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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.
QS Rankings
QS Rankings Overview
The QS World University Rankings is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). Previously known as THE-QS World University Rankings, the publisher had collaborated with Times Higher Education magazine (THE) to publish its international league tables from 2004 to 2009 before both started to announce their own versions. QS then chose to still use the pre-existing methodology while THE adopted a new one.
The QS Rankings consist of a subset of rankings/ ratings which NUI Galway partake in:
Methodology
For each of the above rankings and star ratings a number of diverse metrics are used to measure and score a Universities performance. Two of the metrics (Academic Reputation and Employer Reputation) are based on surveys conducted by the QS. These surveys are carried out on a population of over 94,000 academics and 44,000 employers. See more details on how the QS calculates these surveys and the other core metrics used below.
- Academic Reputation
- Employer Reputation
- International Staff and Students
- Citations
- Staff/Student Ratio
QS Overall | QS Subject | QS Stars |
Academic Reputation | Academic Reputation | Research - Citations, Academic Reputation |
Employer Reputation | Employer Reputation | Employability- Employer Reputation, Graduate Employment, Careers Service |
Staff/Student | H Index | Teaching- Staff Student ratio, Student Satisfaction survey |
Internationalisation | Citations | Internationalisation |
Citations | Facilities | |
Subject Acreditation | ||
Innovation: Patents, Spin Off companies, | ||
Inclusiveness: Low Income students, Disabled Access, Scholarships |
News
4th November 2020
NUI Galway achieved runner-up position for the second year in a row in the Sunday Times Good University Guide, published November 2020.
2nd September 2020
NUI Galway is ranked in the 301-350 band in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
10th June 2020
NUI Galway rises 21 places in QS World University Rankings, reaching a rank of 238th in the world.
22nd April 2020
NUI Galway achieves a world rank of 68th out of 767 Institutions in the Times Higher Education World Impact Rankings This ranking is based on how each university is contributing to the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In addition, NUI Galway achieved a rank of 10th in the world for the SDG14: Life Below Water.
4th March 2020
QS Subject Ranking improve for NUI Galway gaining a rank in 19 subjects this year compared with 17 last year.