August NUI Galway welcomes thousands to Autumn Conferring

NUI Galway will welcome over 1,700 graduates, their families and friends to the campus this week for their conferring ceremonies. 

The celebrations for undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD degrees take place from Thursday August 25, to Monday August 29.

Professor Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh, NUI Galway President, said: “On behalf of NUI Galway, I would like to congratulate each of graduates returning to campus over the three days on what will be a milestone day in their lives. It is a celebration of their dedication, talent, and commitment over many years. We stand on the shoulders of over 175 years of tradition and the strength of generations of graduates from this university, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway.”

Over the three days a range of degrees will be awarded to graduates from the College of Science and Engineering, College of Business, Public Policy and Law, College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences and the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies.

The full schedule for the University’s Autumn Conferring ceremonies is available at https://www.nuigalway.ie/conferring/.

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