Psychology points 2026

Psychology is offered at 17 colleges in Ireland, with entry points that differ widely between them. The CAO files it under social and behavioural sciences.

Lowest entry point

208

across the last 5 years

Highest

600

a spread of 392 points between colleges and years

Movement, 2022 to 2026

-19

getting easier to get into, median of the 12 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	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Change
Atlantic Technological University	Psychology AU698· Level 8Atlantic Technological University	–	357	358	352	356	+4
Atlantic Technological University	English and Psychology AU917· Level 8Atlantic Technological University	–	358	357	351	351	0
Carlow College, St. Patrick`s	Psychology PC414· Level 8Carlow College, St. Patrick`s	300	298	298	306	–	+8
Dublin Business School	Psychology DB562· Level 8Dublin Business School	251	252	251	260	245	-15
Dublin City University	Psychology and Mathematics DC207· Level 8Dublin City University	520	480	487	492	498	+6
Dublin City University	Psychology DC208· Level 8Dublin City University	543	534	555	533	532	-1
Griffith College	Psychology GC409· Level 8Griffith College	–	–	244	264	270	+6
Institute of Technology, Sligo	English and Psychology SG247· Level 8Institute of Technology, Sligo	328	–	–	–	–	–
Mary Immaculate College	Psychology MI003· Level 8Mary Immaculate College	487	484	484	476	443	-33
Maynooth University	Psychology MH106· Level 8Maynooth University	530	533	532	509	481	-28
Maynooth University	Psychology (through Science) MH209· Level 8Maynooth University	510	499	518	488	498	+10
National College of Ireland (NCI)	Psychology NC010· Level 8National College of Ireland (NCI)	400	391	392	385	370	-15
South East Technological University	Psychology SE205· Level 8South East Technological University	–	421	440	433	433	0
St Nicholas Montessori College Ireland	Psychology NM802· Level 8St Nicholas Montessori College Ireland	263	208	–	–	–	-55
Trinity College Dublin	Psychology TR006· Level 8Trinity College Dublin	600	589	592	578	578	0
University College Cork (NUI)	Psychology and Computing - 3 years or 4 years (Work Experience Pathway) CK121· Level 8University College Cork (NUI)	478	488	498	409	474	+65
University College Dublin (NUI)	Criminology with Psychology DN620· Level 8University College Dublin (NUI)	–	531	519	509	510	+1
University College Dublin (NUI)	Psychology DN720· Level 8University College Dublin (NUI)	564	554	565	545	548	+3
University of Galway	Psychology GY104· Level 8University of Galway	545	531	534	541	534	-7
University of Limerick	Psychology LM102· Level 8University of Limerick	531	510	519	499	500	+1
Waterford Institute of Technology	Psychology WD163· Level 8Waterford Institute of Technology	444	–	–	–	–	–

# 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 392 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.