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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.
Research Metrics Guide
Metrics Quick Guide
In keeping with the principle of Responsible Metrics, it is important to state a single metric should never be used as a surrogate measure of the quality of research, but instead should be considered alongside a range of relevant research metrics, outputs and other types of qualitative factors.
Please also bear in mind the following considerations when using Bibliometric Research Metrics:
- The databases that supply data for citation counting and bibliometric data differ in coverage, each indexing different journals and books. Hence results will vary depending on the data source used.
- Disciplines vary in their publication and citation practices. Certain disciplines have higher citation norms compared to others, and hence it is important to compare researchers within their discipline areas.
- Bibliometrics focus on measurement of citations, mostly in journal articles. Disciplines such as arts and humanities and social sciences rely less on journal publications and hence may be misrepresented by bibliographic metrics alone.
- Citation counting will automatically favour experienced researchers over those at an earlier stage in their career as they will have produced a greater number of outputs. Only researchers at similar career stages should be compared.
- Metrics include self-citing, so it is important to compare like with like.
- Keep in mind not all citations are positive - a paper may be cited because it is an example of ‘bad’ research.
Research Metrics Quick Guide
The table below showcases a range of different bibliometric research metrics commonly used and their definitions. Download a copy of the Quick Reference Cards for Research Impact Metrics .
News
8th June 2022
NUI Galway is ranked 270th out of ~1,400 institutions worldwide in the QS World Rankings.
14th November 2021
NUI Galway achieves University of the Year status in the Sunday Times Ranking
9th September 2021
NUI Galway has achieved a renewed Bronze Athena SWAN Award
3rd September 2021
NUI Galway is placed in the 351-400 range in the Times Higher Education World Rankings
8th June 2021
NUI Galway is placed 258th position in the QS World Rankings
4th March 2021
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.