New solubility data of binary and ternary systems involving ethylene glycol (or MEG), water and n-alkanes (hexane, heptane, octane, nonane, undecane, dodecane and hexadecane) under atmospheric pressure at three temperatures 283.15, 303.15 and 333.15 K are reported. The reported values are original except for binary systems where some points were found in the literature for comparison. The nonrandom two-liquid (NRTL) were used to correlate the experimental data of the binary mixtures. The interaction parameters obtained with the experimental binary systems were used to predict the ternary systems. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.