AU234 Design - common entry at ATU: CAO points 2026
AU234 is a level 7 ordinary degree at Atlantic Technological University, and the CAO files it under arts. The CAO has published a round one points figure for it in 2 of the 7 admission years held here, from 2025 onwards.
It has risen in every year held here, from 227 in 2025 to 237 in 2026.
2026 round one
Work out your points and this page will show where your total sits against this course.
Year by year
Round one is the figure most people mean by the points. Round two is what was left after the first offers went out, so it is usually lower and it is not a cut off for the year.
| Year | Round one | Round two | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | – | – | |
| 2021 | – | – | |
| 2022 | – | – | |
| 2023 | – | – | |
| 2024 | – | – | |
| 2025 | 227 | – | |
| 2026 | 237 | – |
A dash means no comparable figure is shown for that round. It does not mean the course did not run or that no later offer is possible. Figures are read from the CAO’s published points charts. AQA means all qualified applicants were offered places. * means not all applicants on that score were offered places in that round. # marks a test, interview, portfolio or audition; v marks a new competition for available places.
How it moved
Each row is one year against the year before. Left is a fall, which is the year the course took fewer points than the last one.
fell, so it took fewer pointsrose, so it took more
- 2025 → 2026+10
- Highest
- 237
- in 2026
- Lowest
- 227
- in 2025
- Widest move
- 10
- points, in one year
- Places drawn at random
- 0 of 2
- never, here
No comparable numeric Round 1 and Round 2 pair is held here. Blank figures, AQA and marked new competitions are not treated as unchanged points.
Entry requirements
Points are only half of an offer. The subject requirements for this course are set by Atlantic Technological University and are not published in the CAO’s points charts, so they are not on this page and nothing here should be read as saying you qualify. Check them on the institution’s own course page, and on cao.ie (opens in a new tab), before you put this on your form.
Find this course at ATUTheir own course list, where the entry requirements and what it teaches are set out (opens in a new tab)Close to this
Other places teaching Design, then more at Atlantic Technological University.
- Design - Common EntryAU330Atlantic Technological University–
- Design - Common EntryAU519Atlantic Technological University232
- Interior Architecture and DesignAU820Atlantic Technological University270
- Interior Architecture and DesignAU926Atlantic Technological University400
- Design - Common EntryGA274Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology–
- Design - Common EntryGA284Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology–
- Interior Architecture & DesignGC490Griffith College120
- Visual Communications and DesignCW047Institute of Technology, Carlow–
Where to go next
- Every college teaching Design, side by side with what each one took.
- What 230 points reached in 2026, which is the band this course sits in.
- Course Matcher, which takes your total and narrows the whole list down.