About us

Location	London, United Kingdom	Funding Type	Public
No of Students	10000	Establishment	HE Institution / College
Founded In	1996	Estimated Cost of Living	12006 GBP
Address	International House, 1 St Katharine’s Way, London, E1W 1UN

QA delivers training, apprenticeships and tech skills to UK companies large and small. We believe everything starts with our learners – transforming their careers, and their lives, is what motivates us.

QA is the UK's leading tech talent and training organisation

We are specialists in technology – providing a comprehensive suite of talent and training services helping individuals and companies to be winners in the digital revolution.

More than 439,000 people learned with QA in 2022. We deliver services to over 3,500 organisations, representing a significant portion of the FTSE 250. We have leading practices in agile, cyber security, cloud and DevOps – as well as many other technology specialisms. In addition, our deep-rooted vendor partnerships mean that we deliver 70% of the UK’s cloud training and are a Microsoft Gold delivery partner.

We specialise in the people side of technology transformation – our training programmes help businesses to upskill or reskill their existing employees and our talent services are used to identify, recruit and skill-up diverse technology talent.

We acquired Cloud Academy in 2019, expanding our reach into the US. Cloud Academy is a leading digital training platform, featuring guided learning paths, hands-on labs and skill assessments. The platform supports not just our clients and their learners but also our apprentices and consultants on their skills journey, ensuring learning extends beyond the classroom and is embedded in developing workplace skills.

We are passionate about progress because we can see the bigger picture. Plotting the road ahead. Pushing the boundaries of learning. Powering potential.

UNIVERSITY PARTNERS

We're proud to work with each of our partners, offering courses to prepare students for their future. Through our university partnerships we offer programmes at varying levels for both International and Home students.

ULSTER UNIVERSITY - Ulster University’s London and Birmingham branch campuses are delivered as a partnership between the University and QA Higher Education.

The branch campuses offer undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in business and computing subjects in professional learning environments. Our focus is to ensure graduates don’t just have a degree, but are highly employable and motivated individuals ready to function in a dynamic business environment.

NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY - We partner with Northumbria University to deliver courses at the London Campus, and Pathway programmes at the City Campus in Newcastle.

Amid the buzz of London’s business and financial district, you’ll find the London Campus, offering industry-focused courses at undergraduate top-up and postgraduate level in subject areas such as Business, Computing, IT and Project Management.

UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON - We offer programmes for students at different stages of their learning in partnership with the University of Roehampton.
Pathway programmes are available for International students who need additional support to study undergraduate and postgraduate degrees with Roehampton. These programmes are all taught on-campus at the University’s campus in South West London.

LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY - We offer Business Management and Health and Social Care programmes for students in partnership with London Metropolitan University. Undergraduate degree programmes in Business Management and Health and Social Care are taught at one of our Centres in Central London, Birmingham and Manchester. Students can complete their degree in 3 years or study for 4 years with a Foundation Year included for additional academic and study support.

SOLENT UNIVERSITY - QA Higher Education works in partnership with Solent University to deliver a range of programmes for foundation to undergraduate level.
The International Foundation Programme pathway programmes are designed to help International students improve their academic and English language skills before undertaking undergraduate degree studies with Solent University.

MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY - Middlesex University’s Centres in London Holborn, Birmingham and Manchester are delivered in partnership between the University and QA Higher Education. Students can choose to study an undergraduate degree in Business Accounting at centrally located teaching centres. These degrees are offered as both traditional 3-year programmes or with the addition of an initial foundation year for added study and academic support. 

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES - We partner with the University of South Wales to deliver an International Pathway College at the University’s Cardiff and Pontypridd campuses.
The pathway and English-language programmes support students to develop their English-language ability and academic study skills to offer guaranteed progression routes into undergraduate degrees in Applied Science, Business, Computing, Engineering, Sports Science and Creative Industries disciplines at the University.