DC180 Biological Sciences (General Entry) at DCU: CAO points 2026
DC180 is a level 8 honours degree at Dublin City University in Dublin, and the CAO files it under biological and related sciences. The CAO has published a round one points figure for it in 6 of the 7 admission years held here, from 2021 onwards. In one of those years the places at the figure went to a random draw among the applicants on it.
It has moved between 466 and 530 across the years held here, closing at 477 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 | 530 | – | |
| 2022 | 511 | – | |
| 2023 | 488 | – | |
| 2024 | 487 | – | |
| 2025 | 466 | 466 | Places at this figure drawn at random |
| 2026 | 477 | – |
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
- 2021 → 2022-19
- 2022 → 2023-23
- 2023 → 2024-1
- 2024 → 2025-21
- 2025 → 2026+11
- Highest
- 530
- in 2021
- Lowest
- 466
- in 2025
- Widest move
- 23
- points, in one year
- Places drawn at random
- 1 of 6
- published years
It has moved through 64 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 6 years held here; none of these pairs fell. 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 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.
Find this course at DCUTheir 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 Biological Sciences, then more at Dublin City University.
- Biological Sciences (Common Entry)CR335Cork Institute of Technology–
- Biological Sciences (Common Entry)MT875Munster Technological University444
- Education - Early Childhood EducationDC001Dublin City University410
- Education - Primary TeachingDC002Dublin City University473
- Education - Primary Teaching - Gaeltacht ApplicantsDC003Dublin City University420
- Education - Primary Teaching - CIC (Church of Ireland Centre formerly CICE) (Restricted, see page 3)DC004Dublin City University404
- Arts: Joint Honours (Humanities)DC009Dublin City University390
- Post Primary Teacher Education - Religious Education and EnglishDC010Dublin City University410
Where to go next
- Every college teaching Biological Sciences, side by side with what each one took.
- What 470 points reached in 2026, which is the band this course sits in.
- Course Matcher, which takes your total and narrows the whole list down.