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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 & LanguageMonitoring & Effectiveness
Internal Self Monitoring
Quality monitoring and finding evidence of effectiveness is done mainly through surveys across all major academic and service units of the University. Key surveys include:
Undergraduate Survey (ISSE)
Post Graduate Survey
CEIM Survey
CAO Preferences
First Destination Survey
QS University and Subject Rankings
Times Higher Education Rankings
Library Surveys
International Students Survey
Research Funding/Grants/Horizon performance
Promotions/Progressions/Gender Balance
Student Numbers
External Awards (Teaching, RIA, Sports, etc)
U-MultiRank System
Internal Awards (Presidents awards,
New Programmes and Major Changes
Access/Transfer Survey
Student Welfare Survey
Technology Transfer Survey
Disabilities Survey
Most Influential Scientists
Key Performance Indicators
Enhancements arising from quality review and internal monitoring are measured through key performance indicators (KPIs) that are monitoring and updated regularly by the Institutional Research Office and include:
Research
Indexed publications / Academic FTE
Citations per year / Academic FTE
Citations (rolling 5 yr) / Total publications
Research income / Academic FTE
Research Income / Academic FTE
Doctoral graduates / Year
Registered PhD’s / Academic FTE
PhD completion rate
International staff FTE / Academic FTE
Teaching
Academic Staff FTE / Student FTE ratio
International students FTE / Total students FTE
Non-traditional ug students / Total ug student FTE
Non-traditional New Entrants FTE / New Entrants FTE
Socio-economic disadvantaged FTE / Total students FTE
Access students FTE / Total students FTE
Transfer students FTE / Total students FTE
Progression rate %
Retention rate %
Taught postgraduates FTE / Total students FTE
Part time and flexible student FTE / Total students FTE
Work-based learning programmes %
Programme median CAO points %
Programmes >=500 CAO points %
Programmes >450 <499 CAO points %
Programmes >400 <449 CAO points %
Programmes <400 CAO points %
Employability %
Reputation
THE Ranking
QS Ranking
Student satisfaction score (ISSE)
Student return score (ISSE)
