1962

On January 26, 1962, what is today known as Carl Duisberg Centren was founded as the non-profit Carl Duisberg-Wohnheim Gesellschaft mbH and commissioned to build, promote and maintain dormitories for foreign recipients of scholarships provided by the Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft e.V. (CDG). 

1962/1963

The Carl Duisberg Centren Dortmund, Munich and Saarbrücken are established. 

1965

The company is renamed Carl Duisberg Centren gemeinnützige GmbH. A new business field is the provision of German language instruction for recipients of CDG scholarships. 

1973

Carl Duisberg Förderkreis e.V. becomes majority shareholder in Carl Duisberg Centren gemeinnützige GmbH.

1974

Carl Duisberg Centren expands its offerings of German courses, making them available not only within the CDG but also for participants from other mediator organizations, German firms and foreign clients. 

1975

Commissioned by a major Venezuelan scholarship fund, Carl Duisberg Centren offers its first series of a long-term university program with several hundred scholarship recipients. 

1976

Carl Duisberg Centren takes over the former GEPRA (Gesellschaft für praktisches Auslandswissen) and sets up a language travel program. At the same time, seminars are begun devoted to preparation for living abroad and intercultural training for German business executives.

1977

Carl Duisberg Centren launches programs for education and continuing education for participants from OPEC countries.

1979

Carl Duisberg Sprachendienst is established in Hanover, offering foreign language courses for German executives. 

1981

Carl Duisberg Centrum in Radolfzell on Lake Constance is opened. A cooperative arrangement with partners in the German business community and the German federal government begins for continuing education programs for Iran and China. The first foreign office of Carl Duisberg Centren is opened in Jakarta, Indonesia. 

1987

The diploma certifying command of business German [Wirtschaftsdeutsch] is introduced worldwide by Carl Duisberg Centren, the Goethe-Institut and DIHT. 

1988

In the Carl Duisberg Centren "Dialog Deutsch" teaching materials series, the work entitled "Sprache im Betrieb" (“Language on the Job”) is completed, making it the first entirely video-based work on the German market for the area of German as a foreign language. The foundation Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung commissions Carl Duisberg Centren to carry out a long-term scholarship program to support Iranian junior executives. 

1992

A Carl Duisberg Centren branch office is opened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 

1993

Carl Duisberg Centren Intertraining & Consult GmbH is established as a subsidiary of Carl Duisberg Centren gemeinnützige GmbH. The office in Moscow opens. 

1994

The foundation Heinz Nixdorf-Stiftung commissions Carl Duisberg Centren to carry out a long-term business training program for young people in Russia. 

1995

The Carl Duisberg Training Center opens in Mannheim. 

1998

The Carl Duisberg High School Year is created. The Carl Duisberg Training Center Berlin and the office in Peking open. Educational trips to Germany are launched on a larger scale for foreign specialists and executives from, e.g., China, Brazil, Vietnam and Russia. 

2001

The Carl Duisberg Boarding School Program is added to the programs offered.

2002

The newly established foundation "Carl-Duisberg-Stiftung für internationale Bildung und Zusammenarbeit" takes over all of the shares of Carl Duisberg Centren gemeinnützige GmbH.

2003

Study Abroad Programs begin for students at American colleges and universities. 

2005

MTP 4, a European Union-sponsored management training program for Russia, the Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan, is awarded to Carl Duisberg Centren as the lead organization of a consortium of nine European companies.

2006

The Open University opens a study center in Carl Duisberg Centren facilities in Cologne. 

2007

The Carl Duisberg Training Center Beijing in China is founded.

2008

The Carl Duisberg Training Center Rhein-Main opens.