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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 University of Galway as their University of choice. Find out what life at University of Galway is all about here.
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About University of Galway
About University of Galway
Since 1845, University of 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
University of 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
University of 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 University of Galway
We explore and facilitate commercial opportunities for the research community at University of Galway, as well as facilitating industry partnership.
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Alumni & Friends
Alumni & Friends
There are 128,000 University of Galway alumni worldwide. Stay connected to your alumni community! Join our social networks and update your details online.
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Community Engagement
Community Engagement
At University of 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.
Accessibility & LanguageResearch
At University of Galway we recognise that research is key to providing the necessary knowledge, evidence base, solutions, technologies and innovations to support the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our Strategic Plan 2020-2025: Shared Vision, Shaped by Values; invites ambition in research that underpins the following 5 key areas:
- Enhancing Policy and Society
- Enriching Creativity and Culture
- Improving Health and Wellbeing
- Realising Potential through Data and Enabling Technologies
- Sustaining our People and Planet
Research centres
University of Galway supports a large number of research centres related to sustainability and the environment, for example, The Ryan Institute is University of Galway’s largest research institute supporting 92 projects and 500 researchers to advance sustainability research and partnerships that contribute to the majority of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Insight Centre for Data Analytics at the University of Galway contributes to several of the UNSDGs by leveraging data science to address key global challenges, for example: how the Centre is using data analytics to improve healthcare systems efficiency, developing smart city technologies that optimises urban infrastructure, Insight supporing climate and enviromental monitoring and promoting innovation to support sustainable industrial growth. Read more about how Insight Centre Research is supporting the SDGs.
University of Galway Research supporting the UN SDGs
As the research community at University of Galway continues to make significant contributions to achieving the goals of sustainable development, it is important that we recognise and record this work.
Consider how your research contributes to the UN SDGs and the associated targets and complete this short form: My Research and the UN SDGs
The information provided by you will be used to track progress and contribute to:
- Our commitment to increase research activity aligned to the SDGs across all colleges and research institutions, establishing a baseline of funded research projects aligned to the SDGs of over 60% by 2025 (University of Galway Sustainability Strategy 2021-2025).
- University of Galway’s annual submission to the Times High Education (THE) University Impact Ranking
Distribution of SDG-related publications (sourced from Scopus)
A report on the distribution of University of Galway's SDG-related publications across all SDGs 1-16 sourced from Scopus is prepared anually by the Planning and Institutional Research Office.
The latest University of Galway SDGs Research Output Analysis report shows that 45% of University of Galway's research publications are related to SDG 3, Good Health and Wellbeing. This is followed by SDG7: Affordable & Clean Energy, SDG 16: Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions, SDG 9: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure and SDG 6: Clean Water & Sanitation.
A stand-out finding in this years report is that University of Galway has the highest percentage of its publications related to the SDGs in Ireland, at 40% over the 5 year period 2018-2022. This is growing rapidly, particularly over the past 2 years and in the year 2022 they actually represent 45% of all publications.
Decarbonising Research Methods
In November 2022, two PhD students at University of Galway organised hybrid interdisciplinary workshops on the topic of Decarbonising Research Methods.
The workshops included participation from approximately 40 researchers from all disciplines across universities in Ireland and further afield (Canada, Germany, North America and the United Kingdom). Participants had the opportunity to discuss the carbon management of their own research methodologies and advance ideas about how the research undertaken in their institutions could be decarbonised.
They outline their recommendations in this report, primarily directed towards policy-and-decision-makers in University of Galway. It could also be used as a tool by interested researchers to lobby their own institutions or to develop their own set of decarbonising principles.
