The Deák Ferenc Bilingual High School (Hungarian: Deák Ferenc Gimnázium) is a public, co-educational secondary school in Szeged, Hungary established in 1988. It is the youngest secondary educational institution in the city of Szeged. It is named after Ferenc Deák, a famous 19th-century Hungarian politician who is also known as the Sage of the Nation. From the beginning, language education served as the main focus of the school in addition to its mission to provide a multifunctional place amidst its surroundings of panel housing estates, hence it leases out the Theater Hall—which can be opened together with the Atrium—for various cultural programs. The school has been participating in the debate forum called European Classes since 1997, it is the member of the initiative PUSCH (Schools: Partners of the Future), and that of the DSD program since 2008. The rate of acceptance to higher education is 89-90%. Students within the Hungarian-English bilingual program have a higher number of classes in English. Furthermore, for them, the language of education concerning mathematics, biology, geography and history (both Hungarian and world history) is English. Throughout their four years of learning, these courses are complemented by a special English conversation class with native speakers, and by the same token a so-called civilization class is offered from 11th grade. The school has a wide range of international connections, thus bilingual students (along with those of the special English program) and students of the special German program have the opportunity to participate in exchange programs with Brooks School in North Andover, United States, and with Eleonorenschule in Darmstadt, Germany, respectively. History By the end of the 1980s, the leadership of Szeged had realized the altering tendencies that higher and higher percentages of students ought to be provided secondary education. In the spirit of the aforementioned situation, the Executive Committee of the Municipal Council of Szeged stipulated in 1985 that a new high school be built in the area marked by Anyagod Street and József Attila Boulevard (22,740 yd2), of which István Novák, architect of Csomiterv Ltd. was appointed. He designed a multifunctional school with 24 class-rooms, with abilities to be used for various occasions, and with enrollment capacity of 800-1000 students. On August 1, 1988, the general contractor announced the end of construction, and the faculty started to move in. Three choices were given to the Board of Teachers to decide whom the school should be named