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Submit post-registration programmes of education to NMBI 

Education bodies (EBs) and QQI accredited Centres of Nursing and Midwifery Education submit programmes of education to NMBI for approval. Post-registration programmes of education are classified as follows.

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Programmes of education are classified as follows: 

  • Major award-type: A major award-type represents a significant volume of learning outcomes.
  • Minor award-type: A minor award-type will be part of the learning outcomes associated with one or more major award-types at a given level in the Framework of Qualifications. Minor awards may be combined with other learning outcomes towards a major or special purpose award.
  • Supplemental award-type: Programmes leading to such award can be refresher, updating or continuing education and training. In some cases there may be regulatory requirements for such awards. Learning at this level has not traditionally been explicitly recognised in the formal systems of awards.
  • Special-purpose award-type: Awards at this level are made for specific relatively narrow purposes. They may comprise learning outcomes that also form part of major awards. Special-purpose awards may form the basis for transfer into more broadly based major awards at the same level and thus progression on to higher awards.

*Note: while NMBI can approve awards from all of these classes of named awards if they meet the standards and requirements, only major award types at level 8 and above will be approved as NMBI Category 2 programmes.

Programmes are considered for approval by the Education, Training and Standards Committee. Programmes must be submitted to the Professional Standards and Education Department in NMBI eight weeks prior to the meeting of the Education, Training and Standards Committee. Please contact the Professional Standards and Education Department for the dates of the meetings EducationandGuidance@nmbi.ie.

Guide Template for submission of Post Registration Programmes curriculum document
NMBI Major Award Post Registration Self-Assessment Audit Report
NMBI Minor Award Post Registration Self-Assessment Audit Report

For programmes leading to registration, please complete the following form:
Post Registration Education Programme Self-Assessment Audit

Hard copies should be posted to Education Department, Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, 18/20 Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland  and electronic versions submitted to submissions@nmbi.ie

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