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What 180 points would have got you in 2025

39 courses closed at or below 180 points in the 2025 round one offers, 4 of them honours degrees, across 14 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 180 points reached

CourseInstitutionRound 1Round 2
Applied Social Studies in Social Care - Athlone US782Technological University of the Shannon180–
Computing - Dublin GC435Griffith College180153
Business - Wexford SE416South East Technological University179–
Business - Sligo AU800Atlantic Technological University179179
Business - Common Entry - Letterkenny AU200Atlantic Technological University178178
Business DS701Dorset College172–
Business - Athlone US720Technological University of the Shannon171171
Business Studies with Beauty and Spa Management - Limerick US792Technological University of the Shannon171–
Business - Galway AU401Atlantic Technological University170163
Culinary Arts - Waterford SE938South East Technological University169–
Event Management DK752Dundalk Institute of Technology167167
Music and Performance Technologies DK792Dundalk Institute of Technology166–
Early Childhood Care, Health and Education - Letterkenny AU190Atlantic Technological University163–
Early Childhood Education and Care - Castlebar AU491Atlantic Technological University163163
Sports Development and Coaching - Limerick US640Technological University of the Shannon161–
Science - Sligo AU730Atlantic Technological University161161
Culinary Studies - Cork MT655Munster Technological University155129
Computing NC102National College of Ireland (NCI)154154
Business - Carlow or Waterford or Wexford SE420South East Technological University152152
Computing DK721Dundalk Institute of Technology148148
Culinary Arts - Athlone US630Technological University of the Shannon147–
Business - Dublin BY002IBAT College Dublin145–
Engineering - Electrical and Electronic Systems DK740Dundalk Institute of Technology142142
Engineering - Civil Engineering DK744Dundalk Institute of Technology142142
Sport, Exercise and Enterprise DK763Dundalk Institute of Technology136120
Enterprise Management GB002Galway Business School134–
Interior Architecture & Design - Dublin GC490Griffith College130130
Business NC103National College of Ireland (NCI)129129
Business in Marketing DB573Dublin Business School126126
Communications - Dublin GC465Griffith College126126
Business GB001Galway Business School122–
Construction Management DK732Dundalk Institute of Technology120120
Graphic Communication Design - Dublin GC480Griffith College109109
Fashion Design - Dublin GC495Griffith College109109
Business Studies DB571Dublin Business School108100
Film and Creative Media DB576Dublin Business School108108
Medicine (Graduate Entry - GAMSAT required) RC101#*RCSI University of Medicine & Health Sciences58–
Medicine (Graduate Entry - GAMSAT required) DN401#*University College Dublin (NUI)58–
Medicine (Graduate Entry - GAMSAT required) CK791#*University College Cork (NUI)5757

Just out of reach

Within twenty points above 180. Points move by more than this from one year to the next, so these are worth putting on a list rather than writing off.

CourseInstitutionRound 1Round 2
Building Surveying DK730Dundalk Institute of Technology182182
Digital Marketing and Strategic Communication DK818Dundalk Institute of Technology184184
Computing - Sligo AU725Atlantic Technological University186186
Culinary Arts - Killybegs AU220Atlantic Technological University187–
Business Studies with Event Management - Limerick US791Technological University of the Shannon188–
Professional Social Care Practice - Carlow SE926South East Technological University188–
Applied Social Care - Waterford - College Street SE927South East Technological University188–
Culinary Arts Professional Chef Programme - Galway AU429Atlantic Technological University188171
Digital Marketing - Athlone US724Technological University of the Shannon190–
Architectural Technology DK731Dundalk Institute of Technology190190
Hospitality Management DK750Dundalk Institute of Technology190190
Creative Media DK769Dundalk Institute of Technology190190
Enterprise and Innovation - Limerick US723Technological University of the Shannon192192
Science - Pharmaceutical Science DK783Dundalk Institute of Technology192192
Business - Thurles US721Technological University of the Shannon196196
Applied Social Studies - Professional Social Care PC404Carlow College St. Patrick`s196128
Business in Tourism - Galway AU426Atlantic Technological University196196
Mechanical Engineering - Waterford SE731South East Technological University200–
Pharmacy Technician Studies - Carlow SE937South East Technological University200–
Data Science NC105National College of Ireland (NCI)200200
Digital Marketing - Blanchardstown TU781Technological University Dublin200–

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.