Some 85% of CAO applicants were successful in getting one of their top three courses
So, how has it all panned out, and are points up or down in key areas?
At UCD, points to get into medicine are down from 743 to 736. At Trinity, they fall four points to 741. UCC’s medicine degree requires 732 points this year, compared to 738 in 2022. At the University of Galway, points are down from 736 to 729. And at RCSI, students require 734 points, compared to 739 last year.
Points for physiotherapy at RCSI are 578, down one from last year. Trinity requires 580 points for physiotherapy, down 10 from 590. ATU’s science degree requires 400 points this year, unchanged from 2022. Students will also be happy to see points for Maynooth University’s science degree unchanged at 350. At UL, meanwhile, biological and chemical sciences also stays steady at 487 points.Veterinary science and agriculture
However, humanities at UCD, which is a similar arts course but with a different structure – four years instead of three, and with internship and study abroad opportunities built in – seems to be attracting more students, with points shooting up from 397 last year to 444 this year.At the University of Galway and UCC, points for the joint honours arts degree stay steady at 336 and 300, respectively.
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