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Points have risen in nearly three-quarters of grade or level 8 courses, according to this year’s CAO data. This is a very significant increase and is likely to cause disappointment among many applicants.
Overall, Level 7/6 courses have seen a 60% increase in points over last year.
Courses in many fields have seen increases.
You can check the points required to enter all 2020 courses on the CAO website here
Courses that lead to defined career paths are among those with the largest point increases.
They include courses in health sciences such as dentistry, physical therapy, and veterinary medicine.
In nursing, the Trinity College course has risen 36 points to 430, in DCU by 40 points, in UCD by 31 points. Other universities have seen similar increases.
Physical therapy courses have seen increases of 24 points at RCSI, Trinity College Dublin, University of Limerick and 30 points at University College Dublin.
Dentistry at UCC has risen 23 points, as has Dental Sciences at TCD.
For those who hope to study Veterinary Sciences at UCD there has been a 22 point increase and a 37 point increase in Veterinary Nursing at the same institution over last year. However, Veterinary Bioscience at the Institute of Technology, Tralee was down 18 points, and Bioveterinary Science at Athlone Institute of Technology was up 3 points.
Primary courses have increased, the DCU core course rose 26 points, and teaching at Maynooth University increased 8.
Computer Science at UCC rose 66 points, at TCD it rose 42 points and at UCD it rose 22 points.
Law degree courses have increased, again significantly, by 31 points at TCD, 41 points at Maynooth University, and 31 points at UCC.
Degree courses in General Sciences have also experienced increases. DCU’s Common Entry Science course has increased by 44 points, at NUI Galway science has increased by 33 points. Science at UCD is up 12 points.
All medical courses have seen an increase in required points over the past year with UCC up 2 points, UCD up 1, Trinity College Dublin up 5, NUI Galway up 2 and Royal College of Surgeons up 4 points.
Additional places throughout the tertiary sector include 16 in medicine, at University College Cork, NUI Galway and the Royal College of Surgeons. They are among a total of 218 new places in health science courses.
The rise is not that strong in the arts area. Some of the major Arts degree courses, such as NUI Galway and UCC have remained unchanged, while the point requirement for the UCD Humanities degree course has been reduced by 8 points.
The hit television series and novel Normal People is perhaps responsible for what is one of the biggest gains of all. Theater and drama studies at Trinity College Dublin have increased by 69 points, bringing it to 564 points.
However, for those who wish to follow in Marianne and Connell’s footsteps but fail to achieve that grade, the Trinity Arts experience can still be yours for a modest 342 points. That is, if yours is Ancient and Medieval History and Culture. Points for that course have plummeted this year, at 57.
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