CAO round one offers
Over 50,000 CAO first round offers were issued this afternoon.
Journalism and social science courses have dropped in popularity.
While there's been an increase in demand for arts, humanities, engineering and nursing.
Here's a look at the 2019 points required for some of the country's most in-demand courses:
Dublin City University
Primary Teaching: 462
Arts: 347
Business Studies: 463
Communication Studies: 400
Journalism: 401
Sports Science & Health: 467
General nursing: 414
Maynooth University
Primary Teaching: 499
Arts: 316
Science: 351
Accounting and Finance: 402
Law: 410
Engineering: 371
Trinity College Dublin
Law: 533
Mathematics: 566
Engineering: 497
Computer Science: 467
Medicine: 730
General Nursing: 402
Social Studies: 441
Midwifery: 444
University College Dublin
Architecture: 486
Science: 521
Computer Science: 488
Arts: 336
Law: 522
General Nursing: 398
Medicine: 736
Psychology: 517
Royal College of Surgeons
Medicine: 729
Physiotherapy: 542
Pharmacy: 565
University of Limerick
Arts: 329
Journalism and New Media: 388
Business Studies: 419
Psychology: 498
General Nursing: 440
Computer Science: 352
Sports and Exercise Science: 444
University College Cork
Arts: 300
English: 349
Accounting: 467
Finance: 531
Law: 476
Engineering: 476
Architecture: 465
General Nursing: 444
NUI Galway
Journalism: 410
Law: 473
Science: 400
General Nursing: 442
Medicine: 726
Engineering: 444
Cork Institute of Technology
Accounting: 316
Marketing: 288
Engineering: 381
Limerick Institute of Technology
Marketing: 298
Accounting and Finance: 300
Social Care: 360
Business: 338
National College of Ireland
Business: 297
Psychology: 360
Accounting & Finance: 338
The full list of points required for 2019 courses are listed here.
Students have until Friday 23rd August to accept their round one offers.
Check out a list of key dates for Leaving Cert 2019 students here.
