The Irish Universities Quality Board (IUQB) was established in 2002. The purpose of the board, which operated from 2002 to 2012, was to promote

quality assurance Quality assurance (QA) is the term used in both manufacturing and service industries to describe the systematic efforts taken to ensure that the product(s) delivered to customer(s) meet with the contractual and other agreed upon performance, design ...

at Irish universities including via institutional quality reviews, whilst the board is not specifically created by an

Act of the Oireachtas The law of Ireland consists of constitutional, statute, and common law. The highest law in the State is the Constitution of Ireland, from which all other law derives its authority. The Republic has a common-law legal system with a written const ...

it does under take the functions of th
Universities Act 1997 (Section 35)
in doing its work. The functions of the board were passed to

Quality and Qualifications Ireland Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI; ga, Dearbhú Cáilíochta agus Cáilíochtaí Éireann) is the national agency responsible for qualifications in Ireland. It was established by the Oireachtas in 2012 following the amalgamation of the N ...

on 6 November 2012.

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