[3] The high school was established in 1634 when Jesuits received approval to open a college in Satu Mare.

[1] The new institution was supported by an act issued in 1639 in Vienna by Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III.

[1] The teaching language has been changed in the evolution of the college, from Latin to Hungarian and then to German and finally to Romanian.

[1] Centuries of injustice suffered by the Romanians were repaired since July 15, 1919 when the Mihai Eminescu high school was founded, the first institution of secondary education with Romanian language teaching in the town of Satu Mare.

Some classes are bilingually specialized: English and French, and others are in intensive learning science.