Skip to content
CollegeRoute

Courses you can get with 260 CAO points 2026

239 courses closed at or below 260 points in the 2026 round one offers, 74 of them honours degrees, across 15 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 2026 and moves every year. What makes it move.

Courses at 260 points

239 closed at or below 260 points, and 91 closed within twenty points above it. Points move by more than that from one year to the next, so the ones just short are worth putting on a list rather than writing off. Sort any column, or narrow by level, institution and how close you are.

Showing 328 of 330 courses

2 courses are hidden, the ones the CAO marks as needing a portfolio, an audition, an interview or a test. Where that assessment is scored and added to the Leaving Certificate total, the figure beside the course is not a points total and cannot be compared with the rest. .

Darker is more competitive:Under 200200 to 299300 to 399400 to 499500 to 599600 and over
Random selection
More people had these points than there were places, so the last places went to a lottery. Having the points did not guarantee an offer.
Global Business DB520Dublin Business SchoolLevel 8240240+20
Computing (Common Entry) - Kerry MT703Munster Technological UniversityLevel 7240–+20
Culinary Arts - Killybegs AU220Atlantic Technological UniversityLevel 7238–+22
Creative Computing DL836Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and TechnologyLevel 8237237+23
Arts DK861Dundalk Institute of TechnologyLevel 8237237+23
Design - Common Entry - Letterkenny AU234Atlantic Technological UniversityLevel 7237–+23
Culinary Arts - Waterford SE923South East Technological UniversityLevel 8236–+24
Creative Computing - Waterford SE611South East Technological UniversityLevel 7236–+24
Computing in Software Development DK821Dundalk Institute of TechnologyLevel 8235235+25
International Tourism and Event Management - Sligo AU803Atlantic Technological UniversityLevel 7235–+25
Sustainable Energy Engineering - Tallaght TU801Technological University DublinLevel 8234–+26
Information Systems with Digital Transformation - Tallaght TU842Technological University DublinLevel 8234–+26
E-Commerce in Retailing - Aungier Street TU924Technological University DublinLevel 8234254v+26
Computing in Games Development DK820Dundalk Institute of TechnologyLevel 8234–+26
Civil Engineering - Athlone US761Technological University of the ShannonLevel 7234–+26
Business - Dublin BY001IBAT College DublinLevel 8233–+27
Electronic Engineering and Engineering Software (General Entry) TU829Technological University DublinLevel 8233385v+27
Applied Sport Science with Performance Technology - Thurles US789Technological University of the ShannonLevel 7233–+27
Business (Common Entry) - Kerry MT541Munster Technological UniversityLevel 7233–+27
Pharmacy Technician - Letterkenny AU174Atlantic Technological UniversityLevel 7233–+27
International Hospitality and Tourism Management - Tallaght TU951Technological University DublinLevel 8232–+28
Engineering Technology Management - Limerick US779Technological University of the ShannonLevel 7232–+28
Early Childhood Care, Health and Education - Letterkenny AU190Atlantic Technological UniversityLevel 7232200+28
Design - Common Entry - Galway AU519Atlantic Technological UniversityLevel 7232–+28
Creative Digital Media - Blanchardstown TU796Technological University DublinLevel 7232–+28
Culinary Arts DK753Dundalk Institute of TechnologyLevel 7232232+28
Law with Criminal Justice - Letterkenny AU210Atlantic Technological UniversityLevel 7231–+29
Agri-Business Management - Mountbellew AU506Atlantic Technological UniversityLevel 7231–+29
Computing in Development and Operations Engineering DK723Dundalk Institute of TechnologyLevel 7231–+29
Advertising and Marketing Communications - Tallaght TU919Technological University DublinLevel 8230–+30
Early Childhood Education and Practice - Wexford SE912South East Technological UniversityLevel 8228–+32
Tourism and Event Management - Wexford SE922South East Technological UniversityLevel 8228–+32
Audio Production and Music Project Management DB510Dublin Business SchoolLevel 8228203+32
Pharmaceutical Science - Waterford SE511South East Technological UniversityLevel 7228–+32
Business (General Entry) - Tallaght TU932Technological University DublinLevel 8227–+33
Digital Marketing with Analytics - Carlow SE418South East Technological UniversityLevel 7227–+33
Applied Biology - Tallaght TU651Technological University DublinLevel 7227–+33
Health and Physical Activity DK880Dundalk Institute of TechnologyLevel 8226226+34
Agricultural Mechanisation (in Year 1 students - four days at Pallaskenry Ag College and one day at TUS Limerick) US651Technological University of the ShannonLevel 7226–+34
Applied Health Care - Waterford SE928South East Technological UniversityLevel 7226–+34
Business Studies (Marketing and Management) - Limerick US612Technological University of the ShannonLevel 7225–+35
Business Studies with Sports Management - Limerick US787Technological University of the ShannonLevel 7225–+35
Cyber Crime and IT Security - Carlow SE612South East Technological UniversityLevel 7225–+35
Business - Galway AU501Atlantic Technological UniversityLevel 7225–+35
Business Information Systems - Galway AU502Atlantic Technological UniversityLevel 7225–+35
Electronic Engineering - Waterford SE721South East Technological UniversityLevel 7224–+36
Mechanical Engineering - Waterford SE731South East Technological UniversityLevel 7224–+36
Heritage - Galway AU425Atlantic Technological UniversityLevel 7224–+36
Marketing - Sligo AU802Atlantic Technological UniversityLevel 7224–+36
Computing in Interactive Digital Art and Design - Carlow SE615South East Technological UniversityLevel 7223–+37
Pharmacy Technician - Kerry MT682Munster Technological UniversityLevel 7223–+37
Science - Bioscience DK781Dundalk Institute of TechnologyLevel 7223390*v+37
New Media Studies DL837Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and TechnologyLevel 8222222+38
Culinary Arts - Limerick US795Technological University of the ShannonLevel 7222–+38
Early Childhood Education and Care - Kerry MT571Munster Technological UniversityLevel 7222–+38
Computer Engineering - Blanchardstown TU713Technological University DublinLevel 7222–+38
Applied Sport with Business - Sligo AU804Atlantic Technological UniversityLevel 7221–+39
Science - Common Entry - Letterkenny AU270Atlantic Technological UniversityLevel 7220161+40
Marketing and Sales - Galway AU503Atlantic Technological UniversityLevel 7220–+40
Audio and Music Production DK865Dundalk Institute of TechnologyLevel 8219219+41

Showing 60 of 328

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 2026 round one points published by the CAO, read from its own points lists (opens in a new tab), checked 8 September 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.