Higher Diploma: Encyclopedia II - Higher Diploma - Ireland

Higher Diploma - Ireland

The Higher Diploma (Ard-Dioplóma in Irish) is an award that will replace the Graduate Diploma in the Republic of Ireland of the Higher Education and Training Awards Council. The Higher Diploma is currently available in Irish colleges and will be awarded from June 2005, the standard of the award will be broadly similar to the Graduate Diploma and replace the reorientation type courses. Professional type Graduate Diplomas will be replaced by the Postgraduate Diploma.

The National University of Ireland also offers a broad selection of Higher Diplomas in its constiutent universities and recognised colleges, and as a Higher Diploma in Education by the University of Dublin; see Graduate Diploma.

Higher Diploma - Common Higher Diplomas

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