INSTITUTIONAL BENEFITS:

Established: The University was founded in 1845 as Queen's College Galway , and was more recently known as University College Galway,

A third-level teaching and research institution, the University has been awarded the full five QS stars for excellence, and is ranked among the top 1 percent of universities according to the 2018 QS World University Rankings. NUI Galway has more than 40 sports clubs based on campus, ranging from indoor sports (such as archery, badminton, fencing, weightlifting, table tennis and squash), to water sports (such as rowing, kayaking, sailing, windsurfing and scuba diving), as well as martial arts (such as judo, karate, aikido, Muay Thai, kendo and taekwondo), plus equestrian, triathlon, athletics and snow sports. Sunday Time University Guide has named Galway as its University of the Year on three occasions. Galway won the Times's inaugural title in 20022003. A second title followed in 20092010.[59] Galway won its third title in 2018.