ACG is the oldest and largest American accredited educational institution in Europe. Founded in 1875 in Smyrna, Asia Minor, as a school for Armenian, Greek, Jewish, and Turkish girls and relocated to Greece in 1923, ACG enrolls 6,000 students served by more than 500 faculty in three educational divisions: Deree, Europe’s largest U.S.-accredited college; Alba, Greece’s premier, independent graduate business school; Pierce, a leading independent secondary school - The National Herald