Applied Social Care points 2026
Applied Social Care is offered at 6 colleges in Ireland, with entry points that differ widely between them. The CAO files it under welfare.
Lowest entry point
185
across the last 5 years
Highest
310
a spread of 125 points between colleges and years
Movement, 2022 to 2026
+7
getting harder to get into, the one course here that ran 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 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Technological University | Applied Social Care AU593· Level 7Atlantic Technological University | 251 | 231 | 260 | +29 |
| Atlantic Technological University | Applied Social Care AU696· Level 8Atlantic Technological University | 309 | 310 | 300 | -10 |
| Dublin Business School | Applied Social Care DB527· Level 8Dublin Business School | – | – | – | – |
| Dublin Business School | Applied Social Care DB528· Level 7Dublin Business School | – | – | – | – |
| Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology | Applied Social Care GA879· Level 7Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology | – | – | – | – |
| Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology | Applied Social Care GA889· Level 8Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology | – | – | – | – |
| South East Technological University | Applied Social Care SE927· Level 7South East Technological University | 188 | 188 | 188 | 0 |
| Technological University Dublin | Applied Social Care TU997· Level 8Technological University Dublin | 301 | 280 | 307 | +27 |
| Waterford Institute of Technology | Applied Social Care WD018· Level 7Waterford Institute of Technology | – | – | – | – |
# 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 125 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.