Școala Centrală National College

Școala Centrală National College (Romanian: Colegiul Național Școala Centrală; literally, “Central School”) is an institution of primary, secondary, and upper secondary education in Bucharest, Romania which functioned along the passing of time under many other names, most notably Pensionatul Domnesc de Fete. It serves schooling for classes between 0 and XII, from primary school up to high school.

Școala Centrală National College Colegiul Național Școala Centrală
Școala Centrală in 2020
Address
Str. Icoanei 3-5 Sector 2 Bucharest Romania
Coordinates	44.4436°N 26.1053°E / 44.4436; 26.1053
Information
Funding type	Public
Established	19 March 1851
Status	Open
Category	Primary school, secondary school, and high school
Grades	0 to 12
Gender	Coeducation
Age range	6–19
Enrolment	1,462 (as of 2020)
Average class size	25
Language	Romanian, bilingual teaching in French and intensively in English
Hours in school day	5–7
Campus type	Urban
Nickname	CNȘC (formerly Zoia)
Alumni	Violeta Andrei, Agatha Bârsescu, Maria Cuțarida-Crătunescu, Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck, Zoe Dumitrescu-Bușulenga, Monica Ghiuță, Ștefania Mărăcineanu, Maia Morgenstern, Andrei Păunescu, Oana Pellea, Olga Tudorache[1]
Website	cnscb.ro

During Communism, Școala Centrală was known as Zoia Kosmodeminskaia. After the 1989 Romanian Revolution, more specifically in 1994, the school's name was changed to Școala Centrală and bilingual French education was introduced for the classes with both humanist and exact sciences profiles pertaining to high school.

The school building, completed in 1890, is listed as a historic monument by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs.[2] It was designed by Romanian architect Ion Mincu.[3]