ESCCP Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini

What ESCCP Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini does

The Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini (ESCCP) is a public pre-university secondary school affiliated with the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), located at Marcelo T. de Alvear 1851, City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Founded in 1888, it offers a six-year secondary education program culminating in the 'Bachiller en Ciencias Comerciales' degree, with sixth-year students eligible for equivalencies with UBA's Common Basic Cycle (CBC). The school serves approximately 2,400 students daily across three shifts (Turno Mañana, Turno Tarde, Turno Vespertino) plus Saturday sessions for intake courses and cultural workshops, with selective admission via the CIEEM entrance exam.

Core educational products include the Moodle-based Aula Virtual (aulavirtual.cpel.uba.ar) LMS, the physical and digital library (Biblioteca Prof. Teodosio Muñoz Molina), the CIEEM entry course program, and the PREP academic recovery system. Technology infrastructure is built on a cloud-migrated school server (2019) supporting remote unlocking of 6,500+ Conectar Igualdad netbooks distributed since 2011, with institutional digital platforms for administrative and academic management.

ESCCP operates a non-commercial revenue model: it charges no tuition and is funded through public appropriations from the UBA Rectorship, Argentina's Ministry of Education, and the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, supplemented by voluntary contributions from the Cooperadora Fitz Simón parent/community association. Distribution is entirely direct on-campus instruction, with no commercial channels. Extracurricular offerings include entrepreneurship fairs (Emprende Pelle, Socias), UN Model simulations (ONU Pelle), economics congresses (EconJoven, Econ Pelle), the Onda Pelle student radio program on Radio UBA, sports championships, mock jury trials with the Consejo de la Magistratura, international exchanges, and MOS World Championship participation via the EXO/Certiport partnership.

Name

ESCCP Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini

Legal name

Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini

Website

https://cpel.uba.ar

Company type

Private

Founded year

1888

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ESCCP is a public pre-university secondary school affiliated with the Universidad de Buenos Aires, offering a six-year Bachiller en Ciencias Comerciales program to approximately 2,400 students daily across three shifts in Buenos Aires, funded by government appropriations with no tuition charged.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Charter College-Prep & Advanced Academics Schools (EDAJACAJ)

Keywords

• Public secondary education
• Commerce education
• Pre-university schooling
• Accounting curriculum
• Academic support programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Buenos Aires

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Public Education Funding (UBA / National / City Government): As a public pre-university school (escuela preuniversitaria) of the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), the school is funded by government appropriations. No tuition is charged. The school operates within the framework of Law 26.206 (National Education Law) and receives funding from the UBA Rectorship, the Ministry of Education of Argentina, and the Government of the City of Buenos Aires.
2. Cooperadora (Parent/Community Association Contributions): The school's Cooperadora (Cooperating Association, 'Cooperadora Fitz Simón') collects voluntary contributions from families and the community to fund supplementary programs including scholarships, participation in academic competitions, cultural activities, awards, and school facility improvements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

ESCCP Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini is a public pre-university secondary school affiliated with Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) that delivers a 6-year Bachiller en Ciencias Comerciales program specializing in commerce, accounting, and economics to approximately 2,400 students across three daily shifts. The school also offers the CIEEM preparatory course for prospective students, the PREP academic support/recovery system, and a Moodle-based Aula Virtual, all delivered free of charge as part of Argentina's public education system.

Product overview

ESCCP is a public pre-university secondary school affiliated with the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), offering a 6-year secondary education program (Bachiller en Ciencias Comerciales). The institution operates a Moodle-based virtual learning platform (Aula Virtual), a physical and digital library, an entry course program (CIEEM), and academic support programs (PREP). The school runs three daily shifts (Turno Mañana, Turno Tarde, Turno Vespertino) and offers a sixth-year program with CBC equivalences.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bachiller en Ciencias Comerciales A six-year secondary education program granting the Bachiller en Ciencias Comerciales title, with specialization in commerce, accounting, and economics. Designed for Argentine adolescents and young adults seeking pre-university education, taught across three shifts (morning, afternoon, evening) with no tuition charged as it is publicly funded.
• CIEEM (Curso de Ingreso)

