International Business points 2025
International Business is offered at 7 colleges in Ireland, with entry points that differ widely between them. The CAO files it under business and administration.
Lowest entry point
218
across the last five years
Highest
555
a spread of 337 points between colleges and years
Easiest college, five years
+11
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.
| College | Course | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American College | International Business AC120· Level 8 | 294 | 218 | 218 | 269 | 278 | +9 |
| Athlone Institute of Technology | International Business AL859· Level 8 | 308 | 281 | – | – | – | -27 |
| South East Technological University | International Business SE412· Level 8 | – | – | 272 | 279 | 290 | +11 |
| Technological University Dublin | International Business TU778· Level 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Technological University Dublin | International Business TU779· Level 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Technological University Dublin | International Business TU915· Level 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Technological University Dublin | International Business TU916· Level 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Technological University of the Shannon | International Business US853· Level 8 | – | – | 282 | 291 | 279 | -12 |
| University of Limerick | International Business LM056· Level 8 | 555 | 544 | 542 | 544 | 544 | 0 |
| Waterford Institute of Technology | International Business WD134· Level 8 | 267 | 270 | – | – | – | +3 |
# 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 337 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.