MU004 Philosop at Pontifical University, St Patrick's College: CAO points 2026
MU004 is a level 8 honours degree at Pontifical University, St Patrick's College in Maynooth, and the CAO files it under humanities (except languages). 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 fallen in every year held here, from 329 in 2025 to 326 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 | 329 | 329 | |
| 2026 | 326 | – |
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 → 2026-3
- Highest
- 329
- in 2025
- Lowest
- 326
- in 2026
- Widest move
- 3
- points, in one year
- Places drawn at random
- 0 of 2
- never, here
Comparable numeric Round 1 and Round 2 figures are held for 1 of the 2 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 Pontifical University, St Patrick's College 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.
Close to this
Other places teaching Philosophy, then more at Pontifical University, St Patrick's College.
- PhilosophyTR005Trinity College Dublin523
- Classical Civilisation/PhilosophyTR179Trinity College Dublin–
- Economics/PhilosophyTR209Trinity College Dublin–
- English Literature/PhilosophyTR269Trinity College Dublin–
- History/PhilosophyTR449Trinity College Dublin–
- History of Art and Architecture/PhilosophyTR479Trinity College Dublin–
- Mathematics/PhilosophyTR599Trinity College Dublin–
- Music/PhilosophyTR629Trinity College Dublin–
Where to go next
- Every college teaching Philosophy, side by side with what each one took.
- What 320 points reached in 2026, which is the band this course sits in.
- Course Matcher, which takes your total and narrows the whole list down.