Updating Your Examination Data for CAO Offer Rounds 2025
If you're applying through the CAO and need to update your Leaving Certificate, QQI FET, or GCE examination data, it's important to do so within the designated timeframes to be considered for the next offer round e.g. if you wish to be considered for Round 1, you must have updated your LC examination number by the closing date of 18 August at 10:00; to be considered for Round 2, you must have updated your LC examination number by the closing date of 03 September at 12:00, etc.
Leaving Certificate Exam Number Facility
Offer Round | Opens | Closes | Visible in applicant's account |
Round 1 | 07 August at 10:00 | 18 August at 10:00 | 19 August at 10:00 |
Round 2 | 27 August at 14:00 | 03 September at 12:00 | 05 September at 10:00 |
Round 3 | 05 September at 14:00 | 10 September at 12:00 | 12 September at 10:00 |
Round 4 | 12 September at 14:00 | 17 September at 12:00 | 19 September at 10:00 |
Round 5 | 19 September at 14:00 | 24 September at 12:00 | 26 September at 10:00 |
QQI Exam Data Facility
Offer Round | Opens | Closes | Visible in applicant's account |
Round 1 | 07 August at 10:00 | 11 August at 10:00 | 20 August at 10:00 |
Round 2 | 27 August at 14:00 | 29 August at 12:00 | 05 September at 10:00 |
Round 3 | 05 September at 14:00 | 08 September at 12:00 | 12 September at 10:00 |
Round 4 | 12 September at 14:00 | 15 September at 12:00 | 19 September at 10:00 |
Round 5 | 19 September at 14:00 | 22 September at 12:00 | 26 September at 10:00 |
🛠️ How to Update Your Leaving Certificate/QQI Examination Data:
- Log in to your CAO account.
- Go to the Qualifications and Assessments section.
- Click on 'Modify Details' to update your Leaving Certificate or QQI examination data
Contact CAO via the Correspondence section of your account and request that the relevant examination category (e.g., Leaving Certificate, QQI FET/FETAC) be added to your application.
GCE Results - Supporting Document Closing Dates
The tables to enter GCE AS/A Level & GCSE Examination Data are now closed.
CAO will add examination data to your application for you upon receipt of valid supporting documents.
Offer Round | Documents Received By | Visible in applicant's account |
Round 1 | 20 August at 16:00 | 22 August at 10:00 |
Round 2 | 03 September at 16:00 | 05 September at 10:00 |
Round 3 | 10 September at 16:00 | 12 September at 10:00 |
Round 4 | 17 September at 16:00 | 19 September at 10:00 |
Round 5 | 24 September at 16:00 | 26 September at 10:00 |
If you have received a re-mark please upload or post a document that has been produced by the exam board, and which shows the new grade awarded. See the table above for document cut-off dates.
Uploading/posting duplicate documents that are already appearing in your CAO account may delay processing of your application.
Further information on uploading documents can be found at cao.ie/gceupload
Other School Leaving Applicants
If you are an Other School Leaving applicant and you need to supply supporting documents at this time, please post photocopies of your documents to CAO, Tower House, Eglinton Street, Galway, Ireland.
For more information on submitting supporting documents, please read here:
Supporting Documents FAQs
When we receive your documents, we will scan them and add them to your application for the HEIs to assess.
Please contact the Admissions Office of the Higher Education Institutions that you have applied to for further assistance. Contact details can be found at
www.cao.ie/hei