Qualifications Frameworks in Ireland and the UK 

As learners and workers move between the UK and Ireland regularly, QQI knows how important it is to be able to quickly compare and understand qualifications in both countries.

Although the UK is no longer a member of the EU, collaboration between the UK and Ireland is supported and in line with the Common Travel Area (CTA) Memorandum of Understanding. The qualifications authorities in the UK and Ireland have agreed the correspondence between qualifications frameworks in operation across the five jurisdictions.

Our joint publication Qualifications Can Cross Boundaries offers a short guide to the broad comparable levels of UK and Irish qualifications.