NFQ awards standards and policies

QQI oversees the promotion, development, maintenance, and review of the NFQ as a system of levels for relating different qualifications or awards to one another.

These levels are general indicators of a person’s knowledge, skill and competence; or the standards that they have attained for their learning achievements.

NFQ award-type descriptors state general learning achievements for all types of awards recognised on the NFQ. QQI issues NFQ guidelines to providers to support the interpretation and implementation of the NFQ and its award-type descriptors in their programme development.  

We also set awards standards for our own QQI awards and for providers who have been given authority to make their own awards.

NFQ policy documents

Policies & Criteria for the Establishment of the National Framework of Qualifications.pdf (0.4 MB) Determinations for the Outline National Framework of Qualifications.pdf (7.3 MB) NFQ Grid Level Indicators.pdf (2 MB) Descriptors for Minor, Special Purpose, Supplemental Award-Types (0.3 MB) Professional Award Type Descriptors.pdf (0.1 MB) Higher Doctorate Award Descriptors.pdf (0.1 MB)
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