Visiting Students

Year 3,
Semester 2 

(Available to students from Montpellier, Charite, Bochum)

Incoming Erasmus students are fully aligned and integrated to the Year 3, Semester 2 curriculum at the School of Medicine. 

Incoming Erasmus students join us on an Erasmus Traineeship, which means, you only complete Clinical Rotations, and scheduled Teaching as part of these Clinical Rotations. All Examinations are completed at the Home Institution, not in the University of Galway.

Students are encouraged to be present in Galway for the start of the Semester (e.g. 2 January, 2024), however, sometimes this is not possible to due conflicting schedules at the Home Institution. In this situation, students are invited to start their Erasmus Exchange at the beginning of the next four week block, to enable full integration to the Programme. It is not possible to commence an Exchange mid-way through a five week block.

Year 3, Semester 2 - Structure

Visiting Erasmus Students follow the same schedule as University of Galway Medical Students. 

This is a 15 week Semester, with three clinical immersion blocks - Medicine,Surgery and Critical Care. Each clinical immersion block is five weeks in duration, split as follows;  

• Medicine: Students spend 2½ weeks with a medical team that goes on General Medicine on call (one of Endocrinology/Respiratory/Gastroenterology/Stroke and Care of the Elderly), and another 2 ½ weeks with a more specialised service (one of Nephrology/Cardiology/Infectious diseases/Neurology/Haematology and Oncology/ Rheumatology). 

• Surgery: Students will spend 2½ weeks with a surgical team that goes on General Surgical on call (Upper GI surgery/ Lower GI surgery, in combination with Breast and Endocrine surgery), and another 2½ weeks with a surgical subspecialty (Vascular surgery/ Cardiothoracics/Plastic surgery/ Urology/ Orthopaedics).

• Critical Care: Students will spend 2½ weeks with the Acute Medical Assessment Unit (AMAU), the Emergency Surgical Unit (ESU) and the Emergency Department (ED), and another 2½ weeks within the Operating Theatre, the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and pain ward rounds.

Year 3,
Semester 2

(Available to students Uppsala, only)

We can consider applications from Uppsala Medical students eligible to undertake Clinical Rotations in the following Specialties *Neurology, *Psychiatry or *Ophthalmology, over an 8 or 12 week period.

Students usually complete 2 x 4 week Clinical Rotations in two of the Specialties outlined above. 

* pending availablility on Clinical Teams. 

Year 5,
Semester 1

(Available to students from Grenoble, only) 

Visiting Erasmus Students from the Universite Grenoble Alpes, join us in Semester 1 and integrate to Year 5 of our Undergraduate Programme. 

We can consider applications from students eligible to undertake Clinical Rotations in the following *Specialties, for a 4 or 8 week period. 

- Endocrinology
- Nephrology
- Urology
- Gastroenterology
- Digestive surgery
- Geriatrics
- Infectious disease
- Hematology

* pending availablility on Clinical Teams. 

Full Year

(Available to University of Lausanne students, only)         

This Erasmus Exchange type includes completion of all components and corresponding assessments for Year 4, including clinical placements, teaching, assessments and examinations. 

1. Year 4, Full Academic Year 

Academic Calendar 2023/2024:  Start/End and Assessment Dates for the Academic Year.

Semester 4 Modules: Paediatric Medicine, General Practice/Family Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Psychiatry, Advanced Clinical Skills & Professional Development. ‌