Full-time Degrees / Certificates 

First Round CAO offers have now been issued. The CAO Available Places facility will open at 12pm on Tuesday August 20th. Visit cao.ie to see a list of DBS courses you can still apply for through Available Places. 
Are you trying to decide where to go to college? And, what you’ll do when you get there?
Here at DBS, we carry a comprehensive range of career-focused courses in the areas of Business, Psychology, Media, Computing and Law. This means whether you want to be a Lawyer, Journalist, Businessperson, Accountant, Filmmaker, Psychologist, or anything else you’ve dreamed of… you can start off on the right path here. 

Our next Open Event will be held on August 20th, between 4pm and 7pm in our Aungier Street Building. 

We know that there’s much more to being a student than just studying. We want to help you develop your whole personality and offer a long list of activities and events to take you out of the lecture theatre and really get to know your fellow students.

For further information or to learn more about our programmes, please contact the Admissions Office on (01) 4177500 or by email at admissions@dbs.ie

Applications through the CAO

Applicants under the age of 23 years need to apply for full-time undergraduate courses via the CAO. If you have any questions about your application, our Admissions Team is on hand to help you. 

DBS offers a wide range of full-time Honours Degree (Level 8), Ordinary Degree (Level 7) and Higher Certificate (Level 6) undergraduate courses.

View our Full-Time Undergraduate Summary here. 

View our Full-Time Undergraduate Brochure here.

CAO  APPLICANTS

Leaving Certificate, FETAC, A-Level and all students completing school leaving exams are generally required to apply through CAO where a CAO code is provided. Where a CAO code is not provided students may apply directly to the college instead.

MATURE APPLICANTS

Students who are applying for programmes as mature applicants will be required to be over the age of 23 as on 1st January in the year of entry. Mature students may apply through CAO or directly through the college.  They are not required to do both.

TRANSFER APPLICANTS

If you have started or completed a third level  qualification already you may be eligible for advanced entry. Please apply directly to DBS.