The National College "Gheorghe Sincai", Baia Mare
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The National College "Gheorghe Sincai" Baia Mare
The "Gheorghe Sincai" High School was founded in 1919. This year we have celebrated its 80th anniversary. It bears the name of an important figure of the Romanian culture in Transylvania. At its beginnings, the high school had 8 classrooms, a drawing room, a staff room, a library with 10099 books, a chemistry laboratory, a physics laboratory, a museum containing 20628 items, 172 pupils and 17 teachers. Today it has 33 classrooms, 11 laboratories (physics, chemistry, foreign languages and computer science) and a library.
The new curriculum contains science, computer science, social studies and foreign languages profiles. From 1995 it was renamed the "Gheorghe Sincai" College as part of a national program. This year (1999), its name was changed again into the "Gheorghe Sincai" National College. It's an honorary title which rewards the excellent results obtained by its students throughout the years: 428 prizes at national olympiads and 26 prizes at international contests held in Holland, Hungary, Austria, Germany and the U.S.
The school has formed outstanding personalities: 4 academy members, writers, 1 archbishop, painters, sculptors and 11000 college and academy graduates. The title National College implies a wider autonomy regarding the curriculum, staff appointment, financial issues and the entrance exams. The latter has become a very selective process in order to improve the quality of those studying in this high school. All the efforts
are made to employ the best teachers available and rise the standards of the educational process. The high school is entitled to issue foreign language proficiency certificates in English, French and German, with the support of the British Council, the 
German Embassy and the French Cultural Center and Embassy. The "Gheorghe Sincai" National College is part of the UNESCO High School Network and has the status of a pilot high school in an international programme which drafts projects and studies on different fields related to the specifics of the Maramures county (ethnography, local government etc.) Our students have obtained exchange student scholarships in the U.S., Germany, and have made several exchanges with students in the "Koeberle" High School in Selestat, France.
We are proud to be able to integrate in the ERYC partnership programme, and would like to address an invitation to all those interested in knowing more about us to email
us or, why not, visit us. We would be more than happy to introduce you to our students, the teaching staff and to present you our region with its traditions and regional specifics.
| Year | Memento... |
| 1919 | "Gheorghe Sincai", the first Romanian Highschool in Baia Mare is founded |
| 1922 | the first graduation exam (21 alumni out of which 19 graduated) |
| 1940 September |
the Gheorghe Sincai Highschool is closed down |
| 1944 |
the highschool is re-instituted |
| 1945 January |
the courses are resumed |
| 1969 December |
the celebration in honour of 50 years of activity |
| 1994 November |
the celebration of 75 years since the Highschool was founded |
| Nov. 8 - by act of the National Education Ministry, the "Gh. Sincai" Highschool becomes the "Gheorghe Sincai" College | |
| 1999 |
the "Gheorghe Sincai" College becomes the "Gheorghe Sincai" National College due to the students' high academic performance throughout the years. |
Studies in: Targu-Mures, Cluj, Bistrita, Vienna (pedagogical studies) and Rome (Ph.D. in philosophy and theology at De Propaganda Fide)
He founded over 300 Romanian schools in Transylvania;
He drew up curricula and textbooks;
His representative work: "The Chronicle of the Romanian people and of other nations) the first scientific history of the Romanian people;
A representative of the European Enlightenment in the Romanian spirituality;