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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.
People
Current Members
Academic Staff
- Dr John Burns
(Differential geometry, algebra) - Dr Angela Carnevale
(Algebraic and enumerative combinatorics; asymptotic algebra) - Dr James Cruickshank
(Graph theory, algebra and topology) - Prof Graham Ellis
(Computational topology) - Prof Dane Flannery
(Linear groups, computational group theory, algebraic design theory) - Dr Mark Howard
(Quantum Information Theory including Quantum Error-Correction and Fault-tolerance, Quantum Foundations, Quantum Circuit Simulation, Quantum Software) - Dr Kevin Jennings
(Combinatorics) - Dr Martin Kerin
(Differential geometry, Lie group actions) - Dr Niall Madden
(Numerical Analysis; Numerical Linear Algebra) - Prof Aisling McCluskey
(Set-theoretic topology, Order theory, Mathematics Education) - Dr Michael McGettrick
(Quantum Computation, Quantum Information, Mathematics of Transport); - Prof Donal O'Regan
(Differential Equations, Nonlinear Analysis, Fixed Point Theory ) - Prof Götz Pfeiffer
(Finite groups, representation theory, computational algebra) - Dr Kirsten Pfeiffer
(Mathematics Education) - Dr Rachel Quinlan
(Linear algebra and combinatorics, group representation theory) - Dr Tobias Rossmann
(Asymptotic and computational algebra) - Dr Emil Sköldberg
(Combinatorial commutative algebra, Hochschild (co)homology) - Prof Michael Tuite
(Vertex operator algebras and conformal field theory, monstrous moonshine, Riemann surfaces)
Postdoctoral Staff
- Dr Ronan Egan
(Design Theory, combinatorics, coding theory, algebra) - Dr Cian O'Brien
(Combinatorial matrix theory, graph theory, and design theory)
Research Students
- Sultan Alzahrani (Supervisor: Dr Tobias Rossmann)
- Faiza Alssaedi (Supervisor: Dr Niall Madden)
- Michael Flattery (Supervisor: Prof Michael Tuite)
- Nghia Tran Thi Hieu (Supervisor: Dr Emil Sköldberg)
- Róisín Hill (Supervisor: Dr Niall Madden)
- Kelvin Killeen (Supervisor: Prof Graham Ellis)
- Koushik Paul (Supervisor: Prof Götz Pfeiffer)
- Peter Phelan (Supervisor: Dr Emil Sköldberg)
- Dana Saleh (Supervisor: Dr. Rachel Quinlan)
- Victoria Sanchez Munoz (Supervisor: Dr Michael McGettrick)
Emeritus Academic Staff
- Dr Rex Dark
(Group theory.) - Prof Ted Hurley
(Group theory) - Dr John McDermott
(Group theory) - Prof Martin Newell
(Group theory) - Dr Ray Ryan
(Functional analysis) - Dr Jerome Sheahan
(Probability & statistics) - Prof Sean Tobin
(Group theory) - Dr James Ward
(History of Mathematics)
Visiting Staff
- None at present.
Former Members
Former Academic Staff
- Dr Javier Aramayona
(Teichmüller spaces, mapping class groups, hyperbolic geometry) - Dr Dieter Degrijse
(Geometric group theory) - Dr Sejong Park
(Modular representation theory of finite groups, Fusion systems and related homological algebra, Mackey functors, biset functors) - Dr Alexander Rahm
(Algebra, Geometry & Topology, e.g. homology of arithmetic groups, isometries of hyperbolic space) - Dr Claas Röver
(Group theory,cComputational group theory and formal languages and automata) - Dr Nina Snigireva
(Dynamical systems; Fractal geometry; Quantization; Multifractal analysis; Dimension theory; Fourier analysis; Functional Analysis)
Former Postdoctoral Staff
- Dr Patrick Browne
- Dr Naresh Mohan Chadha
- Dr Alla Detinko
- Dr Marc Dickinson
- Dr Simon King
- Dr Kajal Kumar Mondol
- Dr Liam Naughton
- Dr Padraig Ó Cathain
- Dr Edwin O'Shea
- Dr Alexander Rahm
- Dr Marc Röder
- Dr Paul Smith
Former Visiting Staff
- Prof Arny Feldman (Franklin & Marshal College) (September 2016 - August 2017)
- Prof Michael Hitchman (Linfield College), 3 months
- Antonio Diaz Ramos (Malaga), 2 weeks
- Prof Ethan Berkove (Lafayette College), 2 weeks
- Prof Richard Brualdi (University of Wisconsin, Madison), 1 week
- Prof Peter Brucksbank (Bucknell University), 1 week
- Prof José Burillo (Universitat Politécnica Catalunya), 3 months
