DL854 Game Design at IADT: CAO points 2026
DL854 is a level 8 honours degree at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Dun Laoghaire, and the CAO files it under information and communication technologies (icts). 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 368 in 2025 to 408 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 | 368 | 343 | |
| 2026 | 408 | 348 |
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+40
- Highest
- 408
- in 2026
- Lowest
- 368
- in 2025
- Widest move
- 40
- points, in one year
- Places drawn at random
- 0 of 2
- never, here
Comparable numeric Round 1 and Round 2 figures are held for 2 of the 2 years held here. Round 2 was lower in 2 of them, by at most 60 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 Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology 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 IADTTheir own course list, where the entry requirements and what it teaches are set out (opens in a new tab)Every course at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
Close to this
Other places teaching Game Design, then more at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology.
- Animation and Game DesignAU617Atlantic Technological University367
- Game DesignTU984Technological University Dublin435
- Business - Applied EntrepreneurshipDL701Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology–
- Arts ManagementDL822Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology194
- Business ManagementDL823Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology217
- Applied PsychologyDL825Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology400
- Graphic Design (portfolio)DL826Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology–
- Art (portfolio)DL827Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology–
Where to go next
- Every college teaching Game Design, side by side with what each one took.
- What 400 points reached in 2026, which is the band this course sits in.
- Course Matcher, which takes your total and narrows the whole list down.