National Qualifications Framework
(b) The Further Education and Training
Arising from the implementation of the Qualifications (Education
Awards Council (FETAC)
and Training) Act 1999, a new National Framework of
FETAC was established on a statutory basis on 11 June
Qualifications was established, with a structure of ten levels
2001. It has responsibility for making and promoting
incorporating standards of knowledge, skills and competence at
quality awards in further education and training. It will
each level.
carry out all the functions of the former National Council
for Vocational Awards (NCVA) and the certification
There are seven awards that relate to higher education and
functions of a few other organisations.
training in the national framework of qualifications at levels 6 to
10 as shown in Table 1.
c) The Higher Education and Training
Awards Council (HETAC)
Table 1. Classification of Awards
HETAC was established on 11 June 2001 and is the legal
successor to the National Council for Educational Awards
NQAI Level Award
(NCEA). It is the qualifications awarding body for higher
Level 10 Doctoral Degree
education and training outside the university sector.
Level 9 Masters Degree, Postgraduate Diploma
Level 8 Honours Bachelor Degree, Higher Diploma
New Awards
Level 7 Ordinary Bachelor Degree
All higher education undergraduate courses are now categorised
Level 6 Higher Certificate
as ‘level 6/level 7’ and ‘level 8’. You may apply for up to ten
courses in order of preference in both the level 6/7 category and
New Bodies
in the level 8 category through the CAO system. Offers will be
made for the highest level 8 and for the highest level 6/level 7
The 1999 Act provided for the establishment of three new
preferences to which you are entitled based on points scored in
bodies as outlined below:
the leaving certificate..
(a) The National Qualifications Authority
of Ireland (NQAI)
Delegated Authority
NQAI, which was established in February 2001, has overall
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology confers its own awards at
responsibility for developing a framework of qualifications
levels 7, 8 and 9 under the new qualifications framework for all
and standards of awards, as well as facilitating access,
taught programmes and for levels 9 and 10 in the research
transfer and progression.
disciplines: aquatic science and mechanical engineering.
This delegated authority was granted to GMIT by the HETAC
under section 29 of the Qualifications (Education and Training)
Act 1999.
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