IEG Timeline

IEG, a group with solid experience

1986
Foundation of don Quijote as a language travel agency in Holland

1989
Opening of the first don Quijote school in Salamanca Founding and opening of the Enforex Study Abroad agency in Madrid

1991
Opening of an office in Salamanca

1992
Opening of an office and an agency in the United Kingdom
Opening of Enforex Center for International Studies

1993
Opening of AmeriSpan Study Abroad agency in the USA

1995
Opening of Enforex Madrid as a Spanish language school for foreigners

1996
First don Quijote website
Opening of ENFOCAMP International Summer Camps in Spain
Partnership with Spanish school in Quito (Ecuador)

1998
Opening of residence in Granada
Opening of Enforex headquarters in Madrid for the Spanish Language Dept.
Acquisition of Kaplan Educational Centers licenses

1999
Creation of the first in-house don Quijote E-team

2001
Launch of the don Quijote online Spanish course
Partnership with Spanish schools in Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica,
Guatemala and Peru

2002
Worldwide publication of don Quijote's “Vive” teaching materials
Creation of the Enforex “Prisma” Spanish teaching method

2003
Opening of don Quijote school in Guanajuato (Mexico)

2004
Purchase of Galileo Galilei schools in Alicante and Valencia

2005
Purchase of the don Quijote chain of Spanish schools
Creation of Ideal Education Group

2006
Ideal Education Group is founding sponsor of the Fundación de la Lengua Española (Spanish Language Foundation)
Purchase of the Idiomas y Aventuras study abroad organization in Switzerland

2007
Purchase of AmeriSpan (USA) & Soléxico (3 schools in Mexico)
Purchase of the Lenguaviva school in Sevilla
Opening of a residence in Salamanca
Constitution of the don Quijote Foundation
Opening of eduSpain as an organization focusing on placement in Spain
Partnership with Spanish schools in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Cadiz and Pamplona
Creation of Ideal Quality Certificate
Opening of commercial office in the USA

2008
Opening of commercial office in China
Creation of the Casa de Lenguas, high-quality accommodations