Why study Spanish at IH?

• We are the only private language school listed in the Barcelona editions of both TimeOut and Rough Guide.

• We are a centre accredited by the Instituto Cervantes.

• EAQUALS is an international association of providers of language courses and services which aims to promote high quality within the language education field. In order to become an Accredited Member of EAQUALS, each school must undergo a rigorous external inspection to ensure that the school is able to meet the strict criteria laid down in the EAQUALS Charters. The inspection is repeated every three years. For further information about EAQUALS, visit www.eaquals.org.

• IH Barcelona has the EN ISO 9001 Quality Certificate.

• We offer a wide range of courses and accommodation options, as well as an entertaining and varied social programme.

• The location of the school is ideal, and the building is well-equipped and comfortable.

• We have many years of experience - the school was founded in 1972.

• Our students can meet Spanish people without even leaving the school.

• We belong to the International House World Organization, which since 1953 has been dedicated to the goal of raising the standard of foreign language teaching.

• IH Barcelona has obtained the CEELE seal of quality, granted by Alcalá de Henares University.

• Our teachers are trained by IH and carefully selected. Our teacher training courses are certified by "UB Virtual - University of Barcelona".

• We are officially recognised as a centre collaborating with the Madrid Chamber of Commerce.

• We are authorised to accept students under the terms of official study programmes - the Swedish National Board of Student Aid (CSN) and the German "Bildungsurlaub".

• For US students there is also the possibility of obtaining academic credit for our courses.

• We are also members of FEDELE (The Federacion Española de Escuelas de Español como Lengua Extranjera) and ACELE (Asociación Catalana de Escuelas de Español/Lengua extranjera).

• And last but not least - we're in Barcelona!