← Back to the rankingColegiul Național „Andrei Șaguna”
Brasov, Romania · est. 1850 · State
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Colegiul Național „Andrei Șaguna” is a state national college in Brașov and one of the oldest Romanian schools in Transylvania: classes began in 1850, the building's foundation stone was laid in 1851, the school has carried its founder's name since 1922 and became a national college in 1996. It teaches grades 5-12 under the Romanian national curriculum in Romanian: lower secondary in grades 5-8, and in the lyceum a science track (mathematics and informatics, natural sciences) and a humanities track (social sciences), with intensive and bilingual English, French and German classes. Alongside the national curriculum, an IB Diploma Programme line taught in English runs in grades 11-12; the school describes itself as an authorised IB World School. Students can also take College Board Advanced Placement courses and OxfordAQA International A-levels, and the school hosts Cambridge English FCE and CAE exams. According to the school, it has more than 800 students and a 100% bacalaureat pass rate, and 47 of its former teachers and students became members of the Academy.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Romanian, English
Languages taught
French, German, Latin
About the fees The school is a state school; the website states no tuition fee for either the national line or the IB line. Cambridge English, AP and SAT exams are paid separately through the exam organisers.
Admissions Grade 5 admission follows the county inspectorate methodology: for 2026-2027 one intensive English class (with a language test) and one class with optional informatics. Grade 9 admission is through the national computerised allocation by Evaluarea Națională average, with a language test for bilingual classes; six grade 9 classes open for 2026-2027. The IB Diploma Programme admits students into grade 11: school reports for the last two years with an average of at least 8.5 out of 10 and a clean record, a letter of intent, then a compulsory General Aptitude Test in mathematics and sciences in English (two exams of 60 minutes) and an interview, also online. The school states directly that IB admission is open to the local and international community; a student lacking English may be offered intensive language training before enrolment.
Stages and year groups Grades 5-12. Lower secondary grades 5-8 and lyceum grades 9-12 under the Romanian national curriculum, ending with the bacalaureat; tracks: mathematics and informatics (including intensive informatics and intensive German), natural sciences (bilingual French, intensive English), social sciences (bilingual English). In grades 11-12 the IB Diploma Programme runs in parallel in English: mathematics, physics, computer science, global politics, chemistry and geography at both levels; English language and literature, German, biology, environmental systems and societies at standard level. The school also offers College Board Advanced Placement courses and OxfordAQA International A-levels (mathematics, English language, biology, chemistry, physics, computer science).
Address Șirul Mitropolit Andrei Șaguna 1, Brașov
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeThe IB register lists the Diploma Programme at the college; it is taught in grades 11-12 alongside the Romanian national programme and the bacalaureat exam. It is a state national college.
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IBInternational Baccalaureate
A Swiss non-profit, working since 1968. Its programmes are among the most widely recognised school programmes in the world. Authorisation is granted stage by stage, so a school with the final stage does not necessarily run the younger ones; which stages this school holds is set out in the line below.
What the badge means for this school. The school is allowed to run this programme and to award its certificate. This is a confirmation of the programme, not a judgement on the school as a whole. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. At this school: DP (ages 16-19). DP is the final stage, ages 16 to 19: six subjects plus a compulsory core of theory of knowledge, an extended essay and CAS. The diploma is accepted by universities all over the world, and in a number of countries it counts for admission on the same footing as the local leaving certificate.
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The state school programme of the country the school stands in: it is set by that country's ministry of education, which also licenses the school and awards the leaving certificate. That certificate is used for entry to local universities, and abroad it is matched to the local one.
What this means for this school. This entry does not count towards the score, and that is deliberate. Every lawful school in a country works to the national programme, so on its own it tells one school apart from no other - unlike the French, German or Russian programmes, which are carried abroad and confirmed by the register of their organisation. We show it because a parent needs to know what programme their child is taught and what certificate the child will get. Counting it would lift the whole ranking at once and still tell nobody apart.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Exam results According to the school, the bacalaureat pass rate is 100%. The school does not publish IB Diploma Programme, AP or A-level results.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field
Campus: The historic school building was erected between 1851 and 1854; after the 2003 renovation the college has 27 classrooms, a computer centre (26 computers from a government programme plus 40 earlier ones), a chemistry laboratory, rooms for English, German, French, Romanian and history, a sports hall and field, the Dumitru Lupan biology museum, a virtual reality laboratory and a library of more than 32000 volumes. The Sala Festivă assembly hall was painted in 1862 and is a listed historic monument.
Clubs and activities: TeleAS (school television) · AS Debate (debating club) · Fanfara (brass band) · Corul (choir) · RoboAS (robotics club) · Redacția AS (school editorial team) · Minisatul (folk crafts workshops) · Muguri (school magazine) · Fabricat Șaguna (lecture and talk series)
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
The Head of School is Carmen Felicia Tănăsescu, the IB Diploma Programme coordinator is Diana Elena Banu. According to the language policy, the college employs teachers of Romanian, German, Hungarian, Greek and other backgrounds; all staff are trained in the school's language policy. 47 former teachers and students of the school became members of the Romanian Academy.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
·Access controlnot stated on the website
·Nurse or medical roomnot stated on the website
✓Counsellor
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school works with school-employed child psychologists and students' personal therapists; the IB line has a special educational needs coordinator and an inclusion committee, and teachers receive training on such students at least once a year.
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Academics and programmes (16%)82 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data80 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data60 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data75 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 Value for money (6%) scored at the median84 "Scored on disclosed data" stands where we count only what the school has written about itself on its own site: exams and destinations, safety and wellbeing, teaching staff, facilities, clubs and activities. A low score here means the school does not write about this, not that the school does not have it: a school with good security and a sparse site will score low. A school can fill in its profile, and the score will be counted again.
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