The school is named after the great Romanian writer and journalist Ioan Slavici.

[1] The Ioan Slavici National College is one of the four national colleges located in Satu Mare, alongside Mihai Eminescu, Kölcsey Ferenc, and Doamna Stanca.

The three buildings of the college include 26 classrooms, 5 laboratories, 12 offices, a library with over 30,000 volumes, 2 gyms, a sports field with a running track, a volleyball court, handball and basketball courts, one festive room, and a 200-seat chapel, thus ensuring the proper conduct of the educational activities.

[1] Different disciplines offer an optional curriculum that covers all the areas being proposed to expand the scope of knowledge in a given field, but also to awaken the students through an innovative approach.

In this school year it was accredited for ECDL courses, providing students and conditions for staff members to obtain the European Computer Driving Licence.