Malaca Instituto has been short-listed for another international prize! This time the nomination is for a PIEoneer Award of the Pie Magazine. 4 organisations have been nominated in the Educator of the Year category, which will be judged by a wide ranging panel of experts.

Dedicated to teaching Spanish since 1971, Malaga’s Malaca Instituto has accumulated an impressive list of awards and accreditations:

• Study Travel SuperStar: since 2013, the only school of Spanish in the world to have achieved this prestigious status by winning the Star Award for School of Spanish worldwide 5 times! Only 10 other language schools of any kind in the world have become Super Stars.
• EAQUALS accreditation: in 1993, Malaca Instituto was the first language school, after the founding members, to be admitted to EAQUALS after a rigorous inspection process, which has been repeated successfully in the intervening years.
• IALC membership: Malaca Instituto is one of the longest standing members of this prestigious, worldwide organisation, reputed to be the leading international association of independent language schools in the world.
• Instituto Cervantes accreditation: as a quality School of Spanish, accreditation by the IC, has become an essential part of our corporate identity. The IC plays a crucial role in providing academic and marketing support to its accredited Schools of Spanish.

The Pie Magazine has established itself over the years as one of the leading publications in the field of Study Abroad and, in more recent years, has launched the PIEoneer awards “to recognise both individuals and organisations who are pushing professional standards, evolving their engagement or redefining the international student experience”. 

On hearing of the short-listing, Ida Willadsen, founder and general manager of Malaca Instituto commented: “once again this is a tremendous boost to everyone working at Malaca Instituto, many of whom have spent most of their professional lives here. To be short-listed is great, to win would be even better – we all have our fingers crossed”.

Malaga city is not only one of the leading destinations for studying Spanish in the world but it can also boast one of the world’s leading language schools.

Malaca Instituto – a world-leader in its field – located in Malaga

More information from: bob.burger@malacainstituto.com. Tel. +34 952 29 32 42