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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.
Structured Programmes
Research topics
If you're interested in a research postgraduate degree, join one of our research programmes.
College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies
Search for courses in each school in the search boxes provided. Click 'Course Name' to sort the list alphabetically.
| Course Name | Key Words |
|---|---|
| Applied Behaviour Analysis (Structured PhD) | applied behaviour analysis, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway |
| Archaeology (Structured PhD) | postgraduate, archaeology |
| Celtic Studies/Léann Ceilteach (Structured PhD) | postgraduate |
| Child and Youth Research (Structured PhD) | research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, child, youth, phd, structured, psychology, interdisciplinary, global, social world, children, policy, practice, political science, sociology, rights, support, family, health, well-being, UNESCO, early years provision, emerging adulthood, ethics, theory, society, global, development, "child development", "global policy" international rights, intergovernmental organisations, |
| Children's Studies (Structured PhD) | structured phd, Children, Children’s Literature, Adolescent, Health, Immigrant, Childhood, Media, Behaviour |
| Classics (Structured PhD) | structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, classics |
| Classics (Structured Research Masters) | Classics, Intertextuality, Latin-Celtic interactions, Hiberno-Latin, manuscript studies, Classical reception |
| Digital Arts & Humanities (Structured PhD) | digital, digitisation, arts, digital arts, humanities, computer, humanities, media, structured phd, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway |
| Drama and Theatre Studies (Structured PhD) | Drama, Theatre Studies, Practice-as-Research, Playwriting, Theatre Archives, Abbey Theatre, Irish Drama, Yeats, Friel, Beckett, Shaw, |
| Education (Structured PhD) | education, structured, phd, socio-cultural, issues, teacher, civic engagement, community engaged research, technology, mathematics, STEM, educational research |
| English (Structured PhD) | structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, english |
| Film Studies (Structured PhD) | film studies, huston school of film, structured phd, inter-institutional, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway |
| French (Structured PhD) | research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, structured phd, arts, humanities, social sciences, french |
| French (Structured Research Masters) | French Literature, French autobiography, French Life writing, Translation technology, Contemporary French and Francophone Literature, Contemporary Women’s Writing in French, Postcolonial Studies, Medieval French Literature, Discourse Analysis, Translation studies, Contemporary French Politics and Institutions, Contemporary French Media, French mysticism, French sport |
| Geography (Structured PhD) | research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, structured phd, arts, humanities, social sciences, geography |
| German (Structured PhD) | structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, german |
| Global Women’s Studies (Structured PhD) | postgraduate |
| Health Promotion (Structured PhD) | structured phd, health sciences, health promotion, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway |
| Health Psychology Practice (Structured PhD) | Health Psychology, Stage 2 |
| History (Structured PhD) | research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, structured phd, arts, humanities, social sciences, history |
| International Cultural Studies (Structured PhD) | Gender Studies, Ecocriticism, Performance Theories, Affect Theories, Autobiography, Postcolonial Studies, International, Literature, Media |
| Irish Studies (Structured PhD) | structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, irish studies |
| Italian (Structured PhD) | research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, structured phd, arts, humanities, social sciences, italian |
| Latin American Studies (Structured PhD) | structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, latin american studies |
| Learning Sciences (Structured PhD) | postgraduate |
| Mathematics (Structured PhD) | research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, structured phd, arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics |
| Medieval Studies (Structured PhD) | structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, irish studies, medieval studies, middle, middle ages, interdisciplinary, late antiquity, Europe, history, Latin, palaeography, Old Irish, Anglo-Saxon, classics, French, German, Ireland, archaeology, manuscripts, literature, philology, castles, Indo-European, kingship, Christianisation, hagiography, Welsh, |
| Nua-Ghaeilge (PhD Struchtúrtha) | postgraduate |
