Ranking in the top 2% of universities worldwide and the Sunday Times University of the year 2022, choosing to study at NUI Galway will provide you with a world of opportunity. Choose the course that is right for you, www.nuigalway.ie/cao
Here are five reasons to make this choice:
Global university
NUI Galway offers more than 60 world-class undergraduate degree courses covering Business, Law, Science, Engineering, Arts, Humanities, Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. As well as holding an excellent internationally recognised degree, you will benefit from the university’s strong links with business and industry both in Ireland and globally.
The university has earned a reputation for excellence in research and for its focus on finding solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing humanity. Through this, and through wide-ranging international research partnerships, doors are opened to students who want to develop a research career.
Study abroad
An exciting part of many courses at NUI Galway is the opportunity to spend time living and learning in a university overseas. Within Europe there is the Erasmus programme , and around the world, looking east and west as far afield as China and Hong Kong and the USA and Canada, there is the Study Abroad. The initiative is a once in a lifetime opportunity to immerse yourself in another culture within the framework of your degree course.
It will help you develop personally and academically, and gain new skills that you will bring with you to the workplace. So, you can choose NUI Galway - in the west of Ireland – but you are choosing something bigger. You are choosing to open a window of opportunity to the world and to give yourself the chance to thrive in in a full university experience at home and abroad.
Work placement
More than 80% of our courses offer work placement opportunities. These provide students with the chance to acquire effective work habits and skills, allowing you to move with confidence and self-direction into the world of work.
NUI Galway is pioneering two new initiatives to support our students to develop key skills for life and the world of work - Designing Futures and IdeasLab. Designing Futures has been developed to enhance graduate employability by offering practical and creative teaching, learning and skills development alongside traditional degree studies.
Alongside it, the IdeasLab offers a place to cultivate curiosity, creativity and activate those all-important entrepreneurship skills. Its programmes are open to all NUI Galway students and include mentorship, internships and Enterprise Challenge programmes.
Alternative admission pathways
While the traditional route to study at NUI Galway is through the Leaving Certificate, there are many other pathways including PLC/FET/FETAC/QQI. The majority of our undergraduate degree have places set aside for students coming from these pathways so remember the Leaving Certificate exam results can be just one step in the journey.
Scholarships
The University awards a number of academic and sports scholarships each year. Applications for both sports scholarships and the creative arts are now open now at www.nuigalway.ie/undergraduate-scholarships We also offer the excellence scholarship, which is based on academic achievement in the Leaving Certificate examination.
All of these reasons to choose NUI Galway can be further explored at one of our open days.
It is a great way to experience our campus – ranked among the most beautiful in Europe. There is also excellent access on these days, to meet our academics and current students and to discover the course that best suits you.
Our next on campus Open Days will take place on the 25th and 26th of March. Please register your interest today if you would like to attend as places will be limited.
Further information
Learn more at - www.nuigalway.ie/cao Register your interest in attending our next Open Day - www.nuigalway.ie/opendays Research our courses – www.nuigalway.ie/courses Details on alternative admission pathways – www.nuigalway.ie/access Scholarships – www.nuigalway/scholarships
