The Higher Education Colleges Association (HECA) is the representative body of independent third level colleges in Ireland, formed in 1991 to represent the interests of its member colleges and their students.

HECA Represents the independent education sector on a number of national and international educational bodies, such as HETAC, The Bologna Process, International Education Board of Ireland, and The Irish Higher Education Quality Network IHEQN

Members of the HECA

• American College Dublin
• Dublin Business School
  Dublin Business School
  Dublin Business School incorporating Portobello College is the largest independent college in Ireland. With over 9,000 students, DBS provides a range of full-time and part-time undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, with courses for 2010/2011 in subject areas such as business, law, event...
  
  
• Griffith College Dublin, Cork and Limerick
• Galway Business School
• Portobello College now Owed by Dublin Business School
• HSI Limerick Business School
• Saint Nicholas Montessori College Ireland