GARDA Vetting/POLICE CLEARANCE

NUI Galway offers a number of programmes that require students to undertake placements with external agencies, which will bring them into contact with the public and in which they will assume positions of trust. To ensure the protection of the public, and justify public trust and confidence, the University is committed to ensuring that only suitable candidates are allowed to undertake these programmes.

NUI Galway uses the Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU), which, where applicable, may liaise with the Police Service of Northern Ireland vetting service to assess the suitability of applicants for admission to such programmes. In the event where applicants do not meet the Garda Vetting requirements of the University, registration on such programmes may be subject to cancellation.

NUI Galway will require students on the following programmes to be Garda Vetted before they fully complete their registration as a student of the University.  Such students will be registered provisionally until Garda Clearance is obtained. (The below list of programmes is subject to review as deemed necessary).

  *Carried out by the HSE 

Students who accept places in the above programmes will be sent the necessary forms by the NUI Galway Admissions Office.

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