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NUI GalwayPostgraduate

Prospectus2011|12

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ContentsFOREWORDSForeword from President..........................................................................................................................5Foreword from Dean of Graduate Studies............................................................................................7

General informationWhy choose NUI Galway for postgraduate study? ............................................................................8Research highlights ....................................................................................................................................10International students................................................................................................................................13Employment in mind.................................................................................................................................16Real learning ................................................................................................................................................18Our learning environment........................................................................................................................20How to apply ...............................................................................................................................................22Graduate Studies Office............................................................................................................................25Strategic Alliance ........................................................................................................................................26

Course informationAcadamh na hOllscolaíochta GaeilgeCláir a Mhúintear agus Cláir Taighde ....................................................................................................29

College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic StudiesTaught programmes, A–Z.........................................................................................................................37Research programmes, A–Z.....................................................................................................................67

College of Business, Public Policy and LawTaught programmes, A–Z.........................................................................................................................85Research programmes, A–Z.....................................................................................................................103

College of Engineering and InformaticsTaught programmes, A–Z.........................................................................................................................109Research programmes, A–Z.....................................................................................................................117

College of Medicine, Nursing and Health SciencesTaught programmes, A–Z.........................................................................................................................123Research programmes, A–Z.....................................................................................................................143

College of ScienceTaught programmes, A–Z.........................................................................................................................155Research programmes, A–Z.....................................................................................................................165

Research InstitutesCentre for Innovation and Structural Change .....................................................................................177Digital Enterprise Research Institute ....................................................................................................180The Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies .....................................182National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science (NCBES)....................................................184Regenerative Medicine Institute (REMEDI) .....................................................................................186Ryan Institute Environmental, Marine and Energy Research .........................................................188

Research Institutes, Centres and Units ............................................................................................190

Index .............................................................................................................................................................198General index .......................................................................................................................................198Taught postgraduate programmes ...................................................................................................200Research postgraduate programmes ...............................................................................................202Interdisciplinary programmes ..........................................................................................................204

Contacts.......................................................................................................................................................205

NUI Galway Campus Map .....................................................................................................................206

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NUI Galway Postgraduate Prospectus 2011|12

Important: This hard copy prospectus lists all programmes on offer, at time of going to press, for entry 2011. Details ofnew programmes on offer, subsequent to the printing of this book, will be listed online: www.nuigalway.ie/coursesThe information contained in this prospectus is, to the best of our knowledge, true and accurate at the time of publication.Any amendments to the published information will be included in the online prospectus. The content of the prospectus isfor information purposes only and should not be viewed as the basis of a contract between students and the University. NUIGalway reserves the right to amend programmes or regulations at any time without notice; we may re-open previously closedprogrammes to accept applications in the event of programme quotas not being met. The University also reserves the rightto withdraw programmes periodically for any reason (e.g., insufficient numbers).


Welcome to NUI Galway Established in 1845, the National University of IrelandGalway has a distinguished reputation for teaching andresearch. With over 160 years experience of academicexcellence, this is one of Ireland’s most popular universities.

A research-led University Over 3,500 postgraduate students choose NUI Galway,many of them travelling from all over the world to studyhere. This is a research-led university which has built ontraditional areas of academic strength to create innovativeand internationally renowned research centres across abroad portfolio of subjects, from Biomedical Science toIrish Studies, from Marine Science to Human Rights.

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Extensive programme choiceWe provide an extensive choice of more than 400 full-timeand part-time programmes, including taught and researchmasters programmes, and doctoral research options, acrossour five Colleges. We are also continually developing andenhancing our programme offering, both to respond to yourneeds and the needs of the employment market.

The postgraduate experienceWe value the contribution our postgraduate communitymakes to the academic and cultural life of the University, and are committed to developing the postgraduateexperience at Galway. This includes providing theappropriate skills and training to ensure that our studentsare ready to enter a competitive job market on graduation.

Alliances with University of Limerick andGeorgia Institute of TechnologyIn the last year, NUI Galway and the University of Limerickhave entered into an institution-wide strategic allianceacross all of the key areas of activity including teaching,research, technology transfer, lifelong learning and theprovision of services. This alliance will further enhance thepostgraduate experience by combining the strengths andknowledge of the two Universities and promoting morecollaborative research and teaching. The internationalstanding of both universities will be enhanced through a newpartnership with Georgia Institute of Technology in the US,to establish a translational research facility, to provide Irishindustries with relevant and world-class research solutions.

World University Rankings For the third consecutive year, NUI Galway has increasedits position in the QS World University Rankings. Rising 11places to 232nd in this year’s ranking, NUI Galway is one ofonly two Irish universities to move up the league table.

Our version for research is based on focusing on key themesin specialist areas where we are recognised as the globalexperts in our field. Postgraduate activity plays a central rolein the development of the University as we expect to growour numbers of postgraduate students quickly, in line withthe rapid growth in our research activity. I hope that you willjoin us as, together, we work to realise this vision for thefuture of our University.

I look forward to welcoming you to Galway.

James J. BrownePhD, DSc, MRIA, CEng.President

Forward-thinking and global Research at NUI Galway is forward-thinking and global inscale. Today we are leading the field in a wide range of areasincluding stem cell and gene therapy research, human rightslaw, environmental change and developing the nextgeneration of internet technology.

In the last year, our scientists discovered a protein whichhelps cancer cells to survive stressful conditions, a discoverythat could lead to the development of more effectivetreatments for a number of diseases, while the Immunityand Infectious Disease Research Cluster and the School of Natural Sciences recently discovered that usingdisinfectants could cause bacteria to become resistant toantibiotics as well as the disinfectant itself. In a first forIreland, our Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studieshas developed Ireland’s own capability of forecasting andassessing plume dispersion in the wake of the Icelandicvolcano eruption. Our researchers are informing andshaping public policy on everything from economicrecovery to human rights, from policies for children to theaged. These are just some of the exciting developments inresearch currently taking place at NUI Galway .

NUI Galway is also one of Ireland’s leading Universities forknowledge transfer, with more spin-out companies, licencesand patents in the last four years than any other IrishUniversity. In the last year, a total of €50m in funding hasbeen secured for the development of three new world-classresearch facilities, an Arts Humanities Social SciencesResearch Building, and two buildings dedicated toBiomedical Science Research.

Foreword from President


James J. BrownePhD, DSc, MRIA, CEng.

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Focal ón Uachtarán Tá míle fáilte romhat chuig OÉ Gaillimh. Ba sa bhliain 1845a bunaíodh Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh, mar a thugtaranois uirthi, ollscoil a bhfuil clú agus cáil uirthi as a caighdeánteagaisc agus taighde. Le breis agus 160 bliain taithí ar fheabhas acadúil, tá OÉ Gaillimh ar cheann de nahollscoileanna is mó tóir in Éirinn.

Ollscoil dírithe ar thaighde Roghnaíonn breis agus 3,500 mac léinn iarchéime teacht goOÉ Gaillimh, agus taistealaíonn a lán acu as gach cearn dendomhan le teacht anseo. Tá an Ollscoil seo dírithe ar thaighdeagus tá forbairt déanta ar na réimsí acadúla chun ionaid taighdenuálacha agus a bhfuil cáil idirnáisiúnta orthu a fhorbairt snaréimsí éagsúla, Eolaíocht Bhithmhíochaine agus Léann nahÉireann, Muireolaíocht agus Cearta an Duine ina measc.

Dírithe ar an todhchaí agus ar an domhan Tá an taighde atá ar bun in OÉ Gaillimh dírithe ar an todhchaíagus is ar bhonn idirnáisiúnta atá an taighde seo ar siúl. I láthairna huaire, tá obair cheannródaíoch ar bun i raon leathan réimsílena n-áirítear taighde ar ghaschealla agus ar ghéinteiripe, dlíchearta an duine, athrú comhshaoil agus nuatheicneolaíochtidirlín a fhorbairt.

Le bliain anuas, d’aimsigh ár n-eolaithe próitéin a chuidíonnle cealla ailse maireachtáil faoi strus. D’fhéadfadh sé seo cóireáilníos éifeachtaí a sholáthar do roinnt galar. Fuair Grúpa Taighde Imdhíonachta agus Galar Tógála agus Scoil na nEolaíochtaí Aiceanta amach má úsáideann daoine díghalráin, d’fhéadfadh sé go n-éireodh baictéir díonta arfhrithbheathaigh agus ar an díghalrán féin. Den chéad uairriamh in Éirinn, d’fhorbair ár nIonad Aeráide & Truailliú Aeircumas na hÉireann chun scaipeadh cleitíní a thuar agus amheas i ndiaidh don bholcán san Íoslainn pléascadh. Tá árdtaighdeoirí ag cur le gach cineál beartas poiblí ó théarnamhan gheilleagair go cearta an duine, ó bheartais do ghasúir gobeartais do dhaoine scothaosta. Níl iontu seo ach cuid de naforbairtí iontacha taighde atá ar bun in OÉ Gaillimh i láthairna huaire.

Tá OÉ Gaillimh ar cheann de na hollscoileanna is fearr inÉirinn ó thaobh aistriú eolais de agus níos mó cuideachtaí nuabunaithe, agus ceadúnais agus paitinní cruthaithe aici le ceithrebliana anuas ná aon Ollscoil eile sa tír. Le bliain anuas, tá maoiniú €50m san iomlán deimhnithe chun trífhoirgneamh nua taighde den scoth a fhorbairt, FoirgneamhTaighde sna Dána, sna Daonnachtaí agus sna hEolaíochtaíSóisialta agus dhá fhoirgneamh atá dírithe ar an TaighdeEolaíochta Bithleighis.

Rogha leathan clár Tá breis agus 400 clár iarchéime lánaimseartha aguspáirtaimseartha á dtairiscint ag an gcúig Choláiste in OÉGaillimh, lena n-áirítear cláir mháistreachta theagaisc agusthaighde, agus roghanna taighde dochtúireachta. Déanaimidforbairt agus feabhas leanúnach ar ár gcláir le freagairt doriachtanais ár mac léinn mar aon le héilimh an mhargaidhfostaíochta.

Eispéireas na mac léinn iarchéime Is mór an meas atá againn ar an obair iontach a dhéanann micléinn iarchéime chun cur le saol acadúil agus cultúrtha nahOllscoile, agus táimid tiomanta d’eispéireas an mhic léinniarchéime in OÉ Gaillimh a fhorbairt agus a fheabhsú. Sanáireamh anseo cinntímid go bhfuil na scileanna ag ár mic léinnagus an oiliúint chuí orthu le poist a fháil dóibh féin i ndiaidhcéim a fháil.

Comhfhiontair le hOllscoil Luimnigh agusGeorgia Institute of TechnologyLe bliain anuas, tá comhfhiontar bunaithe ag OÉ Gaillimhagus Ollscoil Luimnigh i bpríomhréimsí gníomhaíochta—anteagasc, an taighde, aistriú teicneolaíochta, foghlaim ar feadhan tsaoil agus soláthar seirbhísí san áireamh. Cuirfidh ancomhfhiontar le heispéireas na mac léinn iarchéime tríláidreachtaí agus eolas an dá Ollscoil a nascadh agus taighdeagus teagasc sa dá Ollscoil a chur chun cinn. Cuirfear leseasamh idirnáisiúnta an dá ollscoil trí chomhpháirtíocht nualeis an Georgia Institute of Technology sna Stáit Aontaithechun institiúid um thaighde aistritheach a bhunú le réitightaighde ábhartha den chéad scoth a chur ar fáil do thionscailin Éirinn.

Rangú Ollscoileanna an Domhain Den tríú bliain as a chéile, tá OÉ Gaillimh cúpla céim níosairde i Rangú Ollscoileanna an Domhain QS. Tá sí tar éis léim11 áit a thabhairt chuig an 232ú áit i rangú na bliana seo. Níoréirigh ach le hollscoil amháin eile in Éirinn áit níos airde abhaint amach ná mar a bhí aici anuraidh.

Tá an fhís seo bunaithe ar phríomhthéamaí taighde i sainréimsí—na réimsí sin ina bhfuil cáil orainn mar shaineolaithedomhanda. Tá ról lárnach ag gníomhaíocht iarchéime ibhforbairt na hOllscoile sa mhéid is go bhfuil sé beartaitheagainn cur leis an líon mac léinn iarchéime atá againn, mar aonle forbairt a dhéanamh ar ghníomhaíocht taighde. Tá súil agam,go dtacóidh tú leis an obair atá le cur i gcrích chun todhchaína hOllscoile a chinntiú.

Táim ag súil le bualadh leat in OÉ Gaillimh.

James J. BrownePhD, DSc, MRIA, CEngUachtarán


Supplementing the formal curriculum are frequentopportunities to hear distinguished visiting speakers, many of whom have ongoing research collaborations withour faculty.

We offer a range of masters and doctoral research optionsacross our five Colleges, within our Schools or ResearchCentres. NUI Galway is committed to working with its research students to ensure that on graduation they arefully empowered to embark on their future careers andprofessions. Training in the methods and practice of research promotes the simultaneous realisation that new knowledge depends on appropriate methods of investigation and that human knowledge is a continuum.

However, particularly in this age of high specialisation,few research projects can be structured to provide graded opportunities for the acquisition of all the generic skills necessary for the optimum execution of the project—orfor a future career. Consequently, research training is increasingly seen as requiring associated generic and transferable skills programmes, and NUI Galway is committed to their provision. We have established clearand mutually agreed guidelines for both students and supervisors on the conduct of research. I work within theCouncil of Deans with Deans of each College, Vice-Deansfor Graduate Studies, faculty and administrators to continuously improve and expand our programmes. Yourfeedback will be a very important component of our ongoing review of our programmes.

There is a genuine collaborative spirit across the Collegesand a concern for the welfare of students. Our intimate andcollegial environment supports the development of closerelationships with academic staff who will work with youas mentors and partners in creating new ideas andidentifying and meeting new challenges and opportunities.You will also be encouraged to partake of the many eventsorganised by the active postgraduate research society.

I wish you a successful and enjoyable chapter of your lifeas you begin graduate studies and hope that you will decideto join our graduate community at NUI Galway.

Dr. Pat MorganDean of Graduate Studies

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I would like to thank you for your interest in graduateprogrammes at NUI Galway. For some of you, entry into agraduate programme represents a continuation of your undergraduate studies here. For others, you may beconsidering coming here for the first time to undertakegraduate study. Regardless of the path that brought youhere, you will learn more about the ethos of our Universityand about our different offerings in this prospectus.

Our vision is to be a student-centred and research-intensiveUniversity of international standing with faculty and staffcommitted to excellence. Within this vibrant learning andscholarly community we will support you in undertakingyour further studies. We offer a wide range of taughtprogrammes, enabling you to extend both the breadth anddepth of your current knowledge.

These programmes have been selected for their relevance tocontemporary issues and the curriculum has been rigorouslyassessed by the academic community. Details of these programmes are provided in the following pages.

Foreword from Dean of Graduate Studies

Dr. Pat MorganDean of Graduate Studies


Why choose NUI Galway for postgraduate study?Here are some of the reasons why

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World-leading research Inspirational research is at the forefront of all of our activitiesat NUI Galway. This research is global in scale as we arerecognised as world leaders in our particular areas of expertise.NUI Galway’s research strengths include Biomedical Scienceand Engineering, Environmental and Marine Sciences,Applied Social Sciences and Public Policy, Humanities inContext, Informatics, Physics and Computational Sciences.

NUI Galway researchers and scientists have made groundbreaking discoveries in stem cell and gene therapy research.They have developed new internet-based technology whichis currently being used by President Obama’s administrationto increase transparency. Our researchers have shown thata protein produced when cells are stressed interacts with astress sensor allowing cells to survive conditions of intensestress. Understanding the significance of this interaction mayhelp scientists to interfere with cancer cells so they can nolonger survive exposure to stressful conditions and couldlead to the development of more effective treatments for anumber of diseases.

Our Ryan Institute is conducting one of the world’s largeststudies into how marine plants may affect the earth’s climateby decreasing global warming, while our scientists recentlydiscovered a spectacular new coral reef off the west coast ofIreland. These are just some of the exciting developments inresearch currently taking place at NUI Galway.

International Research Centres Much of this research is located within our majorinternational research institutes. DERI, the Digital EnterpriseResearch Institute, is the world’s largest research institutedevoted to developing the next generation of internettechnology, while REMEDI, the Regenerative MedicineInstitute, is recognised as Ireland’s primary centre for stemcell and gene therapy research, and is a world leader in thefield of regenerative medicine.

NUI Galway’s Centre for Health Promotion Research, theonly centre of its kind in Ireland, was given World HealthOrganisation (WHO) status this year as a direct result of itsrole in health promotion education and research, whichhas significant importance for national health policies anddevelopments.

Inspirational teaching World-leading research drives teaching forward at Galway.Your learning experience is enhanced by this spirit of inquiry,as you are taught by academics who are working at theforefront of their subject area, bringing the latest ideas anddiscoveries into the lecture theatre.

At NUI Galway, we are committed to delivering top qualityteaching for our students and our Centre for Excellence inTeaching and Learning enables lecturers to keep up to datewith their teaching practices. Blackboard, our VirtualLearning Environment, is extremely popular with students,who find that it enhances their learning experience and givesthem access to more learning resources.

Career prospectsA postgraduate qualification helps you to distinguish yourselfin a competitive job market. It also enables you to developthe specialist skills you need to succeed in your chosen field.Our postgraduates are well regarded by employers and findemployment soon after completing their programme. Onaverage, 91% of our postgraduate students are eitheremployed, in further training or taking a year out to travel,within six months of graduating.


Our Careers Development Centre organises regularemployer fairs which are attended by leading companies such as DELL, Ernst and Young, GlaxoSmithKline, Google,Johnson and Johnson and Pricewaterhouse Coopers, all keento recruit our students. The Centre also provides supportand advice, as well as a range of training sessions to help youto manage your career prospects. Our Technology TransferOffice facilitates our links with business and industry andis well placed to provide advice and support to researchers seeking commercial applications for theirresearch.

Investing in your learning environment We are constantly developing our campus to enhance yourlearning environment. We are currently in the middle of a€400 million investment programme, the single largestcapital development plan ever undertaken by the University.This includes an impressive new Sports Centre andswimming pool, a newly refurbished Student Cultural


At NUI Galway we have an excellent record of high quality and innovative teaching and a reputationfor producing high-quality graduates who will become the leaders of tomorrow. In spite of thechallenging economic climate, NUI Galway graduates continue to be highly regarded by employers.Almost 4,000 students from more than 90 countries around the world choose NUI Galway forpostgraduate study.

Centre and a stunning new engineering building to bringtogether all of our engineering disciplines, which is set toopen in early 2011.

Work has begun on the new Arts, Humanities and SocialSciences Research Building. This will provide students witha unique research environment that integrates research andtraining in the Humanities, Digital Cultures, CreativeIndustries, Business, Social Sciences, Rights, Advocacy, andPublic Policy on a national and international resources scale.

Work has also begun on a new Biosciences ResearchBuilding and Translational Research Facility. TheBiosciences Research Building will provide top class facilitiesfor research students in the Biological and Medical Sciencesand Engineering fields while the Translational ResearchFaculty will house basic, translational and clinical researchteams on the site of Galway University Hospital. Such afacility is unique in Ireland. A new Clinical Research Facility,also located on the hospital site, will allow us to bring cutting-edge biomedical research to clinical trial stage.

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Research highlightsHere are just some of the exciting developments that have taken place in research at NUI Galway in the last year.

Protein identified which helps cancer cells tosurvive stressful conditions

Researchers at NUI Galway have made a discovery thatcould lead to the development of more effective treatmentsfor a number of diseases. Researchers in the discipline ofBiochemistry at NUI Galway have shown that a proteinproduced when cells are stressed interacts with a stresssensor allowing cells to survive conditions of intense stress.Understanding this interaction may help scientists interferewith cancer cells so they can no longer survive exposure tostressful conditions.

Healthy cells are not usually under stress, but unhealthycells, such as cancer cells, are often under considerable stressbecause they grow rapidly in places where they are notsupposed to grow. When a cell is under these stressfulconditions, the stress protein Hsp70 is activated to help thecell. By understanding more about Hsp70 and the way itfunctions, scientists can learn how to block its function,allowing unhealthy cells to succumb to stress and die.

The team of researchers have identified a novel protein-protein interaction that helps cancer cells to survive stressfulgrowth conditions. By interfering with this interaction theyhope to develop a new class of anti-cancer drugs which willhave a significant impact on cancer research and drug designwhich would block the protein to encourage tumour celldeath. In contrast, in diseases where there is too much celldeath such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s Disease, and Diabetes,increasing the levels of Hsp70 could potentially be used tohelp these cells to survive stressful conditions.

www.nuigalway.ie/about-us/news-and-events/protein-aids-cancer-cells

NUI Galway scientists first to producevolcanic ash operational forecasts

In a first for Ireland, NUI Galway researchers havedeveloped Ireland’s own capability of Icelandic plumedispersion forecasting and assessment, in the wake of the2010 volcano eruption.

Professor Colin O’Dowd, Director of the Centre for Climateand Air Pollution Studies at NUI Galway, which isbehind this major development, stated: “The rapiddevelopment of the volcanic plume forecasting model to provide Ireland’s own capability of assessment andprediction is not only an excellent example of nationalcollaboration and solidarity amongst key scientific partnersbut also one of innovation and a capacity for rapid responsein a crisis".

Working with Met Éireann, a team of NUI Galwayresearchers with expertise in atmospheric physics, airpollution and computational science were able to rapidlydevelop a forecasting model to provide potential airtravellers with additional information and allow them tomake more informed decisions. This forecasting system isone of the most sophisticated in Europe.

www.nuigalway.ie/about-us/news-and-events/volcanic-ash-forecasts

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President Obama uses technology from NUI Galway

The Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) at NUIGalway is the world’s largest research institute for thedevelopment of semantic web technology. Barack Obama’sadministration is using internet technology developed atDERI in its new website devoted to the $800 millioneconomic stimulus package. The website, recover.gov, willuse web standards created by NUI Galway researchers.

The technology will allow for greater transparency withinthe US Government. Using this technology, visitors to thesite will be able to see exactly where their taxes are beingspent and how much is being used to fund education, thefight against crime and new buildings. Other well-knownapplications which use the technology developed by DERIat NUI Galway include Yahoo! SearchMonkey and Drupal.

DERI is an internationally recognised institute in webresearch, education and technology transfer.

www.nuigalway.ie/about-us/news-and-events/obama-uses-nuigalway-technology

‘Silent epidemic’ of chronic pain affects one in three people

NUI Galway researchers have deemed chronic pain a ‘silentepidemic’ in Ireland, having found that one in three peoplesuffer from the condition. The finding is part of thepreliminary results of the PRIME Study (Prevalence, Impactand Cost of Chronic Pain in Ireland), being led by NUIGalway, which is the first large scale project to examine theproblem of chronic pain in the country.

Principal Investigator of the study, Co-Director of theCentre for Pain Research and Senior Lecturer in Psychologyat NUI Galway, Dr Brian McGuire said: “Chronic pain ispain that lasts for at least three months. One in three peoplein our study reported having chronic pain for an average ofseven years—many of these people reported significantsuffering, disability and reduced quality of life. In some ways,it could be regarded as a ’silent epidemic”.

The research team found that among 1,200 randomlyselected adults, a significant 35.5% were suffering fromchronic pain and pain did increase with age, with 28.2%reporting pain in the 18–34 age group, increasing to 50% ofthose aged 65 and over.

www.nuigalway.ie/about-us/news-and-events/chronic-pain-silent-epidemic



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Disinfectants may promote growth of superbugs

Using disinfectants could cause bacteria to become resistantto antibiotics as well as the disinfectant itself, according toresearchers affiliated with the Immunity and InfectiousDisease Research Cluster and the Discipline of Microbiologyin the School of Natural Sciences at NUI Galway. Thesefindings could have important implications for how thespread of infection is managed in hospital settings.

Dr Gerard Fleming, who led the study, said: “In principle thismeans that residue from incorrectly diluted disinfectants lefton hospital surfaces could promote the growth of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. What is more worrying is that bacteriaseem to be able to adapt to resist antibiotics without evenbeing exposed to them”.

The research found that by adding increasing amounts ofdisinfectant to laboratory cultures of certain bacteria, thebacteria could adapt to survive not only the disinfectant but also ciprofloxacin—a commonly prescribed antibiotic—even without being exposed to it.

www.nuigalway.ie/about-us/news-and-events/suberbugs

Invasive seaweed types spreading across Europe

A European project involving Irish scientists from NUIGalway and Queen’s University Belfast has found thatrecently introduced seaweed types from areas such as Japanand California are spreading more rapidly in Europe thanever before. There are over 500 seaweed types in Ireland, andsome 126 non-native species from Asia and the US have beenrecorded in Europe over the past century. The spread ofinvasive species seaweed can crowd out or displace nativeplants. Most seaweeds introduced to Europe appear to have been introduced at more than one point or haveunpredictable long range dispersal. Looking at the spreadpatterns over time, the rate of spread appears to be increasingfor more recent introductions. This could be because thereare more opportunities for seaweeds to associate withcarriers like shipping or aquaculture. Another possibility isthat the resistance of coastal environments to novel species’introductions is declining.

It is important that we continue to protect our native speciesand research of this nature has significant relevance formarine and aquaculture policy into the future.

www.nuigalway.ie/about-us/news-and-events/invasive-seaweed-in-europe

Research at NUI Galway is forward-thinking and global in scale. Today we are leading the field in a wide range of areas, including stem cell and gene therapy research, human rights law,environmental change and developing the next generation of internet technology

James J. Browne, President of NUI Galway

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International studentsNUI Galway is one of Ireland’s leading international universities, attracting outstanding academics, researchers and students from around the world. We currently have over 1,500 international students on campus, accounting for over 12% of the student population.

Postgraduate Programmes at NUI GalwayNUI Galway offers two general kinds of postgraduate degreeprogrammes: taught programmes and research programmes.

Taught programmesTaught programmes generally comprise of classes andcoursework leading to the award of a Higher Diploma,Postgraduate Diploma or a Masters degree. Taughtprogrammes last one or two years and are usually assessedthrough a combination of assignments, examinations and/ora thesis or dissertation.

Research programmesResearch programmes involve in-depth study of a specificsubject area under the guidance of an academic supervisor.Research programmes may last up to four years, leading tothe award of a Masters or PhD degree. Research applicantsare advised to contact a relevant member of the academicstaff to discuss a potential research proposal, beforesubmitting a formal application.

How to applyApplications for postgraduate programmes are made onlinevia the Postgraduate Applications Centre.www.pac.ie/nuigalway (See page 22 for more information.)

Entry requirementsEntry requirements vary by programme; however theminimum academic requirement for entry to a postgraduateprogramme at NUI Galway is a Bachelor degree with goodgrades from a recognised international university orinstitution. Certain programmes may require previous studyof a particular subject at degree level, previous workexperience or the submission of a portfolio of previous work.

For more information on entry requirements for studentsfrom your home country, please refer towww.nuigalway.ie/international

English language requirementAll applicants whose first language is not English, or whohave not been educated through the medium of Englishlanguage during their two most recent years of study, mustpresent one of the following qualifications in the Englishlanguage.

Arts, Business and Law ProgrammesIELTS score of 6.5*TOEFL IBT score of 92 (or equivalent).

Science, Engineering and IT ProgrammesIELTS score of 6.0*TOEFL IBT score of 80 (or equivalent).

*with not less than 5.5 in any one component.

Language tests must be undertaken no more than two yearsprior to commencement of your programme at the University. For details on English Language ProficiencyTests, e.g., TOEFL or IELTS, see www.ets.org/toefl/ andwww.ielts.org for information on testing centres and dates.Note: the NUI Galway TOEFL institution code is 8861.

International student life at NUI GalwayAs well as providing a first class educational experience atNUI Galway, we also pride ourselves on providing a widerange of support services to help international students tointegrate into their new environment. These include:

• Orientation programmes• Immigration and study visa advice, information and support services• Social and cultural events• Accommodation services• Healthcare and counselling• Clubs and Societies• English language support classes

Visit www.nuigalway.ie/international for more information.


Mohammed Hamza Medical Student, studying in the College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences' Library.

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Our locationIreland is an island in the northwest of Europe with apopulation of over 4 million. The country has long been apopular destination for international students, who areattracted both by its unique combination of ancientheritage and modern lifestyle.

Located in the heart of Galway City, one of Europe's mostvibrant cities, the University benefits from all the facilitiesthat a modern city has to offer. Young, vibrant andcosmopolitan, Galway is widely regarded as the culturalcapital of Ireland and a bustling centre of the arts andbusiness and a major European hub for hi-tech and creativeindustries. A few of the big cultural attractions are the CúirtInternational Festival of Literature, the Galway ArtsFestival, the Galway Races and the Oyster Festival.

The city is also building an international reputation in severalniche industrial sectors. Strong clusters are evident in thefields of biomedical engineering, electronics, aquaculture,and software development. Galway's population is growingat a faster rate than any other city in Ireland, reflecting theattractiveness of the city as a place to work and live.

Visa requirements/applicationsCitizens of certain countries require a student visa to studyin Ireland. A list of countries whose citizens do not requirevisas is provided on the following web site: www.inis.gov.ieCitizens of countries which are not on the list MUST applyfor a visa to study in Ireland before they travel to Ireland. Allcitizens of non-EU countries, whether they require a visa ornot, are subject to immigration control at the point of entryto Ireland. Students should ensure they carry their originalletter of offer from NUI Galway with them to show to immigration officials when entering the State.

