CEES

What CEES does

CEES (Centro de Estudios Superiores) is a private vocational training institution headquartered in Huelva, Spain, founded in 2016 and directed since inception by Marcos Oliveira. The company operates under authorization from Junta de Andalucía to deliver official Spanish vocational qualifications (Formación Profesional). Its academic portfolio comprises two Grado Medio programs — Auxiliary Nursing and Pharmacy — and two Grado Superior programs — Dental Hygiene and Child Education — supported by ten postgraduate specialization courses concentrated in healthcare sectors.

The institution runs two physical sites in Huelva: a main campus and a dedicated Campus Dental facility tied to its dental hygiene offering. CEES employs 16 staff, indicating a deliberately small-scale operating model focused on in-person, credentialed training rather than digital delivery. The business model is tuition-driven, with revenue generated from student enrollment across official FP qualifications and postgraduate healthcare specializations. Customers are individual learners, predominantly local to the Huelva region, seeking healthcare-sector credentials.

CEES does not publicly disclose financial results, funding rounds, or ownership structure. Its growth to date has been operational rather than financial — broadening the course catalog and adding a second campus — while remaining confined to a single province and a narrow set of healthcare verticals. No digital, AI, or technology-platform components are described in the available data, leaving the offering differentiated primarily by regulatory authorization and healthcare specialization rather than by technology or scale.

Name

CEES

Legal name

CEES - Centro de Estudios Superiores

Website

https://cees.es

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CEES is a private vocational training center in Huelva, Spain, authorized by Junta de Andalucía to deliver official Grado Medio and Grado Superior healthcare programs plus postgraduate specialization courses to individual students across two campuses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vocational Education and Training

NAICS

Technical and Trade Schools (6115), Educational Services (611), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Education Professionals (Teacher/Administrator CE, CPD) (EDAAALAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Behavioral Health & Counseling (Social Work, Psychology, Substance Use CE) (EDAAALAD)

Keywords

• Vocational training programs
• Healthcare education
• Socio-cultural studies
• Professional certifications
• Regulated education services

Headquarters

HQ city

Huelva

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Vocational Training Tuition: CEES generates revenue through tuition fees for its vocational training programs. Students pay reservation fees and annual tuition for official FP programs (Grado Medio and Grado Superior) and postgraduate specialization courses. Pricing is program-specific with some courses stating 'a consultar' (to be quoted).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CEES is an authorized vocational training (Formación Profesional) center in Huelva, Spain, that delivers official regulated FP programs in the healthcare and socio-cultural family of studies. It sells tuition-based professional education to individual students seeking officially recognized qualifications in these sectors, granted under authorization from the Junta de Andalucía.

Product overview

CEES (Centro de Estudios Superiores) is a vocational training (Formación Profesional) center in Huelva, Spain, authorized by the Junta de Andalucía. The center offers a portfolio of vocational programs comprising two official Grado Medio (intermediate) qualifications — Técnico en Auxiliar de Enfermería and Técnico en Farmacia y Parafarmacia — and two official Grado Superior (advanced) qualifications — Higiene Bucodental and Educación Infantil. Complementing these are multiple postgraduate specialization courses including Atención Primaria de Enfermería, Gestión de Farmacias y Parafarmacias, Ortodoncia y Ortopedia Dentofacial, Atención Geriátrica y Gerontológica, Farmacología Clínica, Cirugía Oral y Maxilofacial, Cuidados Paliativos y Atención Domiciliaria, Marketing y Comunicación para Centros Sanitarios, Nutrición Clínica y Dietética, and Gestión de Calidad en Servicios Sanitarios. All programs are focused on the healthcare and socio-cultural sectors, with courses combining theoretical instruction with practical training and company internships.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Healthcare vocational training programs (Formación Profesional - Familia Sanidad) Official regulated vocational training (FP) programs within the healthcare (sanidad) professional family, delivered to individual students seeking nationally/regionally recognized qualifications for employment in healthcare roles. Authorized by the Junta de Andalucía.
• Socio-cultural vocational training programs (Formación Profesional - Familia Sociocultural) Official regulated vocational training (FP) programs within the socio-cultural professional family, delivered to individual students seeking officially recognized qualifications for employment in community, social, and cultural services. Authorized by the Junta de Andalucía.

Quantifiable outcome

• High employment insertion rate for graduates
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Campus Training: Campus Training is a Spanish FP and continuing education provider with healthcare and socio-cultural programs; its distance-learning and blended models overlap with the postgraduate segment CEES targets.
• Medac: Instituto de Formación Profesional Medac is a Spanish FP provider with multiple Andalusian campuses offering healthcare and socio-cultural programs, making it the closest direct peer to CEES in scale, geography, and program mix.
• Ilerna: Ilerna is a Spanish vocational training center offering official FP programs in healthcare (including auxiliary nursing and dental hygiene) with multiple locations, directly competing with CEES in the same regulated qualification categories.

Broad incumbents

• SEAS (Estudios Superiores Abiertos): SEAS is a Spanish distance-learning vocational and continuing education provider with healthcare and socio-cultural programs, comparable to CEES's postgraduate course offerings and target of adult/career-changing learners.
• Grupo CCC: CCC is a long-established Spanish vocational training and continuing education provider with broad course offerings including healthcare tracks, serving as a larger incumbent with overlapping but more diversified catalog.
• Deusto Formación: Deusto Formación is a Spanish vocational training and continuing education provider with healthcare and administration programs, comparable to CEES as a private training institution serving working professionals and career changers.
• IMF Smart Education: IMF Smart Education is a Spanish private education group offering master's, postgraduate, and vocational programs including healthcare specializations; it overlaps with CEES's postgraduate course portfolio and target segment of working professionals.
• Centro de Estudios CEU: CEU (Fundación Universitaria San Pablo CEU) is a large Spanish private education group offering vocational and higher education programs including health sciences, comparable as a broader incumbent with overlapping healthcare training verticals.

Regional players

• Universidad de Huelva (UHU): UHU is the public university in Huelva offering nursing, education, and health sciences degrees. It competes for the same local student pipeline as CEES, particularly for students using FP as a pathway to higher education in healthcare.
• Formación Profesional A Distancia (FP Online): FP a Distancia is an Andalusian online FP aggregator and provider focused on official qualifications; comparable as a regional Spain-focused alternative that competes for the same Andalusian FP students considering in-person versus online modalities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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