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The '''National Certificate''' ('''NCert''') ([[Irish language|Irish]]: ''Teastais Náisiúnta'') is a two-year broadly based [[higher education]] [[professional certification|qualification]] in a technology discipline offered by an [[Regional Technical College|Institute of Technology]] or a [[HETAC]] designated institution in [[Ireland]]. The certificate will generally exempt a student from the first year of a four-year university [[Bachelor's degree]] or the first two years of an [[Legal term#Ab initio|ab initio]] [[National Diploma]] in Ireland. The certificates are often in [[business]], [[engineering]] and [[science]], with most entrants being [[school leavers]] and presenting a [[Leaving Certificate]] or similar. Many students continue education and transfer to a [[National Diploma]] course or a [[Bachelor's degree]].
The first National Certificates, in Ireland, were awarded in 1972 at five [[Regional Technical Colleges]], National Certificate will not be awarded after June 2006 instead been replaced by the [[Higher Certificate]] in a number of similar disciplines.
==Common National Certificates==
{|
| NATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN BUSINESS STUDIES{in…}
| NCertBusiness
|-
| NATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN COMPUTING{in…}
| NCertComputing
|-
| NATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN CONSTRUCTION{in…}
| NCertConst
|-
| NATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN ENGINEERING{in…}
| NCertEng
|-
| NATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN HUMANITIES{in…}
| NCertHumanities
|-
| NATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN TECHNOLOGY{in…}
| NCertTech
|-
| NATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN SCIENCE{in…}
| NCertSc
|}
==See also==
*[[Education in the Republic of Ireland]]
[[Category:professional certification]]
[[Category:Education in the Republic of Ireland]]