If you come from a visa-required country, you should review the information provided on the website of the IrishNaturalisation and Immigration Service for instructions onhow to make an application for a study visa. The relevantwebsite is www.inis.gov.ie

Registration with the Irish Immigration ServiceInternational students, with the exception of students from the European Union, European Economic Area andSwitzerland, are required to register their presence in theState with the Garda National Immigration Bureau. Detailscan be obtained from the International Student Officer onarrival or on the International Affairs Office website at www.nuigalway.ie/international/afterarrive/immigration.html

Students are required to pay an administration charge of€150 for their registration certificate.

If you are from a non-EU country, you must hold a comprehensive health insurance policy which includes coverin the event of hospitalisation, to meet any costs accruingfrom health care treatment. You may arrange this in yourhome country or alternatively, you can arrange this througha health insurance company in Ireland. Full details of healthinsurance requirements are available onwww.nuigalway.ie/international/beforearrive/

Part-time workIf you are a citizen from outside the EU, the EEA, or Switzerland, you must be registered as a full-time student ona programme leading to a recognised qualification, in orderto work legally in Ireland on a part-time basis, i.e., up totwenty hours per week during term time and full-time duringholiday periods.

You will find a list of recognised courses on the Departmentof Education web site in the Internationalisation Registersection www.education.ie

Fees for part-time non-EU studentsNon-EU/EEA applicants should note that study visas will not be issued on the basis of admission to a part-time programme of study.

Non-EU students must be enrolled on full-time programmesof study in order to secure a study visa and register with theGarda National Immigration Bureau on the basis of studentstatus. Enrolment on a part-time course does not confer aright to work for a non-EU/EEA student.


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The University facilitates its postgraduate students toachieve their career goals by offering a dynamic Career Development Centre where students can avail of a range ofservices. You will be encouraged to develop and implementa career plan, taking responsibility for upgrading yourportfolio of skills, experience and qualifications which willenhance your employability on completion of your studies.

The Career Development Centre team will provide youwith a guidance and information service focused onsupporting and empowering you to achieve this.

The range of services offered include:• Seminars and information on career areas• Career Management courses• Free psychometric testing and 1:1 careers advisory sessions• Job search seminars and information (CV preparation, completing applications, creative job search techniques and interview skills)• Links with employers, including on-campus employer presentations and an online job vacancy database• Annual recruitment fairs

For further information, visit us in the Arts/Science Building or online at www.nuigalway.ie/careers

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Employment in mindA postgraduate qualification from NUI Galway will help you to distinguish yourself in a crowdedmarket place. Our degrees are highly regarded by employers who feel that our graduates have the right mix of knowledge and skills to make a meaningful contribution to the work place.

Students discussing job opportunities with employersat the annual Graduate Jobs Fair, coordinated by theCareer Development Centre


Always received good advice and found staff very helpful andinterested. Very satisfied with the service provided.

Good resources available in careers information room.

I hadn’t a clue what I wanted to do and the meeting with theCareers adviser really helped me to plan my next steps.

Very helpful information and guidance for interview—helpedme get my job.

Very helpful staff—went out of their way to seek out relevantinformation for me—really approachable and friendly.

C.V. and interview help was priceless.

Graduate Experience Programme (GEP)The Graduate Experience Programme (GEP) is a work placement programme and is a key requirement in a numberof postgraduate masters programmes. GEP is an integral partof the programmes and is undertaken as part of the studies.The Work Integrated Learning (WIL) module is requiredto gain appropriate experience and give the opportunity to acquire thesis material.

The thesis is submitted at the end of GEP. GEP gives apractical appreciation and understanding of the needs andoperations of business and industry where skills andqualifications may be applied. Host Organisations supportsix, nine or twelve month WIL for candidates under-taking a number of masters programmes.

GEP will significantly improve participants’ prospects ofobtaining employment after graduation. In the event that noexternal placement is available, postgraduate students willbe given projects on campus by their Discipline.

The GEP process is managed on the NUI Galway PlacementApplication. The application gives 24/7 access to employers,students and staff. The Placement Office staff contact thebusiness and industry sector to secure suitable placements.GEP student’s progress is monitored in cooperation withacademic staff during their period on placement.

Recent employers of NUI Galway postgraduates include:

AandL GoodbodyAbbottAccentureAldiArthur CoxBaxter HealthcareBoston ScientificBrothers of CharityCentral BankCISCOCreganna Tactx MedicalDeloitte Department of Foreign AffairsDepartment of Justice, Equality and Law Reform DiageoEnterprise IrelandEriccsonErnst and Young First DerivativesForóigeFyffesGalway AdvertiserGlanbia GlaxoSmithKlineHealth Service ExecutiveHewlett PackardIBECIntelIntertrade IrelandIrish TimesKPMGLaw Reform CommissionLidlMatheson Ormsby PrenticeMedtronicMicrosoftPfizerPrice Waterhouse CoopersRape Crisis NetworkSAPSimon CommunityTG4Ulster BankWilliam Fry

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Real community learningThe Community Knowledge Initiative (CKI) at NUI Galway supports students and staff to actively engage andshare knowledge in the local, national and international community. NUI Galway has been recognised internationallyas the lead institution in Ireland in developing civic engagement opportunities through volunteering and servicelearning. In 2010 the University received the MacJannet Prizefor Global Citizenship for its commitment to communitythrough the flagship CAIRDE Engineering Programme.

Through our volunteering programme, ALIVE, the President of NUI Galway has recognised over 2,000 studentsfor their volunteering efforts within diverse communities tapping into student passion and expertise. In addition, eachyear over 800 students annually connect academic knowledge to community through a teaching tool calledservice learning. It is evident that students make a real difference through real community learning to both theirown development and to the wider community.

NUI Galway postgraduate students have the uniqueopportunity to work in partnership with communitythrough research, teaching, learning and volunteering.Each academic year, students work on community needswhile sharing their research skills and academicexpertise. Postgraduate students in Philosophy haveanalysed the economic, social and political experiences ofasylum seekers and the homeless from a local and nationalperspective with a view towards policy change. This researchculminated in the publication of significant informationresources that were acknowledged in the Irish Times.

NUI Galway President, Dr. James J. Browne notes, “OurUniversity is at the forefront in Ireland of pioneering modelsfor civic engagement, including volunteering programmesthat annually actively engage over 1,500 NUI Galway students to think critically about society and their placewithin it. We are proud of our role in helping to shape socially-aware citizens, who are active members of theircommunity through their voluntary activities.” For a list of postgraduate programmes with service learning opportunities and additional information on the CKI, please access www.nuigalway.ie/cki

Commercialising your researchIgnite Technology Transfer Office (TTO) is dedicated tohelping you find practical applications for your innovativeresearch. As well as Intellectual Property Management, theTTO promotes a strong culture of entrepreneurship and innovation, equipping students with the required skill set toenhance commercial opportunities in their future careers.An experienced team is in place to guide you through thebest commercialisation route, whatever path you choose.

The services offered by the TTO to achieve this are:

• Managing university intellectual property and technologies to achieve commercial outcomes • Encouraging the establishment of start-up companies, supported by entrepreneurship programmes• Establishing partnerships with industry and facilitate collaborative research projects• Managing the Campus Innovation Centre and Bio- incubation facilities (24 companies and 6 hot desks)• Delivering policy, processes, guidelines and skills development for researchers• Building on new business partnerships of investors, angels and management teams for NUI Galway • Commercialisation activities

Major focus areas of Ignite TTO for 2010 are new companystart-up activity, partnering with industry and supportingjob creation. Liaising with the Ignite TTO offers studentsmany rewards for those who are keen to pursue commercially focused research, including training to helpidentity intellectual property and practical applications oftheir research, becoming an inventor of a technology whichmay be licensed to a company or indeed becoming involvedin a new start-up company.

For those who wish to start up a company the TTO offersfacilities in the NUI Galway Campus Innovation Centrewhich is of benefit to any new company, providing thoseinitial supports that enhance the start-up phase and newbusiness growth of the company.

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Ignite TTO activities have led to a number of successes forNUI Galway, for example in 2009 the TTO facilitated:

• 16 licence agreements with industry partners• 17 new patent application for NUI Galway technologies• 7 new start up companies • 36 collaborative projects between NUI Galway researchers and industry• 4 entrepreneurial programmes • Management of 23 campus companies in the NUI Galway Campus Innovation Centre• Organisation of 16 Entrepreneurial workshops and networking events The Ignite TTO is currently active on Twitter, YouTube andLinkedIn and excited about using these channels ofcommunication to work with you. We have an Ignite TTOnewsletter to keep you up to date on all our activities andhave developed a ‘New Company Starter Pack’ on USB forthose of you thinking of starting your own company. Joinour social networking groups and learn more about yourcommercial opportunities and the supports we provide.

The aim of the Ignite TTO is to create an environmentwhich promotes entrepreneurship, innovation and newbusiness ideas and at the same time support commercialoutcomes with our open door policy.

Our professional Ignite TTO team offers an innovative andsupportive environment to assist students, inventors andentrepreneurs in pursuing their technology developmentfrom disclosure and protection right through to commercialsuccess.

Availing of Ignite TTO commercialisation services andtaking part in the entrepreneurial programmes during your academic studies in NUI Galway will give NUI Galwaystudents a competitive advantage in their future endeavours,whatever career they choose.

Enquiries to: [email protected] or T +353 91 492 147

Students in the recently refurbishedcomputer suite in the Education Building.


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Centre for Excellence in Learning andTeaching CELT’s primary aim is to support the development of aninstitutional culture which celebrates high quality teachingand active learning and fosters a spirit of inquiry. We dothis through:

• the provision and championing of a range of technologies (from basic audiovisual systems through to virtual learning environments, videoconferencing, podcasting and multimedia production)

• courses (PgCert/PgDip and M.A. [Academic Practice]) and workshops on curricular development, pedagogies, supervision and forms of assessment (this training is available to academic staff and those acting in a teaching capacity)

• seminars and conferences (including our annual international Symposium on Higher Education held every June)

• research and evaluative studies, most of which are collaborative in nature with national and international partners

In addition, we are responsible for driving the University’sstrategic commitment to greater civic engagement and our CKI project (Community Knowledge Initiative) hasacquired an international reputation in the area of service (or community-based) learning and student volunteering.

We have partnerships with around 100 communityorganisations and NGOs and a key part of the NUI Galwaystudent experience (at postgraduate and undergraduatelevels) centres around opportunities to engage with widersociety through a number of forms of civic participation andoutreach work.

Further detailed information is available from our websitewww.nuigalway.ie/celt

Our learning environment

Information Solutions and ServicesInformation Technology services at NUI Galway are provided by the Information Solutions and Services (ISS)team.

The high-speed campus network supports a range ofacademic computing facilities for registered students. As apostgraduate student at NUI Galway, you will be able to:

• Access a first-class Information Technology service, underpinned by a high-speed campus-wide network that is reviewed and upgraded continuously• Avail of approximately 1,600 managed computers in central locations• Avail of over 150 licensed specialist software products on campus. Details of available software, listed by PC suite are available at www.nuigalway.ie/information-solutions-and-services/students/pc_suites/pc_suites.html

• Avail of educational pricing for national deals such as mobile broadband or software licenses• Access scanners, CD-writers and printing services• Connect to a campus-wide wireless network Wireless connections—wireless service information, including set-up requirements are available at www.nuigalway.ie/information-solutions-and-services/students/wireless/wireless.html

• Get help with computer-related queries from the ISS Service Desk• Code of conduct—all use of NUI Galway computing resources must comply with the University’s code of conduct, which is published at www.nuigalway.ie/information-solutions-and-services/about/code_of_conduct.html

At NUI Galway, you will truly be in the fast lane of theinformation superhighway.


James Hardiman Library resources and services to support graduate researchNUI Galway provides a high quality and innovative libraryservice committed to supporting excellence in teaching,learning and research. Core services and resources supportinggraduate research include:

• An extensive multidisciplinary print and electronicinformation resource base, including:

- almost half a million e-books - 30,000 e-journals - a large portfolio of bibliographic

and full text databases

• Excellent training opportunities, including: - a research specific workshop series- online research skills courseware - advisory services covering topics

like effective literature searching, using reference management software, getting published and disseminating your research

• The ARAN research publishing system, delivering open access to papers, theses and other research outputfrom the University

• Access to the University’s rich special collections andarchives which provide excellent primary sources forresearch in the humanities in particular

• Two Research Support Librarians whose primary role isto support your research process by ensuring you exploitthe range of Library services and resources to the full

• Inter-library loan and electronic document delivery services

For more information visit the Research support pages at:www.library.nuigalway.ie/support/supportforresearchers/

Viewing archival material in theJames Hardiman Library.

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How to apply

Applying to postgraduate programmes at NUI GalwayApplications are made online via the PostgraduateApplications Centre (PAC). PAC manages the applicationfunction for NUI Galway, and NUI Galway retains thefunction of making decisions on admissions to itsprogrammes. Prospective students can access the systemthrough PAC on www.pac.ie/nuigalway (the online formis easy to use and you will be guided through the systemstep-by-step). You will require an active email account touse the system. Applicants indicate the PAC code(s) forthe programme(s) that they are interested in. These areindicated alongside the programme listings.

Applicants may (but are not obliged to) apply for threetaught programmes OR three research programmes (youcan mix traditional research programmes with StructuredPhDs) when making an application to NUI Galway viaPAC. Your applications do not need to be ranked in order of preference, as applications are assessed on asimultaneous basis. The cost of applying is €45 and is anon-refundable application processing fee payable to PAC.All supporting documentation (specifying the PACapplication number you will be assigned) relevant to theapplication should be posted to PAC at the following address:

Postgraduate Applications Centre,1 Courthouse SquareGalwayIreland

Please note, if you are successful in obtaining a taughtprogramme place you will be obliged to pay a non-refundable deposit (€500 generally; €1,000 for someprogrammes) in advance to secure your place. This depositis then deducted from the full course fee you will ultimatelybe required to pay.

Closing dates for applications (and late applications)NUI Galway does not set a deadline for receipt ofapplications, with some exceptions*. We recommend thatyou apply as early as possible because an early applicationmay result in an early offer. Some programmes will closeto new applications when full, and such cases will behighlighted on our website www.nuigalway.ie/postgrad/closed-programmes. The Postgraduate ApplicationCentre (PAC) opens to accept online applications on 1November annually: www.pac.ie/nuigalway

Supporting documentsWhen making an online application to PAC someprogrammes require additional information to supplementyour application, e.g., an essay, samples of work, a C.V., etc.To see what supporting documents, if any, may be requiredfor your programme, please visit www.nuigalway.ie/postgrad/pac_supp_docs.html

Offer datesWe endeavour to provide you with a decision in relation toyour application as quickly as possible. NUI Galway usesa system of offer rounds to facilitate decision-making andearly notification to applicants throughout the year. Asindicated above, candidates are encouraged to apply asearly as possible. The offer round dates are as follows:

1st Round Mid-February 20112nd Round End-March 20113rd Round Mid-May 20114th Round Late-June 20115th Round Early-August 2011

Applications will continue to be reviewed during Augustif there are still programme places available.

Since applications can take at least four weeks to review, ifyou wish to receive a decision in an early round, you shouldapply at least four weeks before that offer date. Forexample, if you apply by 15 January, you should expect toreceive a decision approximately four weeks later.

RecommendationsYou should give yourself plenty of time in which to apply,particularly if you are applying from outside of the EuropeanUnion (EU) and will need to apply for a student visa.

You should also allow sufficient time to make any financial,travel and accommodation arrangements, if you areoffered a place. We recommend that you apply early in theyear ( January/February) for programmes that start in theautumn (September/October).

*ExceptionsPlease refer to the programme entries for specific informationregarding deadlines for receipt of applications.

A small number of programmes have specific deadlines;for example:• Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE)• Dioplóma Iarchéime san Oideachas (DIO)

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• MA (Social Work)• Doctor of Psychological Science (Clinical Psychology)• Master of Accounting (MAcc)• LLB

Applications for the PhD degree in the traditional format(i.e., non-Structured PhD) in the College of Arts, SocialSciences, and Celtic Studies: applications are consideredfor students commencing their programmes in Septemberand January only. Only applications received beforemid-July and mid-November, respectively, in the yearwill meet these commencement requirements.

Research applicantsYou are advised, in the first instance prior to making an online application, to consult with the academicdiscipline, School, or the Research Centre at NUI Galwayin which you intend to do your research. At this stage, youshould have prepared an outline proposal for submissionfor the department to consider and support.

English language requirementStudents from outside of Ireland whose first language isnot English must provide evidence that their Englishlanguage ability meets the required standard for admission.The required standard is results from an acceptable Englishlanguage proficiency test (an overall minimum IELTSscore of 6.5 or equivalent for Arts, Business, Law,and Medical programmes; IELTS score of 6.0 or equivalent for Science, Engineering, and I.T. programmes)undertaken no more than two years prior to thecommencement of your programme at the University.

For details on English Language Proficiency Tests, e.g., TOEFL or IELTS, see www.ets.org/toefl/ andwww.ielts.org for information on testing centres and dates. Note: the NUI Galway TOEFL institutioncode is 8861.

Estimated time-frame on decisionsTaught programmes: You should allow up to four weeks,from the advertised “offer date” (see above), before you canexpect to receive notification of whether you have been offered a place on the programme.

Research applications: Please also allow at least fourweeks, from the date we receive your application, to whenyou can expect to receive notification of whether you havebeen offered a place on a programme.

Further informationBefore making an application, you are advised to consultthe Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) atwww.nuigalway.ie/postgrad/faq.html

Garda vetting/police clearanceSome courses at NUI Galway require students to providegarda vetting/police clearance certificate(s) prior to beingallowed to register. These courses are clearly marked in thisprospectus.

You can find more detail about the University's policeclearance policy online at www.nuigalway.ie/admissions.

Recognition of Prior LearningNUI Galway acknowledges that all learning is valuable andthat knowledge and skills can be acquired from a range oflearning experiences. The University’s Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) process may allow students to gain admission to a programme of study or to gainexemptions/credit from some parts of a programme, basedon demonstrated learning achieved prior to admission.

What is Prior Learning?Prior Learning is learning which has taken place, but notnecessarily been assessed or measured, prior to admissionand acceptance to a programme of study in NUI Galway.The learning can be certified or experiential.

What is Recognition of Prior Certified Learning (RPCL)?Where an applicant has already been awarded certificationfor a formal programme taken at another institution ortraining organisation, this prior learning can be recognisedand may entitle the applicant to admission to a programmeor exemptions from some parts of a programme in NUI Galway.

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The University’s postgraduate degrees are of two kinds:• Research-based programmes normally involving two years on campus for Master Degrees and a minimum of four years for Doctoral Degrees. Structured PhD programmes have also been introduced• Higher Diploma, Postgraduate Diploma, and Masters level taught programmes



What is Recognition of Prior ExperientialLearning (RPEL)? This process places a value on learning from experience,i.e. learning which has not previously been academicallyaccredited. In this case, the applicant must prove that therequired learning outcomes have been achieved. This proofcan then be used to support a claim for admission,exemption or credit. As a general principle, credit is givenfor learning, not for experience per se.

What is involved in the RPL process?The RPL process is based on the practice of applicantspreparing and submitting a learning portfolio to theUniversity. This is a record of learning achievements, skillsand competencies, relevant to the particular programmeof study or module in question. The focus is on theachievements of learning rather then on the learningprocess itself.

Some of the programmes of study listed in this prospectusmay consider RPL applications. For further informationplease contact the programme co-ordinator or go to theRecognition of Prior Learning webpage atwww.nuigalway.ie/rpl

FeesFees quoted in this prospectus are annual fees. See Page15 for fee information for part-time non-EU students. 2011–12 fees will be available in mid-March 2011. Please refer to www.nuigalway.ie/fees for updates. Feeregulations are online at: www.nuigalway.ie/student_fees/ fees/regulations.html

Visit us: we’re having a Postgraduate Open Day onWednesday 2 February 2011

See www.nuigalway.ie/postgrad/exhibitions for details

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Within the exciting learning and scholarly community in theUniversity, the Graduate Studies Office will support you inundertaking your graduate studies. The Dean of GraduateStudies, acting with the Secretary for Academic Affairs and the Standing Committee of Academic Council, isresponsible for the overall management of the operation ofuniversity graduate research programmes.

The Graduate Studies Office aims to:• Enrich and support the graduate experience• Provide information on research and graduate opportunities• Inform about research funding opportunities• Communicate regarding graduate-related matters and events• Advise of ongoing developments in graduate training and development• Ensure that feedback is analysed and considered• Keep graduates up to date with the latest news on graduate achievements• Encourage graduates to enjoy campus life

The Graduate Studies Office has many partners who engageand have important roles in the development of graduateeducation.

Student development is supported through graduate eventssuch as seminars, guest speakers, summer schools, visitingscholars and accredited generic, transferable and disciplinespecific skills training modules. All our registered researchstudents are automatically registered on the Graduate Studies Blackboard e-Education platform (1GST1), whichenables educational innovations by connecting students,staff and technology. This is where key information on graduate education, events and announcements are madeto keep you updated and informed.

To learn more about us, the website link for GraduateStudies is: www.nuigalway.ie/graduatestudiesThe University’s research degrees are of two kinds;1. Doctoral (PhD)2. Research-based master degrees

Doctoral education—PhD programmesStructured PhDs are offered in certain research areas andhave a focus on developing a range of discipline specific,transferable and generic skills, giving you a more rounded

Graduate Studies Office

PhD experience which will assist you greatly in your careerafter you graduate. Please go towww.nuigalway.ie/courses/research-postgraduate-programmes/structured-phd/for more information on what is available on structuredPhDs within our five colleges.

Research-based master degreesResearch masters’ degrees are offered throughout the fiveColleges of the University. There may be opportunities totransfer from a Masters to a PhD subject to certain conditionsbeing met.

Taught postgraduate degreesThe University offers a broad and exciting range of taughtgraduate degrees across various disciplines. Please see thisprospectus for a full listing of the programmes currently onoffer, or view on-linewww.nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/

Research funding Opportunities for research funding can occur at any time ofthe year. You can find information on fees and funding sourcesvia the Graduate Studies website. Financing a postgraduateprogramme is the responsibility of the graduate. Mostpostgraduate funding, unlike undergraduate grants andawards, must be sought competitively. This is particularly truefor research-based programmes. Prospective research degreeapplicants should refer to the Graduate Studies FundingSources section; www.nuigalway.ie/graduatestudies/Research_Degrees/funding_sources.html,www.nuigalway.ie/graduatestudies/Research_Degrees/supplementary_funding.html andwww.nuigalway.ie/careers/students/funding_research.html

Information on funding opportunities for internationalstudents is available from the International Affairs Officewww.nuigalway.ie/international/ (fees and scholarshipssection)

Postgraduate feesFor more information on EU and non-EU fees forpostgraduate taught and research courses at NUI Galway,www.nuigalway.ie/courses/fees-and-funding

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Strategic AllianceNUI Galway–University of Limerick Strategic AllianceBy working with the University of Limerick, we will be able to optimise student choices. Here are some recent developments:

Link-to-LearnWith the exciting, new Link-to-Learn exchange programme,students of both NUI Galway and the University ofLimerick have the opportunity to choose modules specialistfrom the other institution as part of their programme. Thismeans that you could choose to study part of yourcourse—even up to a full semester—at the University ofLimerick, if there is a particular specialist option thatinterests you.*

We are also using the latest video conferencing technologyto share lectures between our two universities. Bycombining the expertise of both universities, the Link-to-Learn programme will give you access to greater choice inthe subjects you study as part of your degree.

* subject to places being available at each University

Joint programmesWe currently have some joint programmes up andrunning, with more planned for the near future. Our newfour-year Structured PhD in New Media and Film is runjointly by the Huston School of Film and Digital Media,NUI Galway and the School of Languages, Literature,Culture and Communication at the University of Limerick.

This structured doctoral programme (see page 72 for moreinformation) aims to promote research that integratestheoretical discourses on the impact of digital media oncultural and social expression with practical concernsand with media industries. As part of this initiative, a Doctoral Scholarship to the value of €15,000 will be available, to a student of the programme at eachinstitution. The Scholarships are tenable for a maximum offour years.

Find out moreStructured PhD (New Media and Film) (Inter-Institutional)Dr Rod Stoneman, NUI Galwaywww.filmschool.ie/courses.php?id=15

ScholarshipsDr Jean Conacher, School of Languages, Literature,Culture and Communication, UL.www.ul.ie/llcc from whom application forms forthe Scholarships may be obtained.

Global Research We are collaborating with the University of Limerick infour key areas of research:

• Biomedicine and biomedical devices• Energy research• ICT, including software development and semantic web research• Social development and regeneration

Within these research areas, the alliance will focus onincreasing the commercialisation of research at bothuniversities. NUI Galway is one of Ireland’s leadinguniversities for knowledge transfer, with more spin-outcompanies, licences and patents in the last four years thanany other Irish University and in total, NUI Galway and ULhave set up 21 spin-out companies over the past four years,with 72 licences and 121 patents filed. Both universities arealso working closely to share expertise in this area in orderto provide an enhanced service to industry.

Alliance with Georgia Institute ofTechnology in the USOn an international level we have also established a jointTranslational Research Institute with the Georgia Instituteof Technology in the US. Georgia Tech is a recognisedworld leader in translating academic research into products,processes and services which serve industry and generateeconomic wealth, and NUI Galway and the University ofLimerick will benefit significantly from this experience.

A new network to support your studyThe opening of the new railway between Galway andLimerick makes travelling between both universities easierand more convenient. Train timetables are available to viewat: www.irishrail.ie/your_journey/timetables.asp

NUI Galway will also provide financial assistance tosupport students who wish to avail of the Link-to-Learnexchange programme.

Find out morewww.nuigalway.ie/ul-allianceE [email protected]

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NUI Galway has entered into a new partnership with the University of Limerick which will increase

the choices offered to our postgraduate students. The partnership is an institution-wide alliance

across all areas of activity including teaching, research, technology transfer and lifelong learning.


University of Limerick Campus


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Cláir a Mhúintearagus Cláir Taighde

Réamheolaire Iarchéime OÉ Gaillimh 2011|12

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Roghnaigh mé Ollscoil na hÉireann,Gaillimh mar nach bhfuil a shamhail

de chúrsa M.A ar fáil aon áit eile satír. Aithnítear an cháilíocht ininstitiúidí an Aontais Eorpaighagus bíonn tú i dteideal nascrúduithe iontrála atá ag nahinstitiúidí céanna a dhéanamh

má éiríonn leat ar an gcúrsa MA.Dhírigh mé ar an tsíceolaíocht,

polaitíocht agus socheolaíocht donB.A a bhain mé amach ar dtús ach bhí

suim agam i dtaistil agus i dteangachariamh. Ba é sin an fáth gur shochraigh

mé ar an MA san AteangaireachtChomhdhála a dhéanamh in Acadamh na

hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge. Shásaigh an cúrsana mianta uile a bhí agam mar mhac léinn

agus sásaíonn an ghairm anois mé agus méag obair mar ateangaire. ”

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Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge

Tá Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge tar éis forbairt a dhéanamh ar réimse cuimsitheach cúrsaí iarchéime atá á gcur arfáil trí Ghaeilge. Tugann na cúrsaí iarchéime seo deiseanna do mhic léinn a bhforbairt phearsanta agus acadúil a chur chuncinn, chomh maith le forbairt a dhéanamh ar na scileanna agus ar an eolas atá riachtanach chun fostaíocht a aimsiú i margadhfostaíochta an lae inniu.

Cuireann clár cúrsaí iarchéime an Acadaimh deiseanna ar fáil do mhic léinn cur lena gcuid scileanna agus a gcuid saineolaisagus tabhairt faoi thaighde i réimsí ar nós an chraolacháin raidió agus teilifíse, an aistriúcháin, na drámaíochta, nateicneolaíochta faisnéise agus na múinteoireachta.

Reáchtáiltear clár cúrsaí iarchéime an Acadaimh i gceartlár na Gaeltachta ar an gCeathrú Rua agus i gCarna i gCo. naGaillimhe. Úsáidtear an Ghaeilge mar chuid lárnach den saol sóisialta agus acadúil sna hIonaid seo.

Is cuid an-luachmhar den eispéireas foghlama a bheidh agat mar mhac léinn iarchéime linn go mbeidh deis agat meascadhle léachtóirí agus le haoiléachtóirí atá i mbun taighde ar réimsí an oideachais, na pleanála teanga, an aistriúcháin, nahateangaireachta, na drámaíochta agus na craoltóireachta - agus go mbeidh deis agat a bheith ag plé, ag díospóireacht agusag malartú tuairimí leo. Bíonn deis ag mic léinn iarchéime an Acadaimh aithne a chur ar dhaoine atá ag obair go gairmiúilsan earnáil ina bhfuil siad ag staidéar, agus ag brath ar an gcúrsa a bheas ar bun ag mic léinn, d’fhéadfadh sé go mbeadh deisacu tréimhse taithí oibre a chaitheamh leo.

Is é cuspóir Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge deiseanna a chur ar fáil do dhaoine páirtghníomhach a ghlacadh i saol agus i bhforbairt phobal na Gaeilge, na Gaeltachta agus i bhforbairtphobal na tíre trí chéile, trí oideachas agus oiliúint a chur ar fáil a chuirfidh ar a gcumas feidhmiúmar chraoltóirí, mar aistritheoirí, mar ateangairí, mar oideachasóirí, mar aisteoirí, agus, marphleanálaithe teanga”.

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Tá an clár seo ann chun céimithe a ullmhúionas go mbeidh ar a gcumas feidhmiú gohéifeachtach mar aistritheoirí a bheadh ag plé le reachtaíocht, doiciméid dlí, agus ábhar gaolmhar.

