Food Science points 2025
University College Dublin (NUI), course code DN261, level 8.
It reached its highest figure of 531 in 2021 and has not risen since, closing at 466 in 2025.
2025 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 | 477 | – | Places at this figure drawn at random |
| 2021 | 531 | – | |
| 2022 | 510 | 509 | |
| 2023 | 498 | – | |
| 2024 | 496 | 490 | |
| 2025 | 466 | – |
A dash means no figure was published for that year, usually because the course did not run. Figures are read from the CAO’s published points charts.
Entry requirements
Points are only half of an offer. The subject requirements for this course are set by University College Dublin (NUI)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, before you put this on your form.
Close to this
Other places teaching Food Science, then more at University College Dublin (NUI).
- Food Science and Human NutritionMaynooth University · MH222442
- Food ScienceSouth East Technological University · SE510336
- Food Science and ManagementTechnological University Dublin · TU645–
- Food ScienceTechnological University Dublin · TU881346
- Food ScienceUniversity College Cork (NUI) · CK505453
- Food Science with BusinessWaterford Institute of Technology · WD164–
- ArchitectureUniversity College Dublin (NUI) · DN100556
- Landscape ArchitectureUniversity College Dublin (NUI) · DN120485
Where to go next
- Every college teaching Food Science, side by side with what each one took.
- What 460 points reached in 2025, which is the band this course sits in.
- Course Matcher, which takes your total and narrows the whole list down.