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University of Galway

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Galway, Ireland
301–350th in World University Rankings 2024
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institution

The University of Galway – Ollscoil na Gaillimhe was founded in 1845 as Queens College, Galway. It then became a constituent college of the National University of Ireland and changed its name to University College, Galway. It retained this title until 1997 when the Universities Act changed it to the National University of Ireland, Galway. In 2022 it rebranded as University of Galway – Ollscoil na Gaillimhe.

The university was given special responsibility to use the Irish language as the working language of the college.

The university has five colleges including the college of arts, social sciences and Celtic studies, college of business, public policy and law, college of engineering and informatics, college of medicine, nursing and health sciences and the college of science.

The university has more than 110 active societies and more than 50 sports clubs. The oldest society is the literary and debating society which was founded in 1846.

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Key Student Statistics

A breakdown of student statistics at the University of Galway

  • gender ratio
    Student gender ratio
    59 F : 41 M (1)
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    International student percentage
    16% (1)
  • student per staff
    Students per staff
    26.1 (1)
  • student
    Student total
    15734 (1)

Based on data collected for the (1) World University Rankings 2024

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Subjects Taught at the University of Galway

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Engineering301–400th

  • General Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Social Sciences301–400th

  • Sociology
  • Politics and International Studies
  • Geography
  • Communication and Media Studies

Psychology251–300th

  • Psychology

Physical Sciences401–500th

  • Chemistry
  • Geology, Environmental, Earth and Marine Sciences
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Mathematics and Statistics

Life Sciences301–400th

  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Biological Sciences

Law151–175th

  • Law

Education251–300th

  • Education

Computer Science201–250th

  • Computer Science

Arts and Humanities201–250th

  • Languages, Literature and Linguistics
  • History, Philosophy and Theology
  • Archaeology
  • Art, Performing Art and Design

Business and Economics301–400th

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Business and Management
  • Accounting and Finance

Clinical and Health251–300th

  • Medicine and Dentistry
  • Other Health

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