Gheorghe Şincai National College (Romanian: Colegiul Naţional "Gheorghe Şincai") is a public day high school for grades 9 to 12 in Baia Mare, Romania, attended by some 900 pupils aged 14 to 19. Grades 5 to 8 opened in 2010. The school is named after historian, philologist and educator Gheorghe Şincai. It is one of three high schools in Baia Mare designated a "National College", the most prestigious rank for institutions of secondary education in Romania. It also ranks high on the national level in results at the Romanian Baccalaureate, university admissions and school contests. Over 17,000 have graduated from Şincai, with the majority going on to university. Şincai was founded on 12 July [O.S. 29 June] 1919, shortly after the Union of Transylvania with Romania. Its first head, appointed by the Directory Council of Transylvania , was Prof. Dr. Gheorghe Hetco, who remained in his position until 1940. When it opened, the high school had 172 students, 17 teachers, eight classrooms, a chemistry laboratory and a physics one. The library had 10,099 books. 561 pupils graduated during the interwar period.