Gimnazija Meša Selimović is a gymnasium

Gymnasium (school)

A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...

 in Tuzla

Tuzla

Tuzla is a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the time of the 1991 census, it had 83,770 inhabitants, while the municipality 131,318. Taking the influx of refugees into account, the city is currently estimated to have 174,558 inhabitants...

, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

. It was founded on September 12, 1899.

History

When it was founded in 1899, the school had only nine professors, and students attended for eight years. In 1905, the Austro-Hungarian monarchy built a new school building. In June 1907, the first graduating class of 17 students completed study.

Salt mining in Tuzla caused gradual ground sinking in many areas of the city, and damaged the Gimnazija building. It was demolished in 1961. From October 1961 to October 1968 Gimnazija moved to Kloster building (also destroyed due to sinking), and since October 1968, it has been housed in a new building, where it remains to date. In May 1989, Gimnazija was renamed to "Meša Selimović

Meša Selimovic

Mehmed "Meša" Selimović was a Yugoslav writer. His novel Death and the Dervish is one of the most important literary works in post-war Yugoslavia. Some of the main themes in his works are relations between individual and authority, life and death, and other existential problems...

", after the renowned author and its most famous alumnus.

In 1998, three students placed second, third and fourth in the World Math competition in Taiwan.