Moise Nicoară National College ( ro, Colegiul Național "Moise Nicoară") is a public day high school in Arad,

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History

Opened in 1873, the school building was erected over the previous four years, during the

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period. In October 1919, following the

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, the school acquired its present name, after the 19th century cultural figure and patriot , and became the first Romanian-language boys' high school in Arad. The building became the property of the Romanian state in 1934, and was declared a

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in 1955. In 1948, following the advent of the

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and subsequent education reform, the institution became known as ''Arad Middle School nr. 1'', the name ''

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'' being added in 1957. It became a high school once again in 1965 and readopted the Nicoară name in 1991. It was accorded the "national college" distinction in 2000. The building underwent a thorough restoration that culminated with its reopening in 2013, at which point it was one of the country's most modern high school structures. Claudia Untaru
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Alumni

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Vasile Goldiș Vasile Goldiș (12 November 1862 – 10 February 1934) was a Romanian politician, social theorist, and member of the Romanian Academy. Early life He was born on 12 November 1862 in his grandfather's (Teodor Goldiș) house in the village of M ...

, politician *

Caius Iacob Caius Iacob (March 29, 1912 – February 6, 1992) was a Romanian mathematician, professor at the University of Bucharest, and titular member of the Romanian Academy. After the fall of communism in 1989, he was elected to the Senate of Romania. B ...

, mathematician *

Alexandru Ioan Lupaș Alexandru Ioan Lupaș (5 January 1942 – 14 August 2007) was a Romanian mathematician. He was born in Arad, Romania, Arad, where he attended the Moise Nicoară National College, Moise Nicoară High School. He pursued his studies at Babeș-Bolya ...

, mathematician *

Atanasie Marian Marienescu Atanasie Marian Marienescu (–) was an Austro-Hungarian ethnic Romanian folklorist, ethnographer and judge. Born in Lipova, Arad County, in the Banat region, his father Ion Marian was a trader, while his mother Persida (''née'' Șandor) cam ...

, ethnographer *

Teodor Meleșcanu Teodor Viorel Meleșcanu (; born 10 March 1941) is a Romanian politician, diplomat, and jurist. He served as Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Romania (SIE) between 2012 and 2014. He was a three times senator on behalf of the N ...

, politician *

Mihail Neamțu Mihail Neamțu (), born 1978, is a Romanian conservative politician. He received a PhD in theology from King's College London and has written several books on politics, religion, and culture. Life and career Family and political awakenings Bor ...

, politician *, lawyer *, physicist and politician *

Tiberiu Popoviciu Tiberiu Popoviciu (February 16, 1906–October 29, 1975) was a Romanian mathematician and the namesake of Popoviciu's inequality and Popoviciu's inequality on variances. The Tiberiu Popoviciu High School of Computer Science in Cluj-Napoca is nam ...

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External links

Official site
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