Mechanical Engineering points 2026

Mechanical Engineering is offered at 15 colleges in Ireland, with entry points that differ widely between them. The CAO files it under engineering and engineering trades.

Lowest entry point

146

across the last 5 years

Highest

566

a spread of 420 points between colleges and years

Movement, 2022 to 2026

+27

getting harder to get into, median of the 6 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.

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	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Change
Athlone Institute of Technology	Mechanical Engineering AL602· Level 6Athlone Institute of Technology	–	–	–	–	–	–
Athlone Institute of Technology	Mechanical Engineering AL710· Level 7Athlone Institute of Technology	208	–	–	–	–	–
Athlone Institute of Technology	Mechanical Engineering AL818· Level 8Athlone Institute of Technology	299	–	–	–	–	–
Atlantic Technological University	Mechanical Engineering AU251· Level 7Atlantic Technological University	–	245	257	271	280	+9
Atlantic Technological University	Mechanical Engineering AU350· Level 8Atlantic Technological University	–	321	360	384	352	-32
Atlantic Technological University	Mechanical Engineering AU545· Level 7Atlantic Technological University	–	301	303	283	372	+89
Atlantic Technological University	Mechanical Engineering AU645· Level 8Atlantic Technological University	–	431	430	441	462	+21
Atlantic Technological University	Mechanical Engineering AU833· Level 7Atlantic Technological University	–	241	260	271	289	+18
Atlantic Technological University	Mechanical Engineering AU943· Level 8Atlantic Technological University	–	322	413	409	356	-53
Cork Institute of Technology	Mechanical Engineering CR071· Level 7Cork Institute of Technology	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cork Institute of Technology	Mechanical Engineering CR108· Level 8Cork Institute of Technology	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dundalk Institute of Technology	Mechanical Engineering DK844· Level 8Dundalk Institute of Technology	404	334	381	287	287	0
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology	Mechanical Engineering GA670· Level 7Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology	302	–	–	–	–	–
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology	Mechanical Engineering GA680· Level 8Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology	410	–	–	–	–	–
Institute of Technology, Carlow	Mechanical Engineering CW517· Level 7Institute of Technology, Carlow	338	–	–	–	–	–
Institute of Technology, Carlow	Mechanical Engineering CW548· Level 8Institute of Technology, Carlow	379	–	–	–	–	–
Institute of Technology, Sligo	Mechanical Engineering SG333· Level 7Institute of Technology, Sligo	236	–	–	–	–	–
Institute of Technology, Sligo	Mechanical Engineering SG344· Level 8Institute of Technology, Sligo	404	–	–	–	–	–
Letterkenny Institute of Technology	Mechanical Engineering LY608· Level 8Letterkenny Institute of Technology	307	–	–	–	–	–
Letterkenny Institute of Technology	Mechanical Engineering LY617· Level 7Letterkenny Institute of Technology	176	–	–	–	–	–
Limerick Institute of Technology	Mechanical Engineering LC285· Level 7Limerick Institute of Technology	328	–	–	–	–	–
Limerick Institute of Technology	Mechanical Engineering LC288· Level 8Limerick Institute of Technology	381	–	–	–	–	–
Munster Technological University	Mechanical Engineering MT736· Level 7Munster Technological University	307	292	310	320	361	+41
Munster Technological University	Mechanical Engineering MT836· Level 8Munster Technological University	465	460	453	466	465	-1
South East Technological University	Mechanical Engineering SE711· Level 8South East Technological University	–	343	433	433	465	+32
South East Technological University	Mechanical Engineering SE723· Level 7South East Technological University	–	167	200	204	200	-4
South East Technological University	Mechanical Engineering SE724· Level 7South East Technological University	–	338	360	368	407	+39
South East Technological University	Mechanical Engineering SE731· Level 6South East Technological University	–	215	193	200	224	+24
Technological University Dublin	Mechanical Engineering TU603· Level 6Technological University Dublin	–	–	–	–	–	–
Technological University Dublin	Mechanical Engineering (General Entry) TU606· Level 6Technological University Dublin	AQA	–	–	–	–	–
Technological University Dublin	Mechanical Engineering TU717· Level 7Technological University Dublin	300	289	260	330	433	+103
Technological University Dublin	Mechanical Engineering TU718· Level 7Technological University Dublin	–	–	–	–	–	–
Technological University Dublin	Mechanical Engineering (General Entry) TU725· Level 7Technological University Dublin	170	AQA	AQA	AQA	AQA	–
Technological University Dublin	Mechanical Engineering TU809· Level 8Technological University Dublin	–	–	–	–	–	–
Technological University Dublin	Mechanical Engineering (General Entry) TU828· Level 8Technological University Dublin	301	321	327	358	358	0
Technological University of the Shannon	Mechanical Engineering US770· Level 7Technological University of the Shannon	–	227	233	–	–	+6
Technological University of the Shannon	Mechanical Engineering US771· Level 7Technological University of the Shannon	–	309	300	301	289	-12
Technological University of the Shannon	Mechanical Engineering US910· Level 8Technological University of the Shannon	–	309	309	278	388	+110
Technological University of the Shannon	Mechanical Engineering US911· Level 8Technological University of the Shannon	–	311	318	337	339	+2
University of Galway	Mechanical Engineering GY405· Level 8University of Galway	566	532	544	566	554	-12
Waterford Institute of Technology	Mechanical Engineering WD011· Level 6Waterford Institute of Technology	164	–	–	–	–	–
Waterford Institute of Technology	Mechanical Engineering WD207· Level 7Waterford Institute of Technology	146	–	–	–	–	–

# 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 420 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.