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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
Research
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.
Research
Archaeological Research at NUI Galway.
Archaeology at NUI Galway has a strong track-record in pioneering evidence-based research. Our research informs regional, national and international discourse about societies and civilisation on the island of Ireland and Atlantic Europe, it maintains currency in undergraduate and graduate teaching programmes and engages local communities in an understanding of their past. Staff and graduate students work closely together to advance themes in archaeological research.
Our research is in the following areas:
- Human Identity and Cultural Practice:
Generating new knowledge about culture-group identities on the island of Ireland has immediate relevance for contemporary society because interpretations of the perceptions and actions of peoples in the past can enlighten some of the central issues about human identity in our contemporary world. This theme is investigated through the archaeological record of settlement, built heritage and material culture of Gaelic and incoming peoples from the twelfth to the seventeenth century. The complex and mutable identities of the peoples of Ireland are revealed through the study of the archaeology of Gaelic lordships and English settlements. - Landscape Archaeology:
Enhanced understanding of the interaction between people and environment,from prehistoric times to modern day. - Material Culture, Art and Society:
Exploring the style, pedigree and iconography of religious and decorative art in early medieval Ireland against its wider European backdrop. - Prehistoric Irish Societies:
Studying the organisation and dynamics of social groups and their practices in prehistoric Ireland. - Public Archaeology:
Developing professional ethics and standards through mutually accountable work with communities to research and support their heritage in Ireland and abroad.
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Research Projects A - Z |
Current Graduate Student Research |
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Completed Graduate Student Research |
Completed MA in Landscape Archaeology Research |