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Courses
Courses
Choosing a course is one of the most important decisions you'll ever make! View our courses and see what our students and lecturers have to say about the courses you are interested in at the links below.
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University Life
University Life
Each year more than 4,000 choose University of Galway as their University of choice. Find out what life at University of Galway is all about here.
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About University of Galway
About University of Galway
Since 1845, University of Galway has been sharing the highest quality teaching and research with Ireland and the world. Find out what makes our University so special – from our distinguished history to the latest news and campus developments.
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Colleges & Schools
Colleges & Schools
University of Galway has earned international recognition as a research-led university with a commitment to top quality teaching across a range of key areas of expertise.
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Research & Innovation
Research & Innovation
University of Galway’s vibrant research community take on some of the most pressing challenges of our times.
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Business & Industry
Guiding Breakthrough Research at University of Galway
We explore and facilitate commercial opportunities for the research community at University of Galway, as well as facilitating industry partnership.
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Alumni & Friends
Alumni & Friends
There are 128,000 University of Galway alumni worldwide. Stay connected to your alumni community! Join our social networks and update your details online.
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Community Engagement
Community Engagement
At University of Galway, we believe that the best learning takes place when you apply what you learn in a real world context. That's why many of our courses include work placements or community projects.
Distinctive Research Impact
Tionchar Taighde Sainiúil
We will be global leaders in our distinctive areas of research excellence, engaging partners nationally and internationally, and harnessing regional strengths, while driving emerging areas of ambition.
Actions:
- Build scale, impact and global reputation in distinctive areas of research excellence.
- Lead the transition to a sustainable future by conducting globally relevant research in our exceptional city and region.
- Lead the acceleration of innovation, stimulating growth in our region, adding value to the Irish economy and making impact globally.
- Attract, develop and support the next generation of excellent researchers within a sustainable research ecosystem.
- Engage leading partners in research, industry, government and other sectors, as well as communities in our region, to maximise our positive impact on the world.

Our Research Pillars
Our university champions the role of foundational, curiosity-driven research in expanding our understanding of the world and inspiring innovation. Our research community is engaged in global challenges, national priorities, and regional needs. Together, we embrace an interdisciplinary and engaged approach, across a broad range of disciplines, and deliver impact through international collaboration. Our research leverages the unique character of our place, coalescing around four pillars, through which we deliver University of Galway’s distinctive research impact.
- Innovation for Health reflects the strength of our research on understanding and managing diseases, medical technologies and devices, therapeutics and population health. Our research drives innovation in disease prevention and management, transforms healthcare practice and policy, and improves patient lives through groundbreaking clinical trials and disruptive solutions for health.
- Creativity, Culture & Society reflects our strength in creativity, arts practice, humanities, social sciences and justice. Our work explores cultural practices across time periods and around the world. Through local and global engagement, our multi-disciplinary research enables us to understand the complexity of our world and respond to societal challenges by promoting human rights, democracy and social justice.
- Sustainable & Resilient Environments: Earth & Ocean reflects our interdisciplinary strengths in marine, environment, decarbonisation, sustainable construction and planetary health. Our research has globally relevant impacts in marine ecology and economics, climate change, land use and biodiversity, renewable energy, sustainable communities, the built environment, and on policy that drives positive change.
- Transformative Data & AI reflects our strengths in analytics, data, technology and computer science. From leading foundational research, to shaping policy on responsible use, we apply research in data semantics and analytics, AI, machine learning and our high-performance computing capacity to support interdisciplinary research addressing global challenges.
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Tionchar Taighde Sainiúil
Beimid inár gceannairí domhanda inár sainréimsí taighde ag plé le comhpháirtithe náisiúnta agus idirnáisiúnta, ag baint leas as ár láidreachtaí réigiúnacha agus, ag an am céanna, ag tacú le réimsí nua ina bhfuil daoine ag iarraidh barr feabhais a bhaint amach.
Gníomhartha:
- Cur leis an méid taighde a dhéanaimid i sainréimsí feabhais agus cur leis an tionchar agus leis an gcáil dhomhanda atá orainn.