Tá an Ghaeilge ina teanga oifigiúil de chuid anAontais Eorpaigh ón 1 Eanáir 2007 i leith, agusan-éileamh ar aistritheoirí, dlítheangeolaitheagus léitheoirí profaí le Gaeilge dá bharr sin; táan clár seo, dá réir sin, dírithe go háirithe ardheiseanna fostaíochta ó thaobh poisttheangabhunaithe a bhaineann leis anreachtaíocht agus an dlí i gComhairle anAontais Eorpaigh, sa Choimisiún Eorpach, i bParlaimint na hEorpa, i gCúirt Bhreithiúnaisna hEorpa, in Oifig Thithe an Oireachtais nó i bhforais eile ina bhfuil éileamh araistriúchán ábhar reachtaíochta agus / nó dlí idir an Béarla agus an Ghaeilge.

Cuirfear fáilte roimh iarratais ó dhaoine ar spéisleo an Dlí agus atá ag iarraidh an spéis sin acheangal le húsáid teangacha ag leibhéal an-ard.

Riachtanais iontrálaBunchéim 2.2 ag leibhéal 8 chomh maith lecaighdeán sásúil sa scrúdú iontrála.

nó Dara hOnóracha, Grád 1 i gclár Ard-Dioplóma i réimse an Aistriúcháin.

Is féidir le hiarrthóirí nach bhfuil na cáilíochtaíacadúla cuí acu ach a bhfuil ar a laghad cúigbliana de thaithí ghairmiúil acu i réimse anAistriúcháin nó i réimse gaolmhar iarratas adhéanamh faoi chóras na hOllscoiled’Aitheantas don Réamhfhoghlaim (RPL).

Cáiliú don MA: caithfear 60% san iomlán abhaint amach i modúil an Dioplóma Iarchéimele bheith i dteideal tabhairt faoin MA.

Deiseanna fostaíochtaGníomhaireachtaí stáit, cuideachtaípríobháideacha, Comhairle an AontaisEorpaigh, an Coimisiún Eorpach, Parlaimint na hEorpa, Cúirt Bhreithiúnais na hEorpa,Oifig Thithe an Oireachtais, deiseannaféinfhostaíochta.

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Aistriúchán Reachtaíochta agus Dlí (MA/Dioplóma Iarchéime)

College of Engineering and Informatics

Iarratas ar linewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayCó(i)d PACGYA86Leibhéal an chúrsa Leibhéal 9SpriocdhátaMoltar iarratas a dhéanamh go luath—marthoradh air seo d’fhéadfaí tairiscint luath a fháil,tuilleadh eolais ar Leathanach 22.FadClár lánaimseartha; Dioplóma Iarchéime—bhliain acadúil amháin; MA: bliain iomlán amháinTáilleLe tuilleadh eolais a fháil faoi tháillí seol ríomhphost [email protected] an chúrsaEoin Ó DroighneáinT +353 91 869 858R [email protected]

Is é aidhm an chláir seo mic léinn a oiliúintchun an t-éileamh idirnáisiúnta d’ateangairícomhdhála cáilithe a shásamh. Tá an clárbunaithe ar an gCéim Mháistreachta Eorpachin Ateangaireacht Chomhdhála, a forbraíodh igcomhar le hinstitiúidí an Aontais Eorpaigh, anfostóir ateangaireachta is mó ar domhan.

Déantar dianchleachtadh ar cheird nahateangaireachta agus ag deireadh an chúrsa,bíonn mic léinn ábalta léiriú líofa, éifeachtach athabhairt ar óráid go leantach agus gocomhuaineach. Chun mic léinn a ullmhú donsaol gairmiúil dírítear ar scileanna cumarsáide,glóroiliúint, mar aon le nósannaeitice/imeachta comhdhála, cleachtais agusdálaí oibre. Déanfar staidéar ar chúrsaí reatha,ar phróisis agus nósanna imeachta an A.E. aguseagraíochtaí idirnáisiúnta eile.

Tá an Ghaeilge, an Béarla, an Fhraincis agus anGhearmáinis á dtairiscint ar an gclár i mblianaach is féidir ranganna i dteangacha éagsúla eile achur ar fáil ag brath ar riachtanais na mac léinn.

Riachtanais iontrálaBunchéim 2.2 ag leibhéal 8 chomh maith lecaighdeán sásúil sa scrúdú iontrála agus sanagallamh. Ba chóir go mbeadh sárchumaslabhartha ina máthairtheanga ag mic léinn arb éateangaireacht a dtoilmhian. Déanann an cúrsafreastal ar mhic léinn a bhfuil Gaeilge agus/nóBéarla mar mháthairtheanga acu. Is féidir lehiarrthóirí nach bhfuil na cáilíochtaí acadúla cuíacu ach a bhfuil ar a laghad cúig bliana dethaithí ghairmiúil acu i réimse an Aistriúcháinnó i réimse gaolmhar iarratas a dhéanamh faoichóras na hOllscoile d’Aitheantas donRéamhfhoghlaim (RPL).

Deiseanna fostaíochtaIs é aidhm an chláir seo mic léinn a oiliúintchun feidhmiú mar ateangairí comhdhála inadhiaidh. Éilítear seirbhísí ateangaireachta ar anbhfóram idirnáisiúnta agus ag comhdhálacha,tionóil agus féilte in Éirinn. Cáilítear agusullmhaítear mic léinn do scrúduithe iontrála na n-institiúidí idirnáisiúnta agus A.E. agus tá céimithe an chúrsa fostaithe ag na hinstitiúidí céanna.

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Ateangaireacht Chomhdhála (MA/Dioplóma Iarchéime)

Iarratas ar linewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayCó(i)d PACGYA85Leibhéal an chúrsa Leibhéal 9SpriocdhátaMoltar iarratas a dhéanamh go luath—marthoradh air seo d’fhéadfaí tairiscint luath a fháil,tuilleadh eolais ar Leathanach 22.FadClár lánaimseartha; Dioplóma Iarchéime—bhliain acadúil amháin; MA: bliain iomlán amháinTáilleLe tuilleadh eolais a fháil faoi tháillí seol ríomhphost [email protected] an chúrsaSusan FolanT +353 91 869 102R [email protected]


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Is cúrsa oiliúna é an tArd-Dioplóma igCumarsáid Fheidhmeach ina dtugtar an deisdon mhac léinn díriú ar réimse an raidió nó ar réimse na teilifíse. Múintear na scileanna abhaineann leis an dá mheán seo trí bhéim arleith a leagan ar an oiliúint phraiticiúil aguscothaítear atmaisféar inar féidir leis an mac léinn feidhmiú go hiomlán trí mheán na Gaeilge.

Cuirtear an mac léinn in oiriúint do mhargadh na cumarsáide trí scileanna teanga,craoltóireachta, taighde, iriseoireachta, agusríomhaireachta a mhúineadh dó/di. Cuirfidhan mac léinn eolas ar mhargadh nacraoltóireachta trí chleachtadh agus trí thaithíoibre, agus beidh saineolaithe ón margadh sinmar aoiléachtóirí ócáideacha ar an gcúrsa agusdeis acu aithne a chur ar na mic léinn.

Féachtar le láthair na taithí oibre a aimsiú saGhaeltacht nó le heagraíocht a bhíonn agfeidhmiú trí Ghaeilge.

Riachtanais iontrálaBunchéim ag leibhéal 7 nó 8 agus Gaeilge líofa.Fáiltítear roimh phortfóilió a chur ar fáil inaléireofaí saothar foilsithe nó craolta aniarrthóra, má tá a leithéid ar fáil.

Deiseanna fostaíochtaTá fostaíocht aimsithe ag iar-mhic léinn anchláir seo in eagraíochtaí craoltóireachta aguscumarsáide ar nós TG4, RTÉ Raidió naGaeltachta, RTÉ, BBC Thuaisceart Éireann,Ros na Rún, Telegael, TV3, Magma EuropeanScripthouse, Nemeton, agus Abú Media.

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Cumarsáid Fheidhmeach (Ard-Dioplóma)[Craoltóireacht and Iriseoireacht Raidió agus Teilifís]

Iarratas ar linewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayCó(i)d PACGYA73Leibhéal an chúrsa Leibhéal 8SpriocdhátaMoltar iarratas a dhéanamh go luath—marthoradh air seo d’fhéadfaí tairiscint luath a fháil,tuilleadh eolais ar Leathanach 22.FadBliain acadúil amháinTáilleLe tuilleadh eolais a fháil faoi tháillí seol ríomhphost [email protected] an chúrsaSeathrún Ó TuairisgT +353 91 595 101R [email protected]

Is é an tArd-Dioplóma sna Dána (Drámaíocht)an chéad cháilíocht Drámaíochta tríú leibhéal inGaeilge sa tír. Is cúrsa cuimsitheach é athugann léargas ar phróiseas na drámaíochta inaiomláine, idir dhrámaí a scríobh agus drámaí achur ar stáitse.

Tá béim ar an aisteoireacht ar an gcúrsa seo, gomór mór ar an aisteoireacht fhisiciúil agus ar anaisteoireacht ghrúpa.

Tá béim freisin ar an drámaíocht san oideachasmar gheall ar an mborradh atá ar an réimse seo i láthair na huaire. Ag deireadh an chúrsa,cuireann na mic léinn dráma ar stáitse.

Riachtanais iontrálaBunchéim ag leibhéal 7 nó 8, nó cúig bliana ar a laghad de thaithí oibre i réimse nadrámaíochta nó i réimse gaolmhar aguscaighdeán sásúil a léiriú sa réamhagallamh agus sa réamhscrúdú.

Caithfear portfóilió a réiteach a chlúdóidh:C.V., liosta de do thaithí oibre drámaíochta/aisteoireachta le dátaí agus litir mholta ag díriúar do thaithí drámaíochta/ aisteoireachta.

Deiseanna fostaíochtaPost mar aisteoir (stáitse agus teilifís), marléiritheoir, mar theicneoir, mar scríbhneoir, mar iriseoir nó mar áisitheoir drámaíochta i scoileanna.

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Drámaíocht (Ard-Dioplóma—páirtaimseartha)

Iarratas ar linewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayCó(i)d PACGYA75Leibhéal an chúrsa Leibhéal 8SpriocdhátaMoltar iarratas a dhéanamh go luath—marthoradh air seo d’fhéadfaí tairiscint luath a fháil,tuilleadh eolais ar Leathanach 22.Fad2 bhliain páirtaimsearthaTáilleLe tuilleadh eolais a fháil faoi tháillí seol ríomhphost [email protected] an chúrsaMarianne Ní Chinnéide T +353 87 908 0194R [email protected]



Tá an clár seo dírithe ar dhaoine a dteastaíonnuathu cáilíocht mháistreachta a bhaint amach iLéann an Aistriúcháin tar éis dóibh bunchéimnó Ard-Dioplóma a bhaint amach san ábharcheana féin. Tugtar sáreolas ar cheird anaistriúcháin agus cuirtear béim ar chleachtadhfeidhmeach ar phróiseas an aistriúcháin.Cuireann mic léinn eolas ar shainréimsí dechuid an ábhair nach ndearnadh staidéar orthuroimhe seo chomh maith le heolas mion arshaol oibre an aistritheora trí chleachtadh oibrestruchtúrtha a dhéanamh.

Le roinnt blianta anuas, tá borradh mór tagthafaoin nGaeilge mar theanga oifigiúil oibre anseoin Éirinn agus san Aontas Eorpach, agus tádeiseanna nua ar fáil anois do dhaoine a bhfuilGaeilge acu mar aon leis na cáilíochtaí cuí.

Is ball é an cúrsa seo de Líonra an EMT (an Chéim Mháistreachta Eorpach sanAistriúchán) agus é aitheanta dá réir ag Ard-Stiúrthóirtheacht Aistriúcháin anChoimisiúin Eorpaigh.

Riachtanais iontrála2.1 san ábhar bunchéime Léann an Aistriúcháinag leibhéal 8 mar aon le céim 2.2 ag leibhéal 8nó 2.1 i gclár Ard-Dioplóma i réimse anAistriúcháin ag leibhéal 8.

Deiseanna fostaíochtaGníomhaireachtaí agus comhlachtaí stáit,cuideachtaí príobháideacha, Comhairle anAontais Eorpaigh, an Coimisiún Eorpach,Parlaimint na hEorpa, Oifig Thithe anOireachtais, deiseanna féinfhostaíochta.

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Léann an Aistriúcháin (MA)


Iarratas ar linewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayCó(i)d PACGYA83Leibhéal an chúrsa Leibhéal 9SpriocdhátaMoltar iarratas a dhéanamh go luath—marthoradh air seo d’fhéadfaí tairiscint luath a fháil,tuilleadh eolais ar Leathanach 22.FadBliain iomlán féilireTáilleLe tuilleadh eolais a fháil faoi tháillí seol ríomhphost [email protected]í an chúrsaCassie Ní ChathasaighT +353 91 869 022R [email protected] Eoin Ó DroighneáinT +353 91 869 858R [email protected]

Tá an clár seo dírithe ar dhaoine nach bhfuilcáilíocht bhunchéime acu i Léann anAistriúcháin agus a dteastaíonn uathu cáilíochtaitheanta iarchéime a bhaint amach maraistritheoir, agus an Ghaeilge a bheith in úsáidmar sprioctheanga aistriúcháin. Oireann ancúrsa do dhaoine a bhfuil ardscileanna teanga acu agus ar spéis leo gairm a shaothrúmar aistritheoir.

Tugtar sáreolas ar cheird an aistriúcháin aguscuirtear an bhéim ar theicneolaíocht anaistriúcháin, ar cheart na Gaeilge agus ar obair fheidhmeach aistriúcháin. Faigheann namic léinn deis taithí oibre a dhéanamh, rud a thugann cleachtadh praiticiúil dóibh arghairm an aistriúcháin.

Tar éis an cúrsa seo a dhéanamh, beidh deis agmic léinn iarratas a dhéanamh ar an gcúrsa MA (Léann an Aistriúcháin) chun barr feabhaisa chur ar na scileanna atá sealbhaithe acu le linn na bliana.

Riachtanais iontrálaBunchéim ag leibhéal 7 nó 8 chomh maith lecaighdeán sásúil sa scrúdú iontrála.

Deiseanna fostaíochtaGníomhaireachtaí agus comhlachtaí stáit,cuideachtaí príobháideacha, Comhairle anAontais Eorpaigh, an Coimisiún Eorpach,Parlaimint na hEorpa, Oifig Thithe anOireachtais, deiseanna féinfhostaíochta.

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Léann an Aistriúcháin (Ard-Dioplóma)

Iarratas ar linewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayCó(i)d PACGYA84Leibhéal an chúrsa Leibhéal 8SpriocdhátaMoltar iarratas a dhéanamh go luath—marthoradh air seo d’fhéadfaí tairiscint luath a fháil,tuilleadh eolais ar Leathanach 22.FadBliain acadúil amháinTáilleLe tuilleadh eolais a fháil faoi tháillí seol ríomhphost [email protected]í an chúrsaCassie Ní ChathasaighT +353 91 869 022R [email protected] Eoin Ó DroighneáinT +353 91 869 858R [email protected]


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Tá an cúrsa seo dírithe orthu siúd a bhfuil spéisacu i gcúrsaí teanga agus sna bealaí éagsúla isféidir dul i bhfeidhm ar phobail teanga d’fhonnspriocanna sainiúla a bhaint amach.

Cuirtear oiliúint ar mhic léinn sna réimsíéagsúla a thagann faoi scáth na pleanála teanga:an tsocheolaíocht teanga; an teangeolaíocht; anphleanáil straitéiseach; an dioscúrsa cultúrtha.

Riachtanais iontrála

Bunchéim 2.2 ag leibhéal 8, nó bunchéim agus3 bliana de thaithí ghairmiúil ag leibhéalbainistíochta nó feidhmeannaigh nó 5 bliana ag leibhéal bainistíochta nó feidhmeannaigh inearnáil na Gaeilge, nó in earnáil atá gaolmharleis an bpleanáil teanga.

Beidh portfóilió le réiteach agus réamhscrúdúle déanamh ag iarrthóirí nach bhfuil céimbainte amach acu.

Deiseanna fostaíochtaSan earnáil oideachais agus taighde agus ineagraíochtaí teanga.

I bhforais stáit Ghaeltachta; sa státseirbhís agussa tseirbhís phoiblí; sna comharchumainnGhaeltachta, sna comhairlí contae agus ineagraíochtaí fo-stáit agus pobail (fostaíocht mar oifigigh Ghaeilge, mar shampla).

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Pleanáil Teanga (MA/Dioplóma Iarchéime)

Iarratas ar linewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayCó(i)d PACGYA76 | GYA72Leibhéal an chúrsa Leibhéal 9SpriocdhátaMoltar iarratas a dhéanamh go luath—marthoradh air seo d’fhéadfaí tairiscint luath a fháil,tuilleadh eolais ar Leathanach 22.FadMA - bliain iomlán, lánaimseartha;Dioplóma Iarchéime - bhliain acadúil amháinMA - 2 bhliain, páirtaimsearthaTáilleLe tuilleadh eolais a fháil faoi tháillí seol ríomhphost [email protected]í an chúrsaAn Dr. Conchúr Ó GiollagáinT +353 91 595 101R [email protected] Laoise Ní ThuairisgT +353 91 595101R [email protected]

Tá an clár seo dírithe ar mhúinteoirí Gaeilge iscoileanna Gaeltachta agus Galltachta. Is éaidhm an chúrsa forbairt ghairmiúil imodheolaíochtaí theagasc na Gaeilge a chur ar fáil do mhúinteoirí d’fhonn teagasc agusfoghlaim na Gaeilge a chothú.

Eagraítear an cúrsa ar bhonn uaireantafoghlaim-threoraithe, seimineár, ceardlann agus taithí phraiticiúil.

Ar chríochnú an chúrsa dóibh beidh nahiarrthóirí ar an eolas maidir le:

• Teoiricí insealbhaithe agus foghlaim na chéad agus an dara teanga• Modheolaíochtaí teagaisc teanga• Pleanáil agus polasaí—don Ghaeilge agus don Churaclam• Dearadh agus seachadadh ceachtanna teanga• Éagsúlacht chumais agus riachtanais foghlaimeoirí• An Ghaeilge Bheo sa seomra ranga

Riachtanais iontrálaBunchéim onóracha sa Ghaeilge (2.2) agleibhéal 8 móide Dioplóma Iarchéime sanOideachas (DIO) nó Postgraduate Diploma inEducation (PGDE) nó bunchéim onóracha(2.2 ar a laghad) ag leibhéal 8 móide DioplómaIarchéime san Oideachas, PostgraduateDiploma in Education nó T.T.G. nó B.Ed. le Gaeilge acadúil (2.2 ar a laghad sa Ghaeilgeagus sa chéim iomlán ag leibhéal 8) (nó achomhionann) nó céim phas sa B.Ed. (nó a chomhionann) nó céim phas móide anDioplóma Iarchéime san Oideachas/Postgraduate Diploma in Education agus 5bliana de thaithí mhúinteoireachta.

Beidh ardchaighdeán Gaeilge de dhíth ar iarrthóirí.

Deiseanna fostaíochtaRachadh an iarchéim seo chun tairbhe domhúinteoirí Gaeilge agus iad ar lorg ardú céimei scoil. Chuideodh an cháilíocht seo lemúinteoirí agus iad ag dul i mbun phleanáilshiollabas na Gaeilge nó pholasaí Gaeilge nascoile. D’fhéadfadh an MA a bheith ar an gcéadchéim i dtreo PhD a bhaint amach.

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Teagasc Teangacha [Gaeilge] (MA)

Iarratas ar linewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayCó(i)d PACGYA71Leibhéal an chúrsa Leibhéal 9SpriocdhátaMoltar iarratas a dhéanamh go luath—marthoradh air seo d’fhéadfaí tairiscint luath a fháil,tuilleadh eolais ar Leathanach 22.Fad2 bhliain, páirtaimsearthaTáilleLe tuilleadh eolais a fháil faoi tháillí seol ríomhphost [email protected] an chúrsaPeadar Mac Muiris T +353 91 495 299R [email protected]



Táthar ag tairiscint an chláir taighde seo trí chomhpháirtíocht idir Acadamh nahOllscolaíochta Gaeilge agus Roinn naTeicneolaíochta Faisnéise. Is é aidhm antionscnaimh deis a thabhairt do chéimithe ón nGaeltacht, agus do chéimithe eile a bhfuilGaeilge líofa acu, tabhairt faoi Chéim M.Sc. trí thréimhse a chaitheamh i mbun taighde arshainréimse de Theicneolaíocht na Faisnéise.

Riachtanais iontrálaBeifear ag súil go mbeidh bunchéim lehonóracha ag leibhéal 8 ag iarrthóirí, saRíomhaireacht/Teicneolaíocht Faisnéise nó iréimse gaolmhar. Beidh sé riachtanach gombeidh Gaeilge mhaith ag iarrthóirí freisin. Tá an clár oscailte do chéimithe nua agus do chéimithe a bhfuil taithí ghnó/thionsclaíoch acu.

Réimsí taighde • Aisghabháil agus scagadh faisnéise (information retrieval and filtering)

• Intleacht shaorga agus meaisínfhoghlaim (artificial intelligence and machine learning)

• Ilmheáin (multimedia)

• Teicneolaíocht faisnéise agus an tsochaí (information technology and society)

• Líonraí agus teicneolaíochtaí gan sreang (networks and wireless technologies)

• Ríomhfhoghlaim (e-learning)

• Ríomhthráchtáil (e-commerce)

• Ríomhtheangeolaíocht (computational linguistics)

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/teicneolaiocht-faisneise

C L Á I R TA I G H D E | A C A D A M H N A H O L L S C O L A Í O C H TA G A E I L G E

Teicneolaíocht Faisnéise (MSc trí thaighde)

Iarratas ar linewww.pac.ie/nuigalway

Có(i)d PACGYF36 | GYF37

TáilleLe tuilleadh eolais a fháil faoi tháillí seol ríomhphost [email protected]

Fiosrúcháin Seathrún Ó TuairisgT +353 91 595 101 | +353 95 32834R [email protected]

Pictiúr do d’Arás na Gaeilge, ar champas Ollscoilna hÉireann, Gaillimh.

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My reason for choosing NUI Galway for my postgraduateprogramme stems from its reputation as a third level institutionwhich fosters high quality research in the social sciences,including the areas of environmental planning and sustainabilitystudies. I studied Geography and Legal Science as a part of myprimary BA degree, from which I graduated in 2009. Havinga great interest in research, combined with a passion forlocal and global environmental sustainability, led meto embark upon a postgraduate programme in theGeography Department in NUI Galway.

Emer HendersonPhD (Geography)NUI Galway

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College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies

The College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies is transforming graduate education in the humanities and socialstudies. The quest for new knowledge now is a collaborative activity informed by the individual researcher’s passion forcritical questions about primary evidence. Working together, graduate students encourage and test each other’s work underthe guidance of a supervisory research team. The College is at the centre of major collaborative research projects, workingclosely with other universities nationally and internationally.

At the doctoral level, the College has pioneered Structured PhD programmes, which combine the rigours of the traditionalacademic dissertation with taught modules, providing generic and discipline-specific training skills, designed to equipgraduates for careers in and beyond academe.

NUI Galway is recognised in world rankings for the quality of its research in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.Incoming graduate students will benefit not only from the guidance of internationally-renowned scholars but will also enjoystate-of-the-art research facilities in the new PRTLI V-funded Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Research Building,which is due to open in late 2011. This building, which will accommodate all of the College’s doctoral students, will housethe university’s archival collections and offer collision spaces in which fresh ideas and knowledge can be catalysed.

Key research clusters within the College include:The Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies hosts innovative inter-university projects:• Transfer of Expertise in Technologies of Editing (TEXTE)• Internationalisation of Irish Drama 1975–2005• Colonisation and Globalisation• Texts Contexts Cultures• Thomas Moore Hypermedia Archive• Estates, Residences and Schools of Gaelic Learned Families 1300–1650

The Huston School of Film and Digital Media provides opportunities for practice-based doctoral study and also offersleadership in research into the Representation of Sport in audio-visual culture and the contemporary global media industry.

The Child and Family Research Centre seeks through graduate research to influence policy for children by engaging withother researcher clusters, policymakers, service providers, children and their families.

The Global Women’s Studies Programme is committed to the development of postgraduate education and advanced researchthat build cross-disciplinary knowledge and understanding of gender and global issues through a critical human rights lens,working closely with the Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUI Galway.

The Centre for Irish Studies encourages collaborative interdisciplinary research in the cultural, social and political historyof the island of Ireland and beyond, supported by the remarkable archives of the James Hardiman University Library: inparticular the primary research materials within the John McGahern Archive and the Archive of the Druid Theatre, alongwith the unique traditional music and photographic collections of the Library that offer researchers exceptional access tothe Ireland of the twentieth century.

These key research clusters of the College are integral to its distinct individual disciplines, historical, educational, linguistic,literary, psychological, archaeological, social, and political, all of which form a rich texture of intellectual life and enquiry.

The variety of taught Masters Programmes offered by these disciplines are focused on Professional Accreditation and onthe Creative Industries in order to offer graduate training for professional employment and also to enable entry into theresearch culture of 4th Level Ireland.

The study and interpretation of culture, heritage, and society lie at the heart of the education

offered by the College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies. At NUI Galway, we encourage our

students to become free-thinking, active citizens with the necessary skills to critique and re-shape

society’s values and institutions”.

Dr. Edward Herring, Dean, College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies

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TAU G H T P R O G R A M M E S | C O L L E G E O F A RT S , S O C I A L S C I E N C E S , A N D C E LT I C S T U D I E S

This Masters Programme is designed toprovide advanced linguistic and technicaltraining in order to prepare linguists for careersin several areas of specialised language work inwhich there is a rapidly growing demand bothin Ireland and abroad.

It will offer graduates the possibility ofdeveloping their language skills to a very highlevel, deepening their understanding of theworkings of language as an essentialcommunication tool and gaining experience inthe rapidly growing area of translationtechnology. It caters for students whose firstlanguage is English, French, German, Italian, orSpanish and who are competent in at least oneof the others.

Students will acquire a very high level ofcommunication skills in their chosen languageboth oral and written and will be trained in theskills and techniques required by translators inthe professional world.

Entry requirements Second Class Honours NQAI Level 8 degreewith Second Class Honours Grade 2 in thelanguage to be studied; or equivalentinternational qualification.

Graduates have found employment in Second- and third-level teaching, furtherresearch, media, industry, government and EUagencies, translation agencies, administration,cultural activities, journalism, etc.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/advanced-language-skills

Advanced Languages Skills (MA)School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

“Applied Behaviour Analysis” (ABA) is theprocess of systematically applying interventionsbased upon the principles of learning theory toimprove socially significant behaviour. WhileABA can be used with a wide range of humanbehaviours, it is often recommended as bestpractice approach for working with people withintellectual disabilities and/or pervasivedevelopmental disorders such as autism.

The MSc is accredited by the BehaviourAnalyst Certification Board. This certificationallows graduates to work as practitioners inorganisations or as independent contractors. Itwill prepare graduates to work in a variety offields including intellectual and developmentaldisabilities in both adult and child populations,education, mental health, residential supportsand community living, and rehabilitation forindividuals with acquired brain injuries. Theprogramme also provides modules relevant tothe study of applied psychology and thequalification is an excellent preparation for

those who wish to work in educational orclinical psychology.

Entry requirements Candidates must hold a Second Class Honoursdegree or qualifications deemed equivalent bythe College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies.

Graduates have found employment in Careers in clinical and educational settings asapplied behaviour analysts, and this course willalso provide an excellent foundation for furtherpostgraduate study (e.g., clinical andeducational psychology) and postgraduateresearch (e.g., PhD).

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/aba

Applied Behaviour Analysis (MSc)School of Psychology

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA65Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorsDr. Máire Áine Ní MhainnínT +353 91 493 397E [email protected]. Laura McLoughlinT +353 91 492 240E [email protected]

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA68Course level Level 9Closing date27 May 2011Duration2 years, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €5,450 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU) and are likely toremain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Geraldine LeaderT +353 91 493 434E [email protected]


This programme provides a range of coursesbalanced between practical training in specificrelevant skills and an analysis of policyformation in the arts. It aims to build anunderstanding of the performing, visual, and literary arts, film, and new media and their associated contexts of culture, education,and heritage.

This programme is designed to enhancestudents’ administration skills and also todevelop policy knowledge for those workingwithin the Arts. Students come from diversebackgrounds either within the sector, be theyartists, administrators or managers and alsothose wishing to enter the sector. Teachingtakes place over two semesters followed by afour week placement in an arts organisation.

Entry requirements NQAI Level 8 degree at H2.2. GPA 3.2 orequivalent international qualification. IELTSscore of 6.5 or equivalent if applicable.

Candidates with relevant professionalexperience may also be considered subject to aqualifying examination.

Graduates have found employment in Such organisations as The Arts Council, MayoCounty Arts Office, Donegal County ArtsOffice, Creative Careers, Poetry Ireland.

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Arts Policy and Practice (MA/Postgraduate Diploma)School of Humanities


The programme is a one-year, full-time or two-year, part-time programme. It offers a thoroughgrounding in aspects of Irish and Europeanarchaeology to BA degree level and is based onexisting undergraduate courses in Archaeologywith additional work. Students will take aselection of 12 modules within the Second andThird Year BA programme in Archaeology.Modules on offer include: • Europe in the Bronze Age • Hunters and Farmers in Early Europe • Public Archaeology • Interpretation in Archaeology 1 • Archaeology in Practice • Landscapes of Cult and Kingship • Irish Art from the early Iron Age to the 8th century AD • Ancient Civilisations: the Rise of Complex Societies • Debating Irish Prehistory • Castles, Colonists and Crannogs 1100–1350 • The Development of the Castle in Medieval Europe • Minor Dissertation

Entry requirements NQAI Level 8 degree or equivalentinternational qualification in any disciplineother than Archaeology. Selection is based onthe candidate’s academic record and their aptitude for the course.

