Written answers
Thursday, 17 September 2020
Department of Education and Skills
Third Level Admissions
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide further extra places on third-level first year courses in 2020 in view of the higher points achieved by students in the leaving certificate 2020 compared to previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24542/20]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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In order to help mitigate the impact of the changes to the grading system, I announced the creation of an additional 2,225 places on high-demand courses in Higher Education Institutions. These places have resulted in the highest ever number of applicants receiving a CAO offers, with 53,815 CAO applicants receiving round one offers on Friday.
It is not envisaged that any places further to these 2,225 will be provided.
A summary of the additional places provided, by subject area, is available in the table below:
Subject Area | Additional Places |
---|---|
Architecture | 23 |
Arts & Humanities | 476 |
Business | 430 |
Creative Arts | 41 |
Dentistry | 18 |
Education | 170 |
Engineering | 313 |
Law | 142 |
Music | 9 |
Science | 220 |
Information Technology | 31 |
Nursing | 134 |
Medicine, Health & Physical | 218 |
Total | 2225 |
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