POINTS FALL FOR ARTS AND LAW AT NUI GALWAY

Date Published: 20-Aug-2012

Although points for many Healthcare and Science courses in Galway colleges are up, there is a considerable drop-off in points requirements for Arts and Law.

NUI Galway’s main Arts degree course has fallen by 40 points to 300 on the first round offers.

It has dipped in popularity nationally with many school leavers opting for a more direct line to the jobs market.

17 thousand and 29 applications were received this year, down from 18 thousand 127 last year.

Corporate Law at NUIG is down to 350 from 385 and Civil Law is down from 450 to 405.

The decline is seen to be linked to the collapse of the property market and establishment of the non-adversarial Personal Injuries Assessment Board.

Nationally first preference law applications are down by 13 percent on 2008.