The Education USA Counseling Office of the Colombian American Cultural Center of Barranquilla, is a global network of more than 450 centers in the world which are aided by the Agency for Cultural Educational Relations of the United States Department of State.

The Education USA Counseling Centers promote high level education in the United States by providing exact, objective and timely information about study opportunities.  In Barranquilla, we operate from out public bilingual library located at Carrera 43 No. 51-95.  From this office we provide information about the United States educational system, standardized admission exams (TOEFL, SAT, GRE, GMAT),  student exchange programs, graduate and undergraduate programs, intensive English courses, Amity Program teacher exchanges, financial aid and student visas.  We also provide free, periodic lectures on these subjects and for those who need more information or need help with admission forms, we have special sessions for a very resonable price.

The Education USA Counseling Office is equipped with informative texts and a professional advisor trained by the Department of State.  Telephone:  379 3951.  E-mail:  colombolibrary@caribemovil.com   We also administer ALIGU, ECPE, ECCE, EXADEP, MELICET, MICHIGAN and TELP exams.  For information  on these exams call:  340 8084 or 370 9057.

Our center houses a unique, Bilingual Public Library of Barranquilla, serving, absolutely gratis, the entire community.  Our hours are:  Monday to Friday from 8:00 A.M. until 7:30 P.M. and Saturdays from 9:00 A.M. until 12:00 N. and 1:30 to 4:00 P.M. We have  more than 6,000 books, both  in English and in Spanish. The library covers all the fields of knowledge with great emphasis in learning material and English education.

We also maintain subscriptions to 60 magazines, the majority of them  in lthe English language. Those interested in borrowing  books, must affiliate with the Library for a very reasonable price and they will be able to borrowt up to three books and five magazines at the very same time.

The Colombian American Cultural Center offers the Barranquilla community a unique bilingual,  multimedia room  with the following services:

AUDIO This service will help you perfect your listening and pronountiation abilities. We count with more than 200 books and cassettes about grammar, pronunciation, phonetics, literature & music. In addition we offer a great variety of cassetes to help you preparate for international examinations such as:  GMAT, GRE, TOEFL, MICHIGAN INTERNACIONAL Y MELICET.

CD-ROM We have over 72 CD-ROMs that will help you reinforce your knowledge in English  areas such as: Listening, Pronunciation, Grammar & Vocabulary.

VIDEO to improve your listening comprehension and pronountiation there is nothing better than a good video, we offer more than 1200 films in in Beta, VHS and DVD so you can choose the one of your preference.

The CCCA. also counts on high technology, MacIntosh computers with wideband internet connections. We have a database with grammar exercises that include auto-evaluations and simulators of examinations with qualifications in real time. You can check your mail, chat, investigate or just have a good time and enjoy cyberspace in a fast, comfortable and effective CCCA environment.

We offer individual and groupal courses on introduction to Internet and permanent consueling of our staff. Our schedule to the public is as follows:

Monday to Friday from 8:00 A.M. to 12:00 N,  and   2:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M

Saturdays 8:30 A.M. to 12:00 N.