Grigore Moisil National College of Computer Science (Brașov)

The history of the high school dates to 1938.[1]

• Since the first part of the building was constructed in 1938, it has been the home of five institutions: Primary Schools 3 and 11, and later on, Secondary Schools 2, 6, and 4.
• Along with the construction of the second building in 1960, the name was changed to "General Culture High School number 4".
• The school year 1972 sees the introduction of a new profile, top notch at the time, and a new name for the school: "High School for Automatic Data Processing", which concerned computer science.
• During 1973–1977 and 1990–2002, the institution's name was "Computer Science High School" (Romanian: "Liceul de Informatică"), while between 1977–1990 it was called "Mathematics – Physics High School number 1" (Romanian: "Liceul de Matematică – Fizică nr. 1").
• In 2002, it took the name of "Grigore Moisil Computer Science National College".[2]

• Since 1990, the school has had, for each year
  • 4 classes of intensive – computer science profile
  • 1 class of intensive – English profile
• There are a total of 20 classes (15 computer sciences + 5 English)
• There are 28 students per class. That means 140 per year and a total of 700.
• After admission, the top 28[3] that opt for the English class are sent to class 9A, and the rest are assigned, randomly and in equal proportions to classes 9B to 9E.
• The high school only has day program.
• Class hours are usually held Monday to Friday, from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

Notable graduates of the high school include:[4]

• Dumitru Prunariu (b. 1952) – first Romanian cosmonaut; currently, division general with 2 stars, in reserve
• Ioan Ghișe (b. 1956) – Romanian politician, member of PNL, former mayor of Brașov (1996–2004), currently deputy for PNL
• Victor Socaciu (b. 1953) – Romanian folk musicians; in the jury of the Golden Stag
• Dan Bălteanu (b. 1943) – academician, director of the Romanian Institute of Geography
• Daniel Capatos (b. 1973) – reality show host
• Mihai Dobrovolski (b. 1974) – radio host, founder of Radio Guerilla
• Raluca Arvat (b. 1975) – journalist, sport news section host for Pro TV
• Ernest Takacs (b. 1980) – TV presenter

• (in Romanian) Official site