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 2,400 students served daily across three shifts, plus Saturday programming for intake courses and cultural workshops
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ministerio de Educación de la Nación (Ministry of Education of Argentina)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe national Ministry of Education provides the Conectar Igualdad program under which approximately 6,500 netbooks have been delivered to students, teachers, and graduates since 2011. A new school server was delivered in 2019. The Ministry also co-signed the agreement for the new 3,300 m² annex building construction alongside the UBA Rectorship.
• Radio UBAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school broadcasts its institutional radio program 'Onda Pelle' every Wednesday at 12:00 via Radio UBA, where 5th-year students produce and present journalism content live from the radio studios, gaining practical media production experience.
• Facultad de Ciencias Económicas (FCE-UBA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Faculty of Economic Sciences of UBA receives ESCCP students for visits, entrepreneurship workshops, and shares its facilities with the school for some curricular activities due to space constraints. FCE-UBA's student center (CECE) supports school events, and its graduates collaborate with the Econ Pelle and EconJoven programs.
• Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) - RectoradocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAs a pre-university school (escuela preuniversitaria) of UBA, ESCCP is governed by the UBA Rectorship, which appoints the school Rector, sets academic standards, and allocates institutional funding. The UBA Rectorship also co-signed the annex building construction agreement.
• Junior Achievement ArgentinaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerESCCP students participate in the 'Socias' program organized by Junior Achievement Argentina, an entrepreneurship education program for high school students. The school also participates in EconJoven (FCE-UBA) and other Junior Achievement initiatives.
• Escuela Superior de Comercio Manuel Belgrano (Córdoba) / Colegio Nacional de Buenos AiresminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerESCCP participates in an inter-school exchange program with the Escuela Superior de Comercio Manuel Belgrano (Córdoba) and the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, organized for the Centenary of the University Reform (1918), involving week-long student exchanges between schools.
• Consejo de la Magistratura de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school's Law Department collaborates with the 'Justice Goes to School' program of the Buenos Aires City Judiciary Council, which provides training for student mock jury trials (Simulacro de Juicio por Jurados), with judges and prosecutors participating as facilitators.
• Cooperadora Fitz SimóncoreOthersThe parent and community cooperative association (Cooperadora) supports school funding through voluntary family contributions, provides scholarships (Becas Cooperadora), finances student participation in competitions, funds awards and gifts, and contributes to facility improvements through participatory budgeting.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Escuela Técnica ORT Argentina: Large, established Buenos Aires secondary-technical network with strong reputation in STEM/business tracks. Comparable on prestige and competition track record; broader portfolio of campuses differentiates it from ESCCP's single-site model.
• Colegio San José (Ciudad de Buenos Aires): Historic Buenos Aires Catholic secondary school with strong academic reputation. Comparable on prestige tier and selective admissions, but operates as a private institution rather than public pre-universitario.

Regional players

• Colegio Cardenal Newman: Prestigious Buenos Aires bilingual Catholic school with selective admissions and strong academic reputation. Comparable on selective admissions and prestige, but private and bilingual — competes for similar high-achieving families.
• Escuela Superior de Comercio Justo José de Urquiza (UNL): National University of the Litoral pre-university commercial school. Comparable on the pre-university + commerce/economics dual model but based in Santa Fe rather than CABA.

Emerging players

• Escuela Argentina de Negocios (EAN) — pre-university programs: Buenos Aires business-focused secondary/higher-education institution. Partial overlap on commerce/economics specialism but more commercially oriented; competes for the same prospective student segment.

Direct peers

• ILSE - Instituto Libre de Segunda Enseñanza: Buenos Aires-based pre-university secondary school affiliated with UBA. Comparable on selective college-prep model, UBA pipeline integration, and prestige tier competing for the same top students.
• Escuela Superior de Comercio Manuel Belgrano (Córdoba): Cordoba-based pre-university secondary school focused on commerce, with explicit inter-school exchange partnership with ESCCP. Directly comparable on curriculum specialism (commercial sciences) and selective secondary education mission.
• Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires: UBA's flagship pre-university secondary school (also dating to the 19th century). Most directly comparable: same UBA pre-university system, selective admissions, college-prep focus, similar extracurricular and competition culture, and explicit inter-school exchange partner of ESCCP.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ElPelleComunica
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCuwCCpY5ibnHN-OcCuZAHZw
• Facebookfacebook.com/Escuela-Superior-de-Comercio-Carlos-Pellegrini-Sitio-Institucional-289848028417
• Instagraminstagram.com/esccp_uba
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/escuela-sup-comercio-carlos-pellegrini

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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