Undergraduate Programmes

We offer over 40 undergraduate programmes across the five colleges of the University:

• College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies
• College of Business, Public Policy and Law
• College of Engineering and Informatics
• College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
• College of Science
  

You can view a complete list of programmes at http://www.nuigalway.ie/courses/undergraduate-courses/

Choosing your programme

In Ireland as in many other European countries, undergraduate students enter a specific programme in their first year of university. Some programmes such as the Bachelor of Art (Omnibus) and the Bachelor of Science (Undenominated) are ’open’ degrees, which means you choose classes from across a broad range of subjects within a certain area of study  before specialising at a later stage.

Such programmes are ideally suited to students who know generally what area of study they are interested in (e.g. Arts/Humanities, Business, Science etc.,) but who may not know which exact subject(s) within that area they wish to concentrate on at the point of entry.

In addition, we also offer a number of more specialised programmes for students who know what they wish to focus on from their very first year of study. Many of our programmes are unique in Ireland, such as those in Human Rights, Creative Writing, Theatre and Performance, Marine Science, and Sports and Exercise Engineering.

We also offer undergraduate programmes in areas including Law and Medicine, which are often not available to undergraduate students in other countries.

Teaching and Learning

NUI Galway is a research-led university and our cutting edge work across the Humanities, the Creative Arts, Human Rights, Biomedical Science, Web and Marine Science enhance our undergraduate programmes to the benefit of all
our students.

Our professors bring the latest ideas and discoveries into the lecture theatre and help promote independent learning and research amongst students.
We pride ourselves on offering a welcoming and supportive environment for our students and our academic and support staff offer you lots of support to help you make the transition to university.

All our programmes are designed to provide the right mix of knowledge and
personal skills to produce graduates who can make a real contribution to the
workplace.

Useful websites

Undergraduate Programmes
www.nuigalway.ie/courses/