Graduates have found employment in Various areas in the State sector and in theHeritage and Tourism sector, while others havetaken the course to continue their studiesthrough doctoral research.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/archaeology

Archaeology (Higher Diploma)School of Geography and Archaeology

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA25 (full-time) | GYA26 (part-time)Course levelLevel 7 | Level 8Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €5,965 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU) €3,095 (part-time, EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Maggie RonayneT +353 91 493 701E [email protected]

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA61Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Dee QuinnT +353 91 495 076E [email protected]


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This programme provides multidisciplinarytraining in the professional skills required forthe study of Classical Antiquity and the earlyMiddle Ages. Areas of focus in the programmefollow the research interests of staff, and reflectour thematic research focus on fusion andtransformation between the cultures andlanguages of Graeco-Roman Antiquity andthose of the Early Christian world and theMiddle Ages, including Ireland. All studentsstudy a language as part of the programme.Latin is offered at all levels from beginners toadvanced, and the course combines the studyof Classical and Medieval varieties withparticular reference to Hiberno-Latin. Classicaland Christian Greek are also studied. There is a strong emphasis on the interpretation ofvisual and material culture alongside texts and languages.

Work culminates in a dissertation preparedunder the supervision of a member of academic staff.

Entry requirements Second Class Honours NQAI Level 8 degree,or equivalent international qualification inClassics, Classical Civilisation, MedievalStudies, or a related discipline.

Graduates have found employment in Many fields: humanities, linguistics, museumwork, archaeology and cultural work. Classics isrecognised as a training in key transferable skillsand a knowledge base suitable for higher-levelwork in these areas.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/classics

Classical Civilisation (MA)School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

The two-year full-time MA in CommunityDevelopment programme has been in existencefor twenty years and is built on a strongfoundation in teaching, research and jobplacement experience. The programmecombines taught modules, practical workplacement experience and a minor dissertation.

The aim of the programme is to impartspecialist knowledge of the practical,organisational, managerial, and developmentalskills that you need in order to practice effectivecommunity work; and to increase youranalytical and evaluative understandings of thevarious contexts within which communitydevelopment practice takes place.

Students are provided in-depth understandingof the working principles, practices, contextsand methods that exist within the professionalcommunity work field. The overall objective isto educate and train you to become an effectivedevelopment worker, who, with a professional

approach, can make a direct and valuablecontribution to affecting change at community level.

Entry requirements At least a Second Class Honours, Grade 2 (orequivalent international qualification) degree ina social science or related discipline orequivalent. Development work experience isnot a requirement for entry into theprogramme, although accumulated workexperience will be taken into account.

Graduates have found employment in Such areas as community developmentprojects, partnership companies, familysupport projects, policy and research (e.g.,combat poverty agency), regenerationprogrammes, rural development programmes.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/community-development

Community Development (MA)School of Political Science and Sociology

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA00Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Amanda KellyT +353 91 495 448E [email protected]

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA01Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration2 years, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €4,745 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU) and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Brian McGrathT +353 91 493 405E [email protected]


The MA (Digital Media) programme is rununder the Huston School of Film and DigitalMedia in conjunction with the Discipline ofInformation Technology, and the DigitalEnterprise Research Institute (DERI).

The pooling of these expertise has formulated acourse that is unprecedented and entirelyunique in its offerings. These three disciplinesprovide key expertise in three key areas ofcreativity, technology, and the semantic web.The programme seeks to marry creativepotential, technical possibilities and business prospects.

This programme welcomes students frommultidisciplinary undergraduate disciplines andembraces their individuality. The goal of theprogramme is to enable students to developtechnical skills which allow them to expresstheir creativity and ingenuity through digitalmedia. Students on the course form a mix ofthose from technological, artistic, and/orbusiness backgrounds who not only learn from

the modules and academics they engage withbut who also gain a great deal from the diversemix within their group of peers.

Entry requirements Honours primary degree (minimum SecondClass Honours, Level 8/GPA 3.2 [or equivalentinternational qualification]). Applicants withsubstantial relevant professional experience arewelcome to apply. Such cases may be admittedthrough a qualifying examination and will berequired to register initially for a postgraduatediploma. Potential participants may also beinvited to attend for interview.

Graduates have found employment in A diversity of areas including television, webdevelopment and design, graphic design,advertising, and education. The career pathsfrom this course are limitless and our graduatesare required in all industries.

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Digital Media (MA)School of Humanities


The MA (Culture and Colonialism) is a multi-disciplinary taught Master of Arts programme,designed for graduates from the Arts,Humanities, and Social Sciences. It wasestablished to further an understanding of themeaning of the concepts ‘colonialism’,‘imperialism’, ‘post-colonialism’, and ‘neo-colonialism’ across a range of disciplines. We encourage students to view colonialism inthe widest possible contexts, in both historicaland contemporary forms, and to consider itssignificance in relation to the spread ofglobalisation. Our teaching staff over the yearshas been drawn from the departments ofEnglish, History, Political Science andSociology, Economics, Spanish, French,German, Italian, and Classics, and issupplemented by Irish and international guestlecturers. Students take six courses spread overtwo semesters, and complete their degree withthe writing of a 15,000 word dissertation.

Entry requirements NQAI Level 8 at H2.2 in relevant subject area,GPA 3.0 or equivalent internationalqualification. IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent if applicable. An interview may form part of the selection process.

Graduates have found employment in Such areas as teaching (primary andsecondary), HSE Dublin, publishing, civilservice, journalism, development work.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/culture-colonialism

Culture and Colonialism (MA)School of Humanities

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA02Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Muireann Ó CinnéideT +353 91 495 388E [email protected]

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA62Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Valerie ButlerT +353 91 492 876E [email protected]


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This programme organises creative collisionsbetween theatre scholarship and practice,writing and performance. It features supervisedarchival research, internships, writingworkshops, and collaborative methods fordevising theatre pieces, as well as traditionalgraduate seminars. In early October, classes aresuspended for a period so all students canattend the Dublin Theatre Festival, along withtickets to four performances.

In 2010–12, the programme launches its newpartnership with Druid Theatre company,involving master-classes in directing,workshops with current Druid practitioners,and visits to shows in rehearsal.

The targets for student work are publication,teaching, and performance.

Entry requirements NQAI Level 8 at H2.2, GPA 3.0 or equivalentinternational qualification. Special provisionmay be made for applicants who do not hold aLevel 8 degree but have appropriateprofessional experience and complete an MAQualifying Examination. IELTS score of 6.5 orequivalent if applicable.

Graduates have found employment in Such careers as actors, teachers, staff members,and managers of theatre companies; some haveset up their own production companies; somehave gone into doctoral programmes.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/drama-theatre

Drama and Theatre Studies (MA)School of Humanities

This is an innovative programme for studentsinterested in contributing to environmentalpolicy and to sustainable long-termmanagement of rural and urban resources. Itaims to equip graduates with quantitativemodelling skills to meet the diverse challengesof global climate change, sustainabledevelopment and environmental governance.The programme includes an internship in aresearch institute or development agency,which allows you to apply the skills learned onthe programme in a real-world environment.

The programme aims to:

• Produce graduates who have good analyticalskills across all major areas of environmentaland development economics, yet who arequantitatively highly competent

• Deepen students’ knowledge of interactionsbetween economy, society and environment

Entry requirements Students admitted to the programme willnormally hold a primary degree with SecondClass Honours, Grade 1 or equivalentinternational qualification, which will haveincluded the study of economics tointermediate level. Students who hold a HigherDiploma in Economics with Second ClassHonours, Grade 1, or equivalent internationalqualification, may also apply.

Graduates have found employment in Environmental economics, developmenteconomics, or agricultural economics andgraduates have gone to do PhDs or have foundemployment in government departments,international environmental anddevelopmental agencies, in land or coastal area management, or in resource management generally.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/econ-environ-modelling

Economic and Environmental Modelling (MA and MEconSc)J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA03Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorProf. Adrian FrazierT +353 91 493 129E [email protected]

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYC09Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU) and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Thomas van RensburgT +353 91 493 858E [email protected]


The Master of Education (MEd) prepares youto design and carry out self-directededucational research, under supervision, to aprofessional standard. It is the second stage of apart-time, modular programme and builds onthe Postgraduate Diploma in ProfessionalEducation Studies (GYA48) or an equivalentqualification. It combines a taught componentin research methodologies with a researchcomponent which culminates in theproduction of a research dissertation. Teachingand learning strategies—which includelectures, workshops, tutorials, and researchseminars—introduce you to a range of researchmethodologies and support you through theresearch process. We foster a systematic, criticaland ethical approach to educational research,with training in methods of analysis of bothqualitative and quantitative data. Theprogramme aims to develop your capacity toconduct and communicate research which willcontribute to the enhancement of educationalpolicy and professional practice.

Entry requirements a) Postgraduate Diploma in ProfessionalEducation Studies (PDPES) or equivalentinternational qualification (NQAI Level 9).b) Honours standard in at least one of the

following:

(i) Primary degree or

(ii) Teaching qualification or equivalent or

(iii) PDPES or equivalent.

Graduates have found employment in Areas such as educational leadership andmanagement, education support services, andcurriculum development bodies. Theprogramme also facilitates career advancement.Their own site of professional practice has beengreatly enriched by practitioner research.Further research opportunities includeprogression to PhD.

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Education (MEd)School of Education


This is a specialised and innovative programmewith the objective of equipping graduates withthe professional and analytical skills necessaryto pursue a career in the related fields ofeconomic policy analysis, economic evaluationand economic planning in both the public andprivate sectors.

The programme is designed to:

• Expose students to the appropriate theoreticaland conceptual foundations to examine issuesin economic policy evaluation and planning

• Develop the necessary analytical skills tocontribute to economic and social planningin a wide variety of fields

• Develop the necessary applied skills tounderstand the evaluation of public policyprogrammes and plans

• An important benefit of the programme isthat it offers the opportunity to use the skillsrequired in the programme practically as partof a work based placement or research project

Entry requirements Students admitted to the programme willnormally hold a primary degree with SecondClass Honours, Grade 1 or equivalentinternational qualification, which will haveincluded the study of economics tointermediate level. Students who hold a HigherDiploma in Economics with Second ClassHonours, Grade 1, or equivalent internationalqualification may also apply.

Graduates have found employment in Such careers as economists and policy analystsin the public and private sectors, in researchinstitutes, in voluntary organisations, indevelopment agencies and in other nationaland international organisations.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/econ-policy-evaluation-planning

Economic Policy Evaluation and Planning (MA and MEconSc)J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYC07 | GYC08Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)€3,120 (part-time, EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Mary SillesT +353 91 495 636E [email protected]

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalway

PAC code(s)GYA47

Course levelLevel 9

Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.

Duration1 year, part-time

FeeCurrent year fees are €4,495 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012.

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The Postgraduate Diploma in Education(PGDE) is recognised by the Teaching Councilas a suitable qualification in teacher trainingand for registration as a post-primary teacher inIreland. The wide-ranging programme equipsstudent teachers with the theoretical andconceptual tools necessary for developingcreative and flexible approaches to teaching andlearning. In recognition of the varied andchanging roles for the teacher in today’sschools, there is also a strong emphasis ondeveloping skills in collegiality, teamwork,whole-school planning and development, inaddition to an understanding of educators’ethical and legal obligations, in loco parentis.

Regular tutorial sessions enable thedevelopment of critical reflective thinking, insupport of individual professional developmentand integration of theory and practice. Studentteachers are supported in practical teachingplacements which provide them with a richexperiential base for the development of theirpotential as teachers.

Note: garda vetting/police clearance required.For more information, see page 23.

Entry requirements The minimum requirement is a degree (or equivalent international qualification) deemed eligible by the Teaching Council forthe purposes of registration as a post- primary teacher. More information:www.nuigalway.ie/education

Graduates have found employment in Post-primary schools and in the furthereducation sector.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/pgde

Education (Postgraduate Diploma)School of Education

This programme enables students to synthesizeboth theoretical and practical concerns inbringing critical thinking to environment-society relations in the field. Running throughthe MA is an overarching aim to empowerstudents to become critically informed by, andethically engaged with, the various geopolitical,social, economic and environmental processesthat shape the world in which we live. Keythematic modules include ‘Geopolitics andSecurity’, ‘Environment and Risk’ and‘Managing Development’, while a core practicalemphasis is reflected in a ‘Field-Based Learning’module in Bosnia and Herzegovina, wherestudents will intersect with the developmentwork of the European Commission, U.N.agencies, and various NGOs. In connectingwith the work of agencies like the UnitedNations Development Programme, a centralchallenge for students will involve thinkingthrough the scalar nature of all forms ofdevelopment, in which initiatives on the groundare framed by broader geopolitical, economic,and institutional structures that both enable andhinder development in complex ways.

Entry requirements Second Class Honours NQAI Level 8 degreewith a 2:1 in Geography or related discipline (orequivalent international qualification). (Priorlearning in terms of relevant work experience isalso recognised.)

Places are limited and selection is based onthree criteria: (i) academic record; (ii) letters of recommendation; and (iii) personalstatement of intent.

Graduates have found employment in A range of workplaces including governmentdepartments, non-governmental organizations,planning and project management agencies andspecialist research and policy institutes. Theemphasis on transferable and problem-solvingskills is further reflected in the focus on field-based learning practices that are embedded inall modules. The programme is also designed toenhance students’ prospects for undertakingfurther research at PhD level.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/environment-soc-dev

Environment, Society and Development (MA)School of Geography and Archaeology

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)PEG01Course level Level 9Closing date1 December 2010Duration1 year, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,325 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Enquiries toProfessor Keith SullivanT +353 91 492 158 E [email protected]

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA87Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU) and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. John MorrisseyT +353 91 492 267E [email protected]


The MA in Film Studies (Film, Culture andSociety) programme emphasises therelationship between film and society whileviewing the medium as a unique point ofcontact between culture, politics and sociallife. Core modules in film history and theoryexamine some of these relationships in generalterms, while optional modules allow studentsto focus on specific areas. These optionalcourses include modules on Soviet Cinema,Screening Irish America, Irish Film andCinema and Vietnam. A further unique aspectof the MA in Film Studies course is theinclusion of an Irish-language option entitled‘Scéalta Scáileáin na Gaeilge’.

The MA programme is designed to enhancestudents’ prospects for undertaking furtherresearch at PhD level, or for participation in awide range of film-related careers, includingteaching, programming and exhibition,curatorial work, and arts journalism, areas inwhich previous students have foundemployment.

Entry requirements NQAI Level 8 at H2.2, GPA 3.2 or equivalentinternational qualification. IELTS score of 6.5or equivalent if applicable. Students who do notmeet the honours degree requirement may beadmitted to the Postgraduate Diploma coursewith the possibility of progressing to the MA,subject to appropriate arrangements such as aqualifying examination.

Graduates have found employment in A wide range of film-related careers, includingthird level positions, teaching, programmingand exhibition, curatorial work, and artsjournalism including acquiring positions withthe BBC, Tullamore Tribune and Galway Film Centre.

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Film Studies (Film, Culture and Society) (MA/Postgraduate Diploma)School of Humanities


Early intervention and prevention is viewed asbest practice in working with children andtheir families who are experiencing difficulty.Family Support represents an importantframework and in essence describes effortswhich develop, compensate for, enable, andstrengthen family functioning. In this regard,the overriding purpose of this programme is tofurther the education, training, and skillenhancement of professionals with a commoninterest in Family Support. Family Support isan approach advocated and promoted across awide variety of disciplines working with or onbehalf of children.

The MA is a two-year part-time programmeand students are required to attend college twodays every second week with the agreement oftheir employers. Core modules include; FamilySupport Theory, Family Support Practice,Sociological insights, and Policy perspectiveson children and families in Ireland,Community Development and Family

Support, Family Support with vulnerablepopulations, Health Promotion and FamilySupport, and Family Law.

Entry requirements A third-level qualification or a recognisedprofessional qualification in a field related toFamily Support service delivery. A minimum of three years work experience in the health and social services area is also required. As there currently exists a set of practitionersworking with children and families who despitea wealth of skill, have not attained a formalrecognised undergraduate qualification, twoplaces may be offered on the programme at thePDip (Family Support Studies) level.

Graduates have found employment in A wide range of services areas at bothpractitioner and manager level working instatutory and voluntary services on behalf ofchildren and families.

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Family Support Studies (MA/Postgraduate Diploma)School of Political Science and Sociology

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA07Course levelLevel 9Closing date25 March 2011Duration2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €1,675 (part-time, EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Carmel DevaneyT +353 91 495 733 E [email protected]

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA09Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Seán CrossonT +353 91 495 687E [email protected]


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The main aim of the programme is to assistgraduate students to identify their artisticidentity and interests and to prepare them forthe next step in their artistic careers, typicallyprogression to a MFA or other postgraduateprogramme at this or another institution.

It is suited to those with a first degree Level 7or 8 in Fine Art who wish to progress to anMFA but who have not yet developed theirportfolio to the necessary standard. It is alsosuited to those with a first degree Level 7 or 8in a subject other than Fine Art who wish totransfer into postgraduate Fine Art such as anMFA or MA.

Modules are provided in Studio Practice andCritique (Independent Study); StudioCourses in a variety of Fine Art media;Historical and Critical Studies; and TheBurren: Culture and Environment.

Entry requirements Applicants should have a primary degreeLevel 7/8 (or equivalent internationalqualification) and a portfolio thatdemonstrates appropriate attainment in FineArt. A Major in Fine Art is not required.Bachelors Degree with Honours, or a Major in Fine Arts, or evidence of equivalent achievement.

Applications are assessed by means of aportfolio and a written statement. The portfolioshould comprise a minimum of ten works,which may be represented on CD, DVD or 35mm slides.

Graduates have found employment in Have progressed to a variety of masters level postgraduate degrees in Fine Art andrelated disciplines.

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Fine Art (Higher Diploma [Post Bac])Burren College of Art

The MA in French is an appropriate means ofachieving a very high degree of oral and writtenfluency in French in addition to developingcompetency in research methods andintellectual enquiry. The course provides theopportunity to study a number of researchtopics in French and Francophone Studies andacquire practice in literary or paraliterarytranslation. Graduate students achieve greaterconfidence in the knowledge and skills alreadyacquired. In addition they become articulatemembers of society capable of contributing toprofessional and economic activities in a widenumber of areas.

Tuition consists of seminars in Semester 1 anda year long translation class. Seminars mayinclude the following topics: Spirituality andLiterature, Travel Literature: Real andImaginary Journeys in French Literature, The Literature of France in Algeria,Autofiction, Critical Approaches and Methods,Representations of Islam, French Language.

Entry requirements Second Class Honours NQAI Level 8 degreewith Second Class Honours Grade 2 in French;or equivalent international qualification.

Graduates have found employment in Second and third-level teaching, furtherresearch, media, administration, culturalactivities, journalism, etc.

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French (MA)School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Apply onlinewww.burrencollege.iePAC code(s)N/ACourse level Level 8Closing date31 January 2011Duration1 year, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €17,053Scholarships are available for both EU andnon- EU students.Programme directorProf. Timothy Emlyn JonesEnquiries toAnna DownesT +353 65 707 7200E [email protected]

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA13Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU) and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorProf. Pádraig Ó Gormaile T +353 91 492 397E [email protected]


The programme is designed for students withan interest in German literature, culture, andlanguage. In Semester 1 and 2 students willread and discuss selected German texts fromthe 18th to the 21st centuries, includingpoetry, prose, and drama. In semester 1 theywill also be introduced to methods ofinterpretation and to relevant theories ofliterature and culture. The literature modulesare accompanied by a year-long languagecourse which will raise the students' languageskills to postgraduate level. Dissertation topicsare chosen in consultation with supervisors inSemester 2.

The programme aims to familiarise studentswith movements, authors, texts and themes ofa multi-faceted culture and its rich andinspiring literature. It broadens theirintellectual horizons and provides them withthe skills for research and critical analysis. Ithelps them to become articulate members ofsociety capable of contributing to professionalactivities in many areas.

A number of optional modules are alsoavailable in the University of Limerick, throughthe Link-to-Learn scheme with NUI Galway.

Entry requirements Second Class Honours, NQAI Level 8 degree with Second Class Honours Grade 2 in German; or equivalent international qualification.

Graduates have found employment in Media, finance and arts administration, andalso in teaching, translation, internationalmarketing and communications. Germanpostgraduate students acquire a flexible skillsbase in dealing with creative andcommunicative, but also analytical,organisational and research tasks. They move on to a corresponding range of career opportunities.

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German Literature/Language (MA)School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures


The MA in Gender, Globalisation and Rightsoffers students a unique opportunity tocombine advanced study of two importantfields—globalisation and human rights—through a critical, advocacy-oriented, genderlens. Students will examine globalisationprocesses from the perspectives of women indifferent regions of the world with a view to documenting, analysing, and redressinginequalities and exclusions fostered bymainstream development and globalisation processes.

Students consider the gender dimensions oftraditional understandings of human rights andexamine the limitations and transformativepotential of ongoing initiatives to advance‘women’s rights as human rights.’ The coursepays particular attention to the development ofhuman rights-based responses to a range ofglobal issues—with a particular focus on howthey affect women and girls in contexts ofunequal gender relations.

Entry requirements Applicants must have attained Second-ClassHonours or better in a primary degree in arelevant discipline (at National Framework ofQualifications Level 8), or equivalentinternational qualification.

Publication/professional experience may beconsidered where the formal requirements arenot completely satisfied.

Graduates have found employment in Relevant local and global policy and NGOenvironments, policy research/advocacy innon-governmental or public sectors, and/or topursue advanced academic research. Theprogramme will be of interest to a range ofdevelopment and/or human rightspractitioners who wish to expand theiremployment opportunities by deepening theirunderstanding of development or human rightsissues and policy from a gender perspective.

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Gender, Globalisation and Rights (MA)School of Political Science and Sociology

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA44Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU) and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012.Programme directorDr. Nata DuvvuryT +353 91 495 399 E [email protected]

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA14Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorProf. Hans-Walter Schmidt-Hannisa T +353 91 492 239E [email protected]


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Established in 1990, the Discipline of HealthPromotion is central to the provision ofprofessional training and education in Health Promotion in Ireland.

The MA programme is based on the EuropeanMasters in Health Promotion core curriculumand offers students the opportunity ofpursuing European-based study as an optionalmodule. Students are expected to completefour core modules and four optional modules,together with a minor dissertation based onoriginal research. The course is taught in NUI Galway full-time over one year or part-time over two years. A range of teaching andassessment methods are used on the MAprogramme, including interactive lectures,work placements, skills development,contributions from practitioners in the field.

Students who successfully complete thePostgraduate Diploma to second class (1stdivision) honours (i.e. 60% average) can apply to take a top-up Masters by minor

dissertation, provided they fulfil the entryrequirements for the MA (Health Promotion).

Entry requirements Applicants must have an honours primarydegree (Level 8 in NQF) and have secured afinal grade of at least Second Class Honours orequivalent international qualification.

Graduates have found employment in Statutory, voluntary, community, andacademic organisations in a number of roles including as dedicated HealthPromotion Specialists.

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Health Promotion (MA)School of Health Sciences

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA15 | GYA16Course level Level 9Closing date29 April 2011Duration1 year, full-time2 years, part-time FeeCurrent year fees are €8,675 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU) €5,860 (part-time, EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Margaret HodginsT +353 91 493 644 E [email protected]

Established in 1990, the Discipline of HealthPromotion is the only one of its kind in theRepublic of Ireland and is the national centrefor professional training and education inHealth Promotion. Attached to the academicunit is the Health Promotion Research Centre,which is a World Health OrganisationCollaborative Centre for Health PromotionResearch, and has an active multidisciplinaryresearch programme in place.

The programme is based on the EuropeanMasters in Health Promotion core curriculumand offers students the opportunity of pursingEuropean based study as an optional module. A range of teaching and assessment methodsare used, including interactive lectures, workplacements, skills development, andcontribution from practitioners in the field.Students complete four core and four optionalmodules. The course is taught in NUI Galwayfull-time (one year) or part-time (two years).

Entry requirements Applicants must have a primary degree orprofessional qualification deemed suitable bythe College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies for admission to thePostgraduate programme.

Graduates have found employment in Statutory, voluntary, community, andacademic organisations in a number of roles including as dedicated HealthPromotion Specialists.


Health Promotion (Postgraduate Diploma)School of Health Sciences

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA17 | GYA18 | GYA19 (Dublin, part-time)

Course level Level 9Closing date29 April 2011Duration1 year, full-time2 years, part-time FeeCurrent year fees are €5,965 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU) €3,095 (part-time, EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Margaret Hodgins T +353 91 493 644E [email protected]


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Health Psychology is concerned with theapplication of psychological theory, research,and practice to the promotion andmaintenance of health; identification andamelioration of psychological factorscontributing to physical illness; improvementof the health care system and formulation ofhealth policy. The course includes lectures, seminars, andworkshops on various themes including: thebiopsychosocial basis of health and illness,adjustment to chronic illness, doctor-patientcommunication, management of chronic pain,stress and its psychobiological consequencesand a variety of current issues such aschildhood obesity and sexuality and health.Modules include:• Foundations of health psychology• Models of health-related behaviour and illness cognition• Health psychology in applied settings• Psychosomatic influences on health• Current issues in health psychology • Research methods in health psychology

Assessment includes a variety of forms ofcontinuous assessment, examination and aminor dissertation.

Entry requirements Candidates must hold at least an upperSecond Class Honours (or equivalentinternational qualification) primary degree in Psychology.

Graduates have found employment in Research posts or with organisations thatprovide support, education and training tothose with health-related difficulties.Graduates may also find employment in thearea of health promotion or health education.The programme also provides an excellentfoundation for further postgraduate study. A number of previous graduates haveprogressed to PhD studies and Doctoralprogrammes in Clinical Psychology.

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Health Psychology (MSc)School of Psychology

This programme combines a thoroughtraining in the craft of history with anexploration of ways in which history has beeninterpreted by historians, politicians, themedia and others. It introduces students tohistorical sources from different periods, andconsiders their uses and limitations. Studentsexamine historical controversies and evaluatevarious academic and nonacademicarguments. Through written and oralexercises, they develop their ability toconstruct their own historical arguments.

Lecturers on this programme includehistorians working in medieval, early modernand modern history across a range ofgeographical areas. Optional modulesintroduce students to various historicalthemes and to the research methods of oraland local history. Students are encouraged todevelop comparative perspectives and toconsider aspects of Irish history in its widercontexts. The minor dissertation allows

students to demonstrate their research andanalytical skills, using the techniques of thehistorical profession to present their findings.

Entry requirements Successful applicants will normally hold anhonours degree of 2:2 standard, including 2:1in History, or GPA of 3.5 (or equivalentinternational qualification). Selection will bebased on applicants’ academic record andacademic references testifying to theirenthusiasm for the subject and their ability tocarry out a research project.

Graduates have found employment in Teaching, consultancy, TG4 (Irish languagetelevision channel), military history tours.Others have proceeded to doctoral studies.

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History (MA)School of Humanities

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA70Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Molly Byrne T +353 91 495 182E [email protected]

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA67Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Mary Harris T +353 91 493 290E [email protected]


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This is a multi-disciplinary and comparativeMA programme designed for students with aninterest in contemporary literatures andmedia. It has a strong—but not exclusive—focus on European literatures.

Students will study seminal texts from the1960s to postmodernism and beyond, anddeepen their understanding of culture,literature and other media. Texts and otherforms of artistic works (film, visual art) will bediscussed focusing on their social, intellectualand aesthetic contexts, and their role incontemporary debates.

Modules of the programme will introducestudents to topics such as postmodernism,contemporary literary genres, recent theoriesof culture, literature and the cold war, andcultural identity in the global village.

Dissertation topics are chosen in consultationwith supervisors from the School ofLanguages, Literatures and Cultures inSemester 2. Non-English texts will be read in translation.

A number of optional modules are alsoavailable in the University of Limerick, throughthe Link-to-Learn scheme with NUI Galway.

Entry requirements Second class honours NQAI Level 8 degree;or equivalent international qualification.

Graduates have found employment in Publishing, print and electronic media, theculture industries and education. Postgraduatestudents acquire a flexible skills base indealing with creative and communicative, butalso analytical, organisational and researchtasks. They move on to a corresponding rangeof career opportunities after graduation.

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International Contemporary Literatures and Media (MA)School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA88 | GYA89Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time2 years part-time FeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorProf. Hans-Walter Schmidt-Hannisa T +353 91 492 239E [email protected]

This is a unique interdisciplinary programmerun by the disciplines of history andphilosophy. It offers the opportunity to engagesympathetically with past systems of thought,to explore the influence of particular ideas onbroader historical developments – and viceversa – and to reflect on some of the generalphilosophical issues raised by such projects.This fusion of intellectual history, culturalhistory and the history of ideas will equipstudents to think critically about ideas,theories, beliefs and doctrines, and their rolesin shaping the modern world. Modules focuson such topics as ‘Knowledge and Modernity’,‘Rationality and Relativism’, ‘Wealth andPoverty’, and ‘War and Peace’. The programmeprovides an ideal preparation for doctoralwork in intellectual and cultural history, butwill also be useful to those seeking the criticalskills in research, analytical thinking andcommunication which are so valued byemployers in today’s competitive market.

