Affiliations and Partners

ALMA English Institute is a strong believer in academic cooperation and has joined forces with a selected group of educational institutions in order to provide better academic services for its students and maintain higher academic standards.

Arbutus College

Arbutus College is accredited by the Private Career Training Institutions Agency of British Columbia (PCTIA) and offers programs which integrate business training with effective communication skills. This approach of combining business and communications training has given them a unique advantage in responding to students Eneeds. They offer:

• Short certificate programs (3-4 months) in business management, office administration, marketing and international trade;
• Diploma programs (6-10 months) in comprehensive business management and marketing as well as international trade;
• Two-year professional program in business that is transferable to the third year of the bachelor of commerce program at Royal Roads University.
• Internship and co-op programs;

For more information visit Arbutus College at: www.arbutuscollege.com

ATC - Alaya International Training Centre

ATC is a specialized English language arts school in the heart of downtown Vancouver, Canada. ATC provides instruction to international students and immigrants who want to enhance their command of the English language to prepare themselves for a better future. ATC's main programs are its TOEIC Certificate Program (English for International Communication), which includes an intensive study of English grammar, reading, listening, and vocabulary, and TESOL Teacher Training Diploma Program (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). ATC also offers a variety of creative workshops as well as long-term programs in collaboration with its partner schools. ATC's students are authorized by ETS® to write the Official TOEIC Test at ATC and receive their Official TOEIC Certificate and Score Report from TOEIC Services Canada Inc.

For more information visit ATC at: www.atcbc.com

Institute of Advance Media (IAM)

IAM is a Vancouver web design school that takes students on a learning adventure from the basics to high proficiency in the most globally utilized web development tools and concepts. It is an institute for both local and international students looking for an intense and solid vocational training experience, including a fully developed and integrated practicum/co-op component.
IAM also provides, at a retail level, Web services to the public and to small and medium sized businesses.

For more information visit IAM at: www.iamtraining.com

Vancouver ECE & Montessori College (VEMC)

VEMC offers a host of different Montessori and Early Childhood Education Programs. They have been training Early Childhood Education and Montessori students since 1994 and received their accreditation with the MACTE Commission In 2004. The students are trained as ECE or Montessori student Teachers and they obtain the required coursework and practical skills that can lead to licensing as Early Childhood Educators within the province of British Columbia.

For more information visit VEMC at: www.vemc.ca

Vancouver Institute of Business and Technology (VIBT)

VIBT was established in 1990 to fill the need of training new immigrants who were seeking work in Vancouver and is registered with the Private Career Training Institutions Agency of British Columbia (PCTIA). VIBT offers a pre-entry bridge program to BCIT/ Architectural and Building Engineering Technology Program, and different diploma and Certificate programs in Business Administration, Computer Accounting Technology and Business Communications. VIBT has also been providing administrative support for the MBA program offered by Oklahoma City University (OCU) at its campus since 2003.

For more information visit VIBT at: www.vibt.com