
QQI FET (FETAC) 2023 Entry
**QQI FET Open Day now finished**. There will be a QQI FET talk at Spring Open Day.
Spring Open Day - Saturday 1 April 2023
10am-2pm - Glasnevin & St Patrick's Campuses
Registration Now Open
The QQI FET route is a popular entrance route into most full-time undergraduate courses in DCU. You can view course entry requirements and number of places on each course below. Application is made through www.cao.ie
Please visit the CAO website for full details on entry requirements, scoring, and when course offers are made.
General Entry Requirements
- Full QQI/FET/FETAC Level 5 Award which must be achieved in one single sitting
- A minimum of five distinctions from the eight modules must be achieved
- *DC001 Early Childhood Education (QQI/FET Level 5 or Level 6 Award accepted for entry. For QQI FET Level 6, applicants can apply making a standard QQI FET application through CAO to compete for a place in Year 1 only. Those with QQI FET Level 6 may also apply for advanced entry. Please visit CAO Advanced Entry for details)
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Business School
CAO Code | Title | Approximate Number of QQI Places 2022 |
QQI Points Cut-Off 2022 | Entry Requirements |
---|---|---|---|---|
DC110 | Business Studies International | 10 |
390 |
Requirements for DC110 |
DC111 | Business Studies | 18 | 341 | Requirements for DC111 |
DC112 | Global Business - France | 1 | No Eligible Applicants | Requirements for DC112 |
DC113 | Global Business - Germany | 1 | No Eligible Applicants | Requirements for DC113 |
DC114 | Global Business - Spain | 1 | No Eligible Applicants | Requirements for DC114 |
DC115 | Accounting and Finance | 11 | 358 | Requirements for DC115 |
DC116 | #Global Business - USA | 1 | 390* | Requirements for DC116 |
DC117 | Aviation Management | 5 | 374 | Requirements for DC117 |
DC119 | #Global Business - Canada | 1 | No Eligible Applicants | Requirements for DC119 |
DC240 | Marketing, Innovation and Technology | 5 | 390 | Requirements for DC240 |
DC241 | BSc In Digital Business and innovation | 4 | 358 | Requirements for DC241 |
*It was not possible to offer to all applicants with 390 points so random selection was applied.
#DC116 & #DC119 - No FET/QQI Entry Route from 2024.
Humanities and Social Sciences
*It was not possible to offer to all applicants with 390 points so random selection was applied.
Faculty of Engineering and Computing
CAO Code | Title | Approximate Number of QQI Places 2022 |
QQI Points Cut-Off 2022 | Entry Requirements |
---|---|---|---|---|
DC120 | BSc in Computing for Business | 7 | 374 | Requirements for DC120 |
DC121 | BSC in Computer Science | 13 | 374 | Requirements for DC121 |
DC123 | BSc in Data Science | 3 | No Eligible Applicants | Requirements for DC123 |
DC189 | BSc in Global Challenges | 3 | No Eligible Applicants | Requirements for DC189 |
DC190 | BEng and MEng in Electronic and Computer Engineering | 3 | No Eligible Applicants | Requirements for DC190 |
DC193 | BEng and MEng in Mechatronic Engineering | 3 | No Eligible Applicants | Requirements for DC193 |
DC194 | BEng and MEng in Sustainability Engineering | 3 | No Eligible Applicants | Requirements for DC194 |
DC195 | BEng and MEng in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering | 3 | No Eligible Applicants | Requirements for DC195 |
DC197 | BEng and MEng in Biomedical Engineering | 3 | No Eligible Applicants | Requirements for DC197 |
DC200 | Common Entry into Engineering | 8 | 390 | Requirements for DC200 |
Faculty of Science and Health
*It was not possible to offer to all applicants with 390 points so random selection was applied.
Institute of Education
CAO Code | Title | Approximate Number of QQI Places 2022 |
QQI Points Cut-Off 2022 | Entry Requirements |
---|---|---|---|---|
DC001 | Early Childhood Education | 7 | 374 | Requirements for DC001 |
DC010 | Bachelor of Religious Education and English | 5 | 325 | Requirements for DC010 |
DC011 | Bachelor of Religious Education and History | 4 | 325 | Requirements for DC011 |
DC012 | Bachelor of Religious Education and Music - Restricted Entry | 2 | No Eligible Applicants | Requirements for DC012 |
DC015 | Bachelor of Education in Technology, Engineering and Graphics | 3 | 390 | Requirements for DC015 |
DC203 | BSc in Science Education | 2 | No Eligible Applicants | Requirements for DC203 |
DC235 | BSc in Education and Training | 5 | 341 | Requirements for DC235 |
Campus Tour
If you are a QQI FET applicant and wish to have a tour of DCU, please email studenthelp@dcu.ie and place ‘QQI Campus Tour’ in the subject line.
QQI FET Presentation
If you are a QQI FET provider and would like a DCU presentation delivered to your students please complete our Schools Presentation Booking Form.
QQI FET Points Calculator
Enter the credit scores and results of your modules to automatically calculate your points score!
QQI FET Queries
If you have any queries in relation to QQI FET entry, please contact:
Paul Hegarty
Student Recruitment Officer
Email: paul.hegarty@dcu.ie