Certificate of higher education - Wikipedia Certificate of higher education A Certificate of Higher Education ( Cert. H.E. / CertHE ) is a higher education qualification in the United Kingdom. It is awarded after one year of full - time study ( or equivalent ) at a university or other higher education institution, or two years of part - time study. A Cert. HE is an independent tertiary award, an award in its own right, and students can study for a Cert. HE in various academic disciplines. A Cert. HE is the academic equivalent of the more vocational Higher National Certificate, awarded following further education and training courses, and is equivalent to an NVQ Level 4. In Scotland, a Cert. HE is worth 120 credit points at Level 7 on the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework. A Cert. HE is not externally regulated but is accredited by a university itself. On completion, students are permitted to use the postnominals CertHE after their name, sometimes followed by the course name in brackets and the University from which they earned their qualification. Sometimes, having a CertHE can exempt the holder from some of the requirements of a Bachelor 's degree ; for example, it might reduce the length of study or number of courses necessary to complete the qualification. The year reduction is between 1 - 2 years. See also Diploma of Higher Education Diploma Higher diploma References ^ Jump up to : http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning/QualificationsExplained/DG_10039026 Jump up ^ http://www.ucas.ac.uk/students/wheretostart/heexplained/coursetypes Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2013 - 09 - 01. Retrieved 2013 - 09 - 09. Levels of academic degree Undergraduate ISCED level 5 Associate degree Foundation degree Higher National Diploma / Diploma of Higher Education / Certificate of Higher Education ISCED level 6 Bachelor 's degree Honours degree Postgraduate ISCED level 7 Master 's degree Magister degree Postgraduate certificate / diploma Diplom degree Specialist degree Engineer 's degree ISCED level 8 Doctorate Candidate of Sciences Magister degree Other Postdoctoral Higher doctorate Doktor nauk Habilitation Docent Tenure Fellow No dominant classification Laurea Licentiate Professional degree Graduate certificate / diploma Terminal degree Unearned Honorary degree Ad eundem degree This article relating to education in the UK is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Certificate_of_Higher_Education&oldid=829382098 '' Categories : Education in Scotland Educational qualifications in the United Kingdom United Kingdom education stubs Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 8 March 2018, at 08 : 27. About Wikipedia

Question: how to get a certificate of higher education
Answer: one year of full-time study (or equivalent) at a university or other higher education institution, or two years of part-time study