National University of Ireland, Galway
| OÉ Gaillimh | |
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| Latin: Universitas Hiberniae Nationali apud Galviam | |
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Former names
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Queen’s College, Galway University College, Galway |
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| Motto | Deo Favente |
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Motto in English
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With the favour of God |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1845 |
| President | Dr. James J. Browne |
| Registrar | Prof. Pól Ó Dochartaigh |
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Academic staff
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1,078 |
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Administrative staff
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1,015 |
| Students | 17,318 |
| Undergraduates | 12,464 |
| Postgraduates | 3,623 |
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Other students
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278 |
| Address |
University Road Galway, Galway, Ireland 53°16′44″N 9°03′36″W / 53.279°N 9.060°WCoordinates: 53°16′44″N 9°03′36″W / 53.279°N 9.060°W |
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| Affiliations |
AUA Coimbra Group EUA NUI IUA UI |
| Website |
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NUI Galway (Irish OÉ Gaillimh) is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland. It is located in Ireland's westerly city of Galway. A tertiary-level educational institution, it is ranked among the top 2 per cent of universities in the world. The University is ranked #249 in the 2016 QS World University Rankings and has been also been awarded the full five QS stars for excellence.
The university was founded in 1845 as Queen's College, Galway, and was more recently known as University College, Galway (UCG) (Irish: Coláiste na hOllscoile, Gaillimh or COG). Alumni include the incumbent Taoiseach and President of Ireland, Enda Kenny and Michael D. Higgins respectively, as well as numerous other prominent politicians. Other leading figures in Irish official life to have been educated here include Attorney General Máire Whelan and Comptroller and Auditor General Seamus McCarthy.
NUI Galway is a member of the Coimbra Group, a network of 40 long-established European universities.
The university opened for teaching in 1849 as Queen's College, Galway with 37 professors and 91 students. A year later it became part of the Queen's University of Ireland. The Irish Universities Act (1908) made this college a constituent college of the new National University of Ireland, and under a new charter the name of the university changed to University College, Galway. It was given special statutory responsibility under the University College, Galway Act (1929) in respect of the use of the Irish language as the working language of the college. It retained the title of University College, Galway until the Universities Act (1997) changed it to the National University of Ireland, Galway.
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