Baghdad College High School كلية بغداد | |
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Location | |
Iraq | |
Coordinates | 33°23′6.07″N 44°22′14.28″E / 33.3850194°N 44.3706333°E |
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Type | High school |
Religious affiliation(s) | originally Jesuit (Catholic) |
Established | 1932 |
Website | baghdadcollege |
Baghdad College (Arabic: كلية بغداد) is an elite high school for boys aged 11 to 18 in Baghdad, Iraq. It was initially a Catholic school founded by and operated by American Jesuits from Boston. The 1969 Iraqi government nationalization and expulsion of Jesuit teachers changed the character of the school. It has been compared in the British media to Eton College[1] and is arguably Iraq's most famous secondary school for boys, having produced an Iraqi prime minister, a deputy prime minister, a vice president, two dollar billionaires and a member of the British House of Lords, among many other notable alumni.