Colegio Nacional de Monserrat

Colegio Nacional de Monserrat is a public college preparatory high school in Córdoba, Argentina. Patterned after the European gymnasium, the school is the second oldest of its type and one of the most prestigious in Argentina. Overview The College of Monserrat includes both a high school. The former is organized in nine departments: Philosophy, Social Sciences, History/Geography, Letters, Exact Sciences, Natural Sciences, Arts, Physical Education, and Humanities. The school maintains the Professor Alfredo Ruibal Library, with almost 20,000 volumes, and the Historical Museum. The school is administered by a Secondary Educational Level Advisory Board composed of the Director of the college (who presides), the Academic Deputy, a Regent, the teaching faculty (represented by nine members, six professors, two tutors, and a professor or teacher as faculty representative), two student representatives, a non-faculty staffer, and a parent. The Middle School Level is governed by the Director, a Deputy, and a Regent, as well as a delegation of three teachers, an assistant teacher, and a student representative. Admissions Applicants to enter the first year of the school must take and pass an eliminatory exam, which includes a language test and a math test. Admission is by order of merit until completing 240 places.