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Early Years (Pre-school) Regulations and DCYA Childcare Programmes Qualification Requirements

Award	Training Provider	Min Preschool Reg.	Room Leader - Standard	Room leader - Higher	Country
BA (Hons) Childhood Studies	Nottingham Trent University				UK (Incl. NI)
BA (Hons) Children and Early Childhood (Top-up)	Teeside University, Darlington				UK (Incl. NI)
BA (Hons) Early Childhood Care & Education	Institute of Technology Blanchardstown				Ireland
BA (Hons) Early Childhood Care and Education	Institute of Technology Blanchardstown				Ireland
BA (Hons) Early Childhood Education	Marino Institute of Education & Trinity College Dublin				Ireland
BA (Hons) Early Childhood Education	Dublin Institute of Technology				Ireland
BA (hons) Early Childhood Education	Sligo Institute of Technology				Ireland
BA (Hons) Early Childhood Education and Care	Institute of Technology Carlow				Ireland
BA (Hons) Early Childhood Education and Care	Institute of Technology Carlow				Ireland
BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies	Portobello Institute / London Metropolitan University				Ireland
BA (hons) Early Childhood Studies	Waterford Institute of Technology				Ireland
BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies	Teeside University, Darlington				UK (Incl. NI)
BA (hons) Early Years & Childhood Studies	University College Cork				Ireland
BA (Hons) Early Years (top-up)	Open University				Ireland
BA (hons) Education and Early Childhood Studies	University of West of England				UK (Incl. NI)
BA (Hons) Education Studies and Early Years	Liverpool John Moores University				UK (Incl. NI)
BA (Hons) Foiskolai Oklevel	West Hungarian University, Benedek Elek				Hungary
BA (Hons) in Childhood & Youth Studies	Open University				Ireland
BA (hons) in Childhood Studies and Professional Practice Studies	University of Northumbria, Newcastle				UK (Incl. NI)
BA (Hons) in Early Childhood Studies	Dundalk Institute of Technology				Ireland
BA (Hons) in Early Childhood Studies	Liverpool John Moores University				UK (Incl. NI)
BA (Hons) in Early Childhood Studies	London Metropolitan University				UK (Incl. NI)
BA (Hons) in Early Childhood Studies and Education Studies	Liverpool Hope University				UK (Incl. NI)
BA (Hons) in Educology (Social Sciences with Primary teaching)	Siauliai University				Lithuania
BA (Hons) in Social Care	Institute of Technology Tralee				Ireland
BA (Hons) Montessori Education	Cork Institute of Technology & Cork College of Commerce				Ireland
BA (hons) Steiner Waldorf Education	University of Plymouth				UK (Incl. NI)
BA (Ord) Applied Early Childhood Studies	Dundalk Institute of Technology				Ireland
BA (ord) Childcare Supervisory Management	Cavan Institute with Athlone Institute of Technology				Ireland
BA (Ord) Early Childhood Care and Education	Institute of Technology Blanchardstown				Ireland
BA (ord) Early Years Education	Cork Institute of Technology				Ireland
BA (Ord) in Early Childhood Studies	London Metropolitan University				UK (Incl. NI)
BA Degree in Pre-school Education	Šiauliai University				Lithuania
BA Early Childhood Care and Education	Mary Immaculate College				Ireland
BA Early Childhood Teaching and Learning	NUI Maynooth, Froebel College & Early Childhood Ireland				Ireland
BA Early School and Preschool Education	The State Higher Voc. School in Gorzow Wielkopolski				Poland
BA Hons Early Childhood	University College Northampton				UK (Incl. NI)
BA Hons Early Childhood Studies	University of Wolverhampton				UK (Incl. NI)
BA Hons in Advanced Study of Early Years and History	University of Liverpool				UK (Incl. NI)
BA Hons in Early Childhood Education	Teacher Education School of the Polish Teachers Union, Warsaw				Poland
BA Hons in Early Childhood Studies & Practice	NUI Galway				Ireland