Fine Art points 2026
Fine Art is offered at 5 colleges in Ireland, with entry points that differ widely between them. The CAO files it under arts.
Lowest entry point
373
across the last 5 years
Highest
398
a spread of 25 points between colleges and years
Some courses here are scored on a portfolio, an audition or an entrance test as well as points, and those figures can run past 625. They are left out of the three figures above, because they are not on the points scale. What that means.
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 | Fine Art (portfolio) AU822· Level 7Atlantic Technological University# | 371# | 256# | 306# | – |
| Atlantic Technological University | Fine Art (portfolio) AU928· Level 8Atlantic Technological University# | 371# | 378# | 357# | – |
| Institute of Technology, Sligo | Fine Art SG231· Level 7Institute of Technology, Sligo | – | – | – | – |
| Institute of Technology, Sligo | Fine Art SG244· Level 8Institute of Technology, Sligo | – | – | – | – |
| Munster Technological University | Fine Art (portfolio) MT821· Level 8Munster Technological University# | 240# | 340# | 300# | – |
| National College of Art and Design | Fine Art and Applied Art (portfolio) AD104· Level 8National College of Art and Design# | 524# | 582# | 691# | – |
| National College of Art and Design | Fine Art (Portfolio) AD204· Level 8National College of Art and Design | – | – | – | – |
| Technological University Dublin | Fine Art (portfolio) TU974· Level 8Technological University Dublin# | 712# | 701# | 689# | – |
# 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.
Why some figures here are above 625
625 is the most anyone can score on Leaving Certificate points alone. The courses marked # above are assessed partly on a portfolio, an audition or an entrance test, and the published figure adds that assessment to the points. So it sits on its own scale and can run well past 625.
A figure of 900 does not mean 900 points. It means points plus a portfolio mark, and you cannot compare your own total against it. That is also why the calculator leaves these courses out when it works out what your points would have reached.
Reading this table
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.