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Cairnes 2 Huston School of 7 The Quadrangle Library School of Business Film & Digital Media and Economics 8 University Hospital 14 Orbsen building 22 3 Clinical Science Galway 15 Arts Millennium Engineering building Institute 9 NEW: Centre for Drama, building 23 Institute for Life Course Lamb Institute for Theatre & Performance and Society 4 16 School of Welcome to NUI Galway Translational Research 10 24 NEW: Human Biology Psychology Corrib Village student and HRB Selamat Datang building opening 2017 17 Arts/Science Building accommodation Bienvenue Fáilte 5 Ryan Institute 25 11 Áras Uí Chathail / 18 IT Building Biomedical Sciences (Martin Ryan building) Student Information Desk 19 Sports Centre Bem-Vindo Willkommen Witamy (SID) 23 3 4 25 21 8 24 20 22 7 19 15 16 12 13 1 2 5 10 17 9 11 6 14 18 Connect with NUI Galway facebook.com/nuigalway twitter.com/nuigalway instagram.com/nuigalway pinterest.com/nuigalway linkedin.com/company/nui-galway youtube.com/thinkingaboutnuig nuigalway Did you know? Contents Did you know? 2 College of Arts, Acadamh na Choose NUI Galway 4 Social Sciences, hOllscolaíochta Ireland’s fastest expanding campus 6 and Celtic Studies Gaeilge NUI Galway are in the Top 250 universities in the world 3 of our scientists have been named in the QS Rankings 2015. NUI Galway is also in the in the “World’s Top 100 Most Real Life Learning 8 Top 200 list of the most international universities Influential Scientific Minds: 2014” Global University 10 in the 2015-16 THE World Rankings. by the multinational media body Thompson Reuters. Inspirational Teaching 12 28 75 Your Career 14 Scholarships 16 Sport 18 University Life 20 College of College of The University City 22 Business, Public Engineering Study Abroad 24 Policy and Law and Informatics % Our student completion Blackstone 95We are one of Ireland’s top rate is 87% We are leading the way LaunchPad 26 universities for graduate employability, in student volunteering and with over 95% of our graduates civic engagement. More than working or in further study within 1,000 students gave 30,000 YOUR SUPPOrt NETWORK six months of graduating. hours of voluntary activity 86 104 in the last year. Accommodation 158 Support Services 160 Your Money 162 Scholarships 163 College of College Your Learning Medicine, of Science We are in the final stages of a Environment 164 Nursing and €400 million capital 10% Your Societies 166 Health Sciences investment programme, which has transformed the campus and Tá 10% de mhic léinn Your Sports Clubs 167 We rank among the top 2% of given students and staff access na hOllscoile ag déanamh How to Apply 168 universities in the world for the to the very best facilities for staidéir ar an nGaeilge nó trí Useful Contacts 179 124 136 quality of our teaching and research. teaching and research. mheán na Gaeilge. Campus Map 180 2 3 Choose NUI Galway With more than 17,000 students, NUI Galway is one of Ireland’s most popular universities for undergraduate study. NUI Galway attracts more students from outside its region than any other university in Ireland. NUI Galway is ranked in the top 2% of universities in the world for the quality of its research and teaching. We offer a number of undergraduate courses where we have unique strengths and are leading the way – Biomedical Science, Marine Science, Creative Writing, Theatre and Performance and Maths and Education. NUI Galway has also moved to the Top 200 list of the most international universities in the world, in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2015-2016. Find out more: www.nuigalway.ie/cao w 4 5 Ireland’s fastest expanding campus We are in the final stages of a €400 million capital investment programme – the single largest capital development plan ever undertaken by the University. This investment has transformed the campus into a world-class learning environment for our students. Some of our new facilities include: • A new centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance is currently is just complete • A new building for Medicine students is near completion • A state-of-the-art Sports Centre • A dedicated Student Centre and Cultural Hub • Ireland’s largest School of Engineering, opened in 2011 • A brand new School of Psychology, opened in 2014 • The Hardiman Research Building – a new facility for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences students, opened in 2014 • A brand new building for Biomedical Science Research, opened in 2014 • The Institute of Lifecourse and Society building, opened in 2014 Find out more: www.nuigalway.ie/about-us/who-we-are/the-campus/ w 6 7 Real Life Learning At NUI Galway, we believe that the best learning happens when you apply what you learn in a real world context. That’s why many of our courses include work placements or community projects. Over 70% of our courses offer students the opportunity to get work experience. Over 40 of our degree programmes include a community-learning opportunity, involving 1,600 students and over 100 lecturers. You will have the chance to work locally and internationally and develop invaluable life skills. This real life learning experience will benefit you when you enter the job market, as employers look for well- rounded individuals with a good mix of knowledge and experience. NUI Galway Mechanical Engineering Student Niamh Keogh unveils ‘the Geec’ (Galway energy-efficient car) at NUI Galway. Find out more: www.socs.nuigalway.ie w www.nuigalway.ie/cki w www.su.nuigalway.ie w www.nuigalway.ie/student-connect w 8 9 Global University NUI Galway is truly a global university – we have the highest number of international students of any university in Ireland. We have a total of 3,000 International students from 115 countries, which accounts for 20% of the overall student population. NUI Galway is ranked in the Top 100 most international universities in the world according to the Times Higher Education. We have student exchange programmes with over 200 international universities around the world, and also have a global community of staff. 35% are from overseas, coming from 45 countries worldwide. Three outstanding researchers at NUI Galway have been ranked among the “World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds: 2014” by the multinational media body Thompson Reuters. That’s more than any other university in Ireland. Find out more: www.nuigalway.ie w www.nuigalway.ie/international-students w 10 11 Inspirational Dr. Eoin Daly Teaching Professor Patrick Lonergan Eoin Daly lectures in the Patrick is Professor of Drama School of Law. He is interested and Theatre, director of the in how the Constitution of Druid Academy and academic Ireland, as the basic law of leader of the Abbey Theatre the State, is influenced by Digital Archive project – the and intertwines with Irish world’s largest digital history, politics and society.