AU401 Business at ATU: CAO points 2026
AU401 is a level 6 higher certificate at Atlantic Technological University, and the CAO files it under business and administration. The CAO has published a round one points figure for it in 4 of the 7 admission years held here, from 2023 onwards.
It has risen in every year held here, from 161 in 2023 to 179 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 | 161 | 161 | |
| 2024 | 162 | 162 | |
| 2025 | 170 | 163 | |
| 2026 | 179 | 162 |
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
- 2023 → 2024+1
- 2024 → 2025+8
- 2025 → 2026+9
- Highest
- 179
- in 2026
- Lowest
- 161
- in 2023
- Widest move
- 9
- points, in one year
- Places drawn at random
- 0 of 4
- never, here
It has stayed inside 18 points across the years held here, where the middle course of the 1,175 with figures in four years or more spans 47. Only 11% of them move less, so this is one of the steadiest figures on the list.
Comparable numeric Round 1 and Round 2 figures are held for 4 of the 4 years held here. Round 2 was lower in 2 of them, by at most 17 points. Marked new competitions are excluded. This history does not predict a later offer.
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 Business, then more at Atlantic Technological University.
- BusinessAL650Athlone Institute of Technology–
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- BusinessAL850Athlone Institute of Technology–
- Business and LawAL851Athlone Institute of Technology–
- Business - Common EntryAU200Atlantic Technological University188
- BusinessAU301Atlantic Technological University287
- BusinessAU501Atlantic Technological University225
- Business with EntrepreneurshipAU505Atlantic Technological University–
Where to go next
- Every college teaching Business, side by side with what each one took.
- What 170 points reached in 2026, which is the band this course sits in.
- Course Matcher, which takes your total and narrows the whole list down.