Entry requirements Successful applicants will normally hold aprimary degree, or equivalent qualification, atSecond Class Honours, Grade 2 overall (orequivalent international qualification), withGrade 1 level in either History or Philosophy(or a cognate subject).

Graduates have found employment in Education, research, public service,consultancy, and the culture and heritage industries.

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History of Ideas and Culture (MA)School of Humanities

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA90Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Nick ToshT +353 91 495 929E [email protected]


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This interdisciplinary programme draws onthe disciplines of English, History, and Irishand includes sociological and political scienceperspectives. It focuses on the nineteenth andtwentieth centuries and seeks to provide forparticipants a critical interrogation of keyjunctions and issues in the historical, culturaland social development of modern Ireland.The approach will be interdisciplinarythroughout, aiming to provide acomprehensive overview of the Irishexperience since the early nineteenth century.

The teaching language of the course isEnglish. Essays, dissertations and oralpresentations may be in either English or Irishat students’ own discretion.

Taught modules:

• Ideology, Politics and Society in Ireland 1800–1921 • Young Ireland to the Free State: Writing in English 1849–1922

• Decline and Revival: Language, Literature and Society 1800–1939 • Divided Ireland: Politics and Society since 1921 • The Politics of Modernity: Writing in English 1922 to the present • Gaelic and Free: Cultural Politics and Writing in Irish since 1939

Entry requirements NQAI Level 8 at H2.2, GPA 3.0 or equivalentinternational qualification. IELTS score of 6.5or equivalent if applicable.

Graduates have found employment in Education, research, public service, arts,heritage, and tourism.

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Irish Studies (MA)School of Humanities

This Masters Programme is designed toenhance critical, analytical, and linguisticskills as well as develop research methods andcross-cultural and intercultural awareness.The course provides the opportunity to studya number of topics in Italian contemporaryculture and society through aninterdisciplinary approach and multipleartistic and critical mediums, includingcinema, literature, sociology and criticaltheory.

The programme will consist of a mixture ofseminars and lectures. In addition, eachstudent will complete a minor dissertation ofapproximately 15,000 words on a topic to bedecided in consultation with the coursecoordinator. The dissertation will show thatthe student has applied the full range ofknowledge and resources applicable to thetopic and has demonstrated the capacity forindependent research.

Entry requirements Second Class Honours NQAI Level 8 degreewith second Class Honours Grade 2 in Italian;or equivalent international qualification.

Graduates have found employment in Second-and third-level teaching, furtherresearch, media, administration, culturalactivities, journalism, etc.

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Italian (MA)School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA20 | GYA21Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time | 2 years, part-time FeeCurrent year fees are €5,965 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU) €3,120 (part-time, EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Louis de Paor T +353 91 493 660E [email protected]

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA22Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorProf. Paolo Bartoloni T +353 91 492 392E [email protected]


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The MA in Landscape Archaeology isdesigned to introduce graduates to the theoryand methodologies of landscape archaeologyand to provide them with a good introductionto the wide range of survey techniques used inarchaeology today.

The history of landscape archaeology isexplored, as are contemporary philosophicaltreatments of the concept of landscape. Variousissues surrounding the protection, management,and presentation of archaeological landscapesare considered and case-studies are used toexamine the wide range of such landscapes andtheir components. There is emphasis onfieldwork training and a critical understandingof the range of sources used. Students areprovided with a basic foundation in GIS and itsapplications in archaeology and are introducedto electronic survey and digital mapping,geophysical prospection, and data processing.Practical demonstrations and field exercises arean important element of the programme.

Entry requirements NQAI Level 8 degree, Second Class Honours,Grade 2, in Archaeology or equivalentinternational qualification. An interviewnormally forms part of the selection process.

Graduates have found employment in Many areas of the profession, while otherschoose to continue their studies through themedium of doctoral research. Graduatesseeking employment after the completion ofthe course commonly find work inarchaeological consultancies, in the Statesector and in local authorities and are usuallyengaged in excavations, landscape surveys,and pre-development impact assessments.

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Landscape Archaeology (MA)School of Geography and Archaeology

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA80Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Stefan BerghT +353 91 493 434E [email protected]

The MA in Journalism is designed to provideeducation and training for entry to theprofession of journalism. It combines thepractical, analytical, and theoretical skillsnecessary to the practice of journalism incontemporary media.

Entry requirements Applicants must have a Second Class Honoursdegree, or higher (or equivalent internationalqualification). Applicants are also required tosubmit a c. 700-word article of journalisticmerit, which may be published orunpublished, and a personal statement ofintent. Applications cannot be processedunless this requisite material is included.Other samples of published work may also be included.

Graduates have found employment in Such careers as journalists, reporters, andeditors in all sectors of print and broadcastmedia in Ireland and abroad. Some move onto pursue careers in Public Relations, PublicAdvocacy, and Law.

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Journalism (MA)School of Humanities

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA23Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €8,210 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Bernadette O’Sullivan T +353 91 492 777E [email protected]


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This innovative programme introducesstudents to a new set of relationships whichare rarely studied in depth at undergraduatelevel: the interfaces between literature andpublishing, between writing and themarketplace, and between the aesthetic andthe material aspects of texts.

The programme aims to provide studentswith study in the examination and analysis ofliterary texts within the context of the historyand business of publishing. While the courseis not vocational, it offers insight into subjectssuch as book history and book production,publishing law and marketing and provides aperspective on the industrial and commericaldimensions to the production of literature.


Graduates have found employment in Publishing firms, advertising, bookselling,journalism, and related fields. Employersinclude: Gill and Macmillan, Liberties Press,Pearson, Random House. Some students optfor further study in doctoral programmes.

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Literature and Publishing (MA)School of Humanities

This taught masters in Mathematics is aimed atstudents with a strong degree in HonoursMathematics. It introduces advanced topicsand concepts, preparing graduates for furtherdoctoral studies. Graduates are also in demandin the financial and semi-state sectors. The programme content is dynamic andresearch-led. Modules are designed to offer an insight into new and emerging areas ofresearch mathematics.

Students take four modules per semester.Throughout the year, students work on a minordissertation on a topic of current interest,during which they receive training in modernresearch techniques, as well as developingpresentation and report-writing skills.

The School offers a lively environment forstudying a masters. There are several weeklyresearch seminars on topics in various areas ofmathematics. Students are also encouraged toparticipate in the workshops hosted by theSchool’s de Brún Centre for ComputationalAlgebra.

Entry requirements Candidates for this programme must haveachieved an upper Second Class Honoursdegree or better in the honours Mathematicssubject of the BA degree, or its equivalent asdetermined by the College.

Graduates have found employment in The financial and software industries,business firms, and semi-state bodies.

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Mathematics (one year) (MA)School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA27Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Julia Carlson Kilroy T +353 91 493 786E [email protected]

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA28Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Aisling McCluskey T +353 91 493 162E [email protected]


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The programme provides a thoroughgrounding in the study of culture and societyfrom Late Antiquity to the end of the MiddleAges. It emphasises both the interdisciplinaryinvestigation of this period and thedevelopment of skills necessary for furtheracademic study.

The first year combines seminars and taughtcourses. All students take a year-long seminarfocusing on the study of manuscripts and texts,but including other auxiliary sciences as well.All students also take Latin and one otherlanguage (no prior knowledge of theselanguages is required). In second year studentswork with their thesis supervisors to identifyand refine a thesis topic before devoting thesecond semester to research and writing.

The interdisciplinary requirements of thecourse encourage students to view the past in amultidimensional way, while the emphasis onlanguages and source study provides studentswith the tools they need to make originalcontributions to scholarship.

Entry requirements NQAI Level 8 degree, H2.1, or equivalentinternational qualification. IELTS 6.5 orequivalent (with no component below 5.5).

Graduates have found employment in Such areas as cultural and heritagedevelopment; library and museum studies;print journalism; research consultancies;financial services; the civil service; teaching;and administration. Graduates in MedievalStudies have a reasonable expectation offinding employment in many walks of life,outside of academia.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/medieval-studies

Medieval Studies (MA)School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA32Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €4,710 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Mark Stansbury T +353 91 495 782E [email protected]

The two-year MA in Mathematics is aimed atstudents with a strong primary degree inMathematical Studies, or equivalent. During thefirst year of study, students gain expertise andconfidence in advanced Mathematics, to thelevel usually found in a four-year single-honoursundergraduate programme. Courses takeninclude Algebra, Analysis, Topology, NumericalAnalysis, and Statistics. Every studentcompletes a project, which introduces them to amodern area of mathematics, and the researchtechniques and tools that are used inMathematical investigations. In the second year,students are introduced to advanced topics andconcepts. Although it prepares graduates foradvanced research degrees, many are also indemand in the financial and semi-state sectors.

Throughout the year, students work on a minordissertation on a topic of current interest,during which they receive training in modernresearch techniques, as well as developingpresentation and report-writing skills.

Entry requirements Candidates for this programme must haveachieved a Second Class Honours, Grade 1degree or better in the Mathematical Studiessubject of the degree, or a Second ClassHonours, Grade 2 or better in the HonoursMathematics, MA380, of the degree, or theequivalent as determined by the College.

Graduates have found employment in Financial institutions, business firms, andsemi-state bodies.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/arts-maths

Mathematics (two years) (MA)School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA29Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration2 years, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €4,710 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Aisling McCluskey T +353 91 493 162E [email protected]


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Is cúrsa lánaimseartha é an MA a leanann óMheán Fómhair go Lúnasa.

Aidhmeanna an chúrsa: sároiliúint a chur aran mac léinn i dTeanga, i Léann agus iLitríocht na Nua-Ghaeilge agus forbairt adhéanamh ar a c(h)uid scileanna taighde aguscumarsáide.

Tá an mháistreacht roinnte ina ceithre chuid:(i) cúrsa riachtanach teanga; (ii) cúrsariachtanach modhanna taighde;(iii) trí chúrsaar litríocht agus léann na Gaeilge a roghnaíonnan mac léinn as an liosta thíos chundomhainstaidéar a dhéanamh orthu; agus (iv)tráchtas 20,000 focal. Tugtar léachtaí agusseimineáir ar theanga, litríocht agus leann naGaeilge ar feadh na bliana acadúla ó MheánFómhair go Bealtaine. Ansin caithfidh anmacléinn tráchtas a scríobh i gcaitheamh antsamhraidh.

Riachtanais iontrála Céim UNCE leibhéal 8 nó a chomhionannsin, Dara hOnóracha nó a chomhionann sin sa Ghaeilge.

Deiseanna fostaíochta Gairmeacha acadúla, i bhfoilsiú, sna meáinchumarsáide i gcló agus leictreonach, snationscail chultúrtha.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/nua-ghaeilge

Nua-Ghaeilge (MA)Scoil na dTeangacha, na Litrí ochtaí agus na gCultúr

Clár bliana lánaimseartha trí mheán na Gaeilgeatá sa Dioplóma Iarchéime san Oideachas asholáthraíonn oideachas gairmiúil tosaigh domhúinteoirí ar leibhéal iar-bhunoideachais.Tugann an Chomhairle Mhúinteoireachtaaitheantas don Dioplóma chun críochaclárúcháin mar mhúinteoir iar-bhunoideachaisin Éirinn.

Tugann raon na gcúrsaí ar na modúil éagsúla nahuirlisí teoiriciúla / coincheapúla donmhúinteoir faoi oiliúint chun cuir chuigecruthaitheacha agus machnamhacha i leith anteagaisc agus na foghlama a fhorbairt.

Roghnaíonn mic léinn dhá shainréimsemodheolaíochta, go hiondúil in ábha(i)r atádéanta go leibhéal céime, agus déantaríosmhéid de 100 uair de chleachtadh teagaiscmhaoirsithe thar dhá bhloc, i scoileanna lán-Ghaeilge.

Nóta: Teastaíonn grinnfhiosrúchánGardaí/imréiteach na bpóilíní. Tuilleadh eolais ar Leathanach 23.

Riachtanais iontrála Ní mór d’iarratasóirí caighdeán maithOllscoile a beith acu i taca le labhairt agusighuid na Gaeilge agus mar chuid den nósimeachta iarratais, scrúdú béil agus scrúdúscríofa a dhéanamh. Le sonraí iontrála a fháiltéigh I dteagmháil le hIonad na nIarratas ar anArd Teastas san Oideachas (NUI).

Deiseanna fostaíochta Tá céimithe an Dioplóma Iarchéime sanOideachas ag obair i réimse leathan earnáil anoideachais in Éirinn agus thar lear, agus sanearnáil Ghaelscolaíochta sa tír seo ach goháirithe.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/oideachas

Oideachas (Dioplóma Iarchéime)Scoil an Oideachais

Iarratas ar linewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayCó(i)d PACGYA56Leibhéal an chúrsa Leibhéal 9SpriocdhátaMoltar iarratas a dhéanamh go luath—marthoradh ar seo d’fhéadfaí tairiscint luath a fháil,tuilleadh eolais ar Leathanach 22.FadBliain amháin, lánaimseartha TáilleIs é €6,015 (lánaimseartha, AE)€13,000 (lánaimseartha, neamh-AE)táille reatha na bliana agus táthar ag súil nachdtiocfadh aon athrú ar seo do 2011-2012. Comhordaitheoir an chúrsaAn tOll. Mícheál Mac Craith T +353 91 492 585E [email protected]

Iarratas ar linewww.pac.ie/pgdeCó(i)d PACPEG02Leibhéal an chúrsa Leibhéal 9Spriocdháta1 Nollaig 2010FadBliain amháin acadúil lánaimseartha TáilleIs é €6,325 (lánaimseartha, AE)€13,000 (lánaimseartha, neamh-AE)táille reatha na bliana agus táthar ag súil nachdtiocfadh aon athrú ar seo do 2011-2012. Comhordaitheoir an chúrsaSinéad Ní Ghuidhir T +353 91 492 861E [email protected]


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The MA in Ethics, Culture and GlobalChange is designed for students wishing tobring philosophical reflection to bear onethical and cultural issues related toglobalisation from both a theoretical and apractical perspective. Students will beencouraged to explore the ways in whichtheoretical knowledge can be applied in awide range of areas, particularly those ofethical relevance. It aims to equip graduateswith skills in critical thinking and reflectionon issues of global integration and diversity,which have relevance in fields from businessto education to public administration tocommunity work. The programme includes aservice learning component through whichstudents will be placed in relevantorganisations and will be trained inprofessional ethics. Modules will be offered inareas of Professional Ethics, Political Violence,and Globalisation , amongst others.

Entry requirements NQAI Level 8 at H2.2, with Philosophy orcognate subject, GPA 3.0 or equivalentinternational qualification. IELTS score of 6.5or equivalent if applicable. An interview maybe part of the selection process.

Graduates have found employment in Community work, teaching, business, publicservice; some have gone on to furthereducation at MA and PhD levels.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/philosophy

Philosophy: Ethics, Culture and Global Change (MA)School of Humanities

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA06 | GYA66Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time 2 years, part-time FeeCurrent year fees are €5,965 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)€3,120 (part-time, EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Heike-Schmidt-Felzmann T +353 91 495 043E [email protected]

The programme aims to provide studentswith a thorough grounding in Irish languageand literature of the period 600–1200 CE.

It is aimed at students who already have agood basic knowledge of Irish (Medieval orModern), or another Celtic language, and, inexceptional cases, at those who have theappropriate background to undertake thestudy of Old and Middle Irish ab initio.

Students follow a prescribed taught course fortwo semesters, following which they complete a dissertation of c.15,000 words over the summer.

The combination of teaching and dissertationguidance provides students with an excellentfoundation for proceeding to higher researchprogrammes in many fields of Irish-languageand Celtic Studies, of the medieval, the earlymodern, and even the modern period.Students also acquire skills that are highlyrelevant for research in medieval Irish history

and archaeology, and Hiberno-Latin, and for employment in a wide range of areasassociated with all these fields.

Entry requirements NQAI Level 8 at H2.2, GPA 3.2 or equivalentinternational qualification. IELTS 6.5 orequivalent if applicable.

Graduates have found employment in Teaching (at every level), academic research,publishing, print and electronic media, careersin the interpretation and management ofheritage and culture.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/old-middle-irish

Old and Middle Irish (MA)School of Humanities

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA33Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorAn tOll. Máirín Ní Dhonnchadha T +353 91 493 010E [email protected]


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The programme offers advanced training infilm-making integrated with courses in filmhistory and analysis. It is designed to givestudents a thorough understanding of thefilm-making process from both a vocationaland academic perspective. Film criticism andtheory comprises approximately half of thecourse, with the rest of the time devoted toproduction practice and hands-on film-making experience.

Modules include Creative Documentary,Theory of Film Practice, and Forms of Film.These classes involve regular screenings,discussion, and analysis. The ProductionPractice module covers Camera, Editing,Production, Direction and Sound. Studentstake part in directing workshops where theylearn techniques such as blocking actors forcamera. These are taught as hands-onexercises where all students block and shoot ascene from a feature film as a workshopexercise. Students also collaborate with teams

from the MA (Public Advocacy) to realiseshort films and should be prepared to workflexibly in the various roles involved in theproduction process.



Graduates have found employment in TG4, Magma Productions, RTÉ.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/production-direction

Production and Direction (MA/Postgraduate Diploma)School of Humanities

The PDPES (School Planning) is apartnership project between the SchoolDevelopment Planning Initiative and NUIGalway, with the support of the department ofEducation and Science. The Diploma is opento all practicing teachers in schools, colleges offurther education and other similareducational organisations. The Diploma aimsto develop and enhance skills relevant toschool planning, policy development andchange processes within schools. TheDiploma course is part-time and is deliveredover one academic year in Education Centresthroughout the country.

The training workshops and teaching sessionsare facilitated by a team of experienced SDPfacilitators under the leadership of a NationalCo-ordinator and an independent AcademicAdvisor for the course. The course comprisesfour modules, namely: The Context of SchoolPlanning, The Planning Process, FacilitationSkills and Practical Experience.

Entry requirements Qualified Teacher with at least three yearsteaching or relevant experience. Refer towebsite: www.sdpi.ie for further details.

Graduates have found employment in Refer to website: www.sdpi.ie

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/school-planning

Professional Educational Studies (School Planning)

(Postgraduate Diploma) School of Education

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA63Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Hilary Dully T +353 91 495 920E [email protected]

Apply onlineRefer to www.sdpi.iePAC code(s)N/ACourse level Level 9Closing date1 October 2011Duration1 year, part-time FeeCurrent year registration fee €775 (part-time, EU) ContactSchool Development Planning Initiative,Marino Institute of Education,Griffith AvenueDublin 9T +353 1 805 7729E [email protected]


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The HDip in Psychology is a two-year full-time postgraduate degree, which providesdetailed training in the science of psychologyand includes modules on a range of subjectsthat provide a broad grounding in psychologyincluding cognitive psychology, socialpsychology, biological psychologydevelopmental psychology, health psychologyand research methods. The degree isaccredited by the Psychological Society ofIreland. This course is intended for students,who have already received a Bachelor’s orhigher degree in another subject, but whowish to pursue psychology as a career option.Completing this degree will enable thegraduate access to further training to becomea professional psychologist (e.g., a clinical,counselling or occupational psychologist) orto undertake a research degree in psychology(e.g., a PhD in Psychology).

Entry requirements A university degree in any field other thanpsychology. Also excluded is the BA withPsychological Studies from NUI Galway (orits equivalent as deemed by the College ofArts), which is intended to articulate with theone-year full-time HDipPsych (Conversion).

Graduates have found employment in A wide variety of careers and courses offurther study.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/psychology-full

Psychology (Full) (Higher Diploma)School of Psychology

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA36Course level Level 8Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration2 years, full time FeeCurrent year fees are €4,710 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Denis O’Hora T +353 91 495 126E [email protected]

The HDipPsych (Conversion) is a one-yearfull-time programme for students who havecompleted the BA with Psychological Studiesat NUI Galway or its equivalent as deemed bythe College of Arts, Social Sciences, and CelticStudies. Students on the HDipPsych(Conversion) programme undertake selectedmodules from the BA Psychology Second andThird Year programme. The menu includesmodules on the psychology of learning;perception, attention and performance; appliedorganisational psychology; psychologicalmeasurement (theory and practice); advancedresearch methods (both quantitative andqualitative) and computer skills training(SPSS). Students take part in a series ofexperimental workshops throughout theacademic year and, in addition, are required tocomplete an independent research projectunder supervision. Finally, a recent innovationallows students to choose their final modulefrom a selection of available electives.

Entry requirements Places will be allocated on the order of resultsawarded at the first (summer) sitting of theFinal Year of Psychological Studies at NUIGalway or an equivalent course. Studentsmust achieve honours in both their degreesubjects, except in the case of pass-levelmathematical subjects only where a‘commendation’ level is required.

Graduates have found employment in A wide variety of careers and courses offurther study.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/psychology-conversion

Psychology (Conversion) (Higher Diploma)School of Psychology

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA35Course level Level 8Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €5,965 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Anne Marie Keane T +353 91 493 097E [email protected]


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The Doctor of Psychological Science(DPsychSc) in Clinical Psychology is a taughtdoctoral programme that providesprofessional postgraduate training in clinicalpsychology. The programme involves full-time study for three calendar years, and isprovided in partnership with the HealthService Executive (HSE). A maximum oftwelve places are sponsored by the HSE orother agencies each year. The number ofsponsored places available may vary from yearto year. All places on the programme areallocated on the basis of a nationallyadvertised competition which involves a seriesof selection procedures.

This programme provides trainees withintegrated training in academic, practical, andresearch aspects of clinical psychology. Keylearning objectives are achieved through acombination of intensive academic teachingblocks, supervised clinical placements andsupervised clinically relevant research projects.

The programme is based on the reflectivescientist-practitioner model, and is accreditedby The Psychological Society of Ireland.

Entry requirements Candidates must hold at least a Second ClassHonours level degree (or equivalentinternational qualification) or postgraduatediploma in psychology recognised by thePsychological Society of Ireland (PSI) asgranting eligibility for graduate membershipof PSI. At least one year of practical and/orresearch experience relevant to clinicalpsychology is also required.

Graduates have found employment in A wide variety of health, forensic and socialcare settings. Opportunities may also be foundin educational services and institutions. MostDPsychSc (Clinical) graduates take upemployment in the HSE but smaller numberare also employed within agencies such as theBrothers of Charity Services or the IrishPrison Service.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/psychological-science

Psychological Science (Clinical Psychology) (DPsychSc)School of Psychology

The development of this innovative mastersdegree in Public Advocacy and Activism wasprompted by the realization that while thereare many Management, Communications, andPublic Relations courses, none offers a focuson the issues and skills central to the role ofthose working in organisations which seek toshift attitudes and understandings in order toinitiate change.

The interdisciplinary programme offers anopportunity for experienced advocates forsocial change to undertake structured studiesto facilitate critical reflection, and for thoseinterested in working in the area to achieve aspecialist qualification. The course includesan overview of the global context in whichadvocacy takes place and encouragesdiscussion of issues such as cross-culturalcommunication and social justice; relevantprofessional skills and media training arecentral to the programme.

Entry requirements Successful applicants will normally hold aprimary degree, NQAI Level 8 or equivalentqualification, at Second Class Honours, Grade2 level or above (GPA 3.2 or equivalentinternational qualification), in a relevantsubject area.

IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent if applicable.


Graduates have found employment in A range of careers, including lobbying andcampaigning positions, advocacy roles,humanitarian work, and also further relatedpostgraduate study. Recent employers of ourgraduates include: La Via Campesina, AmnestyInternational, Spunout, Croí, U.N. Office forthe Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/public-advocacy-activism

Public Advocacy and Activism (MA)School of Humanities

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA37Course level Level 10Closing date4 March 2011Duration3 years, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €13,085 (full-time, EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Brian McGuire T +353 91 493 266E [email protected]

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA64Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Andrea Breslin T +353 91 495 918E [email protected]



The MA (Social Work) (MSW) is avocational postgraduate qualification. Itprovides professional training in social work.Students complete two practice placements aswell as a range of modules in social worktheory and methods. The programme hasreceived full accreditation and enablessuccessful graduates to work as a social workerin a variety of statutory and non-governmentalsocial work organisations.

Entry requirements Candidates applying for admission to theMSW programme must have completed aprimary undergraduate degree (minimum ofSecond Class Honours, Grade 2 [orequivalent international qualification]) in oneof the following: BA with a major in SocialWork, Sociology, Psychology Social Policy,Public and Social Policy, Youth and FamilyStudies or BSocSc, or hold qualificationsdeemed equivalent by the College of Arts,Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies. Prior workexperience is compulsory and candidates

must have obtained six months experience ofworking in a related setting in order to beeligible to apply. Applicants will also be expected to complete awell written and convincing statement on whythey want to become a social worker. Note: garda vetting/police clearance required.For more information, see page 23.

Graduates have found employment in A range of voluntary, public and private sectororganisations: Department of Health andChildren (Health Executive and Hospitals),Department of Justice, Equality, and LawReform (Probation), Department ofEnvironment and Local Government (LocalAuthorities). The non-governmental sectorincludes specialist services to children,families and adults, such as Brothers ofCharity, Western Care Association, NationalAssociation for the Deaf, National Council forthe Blind of Ireland, Cope, Clare Care, EnableIreland, and many more.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/social-work

Social Work (MA)School of Political Science and Sociology

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA40Course level Level 9Closing date18 February 2011Duration2 years, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorProf. Brid Featherstone T +353 91 492 027E [email protected]

The programme offers training in screenplaywriting, integrated with courses in film historyand analysis, supported by regular filmscreenings and workshops. The ethos of theprogramme is ‘reflective practice’—that is,understanding screenwriting as a processinformed by narrative analysis, cinematictraditions and creative discussion.

Film criticism and theory will make up at leasthalf of the course and, in addition to thoroughdiscussion of narrative theory and structure,there will be the opportunity to review draftscripts with individual students.

The year is divided into two teachingsemesters. During the first semester, you willdevelop your story idea to treatment stage.During this time, you will also study Americanfilm history. These classes involve regularscreenings, discussion and analysis. The secondsemester focuses on the writing of your firstdraft and the study of European film history.The summer period is given over to writing thefinal draft of your feature length screenplay.

Entry requirements NQAI Level 8 at H2.2, GPA 3.2 or equivalentinternational qualification. IELTS score of 6.5or equivalent if applicable


Graduates have found employment in Such companies as Irish Film Board, Treasure Films.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/screenwriting

Screenwriting (MA/Postgraduate Diploma)School of Humanities

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA38Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Jenny Roche T +353 91 494 182E [email protected]

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The programme is aimed at students andlanguage professionals who wish to consolidateand extend oral and written fluency in Spanish,in addition to developing competency inresearch methods at postgraduate level.

Graduate students achieve greater confidencein the knowledge and skills already acquiredfrom undergraduate study, in addition tobecoming articulate members of society,sensitive to cultural issues and capable ofcontributing to professional and economicactivities relating to the Spanish-speakingworld.

Within the programme, students may examineliterary modules concentrating primarily onLatin American literature and explore workrelating to the practice and processes oftranslation and interpretation. Seminars andtranslation classes into and out of Spanish takeplace throughout both semesters. Studentssubsequently complete a dissertation broadlyrelated to any of the literary, cultural or socialissues broached throughout the year.

Entry requirements Second Class Honours NQAI Level 8 degree with Second Class Honours, Grade 2 in Spanish; or equivalentinternational qualification.

Graduates have found employment in Second- and third-level teaching, furtherresearch, media, administration, culturalactivities, journalism, and translation.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/spanish

Spanish (MA)School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

The Postgraduate Diploma in SpecialEducational Needs at the School ofEducation, NUI Galway provides a recognisedpostgraduate qualification for all supportteachers working in the area of specialeducational needs and learning support inmainstream primary and post primaryschools, and for teachers in special classes,special schools/units and other relevanteducational settings.

The programme gives teachers a thoroughprofessional knowledge and understanding ofspecial needs and learning difficulties and itequips them with the necessary knowledge,skills and competencies to be effective insupporting the education of those with specialneeds and learning difficulties in variouscontexts.

Modules—Inclusion: Perspectives andImplications for Practice; Assessment,Planning and Applications; Curricular Issuesfor Special Educational Needs; Implications ofEducational Disability and Specialist Study.

Entry requirements See circular referring to Combined Post-Graduate Diploma Programme of ContinuingProfessional Development for Teachers involvedin Learning Support and Special Education onwebsite: www.education.ie


Graduates have found employment in Learning support and special educationpositions in schools and other education contexts.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/special-educ-needs

Special Educational Needs (Postgraduate Diploma)School of Education

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA41Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Mel Boland T +353 91 493 971E [email protected]

Apply onlinewww.education.ie (download circular)PAC code(s)N/ACourse level Level 9Closing dateCheck Department of Education and Science(DES) website: www.education.ieDuration1 year, part-time FeeThe programme is supported by theDepartment of Education and Science andparticipants, provided they meet the criteria setby the DES, pay no programme fee. Programme directorMs. Andrea Higgins T +353 91 495 136E [email protected]

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The MA in Translation Studies is aninterdisciplinary programme whichinvestigates the centrality of translation tocontemporary society and related criticaldebates. Students select two languages fromFrench, Spanish, Italian and German andengage in a combination of practicaltranslation work and theoretical work.

In semester one, the programme introducesstudents to the field of Translation Studies,providing a broad overview of the history anddevelopment of critical thinking abouttranslation. Alongside this, students developpractical translation skills in their chosenlanguages throughout the year and may selectfrom optional modules on InterculturalCommunication and ConsecutiveInterpreting. Students subsequently completea dissertation related to any of the theoreticalor practical issues broached throughout the course.

