The Open College

The Open College was founded in 2004 to offer courses on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) to the general public by Distance Learning, eLearning & Attendance Learning.

The Open College is widely recognised as Ireland's leading and largest private provider of QQI award courses. We have successfully educated and awarded in excess of 12,000 students with QQI qualifications over the last number of years.

We are an independent college with more than 60 highly qualified staff comprising: the Board of Management, Independent President, Course Directors, Tutors and Administrative Personnel who deliver and supply over 90 QQI Levels 5 & 6 courses with many thousands of students certified each year.

All Open College courses of over 3 months in duration are bonded and protected which provides confidence and security to all learners that their fees are fully protected.

Open all year round, we offer a flexible choice of learning formats: Attendance Learning, Blended learning and our renowned Distance learning/eLearning programmes. These offer invaluable options for independent study, informal learning and varied communication channels with one to one tutor support.