University of Galway

Founded in 1845 as Queen's College Galway, the University of Galway is a public, research-led university on the west coast of Ireland. Formerly known as National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI Galway), it was renamed University of Galway on 1 January 2022. Ranked 275th in the world by QS World University Rankings and #1 in Ireland for sustainable development by Times Higher Education, the university is committed to research excellence and impactful teaching. It has a diverse student population of over 19,000 from 110 countries and offers more than 50 undergraduate and 200 postgraduate courses across four colleges: Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies; Business, Public Policy and Law; Medicine and Health; and Science and Engineering. Quality assurance is conducted by Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), and the university holds degree-awarding powers under Irish law. It is a member of the National University of Ireland consortium and the European Universities alliance UNIGREEN.