- Prof Rob de Jeu (Vrije Universitat Amsterdam), 1 week
- Prof Iain Duff (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory), 1 week
- Prof Terry Gannon (University of Alberta), 2 weeks
- Jesus Hernandez (Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico), 3 months
- Prof Charles Johnson (College of William & Mary), 1 week
- Prof Chris Leininger (UI Urbana-Champagne), 1 week
- Prof Torsten Linss (FernUniversität Hagen), (1 week)
- Prof Scott MacLachlan (Tufts University), 2 weeks
- Prof Ivan Marin (Université Paris VI), 2 weeks
- Prof Conchita Martinez-Perez (Zaragoza), 1 week
- Prof Carlos Martins da Fonseca (Universidade de Coimbra), 1 week
- Prof Geoff Mason (UC Santa Cruz), 2 weeks
- Dr Matthias Wendt (Universität Freiburg), 1 month
- Dr. Jaroslaw Miszczak (Polish Academy of Sciences), 2 weeks
- Prof Fernando Szechtman (University of Regina), 1 week
- Prof Jeffrey Brock (Brown University), 1 week
- Prof Gunnar Carlsson (Stanford University), 2 weeks
- Prof Ruth Charney (Brandeis University), 1 week
- Prof Mathieu Dutour Sikiric (Ruder Boskovic Institute), 3 months
- Prof Arny Feldman (Franklin & Marshal University), 12 months
- Prof George Havas (University of Queensland), 1 week
- Prof Gerhard Hiss (Univeristät Aachen), 2 weeks
- Prof Gabor Ivanyos (TU Budapest), 2 weeks
- Dr Mikael Vejdemo Johansson (Stanford), 3 months
- Prof Richard Jozsa (University of Bristal), 2 weeks
- Prof Martin Liebeck (Imperial College London), 1 week
- Prof Kateryna Makova (Penn State University), 1 week
- Prof John McKay (Concordia Univeristy), 2 weeks
- Mr Hamid Mohammadzadeh (University of Teheran), 8 months
- Prof Bob Morse (University of Evansville), 3 months
- Prof Marian Mrozek (Jagiellonian University, Krakow), 2 week
- Gabriele Nebe (Universität Aachen), 2 weeks
- Prof Eamonn O'Brien (University of Auckland), 2 weeks
- Prof Tim Porter (University of Wales, Bangor), 6 months
- Prof Cheryl Praeger (University of Western Australia), 1 week
- Dr Ana Romero (Universidad de la Rioja), 1 month
- Prof Eva Riccomagno (Universita di Genoa), 2 weeks
- Prof Hamish Short (Université de Marseille), 1 week
- Prof Leonard Soicher (Queen Mary University of London), 1 week
- Prof Juan Souto (University of Michigan), 1 week
- Prof Mike Stillman (Cornell University), 2 weeks
- Prof Bernd Sturmfels (University of Berkeley), 2 weeks
- Prof Bernd Souvignier (Univeriteit Nijmegen), 2 weeks
- Prof Henry Wynn (London School of Economics), 2 weeks
- Prof Christos Xenophtonos (University of Cyprus) , 2 weeks
Former Research Students
- Nisreen Alokbi, Ph.D. 2019 (Supervisor: Prof Graham Ellis)
- Daron Anderson, Ph.D. 2019 (Supervisor: Prof Aisling McCluskey)
- Marcus Bishop
- Patrick Browne
- Jorge Bruno, Ph.D. 2014 (Supervisor: Prof Aisling McCluskey)
- Issac Burke
- Maura Clancy
- Daher Al-Baydli, Ph.D. 2018 (Supervisor: Prof Graham Ellis)
- Ronan Egan, Ph.D. 2015 (Supervisor: Prof Dane Flannery)
- Thomas Gilroy, Ph.D. 2014 (Supervisor: Prof Michael Tuite)
- Fintan Hegarty, Ph.D. 2013 (Supervisor: Prof Graham Ellis)
- Ha Van Hieu,
- Barry Hurley
- Daniel Hurley
- Seamus Kelly, Ph.D. 2009 (Supervisors: Dr James Cruickshank & Prof Graham Ellis)
- James Lovett
- Ian McGloghlin
- Jonathan McLoughlin, Ph.D. 2010 (Supervisor: Dr James Cruickshank)
- Liam Naughton
- Padraig Ó Cathain
- Olga O'Mahony, Ph.D. 2017 (Supervisor: Dr Rachel Quinlan)
- David O'Keefe
- Le Van Luyen, Ph.D. 2014 (Supervisor: Prof Graham Ellis)
- Adib Makrooni, Ph.D. 2017 (Supervisor: Dr John Burns)
- Brendan Masterson, Ph.D. 2016 (Supervisor: Prof Götz Pfeiffer)
- James McTigue, Ph.D. 2015 (Supervisor: Dr Rachel Quinlan)
- Thái Anh Nhan, Ph.D. 2015 (Supervisor: Dr Niall Madden)
- Jessica O'Shaugnessy
- Kirsten Pfeiffer
- David Quinn
- Tobias Rossmann
- Stephen Russell, Ph.D. 2015 (Supervisor: Dr. Niall Madden)
- Qays Shakir, Ph.D. 2019 (Supervisor: Dr James Cruickshank)
- Thomas Shanahan
- Guranda Tevdoradze
- Bui Anh Tuan
- Rachael Wallace
- Hoang Dinh Van