The college-offers season is over, well almost. Yesterday's second round of offers brought a further 3,600 offers to CAO applicants. However, if you're still searching for a college place there are vacant places on more than 100 courses available through the CAO. These are listed below.
Remember, you must fulfil the minimum educational requirements, including any specific subject requirements. These places are open to you whether you have already applied to the CAO or not. If you have applied, there is no further fee and no need to complete a further application document. Simply inform the CAO of the desired course(s), quoting your application number.
If you have not applied previously, you must contact the CAO at Tower House, Eglinton Street, Galway, for an application form. In this case a fee of £18.90 applies.
Or if you prefer, you can log on to the CAO's website at www.cao.ie. The CAO will continue to post updated lists of vacant places on the website until mid-October. An existing applicant need enter only her CAO application number to request vacant-place application material. A person who has not applied in 2000 may enter her name and address and the CAO will send on the material.
The CAO says students, many of them with high points, are now snapping up vacant places, so get moving.
Degrees
Athlone IT: AL032 polymer technology
Carlow IT: CW100 international business with French; CW101 international business with German
UCC: CK601 food process engineering
American College Dublin: AC110 liberal arts (English, history or international relations); AC120 international business (management or marketing); AC130 international tourism; AC141 behavioural science (psychology); AC142 behavioural science (applied social studies)
Dublin Business School: DB512 business studies; DB521 accountancy and finance; DB531 business studies (marketing).
Griffith College Dublin: GC401 accounting and finance; GC402 law with business
LSB College, Dublin: LS101 anthropology; LS201 arts (general); LS202 arts (psychology); LS501 business (marketing)
Portobello College, Dublin: PB251 accounting and finance; PB252 business information management; PB253 business studies; PB254 marketing; PB255 human resource management
TCD: TR037 information and communications technology; TR074 computational chemistry/ computational physics; TR076 physics and chemistry of advanced materials; TR088 business studies and Chinese
UCD: DN022 arts (evening modular course)
Letterkenny IT: : LY151 computing with data communications
Certificate/diploma
Athlone IT: AL002 business studies (Cavan); AL004 office information systems (Cavan); AL007 front office administration; AL008 hotel/catering supervision; AL009 plastics engineering: AL010 mechanical engineering; AL014 mineral engineering; AL016 science (applied biology); AL017 science (applied chemistry); AL019 professional accountancy; AL023 accounting technician; AL025 equine studies.
Burren College of Art: BC001 art (fine art).
Carlow IT: CW005 mechanical engineering; CW006 electronic engineering; CW007 civil engineering; CW008 construction studies; CW022 science; CW023 accounting and information systems; CW024 electronics and computer technology; CW025 electronics and communication systems; CW048 business studies (Kilkenny); CW093 business studies (Wexford); CW095 Office information systems (Wexford); CW096 Office information systems (Kilkenny).
American College Dublin: AC100 humanities.
Dublin Business School: DB522 business studies (accounting); DB533 business studies (marketing); DB542 business studies (computer applications).
Griffith College, Dublin: GC415 legal studies; GC416 business studies; GC440 computing.
Tallaght IT: TA404 engineering (microelectronics and semi-conductor manufacturing); TA504 engineering (electro/mechanical systems).
LSB College: LS211 arts in cultural studies; LS421 computing/ IT; LS521 business studies.
Portobello College, Dublin: PB202 computing; PB203 business studies; PB204 business studies (accounting and financial services); PB205 business studies (computer applications); PB206 business studies (marketing).
Dundalk IT: DK001 electronics/ product development; DK002 electronics; DK005 business studies; DK006 business studies (marketing/language); DK008 civil engineering; DK009 construction studies; DK010 manufacturing eng; DK011 mechanical engineering; DK012 biology; DK050 food science; DK051 chemistry; DK053 environmental science.
Galway Mayo IT: GA046 hospitality information technology.
Letterkenny IT: LY001 aquatic science; LY002 accounting technician; LY010 electronic engineering; LY011 mechanical engineering; LY014 chemistry; LY046 environmental engineering.
Shannon College of Hotel Management: SN101 business studies (plus international hotel management).
Tralee IT: TL670 mechanical engineering.
UK options
Vacant places in UK colleges are still being offered through the clearing process. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) website holds details of courses with vacancies (www.ucas.com).
If you don't have Internet access, you can find listings of vacant places in the London Independent on September 14th.
Some 2,000 students from the State will begin their studies in colleges in Britain and Northern Ireland this year. There are tuition fees (maximum £1,050 sterling per annum) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Means-tested help may be available.
Telephone UCAS at 0044 (1242) 227788.
Post Leaving Certificate options:
There are still vacancies on some PLC courses. If you're interested you should contact the PLC college directly as there is no central applications system.
Webcast:
Today, at 10 a.m., a live question-and-session will be available at www.ireland.com/ education/cao/2000. This will be archived in both audio and text format.
End of helpline
This is the last in the College 2000 series. The telephone helpline service also ends today.