National University of Ireland, Galway

National University of Ireland, Galway Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh
motto	Deo Favente ( lat. "With God's favor")
founding	1845
Sponsorship	state
place	Galway , Ireland
president	Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh
Students	> 18,000 (2020)
Employee	2,500 (2020)
Networks	Coimbra Group , IAU
Website	www.nuigalway.ie

The National University of Ireland, Galway ( Irish : Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh ), NUIG for short , can be traced back to the year 1845 as part of the Queen's University of Ireland and was known until recently as University College, Galway (UCG). The college opened as Queen's College, Galway in 1849 . The Irish Universities Act, 1908 , incorporated the college into the new network of the National University of Ireland . At the same time, the name was changed to University College, Galway .

history

With the University College, Galway Act, 1929 , the Irish language was given special respect and was established as the "working language" in the college. In 1997, the Universities Act, 1997 a university survey and the name change to National University of Ireland, Galway .

Campus buildings and institutes

The clock tower of the main building

The oldest part of the university, The Quadrangle, was built during the Great Famine and is a replica of a University of Oxford building . This building also houses the impressive Auditorium Maximum , which is still in use .

The courtyard of the main building

The newer parts of the building were built in the 1970s. The architects Scott, Tallon, Walker are responsible for this. Extensive renovation work and new construction of building complexes are currently taking place.

The university campus extends right on the west bank of the Corrib River ; it is spacious and green.

The main building of the university forms the quadrangle. This is where the administration and the president are located , as well as some classrooms (maximum auditorium).

A yellow sculpture of modern arts forms the center of the campus. The library , the entrance to the actual university wing, the so-called Concours (with Tower 1 and 2, as well as numerous seminar rooms and lecture halls), and the Arts Millennium Building are located at this place . The latter won the CIF Construction Excellence Award in 2000 (see photos and drawings below) and is home to the Italian, German, French, Spanish and English departments. A branch of the Bank of Ireland is also located in the main wing. Below the central square there is a cafeteria , a bookstore, a hairdresser and a Students' Union shop.

The Áras na Mac Léinn is home to a pub , a theater, a sports hall with a climbing wall , a fitness center, the Students' Union and medical care for students.

The MRI (Martin Ryan Institute) was founded in 1992 and combines marine biology research in zoology, botany, molecular biology and the Seaweed Center under one roof. There is also a small chapel on campus . Some courses take place in mobile accommodation. Numerous parking spaces and bicycle racks are available.

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  Tower 2, library (right), sculpture

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  James Hardiman's Library

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  Environmental Change Institute / National Center for Biomedical Engineering Science

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  Martin Ryan Marine Science Institute

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  Entrance to Áras na Mac Léinn

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  Arts Millennium Building

Campus life

Simple Internet access with your own notebook is made possible by the coverage of the entire building complex with W-LAN . Around 500 computer workstations are also available to students.

More than 100 societies (societies, associations) and numerous sports clubs provide an immense range of leisure activities.

Faculties

• Humanities
• Celtic Studies (English / Irish) ( Memento from October 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
• Economics
• Engineering
• Law
• Medicine and healthcare

• Natural sciences

Personalities

• James Hardiman (1782–1855), librarian and author; the university library is named in his honor
• George Johnstone Stoney (1826–1911), namesake of the electron
• Méabh De Búrca (* 1988), soccer player and participant for the NUI at the 2007 Summer Universiade

Web links

Commons : National University of Ireland, Galway  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the NUI, Galway (English / Irish)
• Website of the StudentsInformationNetwork at the NUI, Galway (English / Irish)
• Photos and drawings of the Arts and Millennium Building ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ University structure. Retrieved September 28, 2019 . 
2. ↑ About Us - NUI Galway. In: NUI Galway> About NUI Galway. National University of Ireland Galway, accessed April 9, 2020 .  
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Our History & Heritage - NUI Galway. In: NUI Galway> NUI Galway> Our History & Heritage. National University of Ireland Galway, accessed April 9, 2020 .  
4. ^ List of IAU Members. In: iau-aiu.net. International Association of Universities, accessed August 2, 2019 .  

Coordinates: 53 ° 16 '44.4 "  N , 9 ° 3' 36"  W.