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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 NUI Galway as their University of choice. Find out what life at NUI Galway is all about here.
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About NUI Galway
About NUI Galway
Since 1845, NUI 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
NUI 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
NUI 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 NUI Galway
We explore and facilitate commercial opportunities for the research community at NUI Galway, as well as facilitating industry partnership.
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Alumni, Friends & Supporters
Alumni, Friends & Supporters
There are over 90,000 NUI Galway graduates Worldwide, connect with us and tap into the online community.
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Community Engagement
Community Engagement
At NUI 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.
Designing Futures
Designing Futures
Designing Futures is a new educational programme that will prepare students to deal with today’s complexity and uncertainty, and the future world of work.
Designing Futures has been developed to enhance the employability of NUI Galway graduates by offering additional practical and creative teaching, learning and skills development alongside traditional degree studies.
The programme aims to:
- Promote greater student engagement with civic society, community and enterprise, while expanding their education and preparedness for life and a career.
- Empower students to design personalised skills development pathways and to ensure graduates transversal skills achievements are recognised alongside their degree.
- Enhance NUI Galway and Ireland’s position as a leader in innovative, student-centred and enterprise-engaged education in Europe and internationally.
Designing Futures will drive and support a transformational change in the educational experience of NUI Galway students, staff and enterprise partners to help every student to succeed in the world of work and lead fulfilling lives
Designing Futures has Three Core Pillars:
Dean of Students Award
Students who actively engage in skills development through curricular, co-curricular and extra- curricular activities will receive the prestigious Dean of Students award to recognise their contributions and efforts to develop their skills and to be equipped with the mind set and skills to face every challenge and benefit from every opportunity. The award is currently in the design phase and will be offered to students next year.
Key Facts
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1,500+ Students take part in design thinking programmes each year
100+
Students are running their own business or start-up
5+
EU programmes run each year through IdeasLab