[1] However, universities have since integrated both qualifications into the first year of an undergraduate honours degree and they now can be considered equivalent academically.
[3] In Scotland, a CertHE is at Level 7 on the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework.
[4] On completion, students are permitted to use the postnominals CertHE, sometimes followed by the course name in brackets and the university from which they earned their qualification.
[citation needed] A Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE) is equivalent to the first year of a bachelor's degree which is any Level 4 qualification.
A Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE) is equivalent to the second year of a bachelor's degree or any Level 5 qualification.