IDES Trelew

Name

IDES Trelew

Legal name

Instituto de Estudios Superiores IDES

Website

https://idestrelew.edu.ar

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education / Tertiary Vocational Training

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Other Schools and Instruction (6116)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

In-Service Professional Development (Workshops/Institutes/Short Courses) (EDACAIAB)

Keywords

• Higher education services
• Teacher training programs
• Technical tertiary degrees
• Professional development courses
• Distance learning education

Headquarters

HQ city

Trelew

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Enrollment Fees: The institution generates revenue primarily through enrollment fees (matrícula), monthly tuition payments, and installment plans for degree programs (carreras), postítulos, and training courses. Pricing is paid per student per cycle, with some programs offering multi-payment installment plans.
2. Teacher Training Courses (Capacitaciones Docentes): Revenue from professional development and teacher training courses offered to educators, priced per course or per installment plan. These courses carry official teaching scores (puntaje docente) recognized by provincial education authorities.
3. Professional Courses (Cursos): Short-term professional and vocational courses (ranging from 24 to 60 clock hours) generate revenue through course fees, targeting entrepreneurs, professionals, and the general public. Courses include graphic design, web development, handball coaching, and administrative skills.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

IDES Trelew is a private higher education institution that delivers accredited tertiary-level academic programs including a 4-year in-person Physical Education Teacher Training degree (Profesorado), multiple 3-year technical degrees (Tecnicaturas Superiores) in Early Stimulation, Psychomotor Skills, Automation/Control/Robotics, and Production/Commerce/Finance, postgraduate certificates (Postítulos), accredited teacher professional development courses (Capacitaciones Docentes) carrying official teaching scores, and short vocational courses (Cursos). The institution also acts as a regional support unit for Universidad FASTA's distance learning catalog, enabling it to offer tertiary, undergraduate, and graduate degrees online within the Patagonia region.

Product overview

IDES Trelew (Instituto de Estudios Superiores) is an Argentine higher education institution offering a diversified portfolio of programs. Its core offerings include a 4-year in-person Profesorado de Educación Física (Physical Education Teacher Training) under Resolution ME 325/22, three technical degrees (Tecnicaturas Superiores) in Early Stimulation, Psychomotor Skills, and Automation/Control/Robotics with a digital habitats orientation, plus a Postítulo in Intercultural Bilingual Education. Distance education is delivered in partnership with Universidad FASTA across engineering, law, economics, communication, and education disciplines. Professional development is offered through two tracks: Capacitaciones Docentes (16 teacher training programs for 2026) and Cursos de Formación Profesional (short vocational courses for the community). All programs are backed by a virtual campus on Moodle and student management via the Quinttos platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Profesorado de Educación Física A 4-year in-person teacher training program leading to a nationally recognized Physical Education teaching qualification covering sports, body and health sciences, and pedagogical strategies with practice teaching from the first year.
• Tecnicatura Superior en Estimulación Temprana

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2,000 students enrolled annually across all programs
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Universidad FASTAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIDES Trelew operates as an official regional support unit (Unidad de Apoyo Académico) for Universidad FASTA, enabling students in the Patagonia region (particularly Chubut province) to access FASTA's complete catalog of online degree programs including technical degrees, undergraduate degrees, specializations, and master's programs. The partnership provides IDES with university-level offerings it could not independently develop, while FASTA gains a physical presence for student support, exam administration, and academic counseling in the region. Programs include Abogacía, Contador Público, Lic. en Comunicación Social, engineering programs, and postgraduate specializations, among many others.
• Ministerio de Educación del ChubutcoreOthersThe provincial Ministry of Education provides institutional accreditation and regulatory oversight for all IDES programs. The Ministry approves curriculum designs (Diseños Curriculares), validates teaching credentials for puntaje docente calculations, and issues the decrees (e.g., Res. ME 325/22) authorizing degree programs. This partnership is fundamental as it establishes the legal and academic framework within which all of IDES's educational offerings operate.
• Ministerio de Educación de la NacióncoreOthersThe national Ministry of Education provides overarching regulatory authority for national validity of degrees (validez nacional). Programs such as the Postítulo de Educación Intercultural y Bilingüe are developed under national frameworks (e.g., Resolution CFE N° 119/10) and carry national recognition enabling graduates to use credentials throughout Argentina.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Universidad FASTA: Private Argentine university based in Mar del Plata that is IDES's official university-level partner. It is directly comparable because IDES Trelew distributes FASTA's catalog under a 'Unidad de Apoyo Académico' arrangement, with overlapping program categories (tertiary, undergraduate, postgraduate) and a similar student support-led model.
• ISEF Tandil: A regional public ISEF offering the Profesorado de Educación Física in the Buenos Aires province interior. It is directly comparable to IDES as another regionally-based PE teacher training institution competing for the same student segment using a similar sports/practical facility model.
• ISEF N°1 'Dr. Enrique Romero Brest': Argentina's flagship public Institute of Physical Education, the historical national benchmark for the Profesorado de Educación Física program that is IDES's foundational offering. It competes directly for teacher training students in the broader Argentine market and rivals IDES's flagship PE program on prestige and alumni network.

Broad incumbents

• Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (UTN): National public university system specializing in engineering and technical education. It is comparable to IDES specifically through its Tecnicatura Superior en Automatización, Control y Robótica program, which directly competes for the same technical/stem-oriented students in the region.
• Universidad Empresarial Siglo 21: Large private Argentine university with a strong online/distance learning program catalog. It is comparable to IDES through its distance education offerings (which overlap with the FASTA-distributed programs) and its institutional focus on professional and continuing education, though at materially larger scale.
• Universidad Blas Pascal: Mid-sized private Argentine university offering a mix of undergraduate, graduate, and online programs. It is comparable to IDES as a private, multi-program higher education institution with a similar blended in-person/distance delivery model, though operating at a larger national scale.
• UNSAM (Universidad Nacional de San Martín): Public Argentine university with a notable focus on professional training, technical careers, and continuing education. It is comparable to IDES through its technician-level pathways and teacher training programs, but at a materially larger scale and academic scope.
• Universidad del Salvador (USAL): Private Argentine Jesuit university with a long-standing teacher training and continuing education tradition. It is comparable to IDES through its postgraduate certificates and teacher PD offerings, but operates at a much larger national scale and broader academic footprint.

Regional players

• Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMdP): Public university with strong teacher training and human sciences programs. It is comparable to IDES through its Profesorado offerings and its role as a regional teacher-PD hub, though it is a much larger public institution that competes in the broader Argentine market.
• Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB): The principal public university serving the Patagonia region, with campuses in Comodoro Rivadavia, Esquel, Puerto Madryn and Trelew. It is directly comparable to IDES because it competes for the same Patagonian student pool across teacher training, technical degrees, and continuing education — but does so as a free, larger public institution.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/IDESTw
• Facebookfacebook.com/IDESTrelewOficial
• Instagraminstagram.com/idestwoficial
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/idestrelew

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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