The Available Place facility operates on a weekly schedule of applications, offers and acceptances. Applications that arrive in CAO before 11:00 on a Monday will be processed and considered for offers on the following Thursday. An offer posted on a Thursday will be available to view on the CAO website the following day.
Note: To view the list of courses with available places/vacant places, click
on the 'Available Place Courses' icon, above.
IMPORTANT: Application for an Available Place/Vacant Place course does NOT
guarantee an offer for that course. Applicants must satisfy the
Minimum Entry requirements as specified by the relevant HEI.
IMPORTANT: Mature applicants and applicants who have qualifications other than the
Irish Leaving Cert and/or FETAC are categorised as
Non-Standard Applicants. Such applicants must contact the appropriate HEI before
completing an available place application.
IMPORTANT: An application should not be made for any course without first consulting the information literature of the institution offering that course.
Existing Applicants
If you are a current-year applicant (i.e., you have a CAO Application
Number beginning with '10'), you may make an available place application on-line
without payment of a further fee.
Click on the 'Existing Applicant' button to log-in to your CAO account and make an on-line
available place application.
New Applicants (for 2010 entry)
Persons who have already applied to the CAO for 2010 entry to ANY course
(i.e., you have a CAO Application Number beginning with '10'),
please use the 'Existing Applicant' facility above.
Persons who have not applied already (i.e. not a current-year applicant
) may make an Available Place application on payment of a fee of €45.00.
N.B. An application should not be made for any course without first
consulting the information literature of the institution offering that course.
Click on the following button for further instructions and to start your
Available Place Application.