Colegiul National de Arta Octav Bancila is a vocational school of arts providing academic education as well as training in arts skills to 1400 pupils who wish to prepare for a higher artistic education and careers in the following profiles: visual arts (painting, restoration of painting, graphic design, sculpture); architecture and  industrial design; ballet dancing; music (musical instruments and classical canto); theatre performance.

Starting with the primary school and ending with the Bacalaureat diploma, on the basis of European recognized values, Colegiul National de Arta “Octav Bancila” aims to give its pupils the skills and the knowledge they will need within the society and in their further studies. Colegiul National de Arta “Octav Bancila” is one of the pioneering art schools in Eastern Romania. Due to the school location in the centre of the city, pupils come from all the boroughs and reflect the diverse social composition of the whole community. Colegiul National de Arta “Octav Bancila”  also welcomes  30 students who come from Republic of Moldova, helping them to adjust to the school system and to quickly assimilate into the European life.