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About Global Knowledge

About Global Knowledge, A Skillsoft Company​

Global Knowledge is a worldwide leader in IT and technology training, helping individuals and organizations build the skills they need to succeed in an ever-changing world.

With an international network of offices and training facilities, Global Knowledge has the unique flexibility to deliver a broad portfolio of courses on over 100 countries online, in classrooms, and through a worldwide partner network.

Established in 1995, Global Knowledge has over 1000 employees worldwide and enables the success of more than 200,000 tech professionals each year.

In June 2021, Global Knowledge merged with Skillsoft to create the world’s leading corporate learning company.

Enjoy a wide variety of training courses

At Global Knowledge, you can choose from a wide variety of training courses. Attend them at one of our locations in Belgium, or attend them from a location of your choice using our Virtual Classroom technology. A Virtual Classroom training provides you with quality, live, instructor-led training, from a location of your choosing. At Global Knowledge, there is always a training that suits your needs.

Attend unlimited training with GK Polaris

With GK Polaris, you attend unlimited Virtual Classroom training for fixed price per year. It's like Netflix, but for training. There are three different subscriptions you can choose from. Learn more about the subscriptions on this page.

After your training, you can take your exam straight away

If you take your exam within thirty days after you've finished your training course, you've got 25 percent more chance to pass your exam. At Global Knowledge, you can take your exam right after you've finished your training course. Global Knowledge is authorized test center of Pearson-Vue, PeopleCert and Exin. Curious? Check out our certification and exam overview on this page.

Knowledge guaranteed

Quality and customer happiness are most important to Global Knowledge. That's why you can attend your training course again within six months after you've finished it, if necessary. We obviously won't charge you for this. This offer does not apply to Boot Camps, Fast Tracks and version changes.

Frequently asked questions

  • When was Global Knowledge founded?

    Global Knowledge has been delivering training since 1995 — 30 years across every major technology shift, from client-server to cloud to AI. Today we build the people who do the work for the world's leading enterprise and public sector organizations.

  • Who does Global Knowledge serve?

    We build the people organizations need next — across Financial Services, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Federal and Defense, Telco, and beyond. Our work concentrates where capability is critical, in complex, regulated, and high-stakes environments.

  • What makes Global Knowledge different?

    We stand by whether your people can do the work. While other training providers and platforms measure completion, our 900+ real-world experts hold learners to a professional standard, build their confidence, and know your organization well enough to ensure we make it stick.

  • Is Global Knowledge a recognized leader?

    Yes. We're an authorized partner with the leaders organizations run on — Microsoft, AWS, Cisco, and Palo Alto — with 30 years building capability across every major technology shift, delivered to one standard in every region.