| Old and Middle Irish (Structured PhD) | postgraduate |
| Perception, Cognition & Action (Structured PhD), full-time & part-time | perception, cognition, action, structured, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, full-time, part-time |
| Philosophy (Structured PhD) | structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, philosophy |
| Political Science and Sociology (Structured PhD) | structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, political science, sociology |
| Psychology (Structured PhD) | structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, psychology |
| Psychology and Health (Structured PhD) | structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, psychology, health |
| Spanish Studies (Structured PhD) | structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, spanish |
| Texts, Contexts, Cultures (Structured PhD) | research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, texts, culture, contexts, tcc, phd, structured |
College of Business, Public Policy, and Law
| Course Name | Key Words |
|---|---|
| Business, Public Policy and Law (Structured PhD) full-time and part-time | Business, Economics, Law, Human Rights, Disability, PhD, Public Policy, Accounting, BIS, Marketing |
| Law (Structured PhD) | PhD, law, galway, human rights, disability law and policy, law, llm, full-time, part-time, research, postgraduate, programme, course |
College of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences
| Course Name | Key Words |
|---|---|
| Anaesthesia (Structured PhD) | anaesthesia, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway |
| Anatomy (Structured PhD) | anatomy, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway |
| Bacteriology (Structured PhD) | bacteriology, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway |
| General Practice (Structured PhD) | general practice, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway |
| Health Promotion (Structured PhD) | structured phd, health sciences, health promotion, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway |
| Medicine (Structured PhD) | medicine, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway |
| Nursing and Midwifery (Structured PhD) | nursing, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, PhD, Doctorate, Nursing, Midwifery, Research |
| Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Structured PhD) | obstetrics and gynaecology, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway |
| Occupational Therapy (Structured PhD) | occupational therapy, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway |
| Paediatrics (Structured PhD) | paediatrics, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway |
| Pathology (Structured PhD) | pathology structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway |
| Pharmacology and Therapeutics (Structured PhD) | pharmacology, therapeutics, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway |
| Physiology (Structured PhD) | physiology, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway |
| Podiatric Medicine (Structured PhD) | podiatry, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway |
| Psychiatry (Structured PhD) | psychiatry, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway |
| Radiology (Structured PhD) | radiology, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway |
| REMEDI (Structured PhD)—Regenerative Medicine Institute | postgraduate, REMEDI, research |
| Surgery (Structured PhD) | surgery, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway |
| Biomedical Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (BMERM) (Structured PhD) | Biomedical Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Biomechanics, Biomaterials, Bioelectronics, Stem Cells, Gene Therapy |
| Population Health and Health Services Research (Structured PhD) | phd, structured phd, nuig, nuigalway, galway, population health, population, health services research, Health Services, Population health, Patient safety, health policy |
College of Science & Engineering
| Course Name | Key Words |
|---|---|
| AgriBiosciences (Structured Masters)—full-time and part-time | biology, biosciences, agribiosciences, agriculture, plant science, crop, livestock, molecular biology, food security, breeding, biotechnology, systems biology, agronomy, climate change, rural economics, soil science, plant genetics, animal genetics, bioinformatics, research, impact pathway, structured PhD, communications, Ireland, Irish agriculture, greenhouse gases, 1MBS1, 1MBS2 |
| Anatomy (Structured PhD), full-time | anatomy, structured, research, phd, science |
| Applied Mathematics (Structured PhD) | Postgraduate, structured, PhD, Applied Mathematics, Science, Statistics |
| Biochemistry (Structured PhD) | structured, phd, biochemistry, natural sciences, science |
| Bioinformatics (Structured PhD) | Bioinformatics, structured, PhD, research, science, mathematics |
