this land, it is noteworthy that the majority of students have always been Romanians. The teaching language has been changed in the evolution of the college, from Latin to Hungarian and then to

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and finally to

. Centuries of injustice suffered by the Romanians were repaired since July 15, 1919 when the ''Mihai Eminescu'' high school was founded, the first institution of secondary education with Romanian language teaching in the town of

Present

The school has 28 high school classes and 4 secondary school classes. The classes have different specializations:

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and science,

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s, social sciences, and modern languages. Some classes are bilingually specialized: English and

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, and others are in intensive learning science.

References

{{coord missing, Satu Mare County

External links

Colegiul Național Mihai Eminescu Satu Mare
Educational institutions established in the 1630s Schools in Satu Mare National Colleges in Romania 1634 establishments in Europe

History

Present

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