National University of Ireland

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National External Quality Assurance Requirements

  • Institutional reviews
    The aim of review is to provide an independent external review of the institution’s own internal quality assurance procedures.
  • Programme validation
    Not required for eight universities together with the Dublin Institute of Technology and Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, which have degree awarding powers i.e. the possibility to validate and award their own qualifications
  • Delegated authority to make awards
    will exempt education providers to undergo an external programme validation procedure.
  • Focused reviews
    may lead to withdrawal of approval of a QA procedures. The procedures is invoked if there are reasons for concern with a particular higher education provider.
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Institutional evaluation, University College Cork

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  • DEQAR Report ID
    53157
  • Agency
  • Type
    • Institutional evaluation
  • Status
    voluntary
  • Formal decision
    not applicable
  • Date
    01/09/2020
  • Valid until
    not applicable
  • Report and decision
  • Permalink
  • External link
  • Verifiable Credential

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Part of the obligatory external QA system
Institutional quality monitoring and review, Maynooth University

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  • DEQAR Report ID
    96815
  • Agency
  • Type
    • Institutional quality monitoring and review (*)
  • Status
    part of obligatory EQA system
  • Formal decision
    not applicable
  • Date
    05/07/2019
  • Valid until
    not applicable
  • Summary
    External Quality Assurance Review of Maynooth University
  • Report and decision
  • Permalink
  • Agency's identifier
    No. 5
  • Verifiable Credential

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Part of the obligatory external QA system
Institutional quality monitoring and review, University of Galway

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  • DEQAR Report ID
    96816
  • Agency
  • Type
    • Institutional quality monitoring and review (*)
  • Status
    part of obligatory EQA system
  • Formal decision
    not applicable
  • Date
    03/10/2019
  • Valid until
    not applicable
  • Summary
    External Quality Assurance Review of University of Galway
  • Report and decision
  • Permalink
  • Agency's identifier
    No. 6
  • Verifiable Credential

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Part of the obligatory external QA system
Institutional quality monitoring and review

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Part of the obligatory external QA system
Institutional quality monitoring and review, University College Dublin

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  • DEQAR Report ID
    96825
  • Agency
  • Type
    • Institutional quality monitoring and review (*)
  • Status
    part of obligatory EQA system
  • Formal decision
    not applicable
  • Date
    29/04/2020
  • Valid until
    not applicable
  • Summary
    External Quality Assurance Review of University College Dublin
  • Report and decision
  • Permalink
  • Agency's identifier
    No. 7
  • Verifiable Credential

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Part of the obligatory external QA system
Institutional quality monitoring and review, University College Cork

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  • DEQAR Report ID
    100309
  • Agency
  • Type
    • Institutional quality monitoring and review (*)
  • Status
    part of obligatory EQA system
  • Formal decision
    not applicable
  • Date
    26/09/2023
  • Valid until
    not applicable
  • Summary
    External Quality Assurance Review of University College Cork 
  • Report and decision
  • Permalink
  • Agency's identifier
    No. 14
  • Verifiable Credential

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Part of the obligatory external QA system
Institutional quality monitoring and review, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

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  • DEQAR Report ID
    100639
  • Agency
  • Type
    • Institutional quality monitoring and review (*)
  • Status
    part of obligatory EQA system
  • Formal decision
    not applicable
  • Date
    29/04/2024
  • Valid until
    not applicable
  • Summary
    External Quality Assurance Review of RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
  • Report and decision
  • Permalink
  • Agency's identifier
    No. 16
  • Verifiable Credential

Programme level

Decision: positive
Global Change: Ecosystem Science and Policy (second cycle degree)
  • Offered by
  • Qualification/award
    • Master of Science
  • Level
    second cycle (NQF EQF level 7 equivalent)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Decision: positive
International Humanitarian Action (NOHA+) (second cycle degree)
  • Offered by
  • Qualification/award
    • Master Degree
  • Level
    second cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Decision: positive with conditions or restrictions
Redesigning the Post-Industrial City (second cycle degree)
  • Offered by
  • Qualification/award
    • Master of Science
  • Level
    second cycle (NQF EQF level 7 equivalent)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Decision: positive
School of Veterinary Medicine (degree)
Decision: positive with conditions or restrictions
Superdiversity in Education, Organisations and Society (second cycle degree)
  • Offered by
  • Qualification/award
    • Master of Arts
  • Level
    second cycle (NQF EQF level 7 equivalent)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme