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About University of Galway
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Community Engagement
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Accessibility & LanguageDestinations
An exciting part of many courses of study is the opportunity to study abroad. The College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies has links with partner universities around the world that enable students to experience studying in an overseas university. The Erasmus programme runs within Europe, and the Study Abroad programme operates further afield, extending as far as Canada, the US and Australia. Depending on their course of study, students can apply to spend a semester or a full year at a university abroad. Language students can expand their vocabulary in a country where their study language is spoken, while students in other disciplines can experience alternative methods of teaching and learning. Our links are primarily subject and/or programme specific so please discuss opportunities with your relevant Programme Director or Subject Coordinator.
Destinations in Europe - by subject
Map of Europe Partner Universities 2022 (note that this is currently being revised)
College-wide Erasmus links
(Joint Honours students, such as Global Experience, receive priority in the allocation of these places)
- Czech Republic - Metropolitan University Prague (MUP)
(Note that, due to the modules available, this exchange is primarily for students whose subjects include English, Global Media, Soc. & Pol., or International Development.)
MUP Exchange Student Guide 2024/25 - Malta - University of Malta
- The Netherlands - Radboud University (Nijmegen)
Radboud University fact sheet 2024/25
Radboud University information for exchange students - The Netherlands - Universiteit Utrecht
Utrecht University - Faculty of Humanities - fact sheet 24/25 - Spain - IE University Madrid (exchange only suitable for Economics, International Development, Sociology & Politics)
IE Madrid fact sheet 2024/25 - Sweden - Uppsala Universitet
Uppsala University fact sheet 2024/25Uppsala University fact sheet 2024/25Uppsala University fact sheet 2024/25Uppsala University fact sheet 2024/25 - Sweden - Lund University
Lund University fact sheet 2024/25 - Sweden - Linköping University
Linköping University - Arts & Sciences fact sheet 2024/25
Archaeology
Drama, Theatre & Performance
- France - Université François Rabelais Tours
Université de Tours fact sheet 2024/25 - Malta - University of Malta
- Spain - Universidad de Oviedo
Film Studies
- Germany - University of Applied Sciences Kiel
- The Netherlands - Utrecht University
Utrecht University - Faculty of Humanities - fact sheet 2023/24 - Spain - Universitat de Girona - Escola Universitària de les Arts (ERAM)
Universitat de Girona (ERAM) - fact sheet 2024/25 - Spain - Universidad CEU-Cardenal Herrera (Valencia)
Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera fact sheet 2024/25 - United Kingdom* - Edge Hill University (Ormskirk)
- United Kingdom* - University of Kent
- United Kingdom* - University of Southampton
University of Southampton fact sheet 2023/24
*Please note that the United Kingdom is no longer a participant in the Erasmus programme, and Erasmus grants will not be payable to students on mobility to the UK after 31/05/2023.
French
- Belgium - Université libre de Bruxelles
- Belgium - Université de Liège
Université de Liège fact sheet 2024/25 - Belgium - Université catholique de Louvain
- France - Aix-Marseille Université
Aix-Marseille Université fact sheet 2023/24 - France - Université d'Angers
- France - Université d’Avignon
- France - Université Clermont-Auvergne
Université Clermont-Auvergne fact sheet 2023/24 - France - Université de Bretagne Occidentale
UBO fact sheet 2024/25 - France - Université de Bretagne Sud
- France - Université de Franche-Comté Besançon
- France - Université de La Rochelle
- France - Université Côte d'Azur (Nice)
- France - Université de Poitiers
Université de Poitiers fact sheet 2024/25 - France - Université Rennes 2
Rennes 2 fact sheet 2024/25
Rennes 2 fiche d'information 2024/25 - France - Université de Toulon
Université de Toulon fact sheet 2023/24 - France - Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès
Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès fact sheet 2023/24
Gaeilge (including Celtic Civilisation)
- France - Université de Bretagne Occidentale
- France - Université de Haute Bretagne
- Germany - Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
- Sweden - Uppsala Universitet
German
- Austria - Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt
AAU Klagenfurt fact sheet 2023/24 - Germany - Universität Augsburg
Universität Augsburg fact sheet 2023/24 - Germany - Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
University of Bamberg fact sheet 2023/24 - Germany - Freie Universität Berlin
- Germany - Ruhr Universität Bochum
- Germany - Technische Universität Dresden
TU Dresden fact sheet 2024/25 - Germany - Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
- Germany - Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
- Germany - Pädagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe
PH Karlsruhe fact sheet 2023/24
PH Karlsruhe brochure - Germany - Universität Kassel
