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College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies
College of Business, Public Policy, and Law
College of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences
College of Science and Engineering

College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies

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Course Name	Key Words
Applied Behaviour Analysis (Structured PhD)	applied behaviour analysis, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Archaeology (Structured PhD)	postgraduate, archaeology
Celtic Studies/Léann Ceilteach (Structured PhD)	postgraduate
Child and Youth Research (Structured PhD)	research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, child, youth, phd, structured, psychology, interdisciplinary, global, social world, children, policy, practice, political science, sociology, rights, support, family, health, well-being, UNESCO, early years provision, emerging adulthood, ethics, theory, society, global, development, "child development", "global policy" international rights, intergovernmental organisations,
Children's Studies (Structured PhD)	structured phd, Children, Children’s Literature, Adolescent, Health, Immigrant, Childhood, Media, Behaviour
Classics (Structured PhD)	structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, classics
Classics (Structured Research Masters)	Classics, Intertextuality, Latin-Celtic interactions, Hiberno-Latin, manuscript studies, Classical reception
Creative Technologies (Structured PhD)	Technologies, Digital Media, Creative, Artificial Intelligence, Immersive Technology, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Extended Reality, Mixed Reality, Augmented Creativity, AI, Creativity, Virtual Production, Creative Industries, Sustainability and technology, Hacking, Digital Making, The philosophy of Technology and Creativity
Digital Arts & Humanities (Structured PhD)	digital, digitisation, arts, digital arts, humanities, computer, humanities, media, structured phd, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Drama and Theatre Studies (Structured PhD)	Drama, Theatre Studies, Practice-as-Research, Playwriting, Theatre Archives, Abbey Theatre, Irish Drama, Yeats, Friel, Beckett, Shaw,
Education (Structured PhD)	education, structured, phd, socio-cultural, issues, teacher, civic engagement, community engaged research, technology, mathematics, STEM, educational research
English (Structured PhD)	structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, english
Film Studies (Structured PhD)	film studies, huston school of film, structured phd, inter-institutional, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
French (Structured PhD)	research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, structured phd, arts, humanities, social sciences, french
French (Structured Research Masters)	French Literature, French autobiography, French Life writing, Translation technology, Contemporary French and Francophone Literature, Contemporary Women’s Writing in French, Postcolonial Studies, Medieval French Literature, Discourse Analysis, Translation studies, Contemporary French Politics and Institutions, Contemporary French Media, French mysticism, French sport
Geography (Structured PhD)	research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, structured phd, arts, humanities, social sciences, geography
German (Structured PhD)	structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, german
German (Structured Research Masters)	structured research masters german university of galway
Global Women’s Studies (Structured PhD)	postgraduate
Health Promotion (Structured PhD)	structured phd, health sciences, health promotion, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Health Psychology Practice (Structured PhD)	Health Psychology, Stage 2
History (Structured PhD)	research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, structured phd, arts, humanities, social sciences, history
International Cultural Studies (Structured PhD)	Gender Studies, Ecocriticism, Performance Theories, Affect Theories, Autobiography, Postcolonial Studies, International, Literature, Media
Irish Studies (Structured PhD)	structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, irish studies
Italian (Structured PhD)	research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, structured phd, arts, humanities, social sciences, italian
Latin American Studies (Structured PhD)	structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, latin american studies
Learning Sciences (Structured PhD)	postgraduate
Mathematics (Structured PhD)	research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, structured phd, arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics
Medieval Studies (Structured PhD)	structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, irish studies, medieval studies, middle, middle ages, interdisciplinary, late antiquity, Europe, history, Latin, palaeography, Old Irish, Anglo-Saxon, classics, French, German, Ireland, archaeology, manuscripts, literature, philology, castles, Indo-European, kingship, Christianisation, hagiography, Welsh,
Nua-Ghaeilge (PhD Struchtúrtha)	postgraduate
Old and Middle Irish (Structured PhD)	postgraduate
Perception, Cognition & Action (Structured PhD), full-time & part-time	perception, cognition, action, structured, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, full-time, part-time
Philosophy (Structured PhD)	structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, philosophy
Political Science and Sociology (Structured PhD)	structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, political science, sociology
Psychology (Structured PhD)	structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, psychology
Psychology and Health (Structured PhD)	structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, psychology, health
Spanish (Structured Masters)	Spanish Language, Spanish Literature, Latin American Studies, Translation Studies, Linguistics, Lexicography, university of galway, structured masters
Spanish Studies (Structured PhD)	structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, spanish
Texts, Contexts, Cultures (Structured PhD)	research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, texts, culture, contexts, tcc, phd, structured

College of Business, Public Policy, and Law

Course Name	Key Words
Business, Public Policy and Law (Structured PhD) full-time and part-time	Business, Economics, Law, Human Rights, Disability, PhD, Public Policy, Accounting, BIS, Marketing

