for profit corporation industry education founded 1967 headquarters london parent the washington post company website kaplaninternational.com kic.org.uk kaplan international colleges kic is a division of the education company kaplan inc. headquartered in london and founded in 1967 . kic provides english language courses university and exam preparation and academic foundation courses in 42 locations worldwide . courses are taught in city center schools on university campuses and online . it is a wholly owned subsidiary of the washington post company . contents 1 history 2 schools 3 english courses 4 other languages 5 university pathways program 6 accommodation 7 accreditation 8 references history edit in 2007 kaplan inc. acquired aspect education a u.k. company founded in 1967 . citation needed aspect provided english exam preparation and academic foundation courses . aspect was combined with kaplan s existing english language education division and kaplan aspect was launched in september 2007 . in 2010 kaplan aspect and kaplan international colleges the branch of kaplan specializing in preparing international students for entry to british universities were combined under the name kaplan international colleges . in 2012 kaplan international colleges wholly acquired two international student recruitment agencies ; beo limited in japan and hands on education consultants in thailand . kaplan ceo david jones has now been named as now responsible for all transnational programmes students travelling to study as well as asia pacific following the departure of mark coggins formerly ceo of kaplan asia pacific . 1 schools edit kaplan international colleges owns and operates 42 english as a foreign language and eap schools in 8 countries . they are located in the following destinations australia brisbane cairns manly perth sydney melbourne adelaide canada toronto and vancouver england bath somerset bournemouth cambridge london covent garden and leicester square manchester oxford salisbury and torquay new zealand auckland ireland dublin scotland edinburgh united states berkeley boston harvard square and northeastern university chicago and illinois institute of technology irvine westwood los angeles whittier college miami midtown manhattan east village manhattan empire state building philadelphia portland oregon san diego san francisco santa barbara seattle seattle highline community college and washington d.c. english courses edit kaplan international colleges offers a wide range of english as a foreign language courses varying in duration and intensity . kic also offers english exam preparation courses for toefl ielts fce cpe and cae . students can also combine internship or paid work placement with english language classes . other languages edit kic also offers short medium and long term residential foreign language courses in china dominican republic france germany italy malta mexico russia and spain through partner schools . university pathways program edit kaplan international also has programs for students to enter u.k. university degree courses . successful completion at the required level guarantees entrance to one of more than 1 000 degree courses at the following partner universities bournemouth university city university london cranfield university nottingham trent university university of brighton university of glasgow university of liverpool university of sheffield university of westminster university of the west of england accommodation edit kaplan international colleges offers homestays student apartments and on campus university housing to students . accreditation edit kaplan international colleges has worldwide accreditation for teaching english . australia neas 2 canada capls 3 ireland acels 4 new zealand nzqa 5 uk british council 6 bac accreditation for foundation pre masters and diploma programs usa accet 7 references edit notes http thepienews.com news beohands on merger in asia kaplan invests neas . retrieved 2011 05 23 . capls . retrieved 2011 05 23 . acels . retrieved 2011 05 23 . nzqa . retrieved 2011 05 23 . british council . retrieved 2011 05 23 . accet . retrieved 2011 05 23 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kaplan international colleges & oldid 697988912 categories education companies of the united kingdomhidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from june 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages e tinafran ais polskiportugu s t rk e edit links this page was last modified on 3 january 2016 at 07 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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