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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.
How set up your CoExtra Curricular Activity
All co/extra-curricular offerings, we will publish centrally on the USP website and on a student portal. When a student has completed a badged activity this achievement is recognised by issuing the student a digital badge. The digital badge will explicitly identify the skills that the student has developed in this context. This badged achievement will be recorded centrally on the students skills record – the USP – University Skills Passport.
How to set up your activity for the USP
The process - Set up Instructions
Blank set up form for completion - Co/extracurricular-activity-setup-form
Examples of a completed form and badge certificates:
- Example of completed Coextracurricular-activity-setup form
- Example of a short form badge certificate - Sample Badge Cert with Skills TagsCo/Extra Curricular
- Example of a long form badge certificate - Sample Badge Cert with Full skills Description Co/Extra Curricular
Designing Futures Framework for Student Development
Skills Framework documents:
- Find the Designing futures Skills Framework click here
- For a breakdown of skills descriptions see DF Student Skills Framework
Information about the Skills Framework
Within the University of Galway, there is an agreed Graduate Attribute Statement as set out in the Teaching and Learning Strategy 2021-2026. This provides the anchor for our Designing Futures Framework for Student Development. All identified skills and dispositions are linked back to this agreed and validated structure.
Given the complex range of initiatives involved in the DF project, it was important to develop a core framework that would specify the core skills and dispositions being addressed by the project. This framework is a key resource underpinning all the innovative initiatives created within the project.
It also underpins our use of externally developed approaches, including the ‘Design your Life’ programmes created by Stanford University’s Life Design Lab and on trans-disciplinary learning models pioneered by Georgia Institute of Technology.