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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.
Publishing Guidelines for Researchers
Publishing Guidelines for Researchers
1. Ensure you have the correct University Affiliation:
As a University employee or research student, or an affiliate with honorary status, when publishing journal articles and other works associated with research undertaken while at the University, you must declare your primary affiliation to be the National University of Ireland Galway. Publications can often get misaligned to other universities or indeed to other people who have similar names. Best practices are listed below to ensure the correct alignment of both the institution's and the individual researcher's name.
a) Your Institution
When publishing, always use the same institutional name and always use the designated university name the National University of Ireland Galway (or NUI Galway will also suffice – however it is very important you omit the comma before Galway) when submitting your manuscript for publication.
b) Multiple Affiliations
You may also wish to include your school or research group, but always LIST THE UNIVERSITY FIRST as this is the safest method for ensuring that the institution (and thus the appropriate school/research group) receives the credit for the publication in the bibliographic databases and analysis.
For multiple affiliations please ensure a semicolon is used in between the different affiliation entities e.g.
National University of Ireland Galway; Ryan Institute; School of Natural Sciences.
Where an author has a substantive or honorary contact with the University and, say, the HSE, both organisations can appear as affiliations in submissions for publication.
2. Ensure you are using the correct/consistent version of Your Name:
When publishing, always use the same author name. Problems can arise due to:
- Authors alternating between the English and Irish versions of their name
- Authors alternating between using middle initials and/or shortened versions of their first name
- Common names e.g John O' Brien, Mary Ward etc
- Name changes, e.g. marriage
See more on how to manage your profile with a unique author id: Tips for managing your research profile
3. Create your ORCID (www.orcid.org):
This unique identifier helps overcome issues with wrong affiliations and author names and will make it easier to identify you as the author of scholarly work. Include it on your personal webpage, when submitting publications and when applying for grants – see here for further guidelines. Including your ORCID when publishing will make it easier to associate you with the publication in bibliographic databases and make sure that you are credited for your work.
4. If your article has been accepted for Publication:
a. Ensure it is recorded on NUI Galway’s Institutional Research Information System IRIS and uploaded onto NUI Galway’s open access repository ARAN.
b. Ensure you are complying with any specific funder requirements as set out in your Grant Agreement/Letter of Offer – the Research Office can offer further guidance on this
c. Consider how you will manage access to Research Data - more details are available here https://www.nuigalway.ie/media/staffsub-sites/researchoffice/files/Research-Data-Management-Policy-(QA509)
5. Broadening your Research Impact:
Finally from once you have correctly aligned your university and your own unique author id, please see here tips for Broadening your Research Impact
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.