| Biomedical Engineering Science (Structured PhD), full-time | structured, phd, biomedical, engineering, science, |
| Biostatistics (Structured PhD) | postgraduate |
| Botany (Structured PhD) | botany, plant science, seaweed, algae, diatoms, microalgae, crops, trees, forestry, plant genetics, plant biosciences, plant physiology, plant biotechnology, plant molecular biology, plant cell biology, plant ecology, plant evolution, plant epigenetics, agribiosciences, agribiotech, marine biotech |
| Cancer (Structured Masters) | MSc, Masters Degree, research, cancer research, molecular biology, oncology, hematology, signal transduction, translational cancer research, chromosome |
| Cellular and Molecular Biology (Structured PhD) | apoptosis, autophagy, biochemistry, cancer biology, cell biology, cell death, cell signaling, cell stress, ER stress, genetics, molecular biology, necroptosis, proteostasis, unfolded protein response, UPR |
| Chemistry (Structured Masters) | Master Degree, Chemistry, 1MBC1, 1MBC2, medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, biomedical chemistry, analytical chemistry, marine chemistry, polymer chemistry and materials, combustion chemistry and energy, computational chemistry, Chemistry, Chemical Research, employment related skills |
| Chemistry (Structured PhD) | chemistry |
| Earth & Ocean Sciences (Structured PhD) | earth, ocean, sciences, science, oceanography, geology |
| Key Enabling Technologies (Structured Masters) | key enabling technologies, photonics, nanotechnology, advanced materials, micro-and nano-electronics, industrial biotechnology and advanced manufacturing, interdisciplinary, 1ket1, 1ket2 |
| Marine Sciences (Structured PhD) | marine sciences, ryan institute |
| Mathematics (Structured PhD) | maths, mathematics |
| Microbiology (Structured PhD) | Structured, PhD, microbiology, science, research |
| Ocean, Atmosphere and Climate (Structured Masters) | Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate, Sustainability, SOLAS, Atmospheric Physics, Earth and Ocean studies, Oceanography, Atmospheric science, Physical oceanography, Atmospheric chemistry, Air/sea gas exchange, Aerosols, Ocean- atmosphere- climate interactions, Feedbacks between the ocean and atmosphere, Feedbacks between ocean-atmosphere coupled system and climate |
| Pharmacology and Therapeutics (Structured PhD) | pharmacology, therapeutics, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway |
| Physics (Structured PhD) | physics, structured, phd, research, science |
| Physiology (Structured PhD) | physiology, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway |
| Plant & AgriBiosciences (Structured PhD) | biology, biosciences, agribiosciences, agriculture, plant science, crop, livestock, molecular biology, food security, breeding, biotechnology, systems biology, agronomy, climate change, rural economics, soil science, plant genetics, animal genetics, bioinformatics, research, impact pathway, structured PhD, communications, Ireland, Irish agriculture, greenhouse gases |
| Statistics (Structured PhD) | Structured, phd, mathematics, statistics, research, science |
| Zoology (Structured PhD) | zoology, phd, structured, science, research |
| Civil Engineering (Structured PhD)—full-time and part-time | civil engineering, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway |
| Data Science Institute (DSI) / Insight (Structured PhD)—full-time & part-time | ata science, Linked Data, Semantic Web, Internet of Things (IOT), Natural Language Processing (NLP), information mining, knowledge discovery, reasoning and querying, machine learning, blockchain, social software, big data, bioinformatics, eGovernment,, Insight, Confirm, Vistamilk, Lero, Enable, SFI, EU Framework, Enterprise Ireland, Irish Research Council, knowledge management, graph mining, knowledge graphs, smart enterprise, ontologies, ontology engineering |
| Electrical & Electronic Engineering (Structured PhD)—full-time and part-time | electrical, electronic, eng, engineering, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway |
| Industrial Engineering (Structured PhD)—full-time and part-time | industrial engineering, eng, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway |
| Information Technology (Structured PhD)—full-time and part-time | information technology, it, i.t., computer, programming, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, Part Time PhD, Engineering and Informatics at NUI Galway, Structured PhD |
| Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering (Structured PhD)—full-time and part-time | mechanical, biomedical, engineering, phd, graduate, postgraduate, research, biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering |
| Biomedical Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (BMERM) (Structured PhD) | Biomedical Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Biomechanics, Biomaterials, Bioelectronics, Stem Cells, Gene Therapy |
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