- Germany - Universität Leipzig
Universität Leipzig fact sheet 2024/25 - Germany - Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
- Germany - Bayerische Julius-Maximillians-Universität Würzburg
Geography
- Germany - Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg (postgraduate exchange only)
History
Belgium: Ghent University
Ghent University fact sheet 2023/24
The Netherlands: Leiden University
Leiden University Humanities fact sheet 2024/25
Leiden University Study Abroad brochure
The Netherlands: University of Groningen
University of Groningen Faculty of Arts fact sheet 24/25
Italian
- Italy - Università degli Studi di Bologna
- Italy - Università degli Studi di Bologna SSLMIT
- Italy - Università degli Studi di Genova
- Italy - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano
- Italy - Università degli Studi di Torino
Università degli Studi di Torino fact sheet 2023/24 - Italy - Università degli Studi di Trento
Università degli Studi di Trento fact sheet 2024/25
Trento Guide for International Students - Italy - Università degli Studi di Udine
- Italy - Università degli Studi di Urbino
- Italy - Università degli Studi di Verona
Journalism and Global Media
- Belgium - Ghent University
Ghent University fact sheet 2024/25 - Estonia - University of Tartu
University of Tartu fact sheet 2024/25 - Germany - RheinMain University of Applied Sciences
RheinMain fact sheet 2024/25 - Italy - Università degli Studi di Bologna
information for exchange students at Università di Bologna - Netherlands - HAN University of Applied Sciences
(exchange not available from 2025/26) - Norway - Volda University College
Volda University College fact sheet 2024/25 - Slovakia - Comenius University, Bratislava
Comenius University fact sheet 2024/25 - Spain - University of the Basque Country
- Spain - Universidad CEU-Cardenal Herrera (Valencia)
Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera fact sheet 2024/25 - Sweden - Stockholm University
Stockholm University Dept of Media Studies 24/25
Music
- France - Université de Toulouse Jean Jaurès
Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès fact sheet 2023/24 - Italy - Università degli Studi di Bologna
- Spain - Universidad de Oviedo
Political Science and Sociology
- Belgium - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
KU Leuven Social Sciences fact sheet 24/25 - Estonia - University of Tartu
Information for exchange students - Finland - Åbo Akademi University
Abo Akademi University fact sheet 2024/25 - Finland - University of Helsinki
University of Helsinki fact sheet 2024/25 - The Netherlands - Leiden University
Leiden University Political Science fact sheet 2024/25
Leiden University Study Abroad brochure
Psychology (Denominated programme)
- Austria - Universität Salzburg
- France - University of Strasbourg
- Germany - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
LMU Munich fact sheet 2023/24 - Italy - Università degli Studi di Padova
University of Padova (Padua) fact sheet 2023/24
University of Padova fact sheet 2024/25 - The Netherlands - University of Groningen
University of Groningen Behavioural & Social Sciences fact sheet 2024/25 - The Netherlands - Maastricht University
Maastricht University Psychology fact sheet 2024/25
Spanish
- Spain -Universidad de Alcalá de Henares
- Spain - Universidad de Cádiz
Universidad de Cádiz fact sheet 2023/24 - Spain - Universidad de Deusto (Bilbao)
- Spain - Universidad de Extremadura
Universidad de Extremadura fact sheet 2023/24 - Spain - Universidad de Granada
- Spain - Universidad de La Rioja
- Spain - Universidad de León
- Spain - Universidad de Málaga
Universidad de Málaga fact sheet 2023/24 - Spain - Universidad de Murcia
- Spain - Universidad de Salamanca
Universidad de Salamanca fact sheet 2024/25 - Spain - Universitat de València
Universidad de Valencia fact sheet 2023/24 - Spain - Universidad de Valladolid
Universidad de Valladolid fact sheet 2023/24 - Spain - Universidad de Zaragoza
Destinations outside of Europe - by subject
General College-level Agreements (including a variety of subject areas within the CASSCS)
- USA - University of Richmond (Virginia)
University of Richmond fact sheet 2024-25 - USA - Carroll College (Montana)
Carroll College fact sheet 2024/25 - USA - University of Connecticut (Storrs Campus)
UConn info sheet 2023/24 - USA - Indiana University
Indiana University fact sheet 2024-25
Information about the College of Arts & Sciences - USA - Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff)
Northern Arizona University fact sheet 2024/25 - Canada - McGill University (Montreal)
McGill University fact sheet 2025/26 - Hong Kong - Hong Kong Baptist University
Hong Kong Baptist University fact sheet 2022/23
Children's Studies
- Canada - York University
Film Studies
- USA - University of Notre Dame
- USA - Drexel University - Philadelphia- Pennsylvania
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USA - University of California
Music
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USA - University of Notre Dame
Theatre and Drama
Information for BA Global Experience non-language students
The College's Mobility Officer will contact the relevant students to invite them to indicate their preferred study abroad destinations, and will arrange individual meetings with students to discuss same.
