Game Design points 2026
Game Design is offered at 4 colleges in Ireland, with entry points that differ widely between them. The CAO files it under arts.
Lowest entry point
330
across the last 5 years
Highest
468
a spread of 138 points between colleges and years
Movement, 2022 to 2026
-33
getting easier to get into, the one course here that ran 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Technological University | Animation and Game Design AU617· Level 8Atlantic Technological University | 401 | 400 | 367 | -33 |
| Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology | Game Design DL854· Level 8Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology | – | 368 | 408 | +40 |
| Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology | Animation and Game Design GA287· Level 8Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology | – | – | – | – |
| Technological University Dublin | Game Design TU984· Level 8Technological University Dublin | 454 | 402 | 435 | +33 |
# 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 138 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.