NUI Galway

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). NUI Galway is a member of the Coimbra Group, a network of 40 long-established European universities. The five Colleges of the University are:

• College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies
• College of Business, Public Policy and Law
• College of Engineering and Informatics
• College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
• College of Science

Since January 2006, St. Angela's College, Sligo has been a college of Galway; it was previously a recognised college of the National University of Ireland. As a result those admitted to St. Angela's College are registered as students at Galway. Since 2015 the Shannon College of Hotel Management is fully incorporated into the University — becoming part of the College of Business, Public Policy & Law at Galway —, formally marked by the then Minister for Education and Skills Jan O'Sullivan at an event held in Shannon College on 9 November 2015. All staff of Shannon College of Hotel Management became staff of Galway and all students of Shannon College of Hotel Management became students at Galway. There are several Research Institutes at Galway, each of which comprise research teams drawn from the Colleges.

• National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science (NCBES)
• Insight Centre for Data Analytics
• Ryan Institute - Marine, Energy & Environment
• CÚRAM
• Whitaker Institute for Innovation and Societal Change
• Institute for Lifecourse and Society (ILAS)
• Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies
• Irish Centre for Human Rights (ICHR)