CAO Questions when results issue

It is impossible to predict until the first round of offers issues. Points won't be known until round 1 goes out. Points are not "set" by the universities - each institution sets the number of offers for each course and the offers are issued to this level. The score of the last person offered becomes the points level for the course as published in the papers.

Information about how points are calculated is available on the website, but we won't know what's required for the course until round 1 issues. Be careful to check that you meet the subject requirements for the course.

The minimum required for these subjects, unless otherwise specified, is H7/O6.Unless you have achieved this level you will not be eligible. In some cases an exemption in Irish is possible (see (opens in a new window)www.nui.ie). Exemptions are not granted for English.

25 additional points will be awarded for a grade H6 or better in Leaving Certificate Mathematics, where that subject is one of the six subjects being counted for points purposes.

For details on how it applies to EU examinations, please see the EU applicants website.

No, unless you want to do Medicine (DN400). Entry/matriculation requirements can be combined over any number of years provided your points are only taken from one year. But be sure to supply details of this year's leaving cert when you are applying next year.

Medicine requires that points be attained in the same sitting as all matric requirements and the HPAT-Ireland aptitude test, which takes place in February/March each year, and must be applied for separately.

Yes, you must repeat it. HPAT results are valid for one year only. 

Yes, under current regulations there is no requirement for Ireland and Leaving Cert to be taken in the same year. However, if you get Medicine next year, beware of the fees issue if you have completed 1st year elsewhere. You may get exemption from some or all of stage 1 depending on the compatibility of your modules, but we can't guarantee admission to stage 2 as this is subject to availability of places.

We will email everybody who gets an offer on the day the offer goes out with information about starting in UCD and links to course information.

In the meantime, you can check the (opens in a new window)UCD website for information on the course and the New Students Website for information on registration and orientation (usually available from mid-July).

If your upgrade is successful, we will receive notification from the CAO. You do not need to contact us directly.

We will try to accommodate applicants who would have been entitled to a place had the results been correct at the last round of offers. However, we will not be in a position to offer if there is no capacity remaining in the course or if compulsory assessments have already been missed. If we are not able to accommodate applicants this year, we will guarantee an offer for entry next year (i.e. grant a deferral).

We do not make offers after the third week of trimester*, so applicants becoming entitled to a place after that, can only be given a deferred place for the following academic year.

We would strongly recommend that anyone receiving a late offer, considers the amount of coursework missed and whether it would be in their best interest to defer.

It is very rare, but occasionally results are downgraded. If this means that you no longer qualify for the course you have accepted your offer will no longer be valid.

*4th week in 2024 on an exceptional basis for amendments only.

If, for example, the course was 500*:

• If you now have 501 or better, you are eligible for an offer or a deferred offer
• If you now have 500 points it will depend on the random number which was assigned to you in Round 1.
  • If your random number is above that of the last person offered, you are eligible for an offer or a deferred offer
  • If your random number is below that of the last person offered, you wouldn't have got an offer if your score had been correct from the beginning, so you are not eligible for an offer now.