Carl Duisberg Centren is a leading service enterprise in the area of international training and qualifications. We promote life-long learning through high-quality language courses, intercultural training, valuable experiences abroad and industry-specific professional training. Carl Duisberg Centren offers programs aimed at people of all ages and career stages, e.g. students venturing out into the world for the first time, working professionals seeking to improve their career perspective or companies on the road to global success. We also manage cross-border educational projects for the international business sector and institutions.
We are your competent partner for international professional qualifications and valuable experiences abroad. Our experienced experts provide personal consulting and program services to create the optimal conditions for participants to further develop their language and professional skills. We provide organizations with the right tools to move forward and grow in a global environment.
Carl Duisberg Centren is a non-profit organization. Our work is directed at serving the public good, specifically, promoting international understanding. Achieving a profit is not our primary corporate purpose, but is necessary in order to continue the sustainable development and economic stability of the organization. We do not receive any state funding. All profits generated are reinvested in the company and are not distributed. The shareholder of Carl Duisberg Centren is the non-profit foundation "Carl-Duisberg-Stiftung für internationale Bildung und Zusammenarbeit."
Carl Duisberg Centren has its headquarters in Cologne and five other locations in Germany: Berlin, Marburg, Munich, Saarbrücken, Radolfzell on Lake Constance. We have an extensive international network to serve our customers worldwide, including representative offices in China, Malaysia and Mexiko.
Our company name stems from the "Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft" (CDG) which was founded by German federal and regional authorities in 1949. We see ourselves as a company that follows in the tradition of CDG's commitment to the international qualification of young leaders and executive managers.
Carl Duisberg Centren is one of the first educational service providers in Germany to have its quality management system audited on an annual basis by an independent institution. Since 1997, the ISO 9001 certificate has been a clear symbol for our continuous conformity with the requirements of this globally recognised quality management model for the company's language courses, language travel and international school programs.