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Arts points 2025

Arts is offered at 11 colleges in Ireland, with entry points that differ widely between them. The CAO files it under arts.

Lowest entry point

118

across the last five years

Highest

484

a spread of 366 points between colleges and years

Easiest college, five years

+91

getting harder to get into

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 2025 against 2024.

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.

CollegeCourse20212022202320242025Change
Carlow College, St. Patrick`sArts and Humanities PC402· Level 7203188192+4
Carlow College, St. Patrick`sArts and Humanities PC410· Level 8262261252280278-2
Dublin Business SchoolArts DB563· Level 6143118224+106
Dundalk Institute of TechnologyArts DK861· Level 83022352282342340
Mary Immaculate CollegeArts MI002· Level 82803002802802800
Maynooth UniversityArts MH101· Level 8338338310307300-7
National University of Ireland, GalwayArts (Child, Youth and Family: Policy and Practice) GY120· Level 8
National University of Ireland, GalwayArts (Children`s Studies) GY121· Level 8
National University of Ireland, GalwayArts (Arts with Data Science) GY124· Level 8
National University of Ireland, GalwayArts (English and Media Studies) GY126· Level 8
National University of Ireland, GalwayArts (History and Globalisation Studies) GY131· Level 8
Pontifical University, St Patrick's CollegeTheology and Arts (jointly awarded with Maynooth University) MU001· Level 82942902902902900
South East Technological UniversityArts SE200· Level 8210AQAAQA
University of GalwayArts (Joint-Honours) GY101· Level 8327336336300350+50
University of GalwayArts (History) GY105· Level 8357335352340367+27
University of GalwayArts (Mathematics and Education) GY109· Level 8413415418433423-10
University of GalwayArts (Children and Youth Studies) GY110· Level 8387367400401400-1
University of GalwayArts (English and Creative Writing) GY111· Level 8421468440413400-13
University of GalwayArts (Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies) GY118· Level 8453358369410360-50
University of GalwayArts (Journalism) GY119· Level 8484414418360381+21
University of GalwayArts (Digital Arts and Technology) GY125· Level 8403401410413+3
University of GalwayArts (Film and Digital Media) GY127· Level 8430440440409390-19
University of GalwayArts (Global Languages) GY128· Level 8346361350377378+1
University of GalwayArts (Global Experience) GY129· Level 8465452430360400+40
University of GalwayArts (Music) GY130· Level 8462419430348401+53
University of GalwayArts (Global Media) GY135· Level 8442347350357359+2
University of GalwayArts (Child, Youth and Family: Policy and Practice) GY137· Level 8358358409+51
University of LimerickArts LM002· Level 83603473263163160
Waterford Institute of TechnologyArts (options - selected at registration) WD200· Level 8201200-1

# 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 366 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.