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Arts points 2026

Arts is offered at 13 colleges in Ireland, with entry points that differ widely between them. The CAO files it under arts.

Lowest entry point

118

across the last 5 years

Highest

468

a spread of 350 points between colleges and years

Movement, 2022 to 2026

-5

broadly unchanged, median of the 18 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.

Course202420252026Change
Arts and Humanities PC402· Level 7Carlow College, St. Patrick`s+4
Arts and Humanities PC410· Level 8Carlow College, St. Patrick`s280278-2
Arts DB563· Level 6Dublin Business School224+106
Arts DK861· Level 8Dundalk Institute of Technology234234237+3
Arts MI002· Level 8Mary Immaculate College2802802800
Arts MH101· Level 8Maynooth University3073003000
Arts with Film Studies GY112· Level 8National University of Ireland, Galway
Arts (Child, Youth and Family: Policy and Practice) GY120· Level 8National University of Ireland, Galway
Arts (Children`s Studies) GY121· Level 8National University of Ireland, Galway
Arts (Arts with Data Science) GY124· Level 8National University of Ireland, Galway
Arts (English and Media Studies) GY126· Level 8National University of Ireland, Galway
Arts (History and Globalisation Studies) GY131· Level 8National University of Ireland, Galway
Theology and Arts (jointly awarded with Maynooth University) MU001· Level 8Pontifical University, St Patrick's College290290312+22
Arts SE200· Level 8South East Technological UniversityAQAAQA208-2
Arts (Major/Minor Options Available) - Aungier Street AND Bolton St A TU980· Level 8Technological University Dublin389
Arts - 3 years CK101· Level 8University College Cork (NUI)3003003000
Arts (Joint-Honours) GY101· Level 8University of Galway300350337-13
Arts (History) GY105· Level 8University of Galway340367343-24
Arts (Mathematics and Education) GY109· Level 8University of Galway433423371-52
Arts (Children and Youth Studies) GY110· Level 8University of Galway401400389-11
Arts (English and Creative Writing) GY111· Level 8University of Galway413400413+13
Arts (Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies) GY118· Level 8University of Galway410360404+44
Arts (Journalism) GY119· Level 8University of Galway360381367-14
Arts (Digital Arts and Technology) GY125· Level 8University of Galway413+3
Arts (Film and Digital Media) GY127· Level 8University of Galway409390379-11
Arts (Global Languages) GY128· Level 8University of Galway377378356-22
Arts (Global Experience) GY129· Level 8University of Galway360400401+1
Arts (Music) GY130· Level 8University of Galway348401413+12
Arts (Global Media) GY135· Level 8University of Galway357359342-17
Arts (Child, Youth and Family: Policy and Practice) GY137· Level 8University of Galway358409339-70
Arts LM002· Level 8University of Limerick316316317+1
Arts (options - selected at registration) WD200· Level 8Waterford 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 350 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.