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DC161 Analytical Science at DCU: CAO points 2026

DC161 is a level 8 honours degree at Dublin City University in Dublin, and the CAO files it under physical sciences. The CAO has published a round one points figure for it in every one of the 7 admission years held here. In one of those years the places at the figure went to a random draw among the applicants on it.

It has moved between 410 and 498 across the years held here, closing at 440 in 2026.

2026 round one

440

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.

Analytical Science at Dublin City University, CAO points by year, round one and round two.
YearRound oneRound twoNotes
2020498489Places at this figure drawn at random
2021498–
2022476–
2023432–
2024431–
2025410–
2026440–

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

  • 2020 → 2021held
  • 2021 → 2022-22
  • 2022 → 2023-44
  • 2023 → 2024-1
  • 2024 → 2025-21
  • 2025 → 2026+30
Highest
498
in 2020
Lowest
410
in 2025
Widest move
44
points, in one year
Places drawn at random
1 of 7
published years

It has moved through 88 points across the years held here, where the middle course of the 1,175 with figures in four years or more spans 47.

Comparable numeric Round 1 and Round 2 figures are held for 1 of the 7 years held here. Round 2 was lower in 1 of them, by at most 9 points. Marked new competitions are excluded. This history does not predict a later offer.

CAO Round 2 Points 2026: compare this year's changes

Entry requirements

Points are only half of an offer. The subject requirements for this course are set by Dublin City 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.

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