Summer Schools

NUI Galway is holding a series of Summer Schools 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- places still available- book now!
• Science Experience Summer Event- Registration now closed
• Business Summer School- NEW for 2013
• Computer Science and Information Technology one day Camp- NEW for 2013

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:  Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th June, 2013

 Registration is now closed

www.nuigalway.ie/science/experience    

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

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 2013 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 27th or 28th June.

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: 27th June or 28th June 2013

Apply Online

Find out more

T: (091) 492689  
E:damien.scanlon@nuigalway.ie

www.nuigalway.ie/engineering/summer-school

Computing Week-Long 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
• 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: 

Pre-Junior Cert: 10^th June – 14^th June

Post-Junior Cert: 17^th June – 21^st June

Update: Friday May 24th. Our camp is now fully booked for both weeks and we are no longer accepting any applications.

New for 2013: In addition to a week-long Computing Summer Camp this year NUI Galway will offer a one-day Computer Science and Information Technology Experience. This one-day programme is open to secondary school students in transition year, 5fth & 6th years.

Date: Monday 24th June, 2013

 Apply Online for Computer Science and Information Technology One-Day Experience

 www.it.nuigalway.ie

Find out more

T: (091) 492814  
E:eilis.niloingsigh@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: Wednesday 5th June

Apply online   

Places are limited so book early.  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/summer_school.html

Business and Economics Summer Event

Are you interested in working in the exciting and dynamic world of business? The J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics is providing students with the chance to answer this question and others at their FREE 1 day Summer School.

The Summer School is made up of workshops and lectures bases around the five subject areas taught by the School of Business and Economics; Marketing, Human Resource Management, Accounting, Economics and Business Information Systems.

Students will get a taste of life as a business student and see how their learning will be applied in the Business World.

• Five 45 minute workshops providing amazing and interesting insights into each subject
• Tours of student facilities at NUI Galway
• Find out about the financial positioning of your local businesses

Dates:  Tuesday 25th June, 2013.

Apply Online for the Business Summer School. 

 The event is open to secondary school students in 5th & 6th year. 

Find out more

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

http://www.nuigalway.ie/commerce/