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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 & LanguageIdeasLab
IdeasLab
IdeasLab is University of Galway's student innovation hub. We fuel student creativity, ideas and innovation.
If you want to meet new people, develop lifelong skills, work to solve global challenges or set up a new business, IdeasLab is the place to start.
Take your next step with us.
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Message from Our Director of Entrepreneurial Development
Since taking up the role of Director in 2020, I have experienced the creative and innovative energy of the campus and am proud to be part of a community dedicated to creating a rich and inclusive learning environment for all our students.
University of Galway is a special place. Walking across our campus and onto our main university concourse will bring you to a unique space called IdeasLab where our community of students, enterprise partners, alumni and staff are engaged creatively in sense making, noticing and experimenting with ideas to advance innovation in and for the world. We enable and support our students to imagine future possibilities and shape the world around us to bring those ideas to life.
Our human centred design approach to teaching, innovation and entrepreneurship creates the environment for creative thinking, idea generation and exploration and radical experimentation. Our approach helps our community to address many of the challenges we face across business and society. We are proudly involved as a pillar of the Designing Futures project at the University of Galway. The project has been designed to empower, educate and support students to lead better lives and succeed in the complex world we live in.
Our graduates, whether in Engineering, Science, Arts or Healthcare are equipped to approach situations, questions or challenges through a process of creative thinking, empathy and design that they learn while students with us. They are future inventors, innovators and entrepreneurs who bring their creativity, imagination and skills to many different careers when they leave Ideaslab. Our graduates have gone out into the world and created impact, both on our economy and our society. For me, it is both an honour and a privilege to be part of their journey with IdeasLab, University of Galway.
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Enterprise Challenge
The enterprise challenge brings together multidisciplinary student teams to solve challenges donated by our enterprise partners.
Over the course of 8 weeks students work through a design sprint incorporating team development, empathy, problem definition, ideation, prototyping, testing and storytelling to develop a solution direction for the enterprise partner.
Running alongside their weekly workshops are 5 mentoring sessions (weeks 3-7) which develop students understanding of the problem and the solution fit for the industry and enterprise facing the challenge. The enterprise challenge focusses on skills and talent development.
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Connect with us
Connect with IdeasLab to find out more about our programmes.
You can connect with IdeasLab on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok or you can email us a query to ideaslab@universityofgalway.ie
You can also connect individually with any of our team members.
IdeasLab Funders
