Education points 2025
Education is offered at 4 colleges in Ireland, with entry points that differ widely between them. The CAO files it under education.
Lowest entry point
400
across the last five years
Highest
478
a spread of 78 points between colleges and years
Easiest college, five years
-6
getting easier 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.
| College | Course | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Technological University | Education (Art and Design and Communication Graphics) AU620· Level 8 | – | – | 400 | 410 | 400 | -10 |
| Atlantic Technological University | Education (Design, Graphics and Construction) AU680· Level 8 | – | – | 400 | 400 | 410 | +10 |
| Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology | Education (Art and Design and Communication Graphics) GA285· Level 8 | 406 | 400 | – | – | – | -6 |
| Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology | Education (Design Graphics and Construction) GA980· Level 8 | 410 | 400 | – | – | – | -10 |
| University College Dublin (NUI) | Education DN760· Level 8 | – | – | 431 | 478 | 455 | -23 |
| University of Galway | Education (Computer Science and Mathematical Studies) GY133· Level 8 | 454 | 455 | 435 | 413 | 402 | -11 |
# 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 78 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.