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.

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 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 branch came back to Huế after ten years of disruption, and was conquered by French Colonialists as a barrack on April 29, 1955.

The school was built on the site once known as the Admiral's Palace, a royal naval base established in 1806 (the fifth year of Emperor Gia Long's reign).

It is one of the largest high school campuses of Vietnam with many large shady trees, stone benches, and French architectural-designed buildings.

Every year, Quốc Học High School attracts more than 6,000 candidates from Thừa Thiên–Huế and other central provinces from whom nearly 400 are selected to be students.

Recently, Quoc Hoc - Huế has organizes about 40 classes of the following subjects: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science, Vietnamese Literature, History, Geography, English, Japanese and French.

Annually, the traditional football, badminton and swimming competitions are held to encourage the students the sportive spirit.