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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 & LanguageWater
Over the last year we have demonstrated our commitment to the principles of the SDGs though our effective and efficient use of water, a key natural resource; by preventing and reducing waste and managing waste in a sustainable way and by encouraging and facilitating sustainable transport and travel patterns. We are committed to creating a campus that will have a positive impact on the surrounding environment, promoting resource efficiency, reducing pollution and protecting historic areas of the campus.
Our Strategic Aim is to minimise the local, regional and global environmental impacts of water usage by reducing university-wide water usage, increasing the use of reclaimed water and reduce bottled water consumption on campus.
Water fountains on campus
University of Galway has a network of over 30 drinking water fountains on campus, including 6 recently installed outdoor ones.
- Dunlin student village
- Alice Perry Engineering Building
- Áras na Gaeilge
- Shannon Hotel and Catering college.
- Library reading room.
- Outside Kingfisher Club
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Certified Water Stewardship
University of Galway is committed to the effective and efficient use of water throughout the campus and the appropriate treatment, management and disposal of wastewater. The University is striving to reduce its water usage and increase the use of harvested rainwater through a series of measures, including: water leakage detection and repair programme, education and outreach, process-related efficiency measures, greywater and rainwater harvesting. The Certified Water Stewardship badge demonstrates that key staff have undertaken a course designed to show leadership and set goals/targets in reducing water consumption.
University of Galway Water Stewardship Charter
The University of Galway Water Stewardship Charter outlines our key actions and targets.
The Charter commits to maintaining and achieving further reductions in water usage on campus and to highlighting the importance of water of as a critical and limited resource. It aims to ensure that our future water professionals are cognisant of best, sustainable practices in water resource management, treatment and supply, through research-led teaching and on‐campus applied solutions.
University of Galway Water Chartership
University of Galway Water Map
Strategic Aims
- To raise awareness with staff, students and visitors of water as a critical and limited resource that must be used responsibly.
- To reduce water usage on campus by 10% by 2025 based on 2018 baseline.
- To eliminate all unnecessary water usage on campus, to maintain and further improve the water usage reductions achieved on campus in the last period.
- University of Galway to utilise new technologies and methods to reduce water consumption on our Laboratory's and Research labs.
- To eliminate the reliance of staff, students and visitors on single use plastics for water consumption.
University of Galway Water Research Project
The University of Galway Waternomics research project.
University of Galway Presented with Recertification of Water Stewardship Badge
Michael Curran Head of Building Services at University of Galway was delighted to accept the Gold Member of Water Stewardship Ireland 2023 on behalf of the University of Galway. The certificate was recognised as Mirco credentials hosted by the Climate Ready Academy and 20FIFTY Partners,
During the Sustainability Practitioners’ Conference on the 29th June 2023 certificates were presented to those who completed the course and presented on their Water Stewardship Badge submissions.