As there is a genuine need for professionaltranslators, this postgraduate programme inTranslation Studies will be an importantqualification for graduates wishing to add specific professional skills to their primary qualification.

Entry requirements NQAI Level 8 degree with Second ClassHonours in each language; or equivalentinternational qualification. IELTS 6.5 orequivalent (with no component below 5.5).

Graduates have found employment in Second- and third-level teaching, furtherresearch, media, administration, culturalactivities, journalism, and translation.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/translation-studies

Translation Studies (MA)School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA42Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Mel Boland T +353 91 493 971E [email protected]

This studio-based programme educates artistsfor professional practice or progression to thePhD in Studio Art. This NUI Galwayaccredited programme is based at the BurrenCollege of Art and is operated in associationwith the Royal College of Art, London andthe School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Three aspects of artistic practice are dealt withas one holistic experience:

• Studio Research introduces students to theconcepts and methods of art research thatenvision studio art as a process of enquiry.They also provide opportunities forexperiment and artistic developmentleading to the production of a substantialbody of work

• Professional Skills enables students todevelop the conceptual, technical andorganisational skills necessary forprofessional practice and exhibition

• Historical and Critical Studies enablesstudents to gain a well-informed perspectiveon contemporary art in its various contexts,and personal ability in critical discourserooted in their own artistic interests

Entry requirements Applicants should have a Bachelors Degreewith Honours, or a Major in Fine Arts, orevidence of equivalent achievement/equivalent international qualification.

Applications are assessed by means of aportfolio and a written statement. Theportfolio should comprise a minimum of tenworks, which may be represented on CD,DVD or 35mm slides.

Graduates have found employment in Professionally exhibiting art practice, artadministration, and university level art teaching.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/studio-art

Studio Art (MFA)Burren College of Art

Apply onlinewww.burrencollege.iePAC code(s)N/ACourse level Level 9Closing date31 January 2011Duration2 years, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €17,053Scholarships are available for both EU andnon- EU students.Programme directorProf. Timothy Emlyn JonesQueries to Anna Downes:T +353 65 707 7200E [email protected]

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The MA (Writing) is a one-year (48 weeks),full-time course intended for committedwriters. It is not called an MA in “CreativeWriting” because the course covers forms ofwriting in addition to fiction and poetry. TheMA (Writing) synchronises with theDepartment’s current postgraduate offerings(MA [Literature and Publishing], MA[Drama and Theatre Studies], etc.), andbuilds on existing strengths in the diverse artsof writing for page and stage, screen and dailypapers.

The programme favours experiment andversatility, as well as ‘finding one’s voice.’Emphasis is given to the discipline of work,meeting deadlines, bringing a project toconclusion, achieving a high degree of polish,and making an impact on readers.

Entry requirements NQAI Level 8 degree, GPA 3.0 or equivalentinternational qualification. Special provisionmay be made for applicants who do not hold aLevel 8 degree but have appropriateprofessional experience and complete an MA Qualifying Exam. IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent if applicable.

Graduates Of the course have obtained paid employmentas teachers and freelance writers; some havewon cash prizes for poems and stories; manyhave publishing contracts or books in print;some have gone into doctoral programmes.

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Writing (MA)School of Humanities

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA46Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorProf. Adrian FrazierT +353 91 493 129E [email protected]


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ResearchProgrammes

Important:Graduates wishing to pursue the research degree of MLitt may do so for the purposes of a stand-alone award. It is not a progressionroute to a PhD degree. Therefore, students registered for the MLitt research degree have no automatic transfer opportunity to aPhD programme. However, it might be noted that students embarked on PhD research have the possibility to exit their programmeearly with an MLitt providing that they have satisfied the requirements for that award.

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The Doctor of Philosophy in appliedbehaviour analysis is a structured four-yearPhD programme of study. This qualificationarticulates with the existing Master of Sciencein applied behaviour analysis, therebyensuring that graduates possess high levelresearch skills in both practice and research.The programme combines a PhD thesis withthe taught academic components andsupervised work experience of the existingMSc programme. Students are assisted todesign research that will make valuablecontributions to the application of behaviouranalysis. They conduct research that furtheradvances an integrated, scientificunderstanding of the complexities of humanbehaviour. Students are encouraged andassisted to publish their research in peer-reviewed international journals.

Graduates will be qualified to work in the fullspectrum of applied (educational and clinical)research, and academic settings.

Entry requirements Admission to the PhD programme will bedetermined by overall academic performancein Year 1 of the MSc programme.

Research areas The research undertaken as part of theresearch component will be in areas related tocontemporary theory and practice in AppliedBehaviour Analysis.

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Applied Behaviour AnalysisSchool of Psychology


PAC code(s)Structured PhD, full-time GYG02

FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): €4,275 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)

Enquiries toDr. Geraldine LeaderT +353 91 493 434E [email protected]


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ArchaeologySchool of Geography and Archaeology


PAC code(s)Structured PhD, full-time GYG04PhD GYB00 | GYB01MLitt GYB02 | GYB03

FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): PhD: €4,275 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)MLitt: €2,250 (part-time, EU)

Enquiries toMs Maggie RonayneT +353 91 493 701E [email protected]

Initial enquiries should be made to the Headof Discipline. A general indication of likelyresearch interests would be welcome. TheMLitt is a two-year, full-time (or four-year,part-time) postgraduate programme ofresearch assessed by a major thesis of at least40,000 words. The PhD in Archaeology isnormally a four-year, full-time (six-year, part-time) programme of study and research.

Entry requirements Applicants for the MLitt must have a primarydegree in Archaeology with a Second ClassHonours, Grade 1, or its equivalentinternational qualification. Applicants for thePhD must have a high honours standard intheir primary degree or present such otherevidence of fitness which will satisfy the Headof Discipline and the College of Arts, SocialSciences, and Celtic Studies.

Research areas • Landscape archaeology• Ritual and place• Gaelic and Colonial Ireland

• Historical archaeology of the modern world• Prehistoric archaeology of Ireland including

investigations of societies, landscapes,monuments and artefacts

• Public archaeology• Community archaeologies• Material culture, art and society• Impact of development on communities and

their heritage• Burren landscape through time• Exploring medieval native society and its

engagement with newcomers andcolonisation

• Archaeology of 19th century Ireland• Exploring the role and context of ritual

centres in prehistoric and medieval Ireland• Exploring religious and decorative art in early

medieval Ireland in its European context• Development of professional ethics and

standards• History of archaeology• Education and archaeology



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The PhD dissertation should make asubstantial and original contribution to itsfield of knowledge.

This four-year programme additionally offers a menu of modules designed to support doctoral research and enhancetraining in professional and transferable skills.These modules offer added value to the corecomponent of doctoral training, which is the advancement of knowledge throughoriginal research.

Entry requirements Upper Second Class Honours (or equivalentinternational qualification) in primary degree.

Research areas Archaeology, Classics, Education, English,Film and Digital Media, French, Gaeilge,Geography, German, Health Promotion,History, Irish Studies, Italian, Mathematics,Philosophy, Political Science and Sociology,Psychology, Spanish, Women’s Studies.

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Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences


PAC code(s)GYG00 | GYG33

Feewww.nuigalway.ie/courses/fees-and-funding

Enquiries toDr Kelly Coate, Vice-Dean (Graduate Studies), College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic StudiesT +353 91 495 717E [email protected]

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Celtic Studies/Léann CeilteachSchool of Humanities




Enquiries toAn tOll. Máirín Ní DhonnchadhaT +353 91 493 010E [email protected]

The MLitt in Celtic Studies/Léann Ceilteach is atwo-year, full-time (or four-year, part-time)postgraduate research programme assessed by athesis of c. 40,000 words. The PhD in Celtic Studies/Léann Ceilteach isnormally a four-year, full-time (or six-year, part-time) postgraduate research programme,resulting in a doctoral thesis.PhD students may either engage in full-timeresearch, or take the Structured DoctoralProgramme which offers options from a widerange of taught modules in disciplines other thantheir own. For further details, seewww.nuigalway.ie/graduatestudies/Research_Degrees/structured_phds.html Entry requirements Applicants for the above degrees must have aprimary (or higher) degree in Irish or CelticStudies with a Second Class Honours Grade 2,GPA 3.2, or an equivalent internationalqualification.Admission to the MLitt and the PhD is at thediscretion of the potential supervisor and theHead of Discipline. The Postgraduate Research

Board for Celtic Studies will review and makerecommendations to the College on applications,thesis-topics, and the membership of eachstudent’s Graduate Research Committee.Research areas Research degrees usually involve close study ofCeltic languages and literatures (e.g., Irish, Welsh,Scottish Gaelic), but may encompass religion,history, archaeology, and the interface with theLatin and Germanic traditions of the Celtic-speaking regions. Postgraduate research usuallyentails some degree of comparative work,premised on the fact of the Celts’ originallinguistic unity and subsequent long-enduringshared social and cultural features. The sourcesutilised tend to be medieval, but some topics mayrequire the use of written sources of earlier orlater date. For certain topics, knowledge ofresearch methodologies other than thoseassociated with Celtic Studies may have to beattained. The Structured Doctoral Programme(cf. above) provides students with opportunitiesto acquire such training, and to learn non-Celticlanguages (medieval and modern) that may berelevant for their research.


The PhD in Child and Youth Research is afour year, full-time, structured, cross-institutional PhD delivered as part of acollaboration between NUI Galway andTrinity College Dublin. In years one and two,students will take taught courses in the areasof Child and Youth Services, Legal and PolicyIssues, Developmental Psychology andResearch Pragmatics. In years three and four,students will concentrate on the preparationof a substantial dissertation, which they willhave begun in year one.

This PhD programme will provide excellenttraining for scholars in core research skills,childhood and youth research, and practiceand policy-relevant research. Future possibleroles include: evidence-based policy research,programme evaluation and design, and anacademic career as lecturer or researcher.

Entry requirements Entrants, who must be graduates, will beexpected to have an upper Second Class

Honours degree (or equivalent internationalqualification) in a social science. If applicantsdo not have a degree of that kind, they musthave demonstrated high ability by some othermeans (e.g. through publications orachievement in a higher degree). Applicationsare welcome from individuals with strongpolicy and practice experience in relation tochildren.


Closing date for receipt of completedapplications is April 29, 2011.

Research areas • Child and youth research

• Child health psychology

• Youth development

• Rural youth participation

• Moral and political status of children

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Child and Youth Research




Enquiries toDr. Caroline HearyT +353 91 495 059E [email protected]. John CanavanT +353 91 495 397E [email protected]


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ClassicsSchool of Languages, Literatures and Cultures




Enquiries toProf. Michael ClarkeT +353 91 495 230E [email protected]

Classics at NUI Galway is eager to providesupervision in any area of studies within ourpool of expertise, especially with regard to ourthematic research focus on fusion andtransformation between the cultures andlanguages of Graeco-Roman Antiquity andthose of the Early Christian world and medievalIreland. Research proposals should engage withthe specialist interests of at least one member ofstaff: see details below, and the listings atwww.nuigalway.ie/classics/projects

Entry requirements Admission to a research degree is at thediscretion of the Research Committee and isbased on a proposal from the applicant, ideallyfollowing an informal approach to anappropriate prospective supervisor. We willnormally recommend attendance at languageclasses and/or reading seminars in Latin, Greekand/or medieval languages as appropriate.Candidates should have obtained an honoursdegree in an appropriate subject (Second ClassHonours, Grade 1 minimum [or equivalentinternational qualification]) and for the PhDwill typically hold a Master’s degree.

Research areas • Professor Brian Arkins

Latin poetry; the Classical tradition in themodern era; the reception of the Classicalinheritance in Irish literature

• Dr. Jacopo BisagniLatin/Old Irish bilingualism in MedievalIreland; Latin and Indo-European linguistics

• Professor Michael Clarke The Classical inheritance in medieval Britainand Ireland, especially in Middle Irish saga;historical semantics and cognitive linguistics;Greek epic

• Dr. Edward HerringThe archaeology and history of early Italy;South Italian pottery; ethnicity

• Dr Amanda KellyArchaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean;water technology; art and architecture in theClassical and Late Antique periods

• Dr. Mark Stansbury Manuscript studies; Medieval Latin; Insular Christian culture; transmission ofclassical texts



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The strong and expanding doctoral Economicsprogramme in the College of Arts, SocialSciences, and Celtic Studies offers participantsa combination of advanced independentresearch, backed by structured training, whichis delivered mainly in the first year. The centralwork involves the planning, execution anddefence of a major thesis, satisfying internal andexternal examiners that the thesis is a work ofserious scholarship. The doctoral programmeequips participants with substantial researchand writing experience, as well as developing anin-depth expertise in their chosen field.

The topic of the thesis is agreed between thestudent and their supervisor(s) and typicallylinks to the research interests of the supervisor.Acceptance on the programme is subject tofinding a suitable supervisor. For furtherinformation please check the Economics website at www.economics.nuig.ie/pgrad/ pgrad-phd.php

Entry requirements High honours degree (or equivalentinternational qualification). Other evidencethat signifies suitability for the programme.

Research areas There are five research centres and unitslocated within the Department, representingthe main research interests of the Department:

• Irish Centre for Social Gerontology (ICSG)• Centre for Innovation and Structural Change (CISC)• Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Research Unit (ENRE)• Irish Centre for Rural Transformation and Sustainability (ICERTS)• Socio-Economic Marine Research Unit (SEMRU)

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/economics-research

Economics


PAC code(s)PhD GYB88 | GYB89MLitt GYB90 | GYB91


Enquiries toDr. Thomas van RensburgT +353 91 493 858E [email protected]

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EducationSchool of Education




Enquiries toProf. Keith SullivanT +353 91 492 158E [email protected]

The School of Education offers several modesof research study at Master (MLitt.) and PhDlevels. There are full-time and part-timeoptions available for both.

School of Education PhD students can alsoundertake their PhD research within the theCollege of Arts, Social Sciences, and CelticStudies’ structured doctoral programme:www.nuigalway.ie/faculties_departments/arts/structured.html

Entry requirements Entrants will be expected to have no less thanan upper Second Class Honours degree (orequivalent international qualification) ineducation or a cognate discipline. If studentsdo not have this qualification they must havedemonstrated high ability by some othermeans (e.g., through publications,achievement in a postgraduate diploma orhigher degree and/or professionalexperience).

Research areas • Inclusion, Diversity and Civic Engagement• Educational Innovation and Creativity• Mentoring and Leadership• Educational Policy and Practice

Staff are engaged in research across these fourmain themes, and in specific areas as follows:• Special educational needs• Bullying prevention, anti-bullying • Access, diversity and civic engagement in

second and third-level education • Gender issues and masculinities research

in education• Science education and public engagement

in science• Mathematics education• Assessment policy and practice• Educational innovation and technology

(learning sciences)• Literacy and multilingual education and• CLIL: content and language

integrated learning


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EnglishSchool of Humanities




Enquiries toMs. Dearbhla MooneyT +353 91 493 339E [email protected]


The Huston School of Film and Digital Mediaencourages PhD degree applications, itsinvolvement is in collaboration with otherdisciplines within Arts; students undertakingdoctoral studies in film will be supervised by a small team led by the Huston School butalso involving an existing discipline of theuniversity (e.g., English, French, History,Information Technology, Sociology andPolitics for example) depending on the topicof their research.

Entry requirements To be eligible to enter on a course of study andresearch for the Degree of PhD, a candidatemust have reached a high Honours Standard(or equivalent international qualification), atthe Examination for the Primary Degree, orpresented such other evidence as will satisfythe Director of the Huston School, the Headof School of Humanities and the College ofArts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies ofhis/her fitness.

Research areas Irish film (all aspects), Irish language and film, Cultural identity and the media, Adaptation ,and intertextuality, American cinema, Irish

American cinema, Representing Sport,Godard, Film and Form, Silent Film, Low-budget and independent cinema, Europeancinema, Queer Cinema.

Structured PhD (New Media and Film)(Inter-Institutional)This structured doctoral programme aims topromote research that integrates theoreticaldiscourses on the impact of digital media oncultural and social expression with practicalconcerns and the media industries. There isfurther information on this programme and onthe NUI Galway/UL Alliance on Page 26.

PhD (Film, Television and Digital Media)This practice-based PhD aims to create newunderstanding through the relation between adoctoral student’s analytical, scholarlyexposition in a short dissertation or thesis andtheir practice in the creation of a film or audiovisual piece. This conjunction in a ‘self-reflective supervised programme of enquiryleading to new knowledge’ is a unique andexciting combination.

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Film StudiesSchool of Humanities


PAC code(s)Structured PhD (Film Studies) GYG09Structured PhD (New Media and Film) (Inter-Institutional) GYG03PhD (Film, Television and Digital Media)GYB96 | GYB99PhD GYB86 | GYB87

FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): PhD: €4,275 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)

Enquiries toDee QuinnT +353 91 495 076E [email protected]

A PhD dissertation should make a substantialand original contribution to its field ofknowledge. The PhD degree is awarded for workthat is ‘worthy of publication, in whole or in part,as a work of serious scholarship’ (NUI GalwayCalendar). The length of the dissertation inEnglish is normally 60,000–80,000 words. Theduration of research is usually four years.

The Department of English stronglyrecommends that prospective students registerfor the Structured PhD in English (PAC CodeGYG08). As part of the doctoral trainingavailable on the Structured PhD programme,students avail themselves of a range ofinterdisciplinary taught modules.

Entry requirements The minimum qualification necessary to beconsidered for admission to the PhD programmeis a high honours, primary degree (or equivalentinternational qualification), or ‘other suchevidence as will satisfy the Head of Departmentand the Faculty of his/her fitness’ (NUI GalwayCalendar). It is more usual, however, forsuccessful applicants to have already gained aMaster's degree.

Research areas See staff research profiles onwww.nuigalway.ie/english/staff.html• Modern Irish literature • Travel writing• Literature and Colonialism• Censorship• Old and Middle English literature• Medieval aesthetics• Women’s writing • Early modern literature• Irish Theatre history, Russian and Soviet theatre

history• Theatre and the creative industries• Late 19th- and early 20th-century Irish writers,

such as George Moore, W.B. Yeats, Oscar Wilde• Contemporary Irish poetry• Critical Theory• Creative Writing and Practice • Victorian Literature • Irish cultural politics and cultural history• Digital humanities• Film studies• Gothic literature and history of the novel• Book History• Irish publishing history and periodical production



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FrenchSchool of Languages, Literatures and Cultures




Enquiries toMs. Emer O’FlynnT +353 91 492 397E [email protected]

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GeographySchool of Geography and Archaeology




Enquiries toDr. Kevin Lynch T +353 91 492 376E [email protected]

The discipline offers supervision in a wide areaof French interests. Admission to a researchdegree is at the discretion of the potentialSupervisor and the Head of Discipline, and isbased on a proposal from the applicantfollowing discussion with the member of staffwhose academic area of interest is mostappropriate.

Entry requirements Candidates should have obtained an honoursdegree in French (Second Class Honours,Grade 1 [or equivalent internationalqualification ] minimum), and for the PhDwould usually already hold a Master’s degree.

Research areas • Professor Jane Conroy

17th-Century Literature, Linguistics,Translation Theory, Travel Literature,Realism and Fantasy

• Mr. Ruadhán Cooke French Canadian Studies, CommercialFrench

• Dr. Philip DineDecolonisation, History/Sociology ofFrench Sport, Leisure, Rugby

• Dr. Catherine EmersonMedieval/15th-Century Literature, History,Olivier de la Marche, Manneken Pis,Illegitimacy 1300–1600

• Dr. Sylvie LannegrandAutobiography, 20th-Century Literature,Yves Navarre, Autofiction, Diaries and Identity

• Dr. Máire Áine Ní MhainnínLiterature/Religion, Jean Sulivan, NewMethodologies, CALL/SALL, Internet,French-Canadian Women’s Writing

• Professor Pádraig Ó Gormaile Québec; Jean Sulivan

• Ms. Ornaith RodgersGender, Scientific French, LanguageTeaching, New Technologies

• Dr. Maria Scott 19th-Century Literature, Charles Baudelaire,Stendhal, Gender Studies, Critical Theory

The discipline of Geography offers supervisionin a wide range of research fields spanning bothphysical and human geography. Admission to aresearch degree is at the discretion of theresearch committee of the department, and isbased on a proposal from the applicantfollowing discussion with the member of staffwhose academic area of interest is mostappropriate.

Entry requirements For admission to an MLitt, candidates shouldhave obtained an honours degree (or equivalentinternational qualification) in Geography. Foradmission to the PhD, an upper Second ClassHonours, Grade 1 minimum (or equivalentinternational qualification), is required.

Research areas We offer fully supervised and well-resourcedMLitt and PhD degree programmes locatedwithin a vibrant community of academic staffand research students. The calibre of our staffand facilities ensures the highest internationallevels of support for critical, theoretically

innovative research. We provide purpose-designed student workspaces, state-of-the-artlaboratories, field equipment and computingfacilities. We have strong, multidisciplinarylinkages within the University, and withexternal national and internationalorganisations.

Our expert research clusters include:

Human Geography• development geography and political ecology• environment/society relations• historical and cultural geography• political geography and critical geopolitics• rural development and sustainability• urban geography and geographies of

migrationPhysical Geography• biogeography• climate change• earth and environmental systems• GIS and spatial analysis• marine and coastal management• palaeoenvironments


The discipline offers supervision in a widearea of German interests. Admission to aresearch degree is at the discretion of thepotential supervisor and the Head ofDiscipline, and is based on an initial proposalfrom the applicant following discussion withthe member of staff whose academic area ofinterest is most appropriate.

Entry requirements Candidates should have an honours degree inGerman; Second Class Honours, Grade 1minimum (or equivalent internationalqualification).

Research areas • German Literature and culture from the

Middle Ages to the 21st century • German film• History of reading• Old and new media (especially book, letter,

library, internet)• Literature and dream• Law and literature• Autobiography• Memory discourses• Gender and family • Money and economy in literature and

thought• Children's fiction and fantasy, Fan Fiction

and Fan Communities• GDR literature and Wende Literature• Text and music in medieval song• Translation studies• Methods in language teaching• Intercultural communication

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GermanSchool of Languages, Literatures and Cultures




Enquiries toMs. Geraldine SmythT +353 91 492 226E [email protected]


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Health PromotionSchool of Health Sciences




Enquiries toDr. Saoirse Nic GabhainnT +353 91 493 092E [email protected]

Established in 1990, the Discipline of HealthPromotion is the only one of its kind in theRepublic of Ireland and is the national centre forprofessional training and education in healthpromotion. Attached to the academic unit is theHealth Promotion Research Centre, which is aWorld Health Organisation Collaborative Centrefor Health Promotion Research and has an activemultidisciplinary research programme in place.Health Promotion offers supervision ofpostgraduate research in a wide range of areas.Admission to a research degree is at the discretionof the potential supervisor and the Head ofDiscipline, and is based on a proposal from theapplicant following discussion with the member ofstaff whose academic area of interest is mostappropriate. Application is competitive and thenumber of places offered will be based on staffresources.

Entry requirements Candidates should have obtained an honoursprimary degree (Second Class Honours, Grade 1minimum [or equivalent internationalqualification]), and for a PhD, would usuallyalready hold a Master’s degree in HealthPromotion or a related area.

Research areas • Breastfeeding• Child and adolescent health• Communicable disease control and

environmental health• Community health• Evaluation research• Evidence-based practice• Food poverty• Global and international health and development• Health and human rights• Health and the media• Health impact assessment• Health inequalities and inequities• Health policy• Health promotion competencies• Health services research• Healthy ageing• Migrant health• Violence and injury prevention• Mental health promotion• Participative research processes• Research dissemination, translating research

into practice• Settings for health promotion: workplace

and schools• Sexual and reproductive health• Social capital and social connectedness



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HistorySchool of Humanities




Enquiries toMs. Phil FahertyT +353 91 492 537E [email protected]

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Irish StudiesSchool of Humanities




Enquiries toDr. Louis de PaorT +353 91 493 660E [email protected]

History is a vibrant and research-activedepartment with a wide variety of areas ofexpertise as listed below. Research degrees atMA level and PhD level are available.

Students may register for a Structured PhD inHistory. As part of the doctoral trainingavailable on the Structured PhD programme,students avail themselves of a range ofinterdisciplinary taught modules.

Entry requirements Admission to a research degree is at thediscretion of the potential supervisor and thehead of department, and is based on aproposal from the applicant followingdiscussion with the member of staff whoseacademic area of interest is most appropriate.Candidates should have obtained an honoursdegree in History (Second Class Honours,Grade 1 [or equivalent internationalqualification] minimum), and for the PhD,would usually already hold a Master’s degree.

Research areas • Medieval Irish History, 5th–9th centuries• Medieval European History, 5th–9th centuries• Medieval European History, 11th–12th

centuries• British and Irish History, 15th–17th centuries• Early Modern Europe, especially 17th-century

France• History of Religion in the Early Modern period• Social history of Ireland and Europe, 17th–

19th centuries• 18th- and 19th-century Irish political, cultural,

and women’s history• 19th- and 20th-century U.S. social and political

history• American slavery in comparative perspective• The Northern Ireland Conflict in the early

20th Century• Modern German history• 19th- and 20th-century European social

history• 19th- and 20th-century Imperial and

Commonwealth history

Applications are encouraged in all aspects ofIrish Studies but projects are particularlywelcome in the following areas: bilingual andcomparative studies of modern andcontemporary Irish writing; the politics andpractice of translation; historical cartography;colonial and imperial geographies; traditionalIrish music and dance.

It is a requirement of all PhD/MLittcandidates at the Centre for Irish Studies thatthey adopt an interdisciplinary approach totheir research.

Entry requirements Applicants should hold an MA in Irish Studiesor cognate discipline with an award of SecondClass Honour, Grade 1, or the equivalentthereof.

Research areas • Dr. Louis de Paor

Twentieth-century writing in Irish;Translation; Máirtín Ó Cadhain; FlannO’Brien; Irish bardic poetry

• Dr. Nessa CroninIrish historical cartography; philosophies of space and place; twentieth-century Irish writing

• Dr. Lillis Ó LaoireCulture and performance; folklore studies;song traditions of Ireland and Scotland

• Dr. Kathy PowellHegemonic processes, political rationalityand relations of power; practices anddiscourses of clientelist politics andcorruption; forms of violence social andpolitical inequalities and identity

• Dr. Mary CawleyGeography of social and economic change inrural areas, rural-urban commuting;population change and migration; small andmedium-sized enterprises in ruraleconomies; rural tourism

• Dr. Niall Ó CiosáinSocial and cultural history of Ireland andEurope in the eighteenth and nineteenthcenturies; literacy and education; history ofthe book in Ireland; language shift andlanguage change


We combine research interest in selected areasof 19th and 20th century Italian culture andliterature as well as cutting-edge andinnovative expertise in interdisciplinarystudies. Today’s critical discourse is stronglyinfluenced by Italian thinkers, and we are oneof the few centres in Ireland and the UKwhere you can study their impacts and theeffects they have on other disciplines in theHumanities. You will also have theopportunity to participate in our novelapproach to language teaching and theapplication of new technologies (i.e.,subtitling) to the study of Italian.

Entry requirements Candidates should have already obtained anhonours degree in Italian (Second ClassHonours, Grade 1 minimum [or equivalentinternational qualification]).

Research areas • Prof. Paolo Bartoloni

20th century Italian literature and culture;translation theory, comparative literature;critical theory

• Dr. Laura McLoughlinApplied linguistics; translation studies andaudiovisual translation; language teachingmethodology; 20th-century literature andcivilisation

• Dr. Lindsay Myers20th century Italian literature andcivilisation; Italian children’s literature

• Dr. Anne O'Connor19th century Italian literature; Italianhistory; travel literature; 20th centuryculture

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Italian StudiesSchool of Languages, Literatures and Cultures




Enquiries toProf. Paolo BartoloniT +353 91 493 392E [email protected]


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Learning SciencesSchool of Education | School of Psychology




Enquiries toDr. Tony HallT +353 91 492 153E [email protected]. Denis O’HoraT +353 91495 126E [email protected]

Information and communications technologies(ICTs) create new potential to enhancelearning, education and human developmentthrough adaptive, blended and personalisedlearning environments. Innovations in the lasttwenty years in computing enable us to designeducational experiences that are potentiallymore engaging and effective. The aim of theprogramme is to educate highly-skilledgraduates who can use a range of research anddevelopment skills to design, deploy andevaluate ICTs to enhance learning in a range ofeducational contexts and settings.

Entry requirements Selection will be by a Course Committeecomprising the Course Directors, researchsupervisor and Head of School of Psychologyor Education. Entrants will be expected to haveno less than an upper Second Class Honoursdegree in education, psychology or a disciplinerelated to educational technologies (e.g.,computer science). If students do not have thisbasic qualification they must havedemonstrated high ability by some other means(e.g., achievement in a higher degree).

Research areas • Innovative technologies in education• Design-based research and educational innovation• Philosophy of technology-enhanced learning• Digital creativity, digital storytelling and new media• Innovative, technology-enhanced contexts for

development and learning• New technologies in informal and non-formal

learning settings• Reinforcement and Extinction in digital learning

contexts• Engagement and learning• Dynamic properties of learning in digital contexts• Cognitive aspects of learning• Design and impact of psychometric assessments in

learning• Critical thinking and critical thinking technology• Systems thinking and systems thinking technology• Creativity and mindfulness• Problem-focused and solution-focused thinking• Cognitive interventions for older adults• Learning and skill development• Development of computer-based protocols for

training language and cognitive skills• Relational Frame Theory and Behaviour Analysis

and their applications in education andpsychotherapy

• Online cognitive testing



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MathematicsSchool of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics




Enquiries toMs. Mary KellyT +353 91 492 332E [email protected]

Is féidir taighde dochtúireachta a dheanamh iréimse leathan ábhar sa Nua-Ghaeilge idirbhéaloideas, chanúineolaíocht,logainmeolaíocht agus litríocht. Cuimsíonn anlitríocht gach tréimhse ó ré na Gaeilge clasaicíanuas go dtí an litríocht chomhaimseartha. Tásaineolaithe cruthanta ar an bhfoireannteagaisc a bhfuil taighde ceannródaíochfoilsithe acu i ngach aon cheann de na réimsíthuasluaite, agus flosc orthu a gcuid saineolaisagus taithí a roinnt ar scoláirí óga.