College of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences

Course Name	Key Words
Anaesthesia (Structured PhD)	anaesthesia, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Anatomy (Structured PhD)	anatomy, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Bacteriology (Structured PhD)	bacteriology, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
General Practice (Structured PhD)	general practice, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Health Promotion (Structured PhD)	structured phd, health sciences, health promotion, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Medicine (Structured PhD)	medicine, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Nursing and Midwifery (Structured PhD)	nursing, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, PhD, Doctorate, Nursing, Midwifery, Research
Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Structured PhD)	obstetrics and gynaecology, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Occupational Therapy (Structured PhD)	occupational therapy, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Paediatrics (Structured PhD)	paediatrics, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Pathology (Structured PhD)	pathology structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Pharmacology and Therapeutics (Structured PhD)	pharmacology, therapeutics, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Physiology (Structured PhD)	physiology, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Podiatric Medicine (Structured PhD)	podiatry, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Psychiatry (Structured PhD)	psychiatry, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Radiology (Structured PhD)	radiology, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
REMEDI (Structured PhD)—Regenerative Medicine Institute	postgraduate, REMEDI, research
Surgery (Structured PhD)	surgery, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Biomedical Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (BMERM) (Structured PhD)	Biomedical Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Biomechanics, Biomaterials, Bioelectronics, Stem Cells, Gene Therapy
Population Health and Health Services Research (Structured PhD)	phd, structured phd, nuig, nuigalway, galway, population health, population, health services research, Health Services, Population health, Patient safety, health policy

College of Science & Engineering

Course Name	Key Words
Anatomy (Structured PhD), full-time	anatomy, structured, research, phd, science
Applied Mathematics (Structured PhD)	Postgraduate, structured, PhD, Applied Mathematics, Science, Statistics
Biochemistry (Structured PhD)	structured, phd, biochemistry, natural sciences, science
Bioinformatics (Structured PhD)	Bioinformatics, structured, PhD, research, science, mathematics
Biomedical Engineering Science (Structured PhD), full-time	structured, phd, biomedical, engineering, science,
Biostatistics (Structured PhD)	postgraduate
Botany (Structured PhD)	botany, plant science, seaweed, algae, diatoms, microalgae, crops, trees, forestry, plant genetics, plant biosciences, plant physiology, plant biotechnology, plant molecular biology, plant cell biology, plant ecology, plant evolution, plant epigenetics, agribiosciences, agribiotech, marine biotech
Cellular and Molecular Biology (Structured PhD)	apoptosis, autophagy, biochemistry, cancer biology, cell biology, cell death, cell signaling, cell stress, ER stress, genetics, molecular biology, necroptosis, proteostasis, unfolded protein response, UPR
Chemistry (Structured PhD)	chemistry
Earth & Ocean Sciences (Structured PhD)	earth, ocean, sciences, science, oceanography, geology
Key Enabling Technologies (Structured Masters)	key enabling technologies, photonics, nanotechnology, advanced materials, micro-and nano-electronics, industrial biotechnology and advanced manufacturing, interdisciplinary, 1ket1, 1ket2
Marine Sciences (Structured PhD)	marine sciences, ryan institute
Mathematics (Structured PhD)	maths, mathematics
Microbiology (Structured PhD)	Structured, PhD, microbiology, science, research
Ocean, Atmosphere and Climate (Structured Masters)	Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate, Sustainability, SOLAS, Atmospheric Physics, Earth and Ocean studies, Oceanography, Atmospheric science, Physical oceanography, Atmospheric chemistry, Air/sea gas exchange, Aerosols, Ocean- atmosphere- climate interactions, Feedbacks between the ocean and atmosphere, Feedbacks between ocean-atmosphere coupled system and climate
Pharmacology and Therapeutics (Structured PhD)	pharmacology, therapeutics, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Physics (Structured PhD)	physics, structured, phd, research, science
Physiology (Structured PhD)	physiology, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Plant & AgriBiosciences (Structured PhD)	biology, biosciences, agribiosciences, agriculture, plant science, crop, livestock, molecular biology, food security, breeding, biotechnology, systems biology, agronomy, climate change, rural economics, soil science, plant genetics, animal genetics, bioinformatics, research, impact pathway, structured PhD, communications, Ireland, Irish agriculture, greenhouse gases
Statistics (Structured PhD)	Structured, phd, mathematics, statistics, research, science
Zoology (Structured PhD)	zoology, phd, structured, science, research
Civil Engineering (Structured PhD)—full-time and part-time	civil engineering, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Computer Science (Structured PhD)—full-time and part-time	information technology, it, i.t., computer, programming, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, Part Time PhD, Engineering and Informatics at NUI Galway, Structured PhD
Data Science Institute (DSI) / Insight (Structured PhD)—full-time & part-time	ata science, Linked Data, Semantic Web, Internet of Things (IOT), Natural Language Processing (NLP), information mining, knowledge discovery, reasoning and querying, machine learning, blockchain, social software, big data, bioinformatics, eGovernment,, Insight, Confirm, Vistamilk, Lero, Enable, SFI, EU Framework, Enterprise Ireland, Irish Research Council, knowledge management, graph mining, knowledge graphs, smart enterprise, ontologies, ontology engineering
Electrical & Electronic Engineering (Structured PhD)—full-time and part-time	electrical, electronic, eng, engineering, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Industrial Engineering (Structured PhD)—full-time and part-time	industrial engineering, eng, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering (Structured PhD)—full-time and part-time	mechanical, biomedical, engineering, phd, graduate, postgraduate, research, biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering
Biomedical Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (BMERM) (Structured PhD)	Biomedical Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Biomechanics, Biomaterials, Bioelectronics, Stem Cells, Gene Therapy