Baltic Council for International Education (BCIE), founded in 2004, is a leading education abroad company in the Baltic States with offices in Riga, Ventspils (Latvia), Tallinn (Estonia), Vilnius (Lithuania) and Warsaw, (Poland). It works closely with its sister company Meridian Group, that has been operating in Latvia since 1994. One of the main activities of the BCIE is counselling and sending students to study abroad. The range of programmes offered covers all aspects of education abroad industry including language schools worldwide, private and state secondary schools, vocational colleges and universities. We send the biggest number of students from the Baltics to language courses and private & state secondary schools. Thousands of young people get our professional counselling and assistance in the application process to universities in the UK, the Netherlands, Denmark, Canada, the USA, Australia and other countries. We are the only company in the Baltics that sends junior groups to language schools abroad on a weekly basis during summer. BCIE is well known in the education abroad industry and our specialists regularly act as experts at different events, give interviews and share their opinions on different issues with mass media, including such well-known magazines as The Pie and Study Travel Magazine. The main distinctive features of our work are high reliability, responsibility and focus on a student. All our managers and counsellors hold university degrees and have experience in studying abroad. BCIE is a regular participant of all main study abroad workshops, including ICEF, ALPHE, BBSW, IALC. Our counsellors visit our new and established partners annually, as well as participate in agent conferences and fam-trips organized by schools and universities. In Latvia Baltic Council for International Education is an authorised UK exam centre for all British exams including IELTS, Cambridge English, ACCA, Aptis, UKiset and others. Twice per year (October & March) BCIE organizes the biggest in the Baltics education abroad Fair “Days of International Education” that is held in all three capitals – Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius. This is a well-known brand event that attracts more than 15,000 unique visitors interested in studying abroad. Similar events are held in Poland. Baltic Council cooperates with leading mass media in the Baltic region, corporate partners, municipal & state institutions, secondary schools and universities.