News and Resources

News and Resources for students going abroad

NEWS - the winner of the McGuinn Scholarship to Villanova University is Third Year BSc Social Sciences student Fiona Galeas.  We congratulate Fiona and wish her all the best for her semester of study at Villanova, which starts in January 2025.

Studying abroad in academic year 2024/25

Studying abroad in academic year 2025/26

Studying abroad in academic year 2024/25

Semester 2 outgoings - study abroad preparation - slides from the information meeting that took place online on Wednesday, 2nd October.

If you are going abroad in January 2025, you should make sure to either attend the live online pre-departure briefing on Friday, 20th December at 10am, or view the video which has been sent to you by e-mail.  For a summary, please refer to the slides from the pre-departure briefing for Semester 2 outgoing students.  Note that you MUST complete a Mobility Assessment before you go abroad.  You can find information about this towards the end of the pre-departure briefing and in the video which has been sent to you.

Useful documents:

Course Selection and Learning Agreements
Learning Agreement - Frequently Asked Questions

Creating your OLA account
Completing your OLA (Online Learning Agreement)
Making Changes to your OLA

Learning Agreement for CASSCS students - for Erasmus students only  - this is a Word version, for cases where it's not possible to use the Online Learning Agreement (OLA)

International Exchange Learning Agreement (only for students going on non-Erasmus mobility to the United States, Hong Kong, etc)

You can view the slides from the pre-departure briefing for CASSCS students that took place in August.

Travel insurance

You will be required to purchase travel insurance before going on mobility.  Please make sure to read the University of Galway's Insurance Recommendations for Students on Mobility.  You may refer also to the Undergraduate Travel Toolkit.

Your safety while abroad

Safety Advice for your international study visit

Costs

An important consideration for anyone planning to study abroad is finance.  The International Office website has some useful information on Financial Planning for Study Abroad, including a very helpful document showing the estimated costs for non-EU destinations.

Studying abroad in academic year 2025/26

This section will be updated in due course.  In the meantime, you may like to browse the page Who can study abroad? 

Fact sheets for some of our partner universities are available on our Destinations page. This page is updated when new fact sheets are sent to us by partner universities.

An important consideration for anyone planning to study abroad is finance.  The International Office website has some useful information on Financial Planning for Study Abroad, including a very helpful document showing the estimated costs for non-EU destinations.

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