Where network engineers learn to perform.
Network Design Academy is a professional network engineering education company based in Lelystad, Netherlands. We combine scalable online lab practice with high-value, instructor-led physical training — built around doing, not merely consuming content.
Don't build an online course business and then add a classroom. Build one learning ecosystem in which online practice and physical instruction continuously reinforce each other.
- Scale
- Repetition
- Accessibility
- Data
- Progression
- Human instruction
- Coaching
- Accountability
- Realistic performance
- Community
Two engines, one student.
Five divisions. One methodology.
Academy
Courses and learning paths — the knowledge layer.
Lab Platform
Online scenarios, virtual labs, simulations and readiness data.
CCIE Lab Campus
Physical training, coaching and full simulations in Lelystad.
Enterprise Engineering
Corporate assessment, workshops and team development.
Instructor Academy
Developing and certifying NDA lab coaches.
Ten years of teaching engineers. One method built from it.
An instructor at the Academy doesn't recite commands. He watches how you reason, verify, recover and manage time — and coaches the habits that decide lab day.
- Methodology and problem solving
- Architecture and decision making
- Troubleshooting, speed and verification
- Engineering discipline
Gordon Mac Donald
Cisco Certified Systems Instructor (CCSI) · Network specialist & designer
For more than ten years Gordon has taught Cisco courses to network engineers: CCNA and CCNP Enterprise, SD-WAN, ACI, SD-Access, Service Provider and DevNet programmability (DEVASC, DEVCOR, PRNE). Standing in front of hundreds of engineers showed him what really separates good from expert — not more slides, but practice under pressure with someone watching how you think. Network Design Academy is built around exactly that.
Teaches in English and Dutch.
LinkedIn profile →Become an instructor.
Experienced engineers can train to deliver the NDA methodology as lab coaches, scenario instructors and technical mentors.
- Teaching methodology
- Lab coaching
- Scenario delivery
- Technical assessment
- Troubleshooting coaching
- Student feedback
- Lab administration
- Scenario development
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Building in the open.
We're validating each step with real students before building the next.
Online foundation
Website, scenario library, accounts, first learning paths.
Physical pilot
Founding Lab Intensive, simulation days, corporate pilots.
Permanent campus
Dedicated CCIE Lab Campus in Lelystad.
Premium programs
Residency, International Lab Weeks, assessments.
Instructor Academy
Training additional NDA lab coaches.
International
Partner campuses and additional tracks.
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