Welcome to National University of Ireland, Galway

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Welcome to National University of Ireland, Galway
Mary ORiordan Vice President for the Student
Experience
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A proud tradition

• 1845 Queens College Galway established
• By 1849, 68 Students
• 2009 nearly 17,000 students
• 13 international students

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Academic Structure

• College of Arts, Social Science Celtic Studies
• College of Business, Public Policy and Law
• College of Engineering and Informatics
• College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Science
• College of Science
• Acadamh na hOllscoilaíochta Gaeilge

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World-leading research

• Internationally leading research in our selected
  areas of expertise
• Research strengths include
• - Biomedical Science and Engineering,
• - Environmental and Marine Sciences,
• - Applied Social Sciences and Public Policy,
• - Humanities in Context,
• - Semantic Web Technologies,
• - Physics and Computational Sciences

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World-leading research

• Two of Irelands nine Centres for Excellence in
  Science and Technology, DERI and REMEDI
• Republic of Irelands first UNESCO Chair in
  Children, Youth and Civic Engagement
• Research is outward-looking and practical in
  application
• Strong partnerships with industry on research
• Irelands leading University for
  commercialisation of research highest number of
  licences, patents and spin-out companies

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Major Research Institutes

• National Centre for Biomedical Engineering
  Science (NCBES)
• Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI)
• Regenerative Medicine Institute (REMEDI)
• Centre for Innovation and Structural Change
  (CISC)
• Martin Ryan Marine Science Institute
• Environmental Change Institute (ECI)
• Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities
  and Social Studies

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A unique student experience

• Irelands leading University for student
  volunteering
• 40 Sports Clubs
• 85 Societies
• Student Centre
• Performing, Literary
• and Visual Arts

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A Sporting University

• Sport is central to life at NUI Galway
• Something for everyone from elite athletes to
  beginners
• Sent more Olympians to Beijing than any Irish
  University

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New Sports Centre

• State-of-the-art new Sports Centre
• Excellent indoor and outdoor facilities

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Societies

• 86 Societies Not just for Undergraduates
• Checkout the Postgrad Soc.
• Áras na Mac Léinn to find out what is happening
  and how to get involved

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The Campus

• Close to the city
• A student city
• Attractive green campus
• Safe, friendly
• environment
• Compact but expanding
• 400m Capital
• Development Plan

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Current Capital Development Projects

• Engineering Building
• Student Centre (nearly complete)
• Library Extension
• Humanities research
• building
• Human Biology
• building
• Research facilities

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Finally.

• Welcome to NUI Galway!!

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Welcome to National University of Ireland, Galway
Professor William Golden, Dean of the College of
Business, Public Policy and Law 27th August,
2009