- Stiúir a thabhairt don aistriú i dtreo todhchaí inbhuanaithe trí thaighde atá ábhartha ar fud an domhain a dhéanamh inár réigiún agus inár gcathair shainiúil féin.
- Stiúir a thabhairt do luas a chur faoi nuálaíocht, trí fhás a spreagadh sa réigiún, luach a chur le geilleagar na hÉireann agus tionchar a imirt ar fud an domhain.
- An chéad ghlúin eile de thaighdeoirí den scoth a mhealladh, a fhorbairt agus tacú leo laistigh d’éiceachóras taighde inbhuanaithe.
- Príomhchomhpháirtithe a earcú sna hearnálacha taighde, tionscail, rialtais agus eile, chomh maith le pobail sa réigiún, chun an tionchar is dearfaí a imirt ar an domhan.
Tacaíonn an Ollscoil le ról an bhonntaighde atá bunaithe ar fhiosracht chun ár dtuiscint ar an domhan a leathnú agus nuálaíocht a spreagadh. Tá ár bpobal taighde gafa le dúshláin dhomhanda, tosaíochtaí náisiúnta, agus riachtanais réigiúnacha. I dteannta a chéile, cuirimid fáilte roimh chur chuige idirdhisciplíneach agus rannpháirteach, i raon leathan disciplíní, agus éiríonn linn tionchar a imirt trí chomhoibriú idirnáisiúnta. Cuireann ár dtaighde le saintréithe na háite, agus úsáidtear na ceithre cholún taighde le go mbeidh tionchar taighde sainiúil ag Ollscoil na Gaillimhe.
- Léiríonn Nuálaíocht don tSláinte láidreacht ár dtaighde maidir le tuiscint agus bainistiú galar, teicneolaíochtaí agus feistí leighis, teiripic agus sláinte an daonra. Cuireann ár dtaighde nuálaíocht i gcosc agus i mbainistiú galar chun cinn. Tá sé ag athrú cleachtas agus polasaithe cúraim sláinte, agus ag feabhsú saol na n-othar trí thrialacha cliniciúla ceannródaíocha agus réitigh shuaiteacha don tsláinte.
- Léiríonn Cruthaitheacht, Cultúr & an tSochaí ár láidreacht sa chruthaitheacht, i gcleachtas ealaíon, sna daonnachtaí, sna heolaíochtaí sóisialta agus sa cheartas. Déanann ár gcuid oibre iniúchadh ar chleachtais chultúrtha i dtréimhsí éagsúla agus ar fud an domhain. Trí rannpháirtíocht áitiúil agus dhomhanda, cuireann ár dtaighde ildisciplíneach ar ár gcumas castacht ár ndomhain a thuiscint agus freagairt do dhúshláin na sochaí trí chearta daonna, daonlathas agus ceartas sóisialta a chur chun cinn.
- Léiríonn Timpeallachtaí Inbhuanaithe & Seasmhacha: ar Muir agus ar Tír ár láidreachtaí idirdhisciplíneacha sna réimsí seo a leanas: an mhuir, an comhshaol, dícharbónú, tógáil inbhuanaithe agus sláinte an phláinéid. Tá tionchar ábhartha domhanda ag ár dtaighde ar éiceolaíocht agus eacnamaíocht mhuirí, athrú aeráide, úsáid talún agus bithéagsúlacht, fuinneamh in-athnuaite, pobail inbhuanaithe, an timpeallacht thógtha, agus ar pholasaithe a spreagann athrú dearfach.
- Léiríonn Sonraí Cinntitheacha nó AI Trasfhoirmitheach ár láidreachtaí san anailísíocht, sonraí, sa teicneolaíocht agus sa ríomheolaíocht. Ó bhonntaighde a chur chun cinn, go dtí múnlú polasaí ar úsáid fhreagrach, cuirimid i bhfeidhm taighde i séimeantaic agus in anailísíocht sonraí, AI, meaisínfhoghlaim agus ár gcumas ardfheidhmíochta ríomhaireachta chun tacú le taighde idirdhisciplíneach a thugann aghaidh ar dhúshláin dhomhanda.