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NC103 Business at NCI: CAO points 2026

NC103 is a level 6 higher certificate at National College of Ireland (NCI) in Dublin, and the CAO files it under business and administration. The CAO has published a round one points figure for it in 4 of the 7 admission years held here, from 2020 onwards.

It reached its highest figure of 252 in 2021 and has not risen since, closing at 129 in 2025.

2025 round one

129

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.

Business at National College of Ireland (NCI), CAO points by year, round one and round two.
YearRound oneRound twoNotes
2020250–
2021252–
2022250–
2023––Everyone who qualified was offered a place
2024––Everyone who qualified was offered a place
2025129129
2026AQAAQARound 1: Everyone who qualified was offered a place

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 → 2021+2
  • 2021 → 2022-2
  • 2022 → 2025-121
Highest
252
in 2021
Lowest
129
in 2025
Widest move
121
points, in one year
Places drawn at random
0 of 4
never, here

It has swung through 123 points across the years held here, where the middle course of the 1,175 with figures in four years or more spans 47. It moves more than 94% of them, so last year's figure is a weaker guide here than it is elsewhere.

Comparable numeric Round 1 and Round 2 figures are held for 1 of the 4 years held here; none of these pairs fell. 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 National College of Ireland (NCI) 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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