Unirea National College () is a magnet school located at 7 Eroilor Boulevard,

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, Romania. It hosts gymnasium (grades 5–8) and

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(grades 9–12) classes.

History

* 1883 – The land required for the construction of the school has been bought. * 1897 – The building was finished and the school was officially founded. It had two separate buildings – one for boys and one for girls. The two were joined by the gymnastics room forming a U-shaped building. * 1898–1899 – The first generation of students have joined the girls' school. It had 227 students that were studying in Hungarian. * 1914–1918 – The school's building hosted a military hospital and a prisoner's camp. * 1918, December 1 – The

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was proclaimed; soon after, the school became a girls'

. * 1919, October 6 – The school had 8 classes (4 of primary education, and 4 of secondary education). * 1922 – The school was renamed "Princess Elena" High School. * 1928-1935 – High school had 8 classes instead of 4. * 1934 – One more story was added to the building. * 1941 – In the summer a hospital of the Romanian army was hosted in the school's building. * 1941–1948 – The school's classes were held at other high schools as the building was still a hospital. * 1948 – The school was renamed "Girls' High School" * 1956 – Boys and girls studied in this same school that was renamed "Medium Mix School #5 Brașov". * 1959 – The school was renamed "Unirea" () after the historical event of the

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. The school united with the Hungarian High School. * 1990 – The union with the Hungarian High School ended. * 2005 – The school started hosting gymnasium classes (5–8) that had as a main objective the intensive learning of foreign languages.Like

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and more * 2004 – "Unirea" was awarded the title of "European School". * 2007 – The title of "European School" was renewed. The students of bilingual French classes could have a French school-leaving examination.

External links

Official website

{{DEFAULTSORT:Unirea National College (Brasov) Schools in Brașov National Colleges in Romania Universities and colleges established in 1897 1897 establishments in Romania