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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 NUI Galway as their University of choice. Find out what life at NUI Galway is all about here.
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About NUI Galway
About NUI Galway
Since 1845, NUI 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
NUI 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
NUI 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 NUI Galway
We explore and facilitate commercial opportunities for the research community at NUI Galway, as well as facilitating industry partnership.
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Alumni, Friends & Supporters
Alumni, Friends & Supporters
There are over 90,000 NUI Galway graduates Worldwide, connect with us and tap into the online community.
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Community Engagement
Community Engagement
At NUI 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.
Electricity & NUI Galway
NUI Galway has a long association with developments in Electricity.
George Johnstone Stoney, who was born in 1826 near Birr, Co. Offaly and was Professor of Natural Philosophy at Queen's College, Galway (now the National University of Ireland, Galway) from 1852-1857, was the proposer of the term ' electron' to describe the fundamental unit of electrical charge, and his contributions to research in this area laid the foundations for the eventual discovery of the particle by J.J. Thomson in 1897.
Alexander Anderson, who was born in 1858 in Co. Derry and was Professor of Natural Philosophy at Queen's College, Galway from 1885 to his retirement in 1934, was the inventor of an important instrumentation circuit, now called the Anderson Bridge, used for the measurement of inductance. Anderson developed his innovative circuit during his 50 years at the University and during this time also wrote prolifically on induction and potential difference. More than a century after its inception, the " Anderson Bridge" remains the first choice for accurate measurement of inductance.