Registration and Exams

Registration, Modules, Timetables

Students cannot register for classes until after their arrival in Galway - all relevent information regarding how to register will be given to students at the mandetory Orientation Sessions.

Registration‌

• In most instances, students will self-enroll through their Student Portals after their arrival in Galway. 
  • You will be advised at the Orientation Session as to how to do this. 
  • Module registration will usually open on the first day of lectures.
• There are a select few subjects through which students must be manually registered:
  1. Medicine (where applicable)
  2. Science
  3. Engineering
  4. English Seminars
  5. History Seminars
  6. Journalism (only specific modules)
  7. Film, Drama, Theatre and Performance
• Students in these subjects will be told how to register during the Orientation Sessions.

Modules Available

• Erasmus students at the University of Galway do not follow entire courses, but rather must only choose modules within the subject through which they are nominated.
• A complete list of courses available to visiting students per college / course can be found in the Visiting Student Handbooks:
  1. Semester 1 Handbook
  2. Semester 2 Handbook.
• Students are not be permitted to register for any courses other than the ones listed in these booklets.
• University of Galway operates the ECTS credit system, according to which a full year’s workload is weighed at 60 ECTS credits and a single semester at 30 ECTS credits.

ECTS and Credits

• Your home university will be the one to stipulate how many ECTS / Credits you are required to take whilst here.
• We do not have a minimum requirement of ECTS that students must take, however you cannot take more than 30 ECTS per semester, 60 ECTS per year
• Most modules are 5 ECTS, and 10 ECTS modules are only available to Full Year Students.
  • The only exception to this is History Seminars, which are semester-long and 10 ECTS.

Timetables

• It may be the beginning of the semester before course timetables are finalised. 
• You will usually find them through the Colleges and Schools website or office of the relevant Discipline or School, or via Canvas when you register for individual modules.

Exams, Transcripts and Repeat Examinations

Exam Timetables

• Examination Timetables can be found through that link 4 weeks before they are due to begin.
• Students should note that certain course combinations may not be possible if the relevant exams are going to be scheduled for the same time and date.
• Queries regarding the exam timetables should be addressed to the Examinations Office.
• General dates for examinations are set out under the Academic Calendar.

Exam Transcripts

• Your transcript will be shared via Parchment to your universityofgalway.ie email address, at earliest 6 weeks after the release of results.
• Watch out for an email from Parchment (noreply@digitary.net) alerting you that you have a new document from Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway. 

For first time users, accessing your document is a 3-step process: 

1. Register – click on link in email to go to Parchment Learner Portal
2. Activate – enter the 6-digit code sent to your email from relay@digitary.net
3. Login – log into your account to view your document 

Parchment processes digitally verified official documents and allows the student to then share this secure transcript with their coordinators where necessary. Transcripts, otherwise, will not be sent to coorindators by the Univerisity of Galway.

Grade Breakdown

Repeat Exams

• After the end of each academic year, the University of Galway incoming coordinator - incomingerasmus@universityofgalway.ie - will contact students regarding repeat exams. Thos3 who need to repeat an Exam in August, will be asked to confirm then and be given directions on how to do so.
• Students are required to return to Galway for the repeat examinations, which usually take place in August.
• Alternative repeat arrangements are not permitted.

Please see our Repeat Exam Protocols 2025 for more information.