2025-2026 College Open Days
(See HEI websites for further details of open days)| Code | HEI | Dates & Times (where supplied by HEI) |
| AC | American College, Dublin 2 | |
| AD | National College of Art and Design, Dublin 8 | Wednesday, 26th November, 2025 Click here for more details. |
| AU | Atlantic Technological University | |
| BY | IBAT College Dublin, Dublin 2 | |
| CK | University College Cork (NUI) | For the full list of UCC`s Open Days/Campus Tours and links to register, please keep an eye on the Events List here. |
| CM | Marino Institute of Education, Dublin 9 | |
| CT | CCT College Dublin, Dublin 2 | |
| DB | Dublin Business School, Dublin 2 | On-Campus Open Evening is on Saturday, November 22nd, 2025, running from 12 PM to 2 PM. Online Open Event: Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025, from 5 PM to 6 PM. Please visit the DBS website to register for either of these events - and keep an eye out for additional Open Days scheduled for January 2026. |
| DC | Dublin City University, Dublin 9 | November 14th-15th - DCU November Open Day December 2nd - QQI FET Open Day January 15th - CAO Information Evening (Virtual) April 18th - Spring Open Day May 5th - TY Open Day June 24th - June CAO Information Day For more information about DCU Open Days, please visit https://www.dcu.ie/studentrecruitment/dcu-open-days. To speak to DCU about Open Days or School Visits, please email studentrecruitment@dcu.ie |
| DK | Dundalk Institute of Technology | November 19th, 2025: Open Evening 4pm-8pm November 20th, 2025: Schools Open Day Event 10am-1pm |
| DL | Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology | IADT Open Day: 22nd November 2025, 10am - 3pm Click here to register. IADT Spring Open Day: 26th February 2026 |
| DN | University College Dublin (NUI), Dublin 4 | 8th November, 2025 Click here for more details. |
| DS | Dorset College, Dublin 1 | |
| GB | Galway Business School | |
| GC | Griffith College, Dublin 8 | |
| GY | University of Galway | University of Galway Spring Open Day: Saturday, 21st March 2026 University of Galway Mature Students` Information Evening: Thursday, 15th January 2026 from 6:30pm For more information, click here. Shannon College of Hotel Management: On-campus Open Day: Wednesday, 19th November 2025 at 2pm On-campus Open Evening: Tuesday, 20th January 2026 at 5pm Dublin Road Show Intercontinental Hotel Wednesday, January 21st at 6.30 pm Virtual Information Evening - Monday, December 1st 2025 6.30pm and Thursday, April 30th 2026 6.30 pm |
| ID | ICD Business School, Dublin 2 | |
| LM | University of Limerick, Ireland | 2026 Annual Open Day: 17th January, 2026 Further information is available here |
| MH | Maynooth University, Co Kildare | November 2025 Open Days: Friday, 28th November (9am-1pm) Saturday, 29th November (10am-2pm) Online CAO Information Evening: Wednesday, January 14th, 2026 Spring Open Day: Saturday, 25th April, 2026 (10am-2pm) Summer Open Day: Saturday, 27th June, 2026 (10am-2pm) Full details are available here |
| MI | Mary Immaculate College, Limerick | MIC Open Days at the Limerick Campus will be on Thursday 16th and Friday 17th October 2025 and also on Saturday 17th January 2026. The MIC Thurles Campus Open Day will be held on Saturday 8th November 2025. For more information, please visit http://www.micopenday.ie/. |
| MT | Munster Technological University | |
| MU | St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth, Co Kildare | November 2025 Open Days: Friday, 28th November Saturday, 29th November Spring Open Day: Saturday, 25th April, 2026 Summer Open Day: Saturday, 27th June, 2026 |
| NC | National College of Ireland (NCI), Dublin 1 | Wednesday, 19th November 2025, 12:00-15:00. Register here Saturday, 24th January 2026, 10:00-13:00. Register here Wednesday, 13th May 2026, 12:00-15:00. Register here Saturday, 27th June 2026, 11:00-13:00. Register here |
| PC | Carlow College, St. Patrick`s | - CAO Choices Open Evening Wednesday, 21st January 2026, 6pm - 8pm Register here - Returning to Education - Mature Student Taster Day Wednesday, 28th January 2026, 9.30am - 12pm Register here - Spring Open Day Thursday, 5th March 2026, 10am-1pm Register here |
| RC | RCSI University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Dublin 2 | Undergraduate Open Day: Friday, 9th January 2026 For details, click here |
| SC | Setanta College | |
| SE | South East Technological University | - WATERFORD CAMPUS Fri, 7 November, 2025 10am-2pm Spring Open Days - WATERFORD CAMPUS Thurs, 23 April, 2026 6-8pm - CARLOW CAMPUS Sat, 9 May 2026 10am-2pm Information Evenings - PARENTS` INFORMATION SESSION (ONLINE) - Tues, 25 November 2025 6.30-7.30pm - CAO information Evening - Wed, 14 January 2026 (Carlow Campus) |
| TR | Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2 | 2025 Annual Open Day: Saturday, 29th November, 2025 Further information and registration is available at www.tcd.ie/cao |
| TU | Technological University Dublin | Full details: visit www.tudublin.ie/study/undergraduate/cao/open-days-events |
| US | Technological University of the Shannon |