Student Related Data

The Planning & Institutional Research Office gathers student-related data in order to understand student trends and explore patterns over recent years which ultimately leads to improved practices put in place to enhance the students' experience in University of Galway.

  • University of Galway student numbers; show the student trends enrolling on programmes in the various fields of study, the different programme levels ranging from Postgraduate to Undergraduate and Certificate to Doctorate level; the demographics of the student's trends in relation to age, gender and nationality profiles.
  • Our student numbers can be accessed on University of Galway's internal SharePoint accessible for staff only, click here to see the student numbers.
  • Irish Institution student numbers: The Higher Education Authority,   provides a vast source of information at an Irish Institutional level regarding the various student trends, such as enrolment data, graduate data, socio-economic data.
     

News

9th October 2025

University of Galway remains ranked in 351-400 range in the THE WUR 2026 Edition. 

19th June 2025

QS World University Ranking 2026: University of Galway ranked 284th in the world, out of ~1,500 global universities. 

18th June 2025

University of Galway maintained its leading position in Ireland for Sustainability, obtaining a global rank of 64 in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rank 2025. 

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

University of Galway is ranked within the top 100 Universities in Europe for the second year in a row - University of Galway ranked 98th in Europe out of 685 institutions across 42 European locations in the QS World University Rankings: Europe 2025

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

QS World University Ranking 2025: University of Galway ranked 273rd in the world, out of ~1,500 global universities. 

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.