Any person who meets the degree qualification requirements outlined therein is eligible for conditional registration for a period of three years, in which time a Council accredited teacher education qualification must be completed.
There are currently seven accredited teacher education qualifications specific to the further education sector.
For further information, please see:
Higher Education Institutions
The following Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) provide programmes of initial teacher education for further education.
Dublin City University (undergraduate only)
- Bachelor of Science in Education & Training (Further, Adult and Continuing Education)
Marino Institute of Education
- Professional Diploma in Education (Further Education)
Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
- Professional Diploma in Education (Further Education)
- Graduate Diploma in Adult & Further Education
Maynooth University (National University of Ireland Maynooth)
- Higher Diploma in Further Education
National College of Ireland
- Master of Arts in Socially Engaged Art: (Further Adult & Community Education)
- The Post Graduate Diploma in Arts in Educational Practice, in Teaching for Further Education
(Formally Postgraduate Diploma in Arts in Learning and Teaching)
University of Galway (formerly National University of Ireland, Galway)
- Professional Diploma in Education (Further Education)
South East Technological University (formerly Waterford Institute of Technology)
- Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Teaching in Further Education and Adult Education
- Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching in Further Education (F/T)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching in Further Education (P/T)
You can also view the reports for all the programmes on the accredited programmes page.