Quality Assurance

Quality Assurance of Higher Education is carried out on a national level by Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), of which the Vice President for Academic Affairs sits on the board. You can find out more about QQI by visiting their website here.

The National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) provides a structure to compare and contrast the level and standard of different qualifications.  This helps you to make informed decisions about your qualification choices and to consider progression opportunities available to you. The NFQ also makes it easier for you  to explain to others what qualifications you hold, or are studying for. This becomes very important when you are considering further learning or when you are applying for a job – at home or abroad.

The NFQ is a 10-level, single national entity through which all learning achievements may be measured and related to each other.  Underpinned by quality assurance principles, the Irish NFQ describes qualifications in the Irish education and training system and sets out what each qualification says about what learners know, understand and are able to do. It also sets out qualifications pathways from one NFQ level to the next.