The Higher Education and Training Awards Council  the legal successor to the National Council for Educational Awards (NCEA), granted higher education awards in Ireland in the extra-university system from 2001 to 2012.

HETAC was created in 2001, subject to the policies of the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland, and, specifically, granted qualifications at many Institutes of Technology and other colleges. HETAC was dissolved and its functions were passed to Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) on 6 November 2012.