What 160 points would have got you in 2025
23 courses closed at or below 160 points in the 2025 round one offers, 4 of them honours degrees, across 12 institutions.
Read that as history rather than as a promise. A course's points are the points of the last applicant who was offered a place, so the number describes where the queue was cut in 2025 and moves every year. What makes it move.
Courses 160 points reached
| Course | Institution | Round 1 | Round 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culinary Studies - Cork MT655 | Munster Technological University | 155 | 129 |
| Computing NC102 | National College of Ireland (NCI) | 154 | 154 |
| Business - Carlow or Waterford or Wexford SE420 | South East Technological University | 152 | 152 |
| Computing DK721 | Dundalk Institute of Technology | 148 | 148 |
| Culinary Arts - Athlone US630 | Technological University of the Shannon | 147 | – |
| Business - Dublin BY002 | IBAT College Dublin | 145 | – |
| Engineering - Electrical and Electronic Systems DK740 | Dundalk Institute of Technology | 142 | 142 |
| Engineering - Civil Engineering DK744 | Dundalk Institute of Technology | 142 | 142 |
| Sport, Exercise and Enterprise DK763 | Dundalk Institute of Technology | 136 | 120 |
| Enterprise Management GB002 | Galway Business School | 134 | – |
| Interior Architecture & Design - Dublin GC490 | Griffith College | 130 | 130 |
| Business NC103 | National College of Ireland (NCI) | 129 | 129 |
| Business in Marketing DB573 | Dublin Business School | 126 | 126 |
| Communications - Dublin GC465 | Griffith College | 126 | 126 |
| Business GB001 | Galway Business School | 122 | – |
| Construction Management DK732 | Dundalk Institute of Technology | 120 | 120 |
| Graphic Communication Design - Dublin GC480 | Griffith College | 109 | 109 |
| Fashion Design - Dublin GC495 | Griffith College | 109 | 109 |
| Business Studies DB571 | Dublin Business School | 108 | 100 |
| Film and Creative Media DB576 | Dublin Business School | 108 | 108 |
| Medicine (Graduate Entry - GAMSAT required) RC101#* | RCSI University of Medicine & Health Sciences | 58 | – |
| Medicine (Graduate Entry - GAMSAT required) DN401#* | University College Dublin (NUI) | 58 | – |
| Medicine (Graduate Entry - GAMSAT required) CK791#* | University College Cork (NUI) | 57 | 57 |
Just out of reach
Within twenty points above 160. Points move by more than this from one year to the next, so these are worth putting on a list rather than writing off.
| Course | Institution | Round 1 | Round 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Development and Coaching - Limerick US640 | Technological University of the Shannon | 161 | – |
| Science - Sligo AU730 | Atlantic Technological University | 161 | 161 |
| Early Childhood Care, Health and Education - Letterkenny AU190 | Atlantic Technological University | 163 | – |
| Early Childhood Education and Care - Castlebar AU491 | Atlantic Technological University | 163 | 163 |
| Music and Performance Technologies DK792 | Dundalk Institute of Technology | 166 | – |
| Event Management DK752 | Dundalk Institute of Technology | 167 | 167 |
| Culinary Arts - Waterford SE938 | South East Technological University | 169 | – |
| Business - Galway AU401 | Atlantic Technological University | 170 | 163 |
| Business - Athlone US720 | Technological University of the Shannon | 171 | 171 |
| Business Studies with Beauty and Spa Management - Limerick US792 | Technological University of the Shannon | 171 | – |
| Business DS701 | Dorset College | 172 | – |
| Business - Common Entry - Letterkenny AU200 | Atlantic Technological University | 178 | 178 |
| Business - Wexford SE416 | South East Technological University | 179 | – |
| Business - Sligo AU800 | Atlantic Technological University | 179 | 179 |
| Applied Social Studies in Social Care - Athlone US782 | Technological University of the Shannon | 180 | – |
| Computing - Dublin GC435 | Griffith College | 180 | 153 |
Work out your own number
If you have not added up your grades yet, the points calculator does it, shows which six subjects counted, and tells you what the maths bonus is worth to you.
Figures are the 2025 round one points published by the CAO, read from its own points lists, checked 30 July 2026. Courses assessed partly on a portfolio, audition or test are left out, because their published score is on a different scale and cannot be compared with a points total.