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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.
Accessibility & LanguagePrepare for Exams
End-of-semester exams are a fact of university life. Whether you love or hate exams, you have to do them. Everything on your course is examinable unless you are told otherwise. For this reason, you need to hit the ground running when it comes to going to lectures, labs and tutorials, taking and making notes, and completing assignments.
See our top tips for exam preparation for more, including techniques for memorising content for exams. See also our exam checklist for some advice about what you need to know before, during and after the exams. Galway Exams 101 is a programme of supports and resources to prepare you for upcoming assignments and exams.
University Exams
Exams take place in Semester 1 and Semester 2, with repeat exams in August. See the academic calendar for each year's exam dates. More detailed information, including the release dates of your exam timetables, and exams policies and procedures, is available from the Examinations Office.
Exam Revision
Ideally, exam preparation involves reviewing existing knowledge rather than learning new material. If you’ve developed a good note-making strategy, you'll have all the materials you need for exam revision when you need them. If you haven’t, see our top tips for note making for some inspiration.
Start your revision a week or two before your exams at the latest. A ‘study week’ is built into the University of Galway calendar in each semester to give students time to focus solely on exams, but your preparation needs to begin long before this, and your revision can also begin before study week.
Make sure you have a clear overview of what needs to be covered in each module, and draw up a detailed revision plan using a weekly planner (available in Weekly Planning). You may need to allocate more time to some subjects – for example, subjects that you find difficult or for which the exam carries a lot of credit.
Past Papers
Past exam papers can be a very useful resource. They are not always available for every module and you need to ensure that previous papers are relevant to this semester's exam. If a different lecturer is setting the exam, there may be significant changes to the format or content of the exam. Past papers are available through this webpage.
