Associate Member:

City and Guilds

Organisation Type:
Awarding Organisation

Contact details
Address: 5-6 Giltspur Street, London, EC1A 9DE

ABOUT

City & Guilds is a global leader in skills development. For over 145 years, we’ve helped transform the lives of people in more than 80 countries, by helping to build businesses and economies. The organisation helps people develop the skills they need to get their first job, progress on to higher levels, and become globally mobile.

City and Guilds work with Governments, employers and training organisations worldwide, offering a wide spectrum of services. Its comprehensive range of services include skills development consultancy, leadership and management solutions, qualifications, and various recognition solutions to support in-house training needs. Everything City and Guilds does is focused on developing and delivering high-quality training, work-relevant qualifications, assessments, learning support services, and credentials that meet the changing needs of industry.

As experts in skills-based education and vocational training, City and Guilds aims to close skills gaps, drive employability, and foster economic growth by developing confident, agile, and work-ready professionals.

It assesses the skills required to support skills development where it’s needed most. Known for setting industry-wide standards for developing technical, behavioural, and commercial skills, City and Guilds improve performance and productivity, ensuring that learners gain relevant skills and knowledge that are recognised globally, enhancing their career prospects.

City & Guilds has been setting the global standard in vocational education and training for more than a century, partnering with governments, employers and training centres to transform lives and economies. With a presence in over 80 countries across six continents, City and Guilds draws on its heritage of excellence to design and deliver high-quality skills programmes that tackle local and international workforce challenges. From its early advisory roles in the 1900s to today’s digital learning platforms, City & Guilds remains committed to helping individuals secure their first job, progress to advanced roles and achieve global mobility.

City and Guilds’ international portfolio spans 26 industry sectors, offering qualifications and accreditation tailored to engineering, hair and beauty, hospitality and catering, leadership and management, and more. It combines deep sector expertise with end-to-end services, administration, assessment, quality assurance and centre support, to ensure training providers can maximise their impact. Whether through bespoke curriculum development, recognised certification or innovative blended-learning solutions, City & Guilds equips learners with the practical skills employers demand worldwide.

Collaboration lies at the heart of our approach. City and Guilds works closely with local partners to customise content, deliver educator training and establish robust quality frameworks that meet regional standards. Its international customers benefit from dedicated account management, digital infrastructures and continuous improvement initiatives, all designed to future-proof workforces. By aligning global best practices with on-the-ground insights, City & Guilds helps build resilient economies and empowers people everywhere to thrive in an ever-changing labour market.

Helping people achieve their potential through work-based learning is core to what we do. Our offers include:

Skills consultancy: Trusted consultancy from a team of City & Guilds experts offering strategic advice and practical solutions to enhance skills development initiatives, improve training programmes, and align them with industry standards.
Global Accreditation: Recognising skills. City and Guilds global accreditation services validate and recognise the skills and competencies of individuals and organisations, enhancing their credibility and employability on an international scale.
Education and skills benchmarking: Overarching association with City & Guilds thorough assessment and comparison of educational standards and skills frameworks to ensure they meet international benchmarks and industry requirements.
Dual branded certification: Supporting skills migration. Its dual branded certification programmes help facilitate skills recognition and transfer across borders, promoting international mobility and employment opportunities for skilled workers.

More on City and Guilds’ global skills and training offer:

Education & skills content development: Designing & developing learning content. City and Guilds creates tailored educational content and programmes that meet the specific needs of industries and educational institutions, ensuring learners gain relevant and up-to-date skills.
Skills Frameworks: City & Guilds skills models uses comprehensive skills frameworks that outline the competencies and learning pathways required for various professions, guiding learners and educators in achieving excellence.
International Qualifications: Addressing global skills shortages through a diverse range of qualifications across industries like Hospitality, Maths and English, Leadership, and Coaching, ensuring learners gain globally recognised skills and knowledge.

With hubs positioned worldwide, City and Guilds offer tailored support and services at a local level in international markets.