Summer Schools

NUI Galway is holding a series of Summer Schools this June for students interested in studying at the University. This is an excellent opportunity for prospective students to get a real taste of University life and to enjoy a wide range of hands-on practical activities.

Find out more about each Summer School and how to apply online:

• Nursing Summer School
• Computing Summer School
• Engineering Summer School
• Science Experience Summer Event

Science Experience Summer Event

The Science Experience Summer Event offers you two full days of hands-on, practical Science experience. Get a taste of life as a scientist and decide if Science is the career for you.

• Opportunities to do your own Lab experiments and demonstrations
• Tours of the Lab facilities at NUI Galway
• Find out about careers in Science
• Hear about the latest discoveries and inventions
Biology, Chemistry, Maths and Physics are all featured during the two-day Summer event with NUI Galway scientists.

Dates:  Thursday 21st & Friday 22nd June, 2012.

Book your place

We are sorry but the Science Experience Summer Event is fully booked. We would like to thank you for your interest in the Science Experience Summer Event and we hope to run this event again in 2013.

Find out more
T: (091) 492814  
E:sese@nuigalway.ie  

www.nuigalway.ie/science/experience    

Engineering Summer School

Are you in Junior Cycle, Transition or 5th year and studying Honours Maths?
Are you interested in figuring out how things work?
Do you enjoy maths, science, engineering, or technical subjects in general?
Are you interested in new technology: phones, computers, cars, buildings, energy, and medical technologies?  Then the 2012 Engineering Summer School is for you!

The Engineering Summer School offers you a unique hand-on practical experience to get a taste of life as an engineer. The Engineering Summer School is a one day event and you have the option to attend on the 28th June or 29th June 2012.

Here are some of the activities we have lined up for you:
• Robo-soccer game
• Go-kart design for future Formula 1 Engineers
• Design of your own sustainable Eco-house
• Build and test a pacemaker circuit
• Remote control of a wastewater treatment plant
• Frankenstein design: how bio-engineers make new body parts

Dates: 28th June or 29th June 2012

Book your place

The Engineering Summer School is a free event and refreshments and lunch will be available on the day.

Apply online   

Due to space restrictions, numbers on the Engineering Summer School are limited, so apply early. The event is open to second level students from 1st year to 5th year (including TY). Last date for receipt of application is May 31st 2012.  

 Find out more
T: (091) 492814  
E:eilis.niloingsigh@nuigalway.ie  

www.nuigalway.ie/engineering/summer-school

Computing Summer Camp

The NUI Galway Computing Summer Camp provides students with an opportunity to explore and experiment with new technologies that form the basis of our digital age. It is open to all secondary school students from first to final year. It will run from Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 4:00pm daily, and will cover a range of digitally-inspired topics including:

• Programming
• Computer Animation
• Games
• 3D Modelling
• Robotics

The summer camp, designed by staff in Information Technology, introduces computing in a novel, fun and interactive way. Students can creatively explore how to use leading-edge technologies, from constructing robots that can be then be programmed to interact with their environment, to designing and developing an animation that can be uploaded to a web site and shared with friends.

The summer camp will also give students a sense of the exciting possibilities in computer science and information technology, and will also provide an insight into the range of topics that form part of the highly successful B.Sc. (Honours) in Computer Science and Information Technology.

Dates: From 11th - 15th June or 18th - 22nd June 2012 (the same material is covered each week)

Book your place

We are sorry but all places on the Computing Summer Camp have been filled for this year. We hope to run the camps again in 2013. For those who have already applied online and now wish to pay for their camp, please send a cheque for €70 made payable to NUI Galway to:
Mary Hardiman, Computing Summer School, Discipline of IT, NUI Galway  

Find out more
T: (091) 492814  
E:eilis.niloingsigh@nuigalway.ie  

www.it.nuigalway.ie

Nursing Summer School

Summer School for Transition Year Students? Considering a Career in Nursing/Midwifery?
Thinking about studying at NUI Galway? Want to learn some new lifesaving skills?
Then this event is for you!

Learn how to do:

• CPR
• Vital Signs
• Hand Hygiene

 Date: 29th May 2012

Book your place

Apply online   

This is a pilot initiative offered to Transition Year and 5^th year students. Spaces are limited to the first 32 students who successfully submitted their completed application form and fee.

 A fee of €30 made payable to “School of Nursing and Midwifery, NUI Galway” applies.

Find out more

http://www.nuigalway.ie/nursing-midwifery/News%20and%20Events/summer_school.html