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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.
THE Ranking
Overview of THE Rankings
Overview of Times Higher Ranking (THE) Rankings
The Times Higher Education (THE) Ranking assess over 1500 institutions worldwide in a portfolio of comparative university rankings, assessing universities across a range of metrics including a university’s teaching, research, knowledge transfer, internationalisation and sustainability activities.
University of Galway Results
1. THE World University Rankings
The THE World University Rankings is one of the leading university ranking systems, ranking over 2000 universities across 115 countries, with an emphasis on the research mission. It assesses research-intensive universities across all of their core missions: teaching (the learning environment); research environment (volume, income and reputation); research quality (the outputs of research); industry (knowledge transfer) and international outlook (staff, students and research). Further information on THE WUR methodology can be found here.
In 2025 University of Galway was ranked at 351-400 by THE World University Rankings (published 2024).
University of Galway’s performance in the THE World University Rankings over 10 years is below;
A more detailed breakdown of results can be found on our Intranet here
The overall THE World University Ranking is accompanied by 11 subject-specific rankings known as the THE Subject Rankings each year.
The subject ranking is based on data submitted in the World Rankings mapped across eleven subject areas as outlined by THE, details on methodology available here.
University of Galway’s rank in the 11 subjects in 2024 were as follows:
See the full Subject Ranking results published in 2024 here.
3. THE University Impact Rankings
Launched in 2019, the THE University Impact Rankings were established to measure a university's progress and impact on the 17 United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
These Impact rankings evaluate 2,125 universities from 125 countries that demonstrate excellence in contributing to the global sustainable development, across their research, teaching and activities
The full methodology and 2024 results are detailed here.
University of Galway has performed strongly in this ranking since its inception and in 2024 we obtained an overall Impact rank of 47th in the world, no 1 in Ireland.
Our rank in the 11 specific SDGs we submit for is as follows:
More details on University of Galway's results are available on our intranet here.
News
12th March 2025
QS World University Ranking by subject 2025: University of Galway achieved a global rank in 25 subjects, up from 24 in 2025, with a top 100 Global Rank in 2 subjects.
9th October 2024
University of Galway ranked in the 351-400 range in THE World University Rankings (WUR) 2025 edition.
10th July 2024
12th June 2024
University of Galway maintained its global top 50 rank in the 6th edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) World IMPACT Rankings 2024, with a global rank of 47 (no. 1 in Ireland) out of a total of 1,705 institutions from 125 countries across the World. It also maintained its top 50 global rankings in five SDGs.
4th June 2024
10th April 2024
QS World University Subject Rank 2024: University of Galway achieved a global rank in 24 subjects, up from 23 in 2023, with a Top 100 Global Rank in 3 subjects.
5th December 2023
University of Galway is ranked 120 in the second year of the QS Sustainability Ranking, up from 161-170 in 2022.
27th September 2023
University of Galway retains it's global rank of 301-350 in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2024.
20th September 2023
27th June 2023
University of Galway is ranked 289th out of ~ 1500 institutions worldwide in the QS World university Rankings.
1st June 2023
University of Galway continued to climb in the 5th edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) World IMPACT Rankings 2023, andhas a global rank of 34 (no. 1 in Ireland, up from 47 in 2022) out of a total of 1,591 institutions from 112 countries across the World.
22nd March 2023
QS World University Subject Rank 2023: University of Galway achieved a global rank in 23 Subjects, up from 22 last year - with Performing Arts at University of Galway achieiving a global rank of 101-120 for the first time. The subject of English at University of Galway also broke into the top 100 in the world, achieving a global subject rank of 91.