CIEDI is a private school established in 1977 by its current General Director Mrs. Clara Gutierrez. The school is located in the northern outskirts of Bogota - Colombia, and is surrounded by a vast amount of greenery. It is a bilingual school offering a curriculum taught both in Spanish (40%) & English (60%) and French as a foreign language, in addition to being a well-resourced school dedicated to providing a strong foundation for lifelong learning within a safe, happy and secure environment. Since its foundation, CIEDI has been dedicated to individualized guided education where every student has a name.

CIEDI is an international school with a successful Primary Years Program (PYP), Middle Years Program (MYP) and Diploma Program (DP) with full authorization by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IB) since 2006. Our mission statement is, "to educate leaders who commit themselves to constructing a better world, within the principles of tolerance and respect towards their own culture and others. CIEDI empowers youthful talents, stimulates autonomy, critical thinking, scientific, communicative and artistic abilities to develop successful, competitive people with a deep humanitarian sense."