Food Science points 2026
Food Science is offered at 6 colleges in Ireland, with entry points that differ widely between them. The CAO files it under biological and related sciences.
Lowest entry point
214
across the last 5 years
Highest
510
a spread of 296 points between colleges and years
Movement, 2022 to 2026
+4
broadly unchanged, median of the 3 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.
| College | Course | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maynooth University | Food Science and Human Nutrition MH222· Level 8Maynooth University | 441 | 442 | 422 | -20 |
| South East Technological University | Food Science SE510· Level 7South East Technological University | 328 | 336 | 366 | +30 |
| Technological University Dublin | Food Science and Management TU645· Level 6Technological University Dublin | – | – | – | +40 |
| Technological University Dublin | Food Science TU881· Level 8Technological University Dublin | 330 | 346 | 390 | +44 |
| University College Cork (NUI) | Food Science CK505· Level 8University College Cork (NUI) | 440 | 453 | 456 | +3 |
| University College Dublin (NUI) | Food Science DN261· Level 8University College Dublin (NUI) | 496 | 466 | 479 | +13 |
| Waterford Institute of Technology | Food Science with Business WD164· 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 296 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.