Colegio Granadino is a bilingual (English-Spanish), bicultural, college preparatory, US-type school which provides a holistic education designed to develop good citizens and leaders. By incorporating top quality Colombian and US standards into the school curriculum and culture, Colegio Granadino emphasizes solid values, high academic achievement, critical thinking skills, technological literacy, and a healthy lifestyle.

Colegio Granadino is a private, non-profit, day, university prep, and co-educational institution that offers a quality bilingual program (K-12) to students of all nationalities regardless of race or creed. Colegio Granadino is a modern learning institution, constantly growing and improving. Founded in 1980, Colegio Granadino offers a dual program of both Colombian High School and US High School through an American-type curriculum.

Acredited by: COLOMBIAN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)
Certificated by: ICONTEC - Norm ISO 9001 - 2000

Manizales, capital of the department of Caldas (or State of Caldas) is located on the peaks of the central ridge of the Colombian Andes. The area surrounding Manizales is blessed with sites of exceptional natural beauty such as the national Park of Los Nevados (which means the snowcapped peaks) and thermal baths. The city also offers, aside from its infrastructure of hotels and restaurants, nearby resorts (only 45 minutes away from thecity) for rest and recreation to enjoy the year-round tropical sun in the recreational zones of Chinchiná and Santágueda.

Although Colombia has a reputation for being dangerous, Manizales is progressive, midsize and the safest and most tranquil city of the country. Manizales is the heart of the coffee-growing region of Colombia. Its agricultural and industrial base has grown considerably over the last few years. Several multinational companies have their production plants in the city. The city enjoys an excellent infrastructure of public services such as water, electricity, telephone as well as outstanding land and air travel facilities, connection to Internet (now via telephone and soon via fiber optics) and international television/ satellite/ digital TV. There are also good shopping centers and social / athletic clubs.

Thanks to its location, climate, resources, size, safety and especially the kind and gentle spirit of its well-educated inhabitants, Manizales is considered to be a paradise of peace and education in the country and in South America.