Riachtanais iontrála Don PhD: Céim UNCE leibhéal 8 nó achomhionann sin, Dara hOnóracha, grád 1, saMháistreacht, nó a chomhionann sin. DonMLitt: Céim UNCE leibhéal 8 nó achomhionann sin, Dara hOnóracha nó achomhionann sin. Is gá don iarrthóir ar nacéimeanna taighde seo ard-leibhéal Gaeilge aléiriú idir scríobh agus labhairt.

Réimsí taighde • Litríocht an 17ú agus an 18ú haois; an

tOisíneachas agus forás an Cheilteachais; anspioradáltacht dúchais

• Litríocht an 20ú haois idir fhilíocht, phrósagus litríocht dhioscúrsúil; Litríocht an 19ú haois

• Canúineolaíocht; scríbhneoireacht nagConallach; litríocht réigiúnach; gramadachna Nua-Ghaeilge; litríocht na Nua-Ghaeilgei bhfoirm aistrithe; irisí agus nuachtáin na Gaeilge

• Logainmneacha; Ginealaigh; AinmneachaPearsanta agus Sloinnte; Na TeaghlaighLéannta; Traidisiún na LámhscríbhinníDéanacha

• Teoiric an chultúir; teoiric léann anbhéaloidis; tionchar an náisiúnachais ar anbhéaloideas; modhanna bailithe anbhéaloidis; an béaloideas sa saoldomhandaithe; an t-amhrán in Éirinn agus in Albain

• Sochtheangeolaíocht; pleanáil agus polasaíteanga; an Ghaeltacht chomhaimseartha;staidéar comparáideach ar theagmháilteangacha; meáin chumarsáide imionteangacha.

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Nua-GhaeilgeScoil na dTeangacha, na Litríochtaí agus na gCultúr

Iarratas ar linewww.pac.ie/nuigalway

Có(i)d PACPhD Struchtúrtha, lánaimseartha GYG12PhD GYB54 | GYB55MLitt GYB56 | GYB57

TáilleIs é €4,275 (AE, PhD lánaimseartha);€13,000 (neamh-AE, PhD lánaimseartha);€2,250 (AE, MLitt, páirtaimseartha)táille reatha na bliana agus táthar ag súil nachdtiocfadh aon athrú ar seo do 2011-2012.

FiosrúcháinMs. Fiona de PaorT +353 91 492 564E [email protected]

The research activity in Mathematics at NUIGalway covers a broad range of topics spanningAlgebra, Analysis, Geometry and Topology.There is a particular strength in ComputationalAlgebra, which has led to the establishment of deBrún Centre, whose mission is to supportresearch in broad areas of algebra and itsapplications. The various research groups withinthe discipline of Mathematics host a wide rangeof workshops, seminars and graduate courses,resulting in a unique and thriving graduateresearch programme. Recent graduates are now working as lecturersand postdoctoral researchers at third-levelinstitutes. Others are working in industry,including banking and finance, and in theMeteorological Service.

Entry requirements Candidates for the degree of PhD or MSc byresearch must have reached a high honoursstandard (minimum H2.2 [or equivalentinternational qualification] for an MSc) at theexamination for the primary degree, or presentedsuch other evidence as will satisfy the Head ofSchool and the College of his/her fitness.

Research areas Algebra• Group theory including group varieties,

representation theory of finite groups,associative and non-associative rings, andgroup rings, coding theory and cryptography

• Computational algebra includingcomputational homological algebra,computational group theory, computationalrepresentation theory

• Linear and Multilinear Algebra

Analysis and Numerical Analysis• Functional analysis, in particular tensor

products, multilinear forms, polynomials andholomorphic functions on Banach spaces

• Non-linear analysis, including differential andintegral equations, and fixed point theory

• Numerical analysis and computationaldifferential equations

Geometry and Topology• Differential geometry and the geometry and

topology of Lie groups and homogeneousspaces

• Analytic topology and order

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Old and Middle IrishSchool of Humanities




Enquiries toAn tOll. Máirín Ní DhonnchadhaT +353 91 493 010E [email protected]


The PhD in Perception, Cognition and Actionis a structured PhD programme that willextend for four years full-time or six yearspart-time with thesis submission due no laterthan the end of the final year of the course. In the first year students will take variousmodules as part of the taught elements of the programme which could include contentrelated to programming experiments oranalyses and is focussed on dynamicalcognitive science and behaviour, perception, EEG analysis and theoreticalmodels in cognition.

In Year 1 students will be focussed, throughmodular learning towards preparation of aresearch proposal and thesis, while, and withthe exception of two taught modules in Year 3,the remainder of the degree concentrates inpreparation of a substantial research thesis.

Entry requirements Students will be selected by a CourseCommittee comprising the course Directors,prospective research supervisor and Head ofSchool of Psychology. Entrants will beexpected to have no less than an UpperSecond Class Honours degree, or equivalentinternational qualification, in psychology or adiscipline related to experimental psychology(e.g., cognitive science, computer science,engineering, physiology). If students do nothave this basic qualification they must havedemonstrated high ability by some othermeans (e.g. through publications orachievement in a higher degree).

Research areas • Perception and cognition• Dynamical cognition• Behaviour and action• Psychophysics • Brain imaging (EEG)

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Perception, Cognition and ActionSchool of Psychology


PAC code(s)Structured PhD, full-time GYG01Structured PhD, part-time GYG36


Enquiries toDr. Mark A. ElliottT +353 91 495 345E [email protected]

The MLitt in Old and Middle Irish is a two-year, full-time (or four-year, part-time)postgraduate programme of research assessedby a major thesis of c. 40,000 words. The PhD in Old and Middle Irish is normally afour-year, full-time (or six-year, part-time)postgraduate programme of research, resultingin a doctoral thesis which makes a significantcontribution to knowledge and must be worthyof publication in whole or in part.PhD students may follow the traditional routeof full-time research, or the alternative route ofthe Structured Doctoral Programme. The latterhas the additional objective of promotinginterdisciplinary training and the developmentof transferable skills. Students on the StructuredDoctoral Programme may choose options froma wide range of taught modules in disciplinesother than their own and in transferable skills,to a total of 70 ECTS. For further details, seewww.nuigalway.ie/graduatestudies/Research_Degrees/structured_phds.html

Entry requirements Applicants for the above degrees must have aprimary (or higher) degree in Irish or Celtic

Studies with a Second Class Honours Grade 1,or an equivalent international qualification.Admission to the MLitt and the PhD is at thediscretion of the potential supervisor and theHead of Discipline. The Postgraduate ResearchBoard for Old and Middle Irish will review andmake recommendations to the College onapplications, thesis-topics, and the membershipof each student’s Graduate ResearchCommittee.

Research areas The following types of postgraduate researchwould align well with the specialist interests ofthe staff.• preparation of critical editions of prose or

verse texts of all kinds from any period of Oldor Middle Irish

• linguistic topics, synchronic and diachronic,within any period of Old and Middle Irish

• literary history, incl. studies of textualmultiforms, of characteristic genres andthemes of medieval Irish writing, of internaland external influences for change, of thereflexes of local and national concerns andpatronage, etc



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PhilosophySchool of Humanities




Enquiries toDr. Tsarina DoyleT +353 91 495 473E [email protected]

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Political Science and SociologySchool of Political Science and Sociology


PAC code(s)Structured PhD, full-time GYG26PhD GYB66 | GYB67


Enquiries toDr. Kate KennyT +353 91 495 401E [email protected]

The Philosophy research postgraduatecommunity is particularly vibrant at NUI Galway, with students from both theContinental and Analytic styles of philosophywell represented. There is a particularly strongfocus on Phenomenology and Bioethics. TheCentre for Bioethical Research and Analysis(COBRA), which the department hosts, is aleading research centre for projects in theareas of applied ethics, bioethics andprofessional ethics. Within the area ofPhenomenology the main strengths are in thePhilosophy of Art and Culture and thePhilosophy of Religion.

Entry requirements Successful applicants will hold a primarydegree, or equivalent qualification, or for PhDa Masters degree at Second Class Honours,Grade 1 level or above, or GPA level 3.3 orabove, or equivalent internationalqualification, in philosophy or a cognatediscipline.

Research areas • Phenomenology of Art and Cultures

(especially visual arts)• Phenomenology of Religion (especially

contemporary French thought)• Classical Phenomenology (Husserl,

Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty)• Existentialism (especially Simone de

Beauvoir)• Bioethics (especially issues concerning

disability and new genetic technologies)• Applied Ethics• Environmental Ethics• Professional and Research Ethics • Political Philosophy• Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century

Philosophy (especially Kant, Hegel and • Nietzsche)• Marxism (Marx, Engels, Lenin)• History of Irish thought• Philosophy of Science,• Philosophy of Psychology and Psychiatry • Philosophy of Mind• Epistemology

The School offers two programmes: Structured PhD is a four-year, full-time, student-centred programme organised around theprimary goal of supporting scholarly research.The student’s research is supported andcomplemented through a range of taughtmodules and accredited activities aimed atensuring the acquisition of high-level skills inresearch methods, analysis, and communication. Traditional PhD students must complete theirresearch within four years full-time or six yearspart-time. The traditional PhD programmeemphasises the central role of independentresearch; all PhD students are expected to makea distinctive, original and publishablecontribution to knowledge.Each student is assigned a primary Supervisor(s)and a Graduate Research Committee made up ofexperienced researchers to plan their study andto provide on-going support to their research.

Entry requirements The minimum qualification necessary to beconsidered for a PhD is a high honours primarydegree, or equivalent international qualification.Admission to a research degree is at the discretion

of the potential Supervisor and Head of School,and is based on a proposal from the applicantfollowing discussion with a potential supervisor.

Research areas • Children, Youth and Families (the Child and

Family Research Centre) engages in research,evaluation and service design relation to practice,policy and interventions in the lives of children

• Gender, Empowerment and Globalisationinvestigates the operation of gendered powerrelations, gender inequalities, changing notionsof gender identity, and the challenges ofachieving women's empowerment in Irelandand beyond in a context of globalisation

• Governance and Sustainable Developmentgroup offers expertise and supervisory capacityin the areas of Environmental Policy;Sustainable Development; Risk andRegulation; Community Politics and RuralGovernance; Alternative Development andCitizenship; Mobilities

• Power, Conflict and Ideologies central focus ofmost research projects is on the followingareas: Theorising social power; Nationalism,populism and ethnic conflict; Hegemony,ideology and legitimacy


The School of Psychology offers both PhDand MLitt degrees in a wide range of researchareas, completed primarily on the basis of aresearch thesis.Each student will be assigned a primarySupervisor(s) and a Graduate ResearchCommittee made up of experiencedresearchers to plan their programme of studyand to provide on-going support to theirresearch.For the four-year Structured PhD programme,students avail themselves of a range ofinterdisciplinary taught modules which aredirectly relevant to the student’s research.

Entry requirements Candidates should have obtained a degreequalification in psychology to at least UpperSecond Class Honours level (or equivalentinternational qualification). Admission to aresearch degree is at the discretion of thepotential Supervisor and Director of Research,and is based on a proposal from the applicant

following discussion with the member of staffwhose academic area of interest is mostappropriate.

Research areas The School of Psychology has recognisedresearch strengths in four main researchclusters: • Clinical, behavioural and biological

psychology explores the underlying bases ofbehaviour and its complications

• Lifespan development focus on developmentas a life-span process. In addition, there isrecognition that human development ismulti-determined involving social, biologicaland environmental processes

• Perception, cognition and action seeks toadvance understanding of the complexstructure of human thought and behaviour

• Psychology and health support and promote psychological and interdisciplinaryresearch on health, well being and health care provision

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PsychologySchool of Psychology




Enquiries toSchool of PsychologyT +353 91 493 101E [email protected]


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Psychology and HealthSchool of Psychology




Enquiries toDr. Jane WalshT +353 91 493 102E [email protected]

The Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology andHealth (PhD) programme is a four-year (full-time) structured postgraduate research degreethat combines a PhD thesis with the taughtacademic components of the existing MSc inHealth Psychology programme and a range oftransferable skills. This full-time PhDprogramme subscribes to the scientist-practitioner model, and provides studentswith integrated training in the academic andresearch aspects of Psychology and Health aswell as providing students with a broad rangeof transferable skills.

Entry requirements Students will be selected by a CourseCommittee comprising the courseDirector(s), prospective researchsupervisor(s), and Head of School. Entrantswill be expected to have no less than an UpperSecond Class Honours degree in psychologyor a discipline related to health psychology, orequivalent international qualification. Ifstudents do not have this basic qualificationthey must have demonstrated high ability by

some other means (e.g., through publicationsor achievement in a higher degree).Candidates should be proficient in the use ofthe English language. An interview processwill form part of the selection procedure andthese will take place the end of June/early July.

Research areas • Health behaviour change • Communication in health care settings• Pediatric psychology• Stigma associated with mental health

difficulties and developmental disabilities • Coping with chronic illness during

childhood/adolesence• Illness representations and coping with

chronic illness conditions• Psychosocial predictors of adjustment and

efficacy of stress management• Health care judgement and decision-

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Spanish offers supervision in a number ofareas of interest in both Spain and LatinAmerica. Admission to a research degree is atthe discretion of the potential supervisor andthe Head of Discipline; it is based on aproposal from the applicant, followingdiscussion with the staff member whoseacademic area of interest is most appropriate.

Entry requirements Candidates should possess an honours degreein Spanish (Second Class, Grade 1 minimum[or equivalent international qualification])and, in the case of the PhD, should normallyhold an MA in a relevant area.

Research areas • Dr. Mel Boland

Linguistics; Language Planning; ModernLatin American literature; translationstudies

• Dr. Lorraine KellyModern Latin American Literature;Mexican women writers; ContemporaryLatin American Studies

• Dr. Kate QuinnSouthern Cone literature and politics;history and theory of the detective genre inSpain and Latin America; historical narrative

• Prof. Bill RichardsonSpanish language and linguistics; Spanish-English translation; Spanish SecondLanguage Acquisition; deictic reference inSpanish and English; the works of Jorge LuisBorges; the links between language, cultureand cognition

• Dr. Lorna ShaughnessyModern Spanish poetry; Modern LatinAmerican poetry; political writing fromCentral America; cultural theory and post-colonial literatures; women’s movementsand popular culture in Central America

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SpanishSchool of Languages, Literatures and Cultures


PAC code(s)Structured PhD (Spanish Studies), full-time GYG29Structured PhD (Latin American Studies), full-time GYG22PhD GYB78 | GYB79MLitt GYB80 | GYB81


Enquiries toProf. Bill RichardsonT +353 91 492 136E [email protected]

The programme leads to the generation of acontribution to knowledge and understandingin Fine Art by means of enquiry conductedthrough studio research and, where relevant,other research methods.

During the programme, students receivetraining in research methods and complete a research project based on a key research question.

Assessment is by exhibition supported by a written reflective discussion of the field ofenquiry and the contribution made to it, as well as the process of the research.

Entry requirements Bachelors degree with honours in Fine Art(First Class Honours or 2.1 or GPA of 3.50 orabove [or equivalent internationalqualification]), or a Masters degree in FineArt, or equivalent. An appropriate portfolioand statement of intent including a keyresearch question are also required.

Research areas • Drawing as a process of enquiry

• Creative methods and methodology

• Digital narrative (in collaboration with theHuston Film School, NUI Galway)

• Interdisciplinary research that promotescollaboration across academic boundaries(with potentially any department of NUI Galway)

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/studio-art-research

Studio ArtBurren College of Art

Apply onlinewww.burrencollege.ie

PAC code(s)N/A

FeeCurrent year fees are €17,053Scholarships are available for both EU and non- EU students.

Enquiries toMs. Anna DownesT +353 65 707 7200E [email protected]


Texts, Contexts, Cultures (TCC) is an inter-disciplinary PhD research programmedelivered in cooperation between The MooreInstitute, NUI Galway; The Long Room Hub,TCD; and The Graduate School, UCC. TCC offers graduate students researchmodules, career development workshops, andweekly seminars. Candidates’ interests willdevelop through a series of foundation yearmodules which are delivered at participatinginstitutions by video conferencing.

TCC encourages candidates to develop their research interests, ideas and skills in challenging, supportive interdisciplinary contexts.

Entry requirements Minimum requirement 2.1 honours (or equivalent international qualification)undergraduate degree.

Research areas Multidisciplinary—all disciplines within the College Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies.


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Texts, Contexts, Cultures




Enquiries toProf. Nicholas AllenT +353 91 493 904E [email protected]


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Women’s StudiesSchool of Political Science and Sociology


PAC code(s)Structured PhD (Global Women’s Studies),full-time GYG31PhD: GYB82 | GYB83


Enquiries toDr. Niamh ReillyT +353 91 495 403E [email protected]

A PhD is a piece of independent researchundertaken by an advanced post-graduate studentunder the supervision of an academic supervisorand a PhD committee over a period of 3–6 years.PhD research aims to significantly developknowledge and understanding of the chosen topic and to add a new dimension to existingscholarship in the field. A PhD is a majorundertaking; prospective students shoulddemonstrate the interest, commitment and abilityto advance knowledge in their chosen field. Entry requirements Admission is based on a proposal from theapplicant following discussion with the potentialsupervisor. Candidates for the PhD are usuallyexpected to hold a Master’s degree or first classundergraduate degree (or equivalent internationalqualification) in a cognate field. Applicantsholding an Upper Second Class degree orequivalent qualifications and/or relevantexperience may also be considered. Studentsaccepted for the PhD in Women's Studies work aspart of the Global Women’s Studies Programmeand as members of the Gender Research Group ofthe School of Political Science and Sociology.

Research areas Applications containing proposals to undertakeresearch in the thematic areas listed below areespecially encouraged: • Feminist/political theory, gender, religion and

politics, transnational women's movements,human rights law and advocacy, women's humanrights, women in conflict and transitionalcontexts, women, gender and the state

• Social and economic impacts of violence againstwomen, gender identity, sexuality and violence,rights-based approaches to development, genderand health crises, gender and HIV/AIDS

• Processes and practices of social in/exclusion,gender inequalities, and women's identities inrural development

• Sociology of religion and gender, the Catholic Church, sexuality, LGBT issues, civil society, sexuality and gender issues in post-communist societies

• Gender and development, gender analysis ofeconomic and financial crises, economic growth and gender equality

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A view of the exterior of newly-refurbished, state-of-the-art Cairnes Building.

This building was funded by grants from theHigher Education Authority and the generosityof private donors, particularly AtlanticPhilanthropies.

The Building houses the J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics, and a number ofresearch centres, including CISC (Centre forInnovation and Structural Change).

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As a graduate of Commerce at NUI Galway, I decided to furthermy education here through the medium of a Masters in CorporateStrategy and People Management. In today’s hyper-competitivebusiness environment it is important to differentiate yourself fromother prospective employees and a masters such as this is just the

way to do that. I chose NUI Galway for both my undergraduate andpostgraduate studies because of its esteemed reputation for world

class education.

Having completed four years at NUI Galway, I cansafely say it was the best experience of my life. The

atmosphere, teaching, syllabus, and facilities offeredhere are world class. The fun you will have along

the way will make all the hard work worthwhile.I feel the masters has given me all the tools I

need for the working world and it is with asolid education and sound sense of practical

experience gained through industry basedprojects completed in the Masters, that

I shall embark on my future endeavours.

Aisling CampbellMasters in Corporate Strategy

and People ManagementNUI Galway

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College of Business, Public Policy & Law

The College comprises of two Schools, the J.E Cairnes School of Business & Economics and the School of Law. The Collegehas built a reputation for teaching and research excellence. We are constantly updating our courses and introducing newprogrammes to respond to student’s needs and the demands of the job market.

Working closely with employers to develop an innovative range of research-based and taught postgraduate opportunities,the College is to the forefront of developments in fourth level education in Ireland.

The J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics has upwards of 20 taught programmes in areas including Accounting,Strategic Marketing, Health Economics, International Management and Information Systems Management. Many of theSchools programmes cater for those with degrees in business or economics but there are also a suite of programmes tailoredto non business graduates. The School of Law has taught programmes which include the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and arange of Masters programmes (LLMs) many of which are available on a full and part-time basis in areas such as HumanRights, Peace Operations, Humanitarian Law and Conflict, Public Law, Technology and Governance.

World class research opportunities are available in the many interdisciplinary centres of excellence affiliated to the College;the Centre for Innovation and Structural Change (CISC), Irish Centre for Social Gerontology (ICSG), Irish Centre forHuman Rights (ICHR), and the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, to name but a few.

The College is committed to innovation and the development of a knowledge-based society, both in our region and nationally.We aim to ensure that our students have the support and encouragement they need to achieve their full potential. Graduatesfrom the College of Business, Public Policy and Law are well equipped to embark on many interesting and varied careers inthe areas of business, economics, public policy and law.


Graduates in the area of Business, Public Policy and Law are of vital importance to the creationand advancement of the smart economy. Previous graduates of our programmes occupy seniorpositions within organisations that directly manage, advise and direct knowledge—bothprivate and public”.

Professor William Golden, Dean of the College of Business, Public Policy and Law

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The objective of the programme is to furtherdevelop the conceptual foundations and theacademic and professional knowledge and skillsof honours business graduates who aspire tocareers in accounting. The programmecombines advanced study of accounting as abasis for a professional career with thedevelopment of the student’s academiccapabilities. The programme places significantemphasis on group work and the developmentof communication skills, both oral and written.

The content of the programme has beendeveloped with reference to the syllabus ofChartered Accountants Ireland. It has beenagreed between NUI Galway and CharteredAccountants Ireland that graduates of theprogramme satisfying all the necessaryrequirements will be exempt from all of thesubjects in the CAP 1 and CAP 2 examinationsof Chartered Accountants Ireland. The subjectscovered on the programme include Auditing,Taxation, Financial Accounting, ManagementAccounting and Finance.

Entry requirements The minimum entry requirement is an honours degree in Business or Commerce, with a significant specialisation in Accounting.

Graduates have found employment in Such professions as trainee accountants and tax consultants, and have been employed byPriceWaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, Deloitte,Ernst and Young, among others.

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Accounting (Master of)J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics


Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYC00Course levelLevel 9Closing date11 March 2011Duration1 year, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €7,095 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Clodagh McGarryT +353 91 495 643E [email protected]

In today’s challenging economic climate, it iscritical to choose the right MBA. TheExecutive MBA at the J.E. Cairnes School ofBusiness & Economics, NUI Galway integratesan academically rigorous and challenging real-world business education. The programme isindustry-led and globally-focused, providingyou with the knowledge, transferable skills andconfidence required for innovative andeffective management practice. Dedicated top-class teaching, learning and researchresources are provided for MBA students at theJ.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics at NUI Galway.

Our small class sizes and lecturers who areleading experts in their respective fields resultin greater one to one attention and an excellentlearning experience. The Executive MBA atNUI Galway provides an excellent return oninvestment, resulting in increased confidence,competence and capability to accelerate your career.

Entry requirements Entry to the Executive MBA is open tograduates who have at least three years ofadministrative or business experience.Applications from non-graduates who have a minimum of five years business oradministrative experience may be consideredfor the Postgraduate Diploma in Management,which is equivalent to the first year of theExecutive MBA programme.

Graduates have found employment in Such companies as AIB, An Post, Bank of Ireland, Bord Gáis, Boston Scientific,Creganna-Tactx Medical, Department ofEducation and Skills, Ernst and Young, Hewlett Packard, Hibernian, Hollister, HSE,Marine Institute, Medtronic, Nokia Siemens,O2, One Direct, The City Bin Co., Thermo King and VHI.

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Business Administration (Executive Master of)Management (Postgraduate Diploma) J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)EMBA GYC16PDip GYC17Course levelLevel 9Closing dateThis programme is a two-year cyclicalprogramme, the next cycle of the programmewill begin in September 2012.Duration2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €12,900 (part-time, EU)€13,000 (part-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Alma McCarthyT +353 91 492 846E [email protected]

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The Higher Diploma in Business Studies(DBS) provides non business graduates with awell-rounded understanding of business.Students are educated in the fundamental skillsof business administration, enabling them toplay an active role in the management anddevelopment of business enterprises. All courses assume no previous knowledge of the subject. The programme is designed toprovide students with an orientation towardsthe commercial and industrial environments. Core modules studied consist of Accounting,Economics, Management, Marketing, andManagement Information Systems. A widerange of optional modules are also available tostudents, which include Business Law, Brand Management, eBusiness, Employment Relations, and Accounting forManagement Decisions.

Entry requirements The programme is open to degree holders,other than those with a business degree, from aUniversity or other recognised degree awardingbody. Applicants should hold a NQAI Level 8 qualification or equivalent. International

applicants who are not native speakers ofEnglish may be required to provide evidence of fluency: the minimum requirement is IELTS score of 6.5, GPA 3.0 or equivalentinternational qualification.

Graduates have found employment in Such companies as Accenture (BusinessAnalyst), Hibernian Insurance (InsuranceExecutive), KPMG (Accountancy Trainee).According to our annual survey, approximately88% of graduate students are in full timeemployment within nine months of completingthe Higher Diploma in Business Studies. A percentage of graduate students go on tofurther study, e.g., Masters programmes inmarketing and management, and some go on tostudy accountancy.• Services (Fidelity Investments, Tobin Construction, Equifax Inc., NUI Galway• Software (Avaeon, Traventec, HP• Other (Ballina Beverages, Irish Sugar, Celestica, Dept. of Transport, Diageo

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Business Studies (Higher Diploma)J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYC11Course level Level 8Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €5,965 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Orla McHughT +353 91 495 283E [email protected]

This MSc provides students with a deep andanalytical understanding of strategicmanagement and people development in theknowledge-based economy.

The programme focuses equally on both fieldsand on their various interfaces. Modulescovered include Strategic Management,Innovation and Technology Management,International HRM, Organisation Theory,providing students with a varied yet interrelatedperspective on developing strategy and strategyskills for the Smart Economy.

Entry requirements A Second Class Honours Bachelor ofCommerce degree, usually a Grade 1, or asimilar level of academic achievement in anequivalent business degree is required (orequivalent international qualification). IELTSscore of 6.5 or equivalent if applicable.

Graduates have found employment in Graduate management trainee programmes,financial services and business analysis,management consultancy, retail management,human resource management, policydevelopment and research and academia.Employers of previous graduates of theprogramme include Accenture, AIB CapitalMarkets, Aldi, Amazon, Diageo, Dell, Deloitte,Enterprise Ireland (New York), Google, IDAIreland, Mercer Consulting, CambridgeUniversity (PhD), NUI Galway (PhD),University of Limerick.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/corporate-strategy-people-mgmt

Corporate Strategy and People Management (Master of Science)J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYC01Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,755 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU) and are likely toremain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Josephine IgoeT +353 91 495 236E [email protected]



This is an innovative programme for studentsinterested in contributing to environmentalpolicy and to sustainable long-termmanagement of rural and urban resources.

It aims to equip graduates with quantitativemodelling skills to meet the diverse challengesof global climate change, sustainabledevelopment and environmental governance.

The programme includes an internship in aresearch institute or development agency,which allows you to apply the skills learned onthe programme in a real-world environment.

The programme aims to:• Produce graduates who have good analytical skills across all major areas of environmental and development economics, yet who are quantitatively highly competent

• Deepen students knowledge of interactions between economy, society and environment

Entry requirements Students admitted to the programme willnormally hold a primary degree with SecondClass Honours, Grade 1 or equivalentinternational qualification, which will haveincluded the study of economics tointermediate level. Students who hold a Higher Diploma in Economics with SecondClass Honours, Grade 1, or equivalentinternational qualification, may also apply.

Graduates have found employment in Environmental economics, developmenteconomics, or agricultural economics andgraduates have gone to do PhDs or have foundemployment in government departments,international environmental and developmentalagencies, in land or coastal area management, or in resource management generally.

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Economic and Environmental Modelling (Master of Economic Science) J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYC09Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Thomas van RensburgT +353 91 493 858E [email protected]

This is a specialised and innovative programmewith the objective of equipping graduates withthe professional and analytical skills necessaryto pursue a career in the related fields ofeconomic policy analysis, economic evaluationand economic planning in both the public andprivate sectors.

The programme is designed to:• Expose students to the appropriate theoretical and conceptual foundations to examine issues in economic policy evaluation and planning

• Develop the necessary analytical skills to contribute to economic and social planning in a wide variety of fields

• Develop the necessary applied skills to understand the evaluation of public policy programmes and plans

• An important benefit of the programme is that it offers the opportunity to use the skills required in the programme practically as part of a work based placement or research project

Entry requirements Students admitted to the programme willnormally hold a primary degree with SecondClass Honours, Grade 1 or equivalentinternational qualification, which will haveincluded the study of economics tointermediate level. Students who hold a Higher Diploma in Economics with SecondClass Honours, Grade 1, or equivalentinternational qualification may also apply.

Graduates have found employment in Such careers as economists and policy analystsin the public and private sectors, in researchinstitutes, in voluntary organisations, indevelopment agencies and in other nationaland international organisations.

