National Certificate 584684 135194850 2007-06-01T22:32:05Z Philippe 1520345 clean up using [[Project:AWB|AWB]] {{copyedit|date=April 2007}} 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in 1972 at five [[Regional Technical Colleges]], National Certificate will not be awarded after June 2006 instead been replaced by the [[Higher Certificate]] in a number of similar disciplines.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]]