Quoc Hoc High School
| Quoc Hoc – Huế High School for the Gifted | |
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12 Lê Lợi Street Huế Vietnam |
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| Type | Public, Magnet school |
| Motto | Hiền tài là nguyên khí quốc gia (Talents and Virtues are the nation's sap) |
| Established | 1896 |
| Principal | Nguyen Phuoc Buu Tuan |
| Faculty | 150 |
| Grades | (10-12) |
| Enrollment | approx. 1400 |
| Website | [1] |
Quốc Học – Huế High School for the Gifted or simply "the Quốc Học of Huế" is a national magnet and gifted high school in Thừa Thiên–Huế, Vietnam. Founded on October 23, 1896, Quốc Học - Huế is the second oldest high school in Vietnam. The school is recognized for its strong academic results, students' qualities and staffs' levels. For a long time, Quốc Học – Huế has always been ranked in the top three high schools in the nation in terms of the quality of education. Other schools include Chu Van An High School in Hanoi and Lê Hồng Phong High School in Ho Chi Minh City. The school is also famous for the notable political leaders who graduated from it, and Ho Chi Minh who was dismissed from it in 1908 for revolutionary activities.
Quốc Học – Huế ranks twenty-third nationally in the 2012 Vietnam university admission ranking
Many school graduates have got admitted to prestigious universities and colleges in the world, including: MIT, National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Osaka University, and KAIST, etc.
On 17 September 1896 (the 8th year of Thành Thái reign), Quốc Học – Huế High school was established in conformation to the royal verdict and the verdict of the French Resident-Superior in Indochina on 18 November 1896. The school was constructed on the place of a previous squadron headquarters – a royal navy headquarters (1806 or the 5th year of Gia Long's reign).
Quốc Học – Huế High school was established to coach the students, who would serve the feudal colonial government, and the study curriculum then was harmonized with the purpose, French was the main subject. The acceptable students by Quốc Học High School are: the sons of the relatives of the King, the sons of royal families, the sons of mandarins, the students of Thanh Nhon school and Quoc Tu Giam school.
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