Accounting points 2026

Accounting is offered at 21 colleges in Ireland, with entry points that differ widely between them. The CAO files it under business and administration.

Lowest entry point

195

across the last 5 years

Highest

532

a spread of 337 points between colleges and years

Movement, 2022 to 2026

-1

broadly unchanged, median of the 14 courses running in both years

Where it is offered, and what it took

Round one points for each college, year by year. A dash means the course did not run that year, or no figure was published. The last column is the change on the previous year the course ran, which for most is 2026 against 2025.

Some colleges appear twice below with the same course name. Where the level differs, one is an honours degree and the other is not, and the points differ accordingly. Where the level is the same, the college teaches on more than one campus and the CAO lists each under its own code, so the code is what tells them apart.

College	Course	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Change
Athlone Institute of Technology	Accounting AL852· Level 8Athlone Institute of Technology	298	–	–	–	–	–
Atlantic Technological University	Accounting AU600· Level 8Atlantic Technological University	–	311	310	325	307	-18
Atlantic Technological University	Accounting AU902· Level 8Atlantic Technological University	–	312	316	320	316	-4
Cork Institute of Technology	Accounting CR400· Level 8Cork Institute of Technology	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dublin Business School	Accounting and Finance DB521· Level 8Dublin Business School	225	243	269	269	244	-25
Dublin City University	Accounting and Finance DC115· Level 8Dublin City University	529	509	523	532	509	-23
Dundalk Institute of Technology	Accounting and Finance DK810· Level 8Dundalk Institute of Technology	229	247	227	210	195	-15
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology	Accounting GA181· Level 8Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology	311	–	–	–	–	–
Griffith College	Accounting and Finance GC201· Level 8Griffith College	298	401	–	AQA	321	-80
Griffith College	Accounting and Finance GC301· Level 8Griffith College	350	–	AQA	–	–	–
Griffith College	Accounting and Finance GC401· Level 8Griffith College	265	252	254	254	270	+16
Griffith College	Accounting - Dublin GC412· Level 8Griffith College	–	–	–	–	312	–
ICD Business School	Accounting and Finance ID001· Level 8ICD Business School	–	–	–	–	–	–
Institute of Technology, Carlow	Accounting CW936· Level 6Institute of Technology, Carlow	200	–	–	–	–	–
Institute of Technology, Carlow	Accounting CW948· Level 8Institute of Technology, Carlow	329	–	–	–	–	–
Institute of Technology, Sligo	Accounting SG146· Level 8Institute of Technology, Sligo	313	–	–	–	–	–
Limerick Institute of Technology	Accounting and Finance LC221· Level 6Limerick Institute of Technology	367	–	–	–	–	–
Limerick Institute of Technology	Accounting and Finance LC224· Level 8Limerick Institute of Technology	390	–	–	–	–	–
Maynooth University	Accounting and Finance MH403· Level 8Maynooth University	400	400	409	412	411	-1
Maynooth University	Business and Accounting MH407· Level 8Maynooth University	402	403	400	401	401	0
Munster Technological University	Accounting MT942· Level 8Munster Technological University	309	293	301	303	307	+4
National College of Ireland (NCI)	Accounting and Finance NC022· Level 8National College of Ireland (NCI)	334	331	330	336	333	-3
South East Technological University	Accounting SE407· Level 8South East Technological University	–	319	318	319	318	-1
South East Technological University	Accounting SE408· Level 8South East Technological University	–	323	304	308	309	+1
Technological University Dublin	Accounting and Finance TU775· Level 7Technological University Dublin	–	–	–	–	–	–
Technological University Dublin	Accounting and Finance TU776· Level 7Technological University Dublin	–	–	–	–	–	–
Technological University Dublin	Accounting and Finance TU788· Level 7Technological University Dublin	232	202	201	204	205	+1
Technological University Dublin	Accounting and Finance TU909· Level 8Technological University Dublin	–	–	–	–	–	–
Technological University Dublin	Accounting TU910· Level 8Technological University Dublin	401	380	380	380	380	0
Technological University Dublin	Accounting and Finance TU911· Level 8Technological University Dublin	–	–	–	–	–	–
Technological University Dublin	Accounting and Finance TU933· Level 8Technological University Dublin	255	261	260	261	311	+50
Technological University of the Shannon	Accounting and Finance US610· Level 6Technological University of the Shannon	–	344	348	229	241	+12
Technological University of the Shannon	Accounting and Finance US845· Level 8Technological University of the Shannon	–	350	350	357	410	+53
Technological University of the Shannon	Accounting with Finance US846· Level 8Technological University of the Shannon	–	336	298	358	–	+60
Technological University of the Shannon	Accounting with Finance (with Placement) US847· Level 8Technological University of the Shannon	–	309	309	318	307	-11
University College Cork (NUI)	Accounting CK202· Level 8University College Cork (NUI)	507	492	498	510	520	+10
University of Limerick	Law and Accounting LM020· Level 8University of Limerick	460	443	433	444	454	+10
Waterford Institute of Technology	Accounting WD084· Level 8Waterford Institute of Technology	300	–	–	–	–	–

# beside a course, an interview, portfolio, audition or test is required. Beside a figure, that assessment is included in the number, which is why it can be above 625. * not everyone on that score was offered a place, so places were drawn at random among applicants on it.

Reading this table

The spread here is 337 points, which is the most useful thing on this page. The same subject is far easier to get into at some colleges than others, so a total that misses one entry on this list can comfortably clear another.

None of these numbers is a threshold. Each is the points of the last applicant offered a place that year, so it describes where the queue was cut rather than a standard the college set. What moves them.