CIES explained

CIES or Cies may refer to:

Groups, organizations

• Council for International Exchange of Scholars, International Institute of Education; which assists the U.S. government in managing the Fulbright Program
• Comparative and International Education Society, a US-UK research organization

• Citizens' Institute for Environmental Studies, Korea Federation for Environmental Movements

• International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES; fr|link=no|Centre International d'Etude du Sport), University of Neuchatel, Neuchatel, Switzerland; a research centre formed in conjunction with FIFA (world soccer association)
  • CIES Football Observatory (for soccer) at the International Centre for Sports Studies
• International Center for a Scientific Ecology (ICSE; CIES; fr|link=no|Centre International pour une Écologie Scientifique); see Heidelberg Appeal
• International Centre for Students and Interns (CIES; fr|link=no|Centre International des Etudiants et Stagiaires),, Paris, France
• (fr|link=no|Higher Education Teaching Initiation Centre)
• Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia (pt|link=no|Center for Research and Studies in Sociology), ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
• Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios de la Salud (es|link=no|Center for Health Research and Studies), National Autonomous University of Nicaragua; see Regional Center for Disaster Information for Latin America and the Caribbean
• CII Centre of Excellence in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Startups (CIES), Confederation of Indian Industry
• Centre for International Environmental Studies, Geneva Graduate Institute, International Geneva, Genva, Switzerland; see List of environmental research institutes
• Center for Intensive English Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida; see List of Florida State University people
• Central Intelligence Evaluation Sector, Department of National Intelligence and Security (South Africa), African National Congress

• Canada India Education Society, which annually awards The Dhahan Prize

Military

• Battle of Cíes Islands (1590), a naval battle in Spanish waters
• Cíes-class patrol boat; see List of retired Spanish Navy ships
• Spanish boat Cíes; see List of retired Spanish Navy ships

Other uses

• Cíes Islands, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain; an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean
• Companion of the Institution of Engineers in Scotland (CIES), postnominal letters and position at the Institution of Engineers in Scotland

• Capital Investment Entrant Scheme, seen in Visa policy of Hong Kong#Employment, investment, and study visas

See also

• • • • CIE (disambiguation) for the singular of CIEs and Cies