NC105 Data Science at NCI: CAO points 2026
NC105 is a level 6 higher certificate at National College of Ireland (NCI) in Dublin, 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 2022 onwards.
It has fallen in every year held here, from 325 in 2022 to 200 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 | – | – | |
| 2021 | – | – | |
| 2022 | 325 | 179 | |
| 2023 | – | – | Everyone who qualified was offered a place |
| 2024 | – | – | Everyone who qualified was offered a place |
| 2025 | 200 | 200 | |
| 2026 | AQA | AQA | Round 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
- 2022 → 2025-125
- Highest
- 325
- in 2022
- Lowest
- 200
- in 2025
- Widest move
- 125
- 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 1 of them, by at most 146 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 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.
Find this course at NCITheir 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 Data Science, then more at National College of Ireland (NCI).
- Data ScienceDC123Dublin City University489
- Mathematics and Data ScienceDK823Dundalk Institute of Technology308
- Data ScienceMH207Maynooth University413
- Data ScienceNC025National College of Ireland (NCI)–
- Physics with Data ScienceTU880Technological University Dublin333
- ComputingNC003National College of Ireland (NCI)265
- Human Resource ManagementNC005National College of Ireland (NCI)270
- BusinessNC009National College of Ireland (NCI)271
Where to go next
- Every college teaching Data Science, side by side with what each one took.
- What 200 points reached in 2026, which is the band this course sits in.
- Course Matcher, which takes your total and narrows the whole list down.