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International House - 50th Anniversary

International House is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

IH was founded in 1953 in Cordoba, Spain and has grown to be the global leader in language teaching and language teacher training. We now have over 120 centres in 40 countries and are still growing and developing.

To celebrate IH's birthday, many of our schools arranged events around October 9, 2003 - the official birthday - and during the 50th Anniversary academic year from 2003 to 2004.

Click on the name of each school to see details of their celebrations.

IH London IH Newcastle
On October 9th the IH Trust held a reception for nearly 200 people to celebrate the 50 years of IH's success. IH Newcastle celebrated the 50th Anniversary on October 9th with a wonderful ceilidh. Photos to follow
IH Vilnius IH Lisbon
In April 3-5, 2003 Soros International House organized and held an international seminar "MAKING THE TRANSITION: PREPARING FOR INTEGRATION INTO EUROPEAN UNION THROUGH LANGUAGES", which aimed to celebrate the 10 th anniversary of establishment of SIH and the 50 years of activity of International House World Organization. We are not only celebrating the 50th, but the 40th Anniversary of the founding of IH Lisbon. We're combining this with the handing over of a cheque for just over €20,000 to the Fenacerci organisation (a cooperative of schools for mentally disabled children) which was the result of sponsored spells, sponsored walks etc that we organised up and down Portugal over the period of March to June this year.
IH Malta IH Prague
IH Malta-Gozo celebrated with a cheese and wine tasting in one of the leading local tavernas, followed by a bingo night. IH Prague organised a Garden Party for the 50th Anniversary in the premises of the school.
IH Milan / San Donato IH Santiago
IH Milan celebrated with a day of professional workshops and seminars, open to everyone in the language teaching profession, and an evening of music song and dance for the schools' students, staff and guests. IH Santiago celebrated the 50th Anniversary with a 'Pizza & Pisco' party and the event was announced in the Chilean newspaper 'The Mercurio'.
IH Merate - Team Lingue IH Latina - Accademia Britannica
IH Merate celebrated the 50th Anniversary of Intarnational House with an Open Day IH Latina celebrated the 50th Anniversary together with the 37th Anniversary of their school on September 26.
IH Sevilla IH Porto
IH Sevilla celebrated its 20th anniversary as well as the 50th of IH.. IH Porto celebrated the 50th Anniversary of IH in good spirit and style. We held a party at the new Foz branch from 5.30pm to 8.30pm, which was attended by number of students from Leça and Foz.
IH Auckland  
IH Auckland celebrated the 50th Anniversary of IH on the 26th of November.