International House World Organisation
International House World Organisation is a network of over one hundred and ten schools around the world, based in over 30 countries, all committed to the highest standards in education and training. Our goal as a non-profit organization is to raise language education standards world-wide.

All of our schools are independently owned and managed, but all adhere to the same codes of practice and follow rigorous inspections to ensure they all offer the same high quality education and customer service around the world.

Because we believe that language learning takes place not only in classrooms, but also outside the classroom in the culture of the learners, we think creating a strong social ambience is of great importance. International House schools are centers of learning both inside and outside the classroom.

	International Understanding Through language training we aim to develop communication and understanding between people across the world. Learning a language means learning to see the world from other people's perspectives — a genuine route to international understanding.

We have a unique reputation in the world for training language teachers. International House was a pioneering force in the development of practical training courses for teachers. Our teacher training courses are renowned for producing the most able, creative and professional language teachers. Many successful English language teaching books have been written by IH teachers past and present.

International House has a special commitment to working with teachers whose first language is not English and provides a range of initial teacher training and career development courses that are suitable for teachers from around the world.

Teachers’ Centres in our schools, open to teachers from any school in their area,  offer training and development opportunities for teachers from many different teaching spheres.

Many International House schools also offer people the opportunity to learn the language of the country where it is spoken, in the school's own location — an opportunity to learn about that country's culture and people. In addition, they help advise students on possibilities for studying languages abroad in other countries than their own.

Affiliate Network Department
The International House World Organisation consists of affiliated schools around the world which join the organisation to benefit from the high educational standards, established expertise, educational services, and the prestige of belonging to the oldest and largest network of languages schools.

The Affiliate Network Department co-ordinates all the administration, information and events for the IHWO. Based in London, they communicate with all the affiliated schools so that the Organisation can work as a whole to expand and develop in the future.