QQI certification data

Explore our certification data

Welcome to QQI’s interactive dashboards, where you can explore dynamic visuals of our certification data.

Certification confirms that a learner has met the required knowledge, skills and competence for a QQI award. Our dashboards provide insights into certification activity across the Irish education and training system, helping users better understand the scale and nature of QQI's work.

Certification Activity Dashboard (New)

Understanding QQI Certification Activity

This dashboard provides a unique view of QQI certification activity by presenting data at the certification period level.

Unlike our annual certification dashboards, which focus on the number of awards made each year, this dashboard highlights the volume of certification processing conducted during individual certification periods. While the scope of the data is more limited, it offers insights into the level of certification activity undertaken by QQI.

The dashboard provides the public with a window into QQI's certification operations. By making this information available, we aim to increase awareness and understanding of an important aspect of our work supporting learners, providers and the wider qualifications system.

Annual Certification Dashboards

Certification Trends and Learner Insights

These dashboards provide information on QQI awards certified each year. They offer insights into certification trends since 2015, the types of providers delivering programmes leading to QQI awards, and the learners who have achieved QQI awards.

Data Revision Notice: Please note that some data relating to awards made to apprentices have been revised following the identification of an award code that had been linked in error with apprenticeship. The corrections were made to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the information reported. The revisions affect a single award, with fewer than 30 awards made in any given year. As a result, some figures may differ from those published previously. Users should refer to the latest version of the data when making comparisons or conducting analyses.

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What’s new in 2025?

Updated Reporting: All Further Education and Training (FET) minor awards within the Common Awards System (CAS) are now included in our statistics, even if achieved alongside a major award (previously these were excluded from certification reports if they were achieved within the same certification period as a major award).
Data Updates: dashboards are refreshed twice a year (August and February), with minor revisions possible to ensure accuracy.

All figures are rounded to the nearest 5 to protect learner anonymity.

Access and download our certification data at data.cso.ie
Read our Open Data Policy on QQI certification data to learn more about how we ensure data confidentiality and promotes responsible data use in research and policy development.
You can provide feedback on our new dashboards here.