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Economic Policy Evaluation and Planning (Master of Economic Science) J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYC07 (full-time) | GYC08 (part-time)Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time 2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)€3,120 (part-time, EU) and are likely toremain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Mary SillesT +353 91 495 636E [email protected]


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Have you studied some economics, but wish todo more, and perhaps go on to a MastersDegree? Or, if you haven’t studied economicsbut have a degree, would you like to begin? The Higher Diploma in Economic Science maybe the programme for you. It is an intensive twosemester programme, comprising mainlytaught courses, which cover core micro andmacro economic theory as well asmathematical and statistical methods, fieldcourses, and a research paper component.

It provides a good basis for those who havestudied economics at pass level in theirprimary degree to further their knowledge, andgraduates in other disciplines to embark onthat path. The programme is designed to equipgraduates with the professional and analyticalskills necessary to pursue a career ineconomics or related disciplines in the publicand private sectors.

It also provides a good basis for applications for further study in economics, including the Masters Programmes in economics (in anumber of specific areas) at NUI Galway .

Entry requirements NQAI Level 8 degree or equivalent. GPA 3.0(or equivalent international qualification).IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent if applicable.

Graduates have found employment in Government departments and agencies, financial services companiesincluding consulting.

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Economic Science (Higher Diploma)J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYC12Course level Level 8Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €5,965 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Aidan KaneT +353 91 492 530E [email protected]

The MBS (Electronic Commerce) is aninnovative postgraduate programme thatcombines business management, technologicalskills and a graduate professional experienceprogramme. Participants develop acomprehensive portfolio of business andanalytical skills and also develop extensivetechnical expertise. The opportunity to observe the practical applications of these skills and knowledge is provided in the second year through the graduate professionalexperience programme.

The aim of the programme is to equip studentswith the range of technical and business skillsneeded to implement and manage ecommercesolutions in a business environment. Studentsgain practical knowledge of business systemsanalysis and design, project management,database design, applications development,internet and multimedia development andbusiness policy. Specialised aspects are alsocovered, including human-computerinteraction, information systems security,business analytics and decision supportsystems, electronic commerce strategy and IS innovation.

Students are required to complete a researchproject in the second year of the programme.

Entry requirements A Second Class Honours Bachelor ofCommerce degree Grade 2 or higher, or asimilar level of academic achievement in anequivalent business NQAI Level 8 degree orequivalent is required. GPA 3.0 (or equivalentinternational qualification). Internationalapplicants who are not native speakers ofEnglish may be required to provide evidence offluency: the minimum requirement is IELTSscore of 6.5 or equivalent.

Graduates have found employment in Rewarding careers as consultants (Accenture,Deloitte and Touche), business analysts (EDS,Bank of Ireland, Amarach), managementtrainees (Thermo King), web masters (KennysBookshop and Art Galleries), researchers(Manchester Business School), lecturers (NUI Galway, DIT), programmer analysts(Baxter Healthcare), support specialists (HP, Retail Solutions).

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Electronic Commerce (Master of Business Studies)J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYC03Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration2 years, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €2,000 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Laura ReganT +353 91 492 308E [email protected]



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This is a specialised programme providingcritical insight into the complex economicissues that arise in the planning and operationof health systems and into the economic impactof decisions in this arena.

Health economics explores how healthcareresources can be allocated efficiently andequitably; it examines the impact of decisionson individuals and groups and examines valuefor money in health and social care.

Entry requirements Normally a Primary Degree at Second ClassHonours, Grade 1 or above (or equivalentinternational qualification) which will haveincluded the study of economics tointermediate level. Students who hold a HigherDiploma in Economics with Second ClassHonours, Grade 1 or equivalent may also apply.

Graduates have found employment in Various positions including those with leadinginternational pharmaceutical companies,funded study under PhD programmes(including positions in NUI Galway) and positions with government bodies.

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Health Economics (Master of Economic Science)J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYC26Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU) and are likely toremain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorProf. Ciaran O’NeillT +353 91 492 409E [email protected]

The MSc (Industrial Relations and HumanResource Management) is designed for thoseinterested in human resource management,trade union and management consultancycareers. The focus is on the people aspect ofbusiness and the MSc explores how therelationship between employers and employees can be managed to the bestadvantage of both parties.

An important benefit of the programme is thatit is one of only a small number of suchprogrammes accredited by the CharteredInstitute of Personnel and Development(CIPD) which is the professional body forhuman resource practitioners.

The programme is comprised of a number of modules:• Research Methods• People Management and Development• Strategic Management• Leadership and Change• Employee Relations• Human Resource Development

• Human Resource Consultancy• Knowledge Management and the Learning Organisation• Reward Systems• Industrial Relations and Employment Law

Entry requirements A Second Class Honours degree, usually aGrade 1 (or equivalent internationalqualification), in business, management or arelated discipline is required.

Graduates have found employment in Leading public and private sector organisations,in Ireland and abroad, including Medtronic(Human Resources Manager), FÁS (RegionalHuman Resources Manager), IrishRecruitment Consultants Ltd. (Recruitment Consultant), Beckman Coulter(Human Resources Manager), Telstra(Australia) (Human Resources Officer), CISC, NUI Galway (Researcher).

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Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management (Master of Science) J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYC02Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €6,755 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Maureen MaloneyT +353 91 493 922E [email protected]


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Students of this programme will learn aboutinnovation and change and how it affectsbusiness operations. They will gain knowledgeof new process technologies that contribute toimproving operational efficiency andcompetitiveness in their organisations.

The programme content is extensive and variedand includes modules on ManagingInnovation, Enterprise Product Modelling andSimulation, Managing Technology Projects,Product Design and Development and aproject which provides students with anopportunity to apply the module theories andconcepts in a practical setting.

Delivered via blended learning in associationwith UL and UCC, the programme is targetedat managers responsible for innovation in theirorganisations. It will also appeal to those whohave experience in a non-management area, butwish to increase their skills and knowledge tolaunch their own enterprises or introduce newproducts or services to the market.

Entry requirements Applicants are expected to hold anundergraduate degree, First or Second ClassHonours (or equivalent internationalqualification) in any discipline, along with threeyears of relevant industrial experience; or anOrdinary or Third Class Honours (orequivalent international qualification)undergraduate degree, along with five years ofrelevant industrial experience; or a recognisedprofessional qualification and five years ofrelevant industrial experience. Transfer Options: candidates who do not meet the minimum entry criteria may beinterviewed by the Programme Board toascertain their suitability for entry.

Graduates have found employment in A wide range of career opportunities are opento graduates in areas such as research anddevelopment, production and operationsmanagement and the programme is applicableacross a broad range of industry and servicesectors. As the programme is delivered on apart-time basis, the majority of students are in full-time employment while partaking in the programme.

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Innovation Management (Diploma in)J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics

Apply onlinewww.aua.ieCourse level Level 9Closing date30 June 2011Duration1 year, part-time FeeVisit www.aua.ieProgramme directorMs. Nuala McGuinnT +353 91 493 746E [email protected]

This programme is designed as a specialistcourse which assists students in blending theirexisting talents with the technological skills andbusiness knowledge needed to design, develop,use and manage information systems withinmodern organisations.

Students gain practical knowledge of businesssystems analysis and design, projectmanagement, database design, applicationsdevelopment, business informationtechnologies, Internet and multimediadevelopment, and the business context of IS development and management. Specialisedaspects are also covered, such ashuman-computer interaction, informationsystems security, enterprise systems, businessanalytics and decision support systems,electronic commerce and IS innovation.

The teaching approach places a strongemphasis on hands-on skills and problem-based learning. Students are requiredto complete a Major Project (30 ECTS) whichtypically involves working in a team of 3–5

students with a local community group ororganisation to design, develop and implementan information system or technical solution tobetter serve their needs.

Entry requirements Applicants should normally hold a NQAI Level8 qualification or equivalent in any discipline,with minimum grade of Honours 2.2 or GPA3.0 (or equivalent international qualification).International applicants who are not nativespeakers of English may be required to provideevidence of fluency: the minimum requirementis IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent.

Graduates have found employment in Many organisations worldwide, includingHewlett-Packard, Ericsson, Allied Irish Bank,Vodafone, Cisco, Fidelity Investments, Intel,Accenture, BearingPoint, IBM, SAP and eBay.

Potential job titles are Business SystemsAnalyst, Database Administrator, eBusinessSolutions Architect, Information ServicesTechnician, IT Project Manager, SoftwareEngineer, or Applications Programmer.

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Information Systems Management (Master of Science)J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYC24 (full-time) GYC25 (part-time) Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €2,000 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Laura ReganT +353 91 492 308E [email protected]


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This programme is specifically designed withdedicated courses to deepen students’understanding of the forces driving the globaleconomy and the operations of the internationalfinancial markets. The programme providesboth a rigorous foundation in the theory ofinternational finance and necessary technicalskills used in applied financial market analysis.

It provides an emphasis on current issues ininternational economic policy and on recentdevelopments in the areas of multinationalinvestment flows, dynamics of exchange rates,risk management and asset pricing. Studentsgain a deeper understanding of both themicrostructure and macroeconomicimplications of these issues, and necessarytechnical skills for analysing financial data usingcomputer simulation based models.

The Financial Services industry, which is a partof Internationally Traded Services has beenidentified by the Irish Government as one of thekey sectors for the delivery of high value-addedjobs in Ireland and a crucial sector in the further development of Ireland’s knowledge-based economy.

Entry requirements NQAI level 8 honours degree (at least 2.1) orequivalent. GPA 3.0 or equivalent internationalqualification, IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent if applicable.

Graduates have found employment in Such organisations as J.P. Morgan, GoldmanSachs, European Central Bank, Bank ofEngland, Delta Index and by othermultinational corporations in Europe and in North America.

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International Finance (Master of Economic Science)J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYC10Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,755 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Srinivas RaghavendraT +353 91 495 025E [email protected]

The MSc (International Management)provides students with in-depth knowledge and expertise in international business andcross-cultural management and a solidfoundation for a career in internationalmanagement and multinational corporationsmore generally.

Entry requirements NQAI Level 8 honours degree or equivalent;GPA 3.0 or equivalent internationalqualification; IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent if applicable.

Graduates have found employment in Management consultancy, graduate trainingprogrammes, retail management, humanresource management, general managementroles in multinational companies, policydevelopment and research and academia.

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International Management (Master of Science)J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYC19Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Paul RyanT +353 91 492 020E [email protected]


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This MSc has been specifically designed toprovide Marketing graduates with professionalmarketing experience, while allowing Irishcompanies to develop and enhance theirmarketing capabilities.

The Marketing Discipline at NUI Galwaycollaborates with Irish based companies todefine job specifications for the marketinggraduates. Participating companies come froma wide variety of industry sectors including:manufacturing, software, leisure,telecommunications and social and non-profit.

The MSc (Marketing Practice) is designed forbusiness degree holders with a marketingspecialisation, or those who hold apostgraduate qualification in business, with amarketing specialisation. The programme runsfrom September to July and during this timegraduates are based predominatly in their hostcompany, while returning to the University toundertake selected courses and modules.Graduates are paid by their host company while

on placement. Each year approximately 90% of participants have the opportunity to remain in their host companies on completionof the programme.

Entry requirements Normally a Bachelor of Commerce orequivalent business degree, with second class honours or higher, and a significantspecialisation in marketing. NQA1 Level 8 or equivalent. GPA 3.0 or equivalentinternational qualification.

Graduates have found employment in A wide variety of industry sectors andorganisations, including pharmaceuticalcompanies, publishing companies, banks,consumer products companies.

Graduates find employment inOrganisations such as Dairygold, UnileverPLC, Bord Gáis, Dubarry Shoes, Johnson and Johnson.

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Marketing Practice (Master of Science)J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYC15Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,755 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Ann WalshT +353 91 492 575E [email protected]

This MSc is a specialised and innovative full-time postgraduate programme that has beenpurposely created to meet the needs of recentlyqualified graduates who seek to furtherenhance their marketing knowledge andexpertise, and who aspire to pursue challengingsenior career opportunities in the marketingprofession. It aims to further develop thestudents' knowledge and critical understandingof marketing to an advanced level and tocultivate a comprehensive range of applied andanalytical skills in marketing, with a strongemphasis on strategic decision making.Students will be exposed to the latest cuttingedge ideas, techniques and marketingframeworks through the analysis of industrybest practice.

The programme comprises a mix of lectures,seminars, projects, case studies andpresentations in each of the subject areas.Students also complete a research dissertation.Supplementing the formal curriculum arefrequent opportunities to hear distinguishedvisiting academic and industry speakers.

Entry requirements Normally a Bachelor of Commerce orequivalent business degree, with a Second Class Honours or higher, and a significantspecialisation in marketing. NQA1 Level 8 or equivalent. GPA 3.0 or equivalentinternational qualification.

Graduates have found employment in A wide variety of industry sectors andorganisations including pharmaceuticalcompanies, publishing companies, banks,consumer products companies.

Graduates find employment inSuch companies as GlaxoSmithKline, KerryGroup, Vodafone, Dubarrys, DebenhamsIreland, and Smyths Toys.

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Strategic Marketing (Master of Science)J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYC22Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,755 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Declan FlemingT +353 91 492 741E [email protected]



This programme seeks to improve Ireland’sexpertise in Technology Commercialisation andto up-skill the next generation of entrepreneursfocused on new and emerging technologies. Itprovides information and guidance to potentialentrepreneurs in business planning, securingproject finance and the knowledge needed tocommercialise new technologies, products andservices. Through the programme students willparticipate in project activities that will assisttheir understanding of the commercialisationoptions available to an identified venture.Module titles are varied and include subjectareas such as Innovation and TechnologyTransfer, Marketing Technology Products,Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurshipand Technology Finance and Capital. It isdelivered via blended learning in associationwith UL and UCC and is designed to assistmanagers, scientists and engineers who support technology commercialisation activities to realise the potential of innovationand gain a greater understanding of thecommercialisation process.

Entry requirements Applicants are expected to hold anundergraduate degree, First or Second Class

Honours (or equivalent internationalqualification) in any discipline, along with threeyears of relevant industrial experience; or anOrdinary or Third Class Honours (or equivalent international qualification)undergraduate degree, along with five years of relevant industrial experience; or a recognisedprofessional qualification and five years ofrelevant industrial experience.

Transfer Options: candidates who do not meetthe minimum entry criteria may be interviewedby the Programme Board to ascertain theirsuitability for entry.

Graduates have found employment in A wide range of career opportunities are open tograduates in both private and public sectororganisations. The diploma will be of interest tostudents working in a range of industries whohave a keen interest in technologycommercialisation, but particularly for thosedirectly involved in innovation and marketingactivities and also new/emerging technologies.As the programme is delivered on a part-timebasis, the majority of students are in full-timeemployment while partaking in the programme.

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Technology Commercialisation (Diploma in)J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics

Apply onlinewww.aua.ie

Course levelLevel 9

Closing date30 June 2011


FeeVisit www.aua.ie

Programme directorMs. Nuala McGuinnT +353 91 493 746E [email protected]

The blended learning Master of TechnologyManagement is designed for managers,technical specialists, engineers or thoseresponsible for managing technologies withintheir organisations. Delivered on a part-timebasis over four semesters (two years), theprogramme explores topics such as innovationand entrepreneurship, new productdevelopment, strategies for technologymanagement and the use of new and emergingtechnologies in a variety of sectors.

The programme will assist managers oraspiring managers to develop their knowledgeand understanding of the increasinglyimportant area of technology management andbuild their management and leadershipcapabilities for new or current roles. Throughthis exciting and practically-applied blendedlearning delivery model, students will facilitateorganisational change and effectively apply newknowledge to work situations within theircompanies. It is offered under the auspices ofthe Atlantic University Alliance (AUA), whichis a collaborative agreement between UCC, ULand NUI Galway.

Entry requirements Applicants are expected to hold a primaryhonours degree (minimum H2.2 [or equivalentinternational qualification]), or equivalent andhave at least five years of relevant industrialexperience. Candidates who do not meet theminimum entry criteria may apply for thepostgraduate Diploma in InnovationManagement or the postgraduate Diploma inTechnology Commercialisation. On successfulcompletion of either of these programmes,students may apply for entry to the MSc(Technology Management) with exemptions.

Graduates have found employment in A wide range of career opportunities are opento graduates in areas such as research anddevelopment, production and operationsmanagement, information systems andmanagement consultancy. The programme issuited to a variety of industry sectors includingservices, biotechnology, manufacturing,healthcare and the public sector.

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Technology Management (Master of Science)J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics

Apply onlinewww.aua.ie

Course levelLevel 9

Closing date30 June 2011


FeeVisit www.aua.ie

Programme directorMs. Nuala McGuinnT +353 91 493 746E [email protected]

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Law impacts on all aspects of life today and alaw degree such as the LLB provides anexcellent basis and training for careers in a widevariety of areas including administration,business, the media, social work, etc.

The LLB contains all the subjects needed forentrance examinations to the legal professions(solicitors and barristers) in Ireland, subject toprevailing entry rules. By choosing certainsubjects students can become eligible forexemptions in relation to entry to the legalprofession in England and Wales.

The LLB is also excellent preparation for work in a legal advisory capacity in the private or public sector. The programme isstructured so as to facilitate those with work responsibilities and may be taken over three or four years.

Applications are particularly welcomed from graduates/professionals of several years standing.

Entry requirements The prerequisite for admission to the LLBprogramme is an approved university degree(or equivalent international qualification) inany area. In certain circumstances an approvedprofessional qualification may be accepted inlieu of a degree. Those holding a Law Degree orwho have studied Law at third-level may begranted appropriate exemptions.

Graduates have found employment in A wide variety of areas includingadministration, business, the media, socialwork, etc. In addition, the LLB covers theentrance examination subjectsand the required subjects for the legalprofessions.

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Bachelor of Laws (LLB)School of Law

Apply onlinewww.nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/llb.html (Hard copyapplication form can be downloaded from here)Course levelLevel 8Closing date6 May 2011 (late applications will also be considered).Duration3 years, full-time, which may be extendedover 4 years, part-time. Note: lecture timetableis the same for both the 3 and the 4 yearmodes. Also those who have studied Lawpreviously may receive exemptions.FeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)€3,120 (part-time, EU) and are likely toremain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMr. Des McSharryT +353 91 492 165E [email protected]

This programme aims to prepare graduates for work in the field of economic, social andcultural rights, with international organisations,non-governmental organisations and asindividual advocates.

The first semester comprises a generalintroduction to the systems and documents of international human rights law, and anintroduction to economic, social and culturalrights. In the second semester the Right toDevelopment, and How to Argue with anEconomist are recommended courses. Inaddition there is a wide range of optionalcourses to choose from, such as the Right toFood, Right to Culture, Child Rights , States ofEmergency, International Criminal Law,International Humanitarian Law, Refugee Law,the African and Inter-American Regional Systemsof Protection of Human Rights, andContemporary Issues in Human Rights.

The LLM programme aims to impart specificand general skills with respect to the modernregime of human rights protection. It providesstudents with the requisites enabling them to

contribute to the advancement of human rights globally, both in their individualcapacities and in association with institutionsthat have such a focus.

Entry requirements Applicants must hold a Degree in Law withSecond Class Honours, Grade 1, or equivalentinternational qualification. Applications arealso welcomed from students withundergraduate degrees in disciplines other thanlaw, who have relevant professional experiencein the field of human rights, or can demonstrateother appropriate academic accomplishments.

Graduates have found employment in The field of economic, social and culturalrights, with international institutions, non-governmental organisations and as individualadvocates. Students are encouraged to put intopractice the foundational work provided by theLLM, by conducting internships, followingtheir studies, with such organisations. TheCentre offers advice in locating suitableopportunities and, if possible, some financialsupport to offset travel expenses.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/economic-social-cultural-rights

Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (LLM )School of Law

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYL09 | GYL10Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time 2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)€3,120 (part-time, EU) and are likely toremain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Kathleen CavanaughT +353 91 493 799E [email protected]


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The Irish Centre for Human Rights, LawSchool, NUI Galway and The School of Law,Queen's University Belfast have collaborated inestablishing these two Masters programmes.

The programmes, the first such in Ireland,involve students attending lectures for the firstsemester in Belfast and second semester inGalway, followed by the summer semester ineither location completing a dissertation.

Entry requirements Applicants must normally have a good SecondClass degree in a relevant social science(e.g., law, sociology, psychology, etc.).

Previous experience in a relevant legal or criminal justice setting may be taken into account.

Graduates have found employment in The field of human rights and criminal justice, with international organisations, non-governmental organisations and as individual advocates.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/cross-border-llm

Human Rights Law (Cross-border) (LLM)Human Rights and Criminal Justice (LLM)

Apply onlinehttps://qolps.qub.ac.uk/home/

Course level Level 9

Closing dateEmail QUB for information:[email protected]

Duration1 year, full-time

FeeEmail QUB for information:[email protected]

Programme directorMs. Gina InglisT +048 9027 3460E [email protected]

International Criminal Law is now at theforefront of the development of internationalhuman rights law, making it both exciting and challenging to study. The Master of Laws in International Criminal Law involves coursework and the preparation of a dissertation.

The programme aims to provide students with an advanced understanding of the historyand institutional structures of the variousinternational criminal tribunals and theInternational Criminal Court. It equipsstudents with an in-depth knowledge of theprinciples of international criminal law and itscomponent crimes and procedural issues,while also allowing them to develop a criticalapproach to alternatives to internationalcriminal justice, such as truth commissions.

Entry requirements Candidates must hold a law degree, or aninterdisciplinary degree which includes asubstantial law component, in which they have attained a minimum Second ClassHonours (Grade 1) standard or equivalentinternational qualification.

Graduates have found employment in The field of international criminal law, both ininternational and domestic institutions.Students are encouraged to put into practicethe foundational work provided by theLLM, by conducting internships, followingtheir studies, with international institutions andnon-governmental organisations.

The Centre offers advice in locating suitableopportunities and, if possible, some financialsupport to offset travel expenses.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/international-criminal-law

International Criminal Law (LLM)School of Law

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYL06 | GYL07Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)€3,120 (part-time, EU) and are likely toremain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Kathleen CavanaughT +353 91 493 799E [email protected]



The programme aims to prepare graduates for work in the field of international humanrights, with international organisations, non-governmental organisations and asindividual advocates.

The coursework comprises a generalintroduction to the systems and documents ofinternational human rights law and specialisedcourses in such areas as minority rights law,regional human rights systems such as theEuropean Convention on Human Rights,criminal prosecution by international tribunalsof human rights violations, gender and childrights, refugees and asylum seekers andinternational humanitarian law.

The course emphasises the communication,analysis and critique of international humanrights law and legal regimes. While theemphasis of the course is legal it acceptssuitably qualified candidates from otherbackgrounds in the firm belief that humanrights itself is multidisciplinary. It aims to buildspecific and general skills with respect to themodern regime of human rights protection andknowledge of the philosophies and theories

that underpin it. It provides students with therequisites enabling them to contribute to theadvancement of human rights globally, both intheir individual capacities and in associationwith institutions that have such a focus.

Entry requirements Applicants must hold a degree in law withSecond Class Honours, Grade 1, or equivalentinternational qualification. Applications are also welcomed from students withundergraduate degrees in disciplines other thanlaw, who have relevant professional experiencein the field of human rights, or can demonstrateother appropriate academic accomplishments.

Graduates have found employment in The field of international human rights, withinternational institutions, non-governmentalorganisations and as individual advocates.Students are encouraged to put into practicethe foundational work provided by the LLM,by conducting internships, following theirstudies, with such organisations. The Centreoffers advice in locating suitable opportunitiesand, if possible, some financial support to offset travel expenses.

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International Human Rights (LLM)School of Law

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYL00 | GYL01Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)€3,120 (part-time, EU) and are likely toremain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Kathleen CavanaughT +353 91 493 799E [email protected]

The LLM (Law, Technology and Governance)was established in response to the recent rapidrate of economic, technological, and scientificdevelopments. The programme, which has aninternational focus, offers students theopportunity to learn how the law, commercialactivity, science, and technology intersect.

You are given the opportunity to gain a solidgrounding in the area. The mandatory modulesin regulation, governance and enterpriseprovide an overall framework, giving coherenceto the degree and bringing out the commonthemes. You may then choose from a range ofoptional modules to complete your subjectmix. There are no examinations in this programme - final marks will be awarded based on two semesters of course work and the preparation of a dissertation.

Throughout, guest speakers and field tripsconnect you with the practical challenges of applying your new expertise.

Entry requirements You must hold either a degree in law, or aninterdisciplinary degree which includes asubstantial law component, finishing with aSecond Class Honours Grade 1 (or equivalentinternational qualification). Applications mayalso be considered if you hold a degree otherthan law but can demonstrate relevanteducational/professional experience.

Graduates have found employment in Practice, dealing with commercial, intellectualproperty and technology. Academia, working on policy issues. Research, forgovernment bodies.

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Law, Technology and Governance (LLM )School of Law

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYL08Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)€3,120 (part-time, EU) and are likely toremain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMr. Rónán KennedyT +353 91 495 626E [email protected]



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This programme aims to prepare graduates forwork in the field of international peaceoperations and related activities, withinternational organisations, non-governmentalorganisations, and as individual advocates.

The coursework begins with a generalintroduction to international peacekeeping and peace support operations, and proceeds toa series of specialized courses in such areasas international humanitarian law, refugee law,conflict and post-conflict studies, andinternational criminal law.

The programme recognises the experience ofcandidates who have participated inpeacekeeping activities in various parts of theworld. Thus the programme provides credit fora full semester course (15 credits) in exchangefor submission of a written assignment ofappropriate length, reviewing field experienceand lessons learned.

Entry requirements Applicants must hold a degree with SecondClass Honours, Grade 1, or equivalentinternational qualification. Applications arewelcomed from students who have relevantprofessional experience in the field ofpeacekeeping or international Human Rights,or who can demonstrate other appropriateacademic accomplishments.Candidates who have completed a militaryCommand and Staff Course or its equivalent atan institute recognised by NUI Galway andwho have professional experience in peacesupport operations or a related field.

Graduates have found employment in The field of international peace operations and related activities, with internationalorganisations, non-governmental organisations,and as individual advocates. Students areencouraged to put into practice thefoundational work provided by the LLM, byconducting internships, following their studies,with such organisations. The Centre offersadvice in locating suitable opportunities and, if possible, some financial support to offsettravel expenses.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/peace-operations

Peace Operations, Humanitarian Law and Conflict (LLM)School of Law

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYL02 | GYL03Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)€3,120 (part-time, EU) and are likely toremain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Kathleen CavanaughT +353 91 493 799E [email protected]

The Masters in Public Law is designed forgraduates who wish to work in the field ofPublic Law with government and non-governmental organisations at nationaland international level, as well as in privatepractice, especially with respect to publicinterest litigation.

The programme aims to provide a solidgrounding in the theory, substance andapplication of Public Law for futurepractitioners, academics and policy-makers. It is designed around two main themes: “the dynamics of law and social change”, and“contemporary challenges in public law”, and gives students an understanding of current issues in public interest litigation inboth the state and private sectors.

Students will acquire expertise in their chosensubjects along with an ability to appraisecritically the problems which arise for law andpolicy-makers in this extremely importantarea. They will also be given the training andpractice necessary to perfect their research andwriting skills, which are so important for highachievement and effectiveness in furtheringthe public interest.

Entry requirements Applicants must hold a law degree, normally at Honours 2.1 level or higher (or equivalentinternational qualification), or aninterdisciplinary degree with a substantial lawcomponent at Honours 2.1 level or higher (or equivalent international qualification). Inexceptional circumstances applicants who holda degree other than a law degree and who haverelevant educational and/or professionalexperience in law may be considered.

Graduates have found employment in The field of Public Law in government andnon-governmental organisations atnational and international level, as well as inprivate practice, especially with respect topublic interest litigation.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/public-law

Public Law (LLM)School of Law

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYL04 | GYL05Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,015 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)€3,120 (part-time, EU) and are likely toremain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Marie McGonagleT +353 91 492 179E [email protected]



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The Master of Science in Business InformationSystems is a research degree completed over oneyear full-time, or over two years part-time. The programme is particularly suited to thoseinterested in a career in consultancy, in aspecialist technologies field or in highereducation. Career opportunities exist across all sectors, including technologycompanies, banking and financial institutions,insurance organisations, and in universities and research institutions.

This degree focuses on the development ofadvanced research skills within a contemporarycontext. As well as developing core critical andanalytical skills, students will also gain effectivewritten and oral communication skills.Successful candidates will have the benefit of expert supervisory support from aworld-class faculty.

Entry requirements Minimum requirements are a Second ClassGrade 2 NQAI Level 8 Honours businessdegree, Second Class Grade 1 Honours in a suitable postgraduate diploma. GPA 3.0 or equivalent IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent if applicable.

Research areas Potential dissertation topics should align one of the following themes:

• Information Systems Innovation• Information and Decision Systems• Information Systems Development

Further details on these themes and their sub-topics are available from the Programme Director.

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Business Information Systems (Master of Science)J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics


PAC code(s)GYD06 (full-time) | GYD10 (part-time)

FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): €4,275 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)€2,250 (part-time, EU)

Programme directorMr. Murray ScottT +353 91 495 286E [email protected]

The MBS (Marketing) is a three-yearprogramme of advanced studies and research. It is designed for students who have achieved an honours Bachelor of Commerce or anequivalent business degree and who havedemonstrated an aptitude for further study andresearch in a specialised subject area.

The aim of the programme is to develop the necessary skills and knowledge needed to effectively perform in a modern marketing environment.

Participants pursue a programme of studiesspecified by the research supervisor and mustsuccessfully complete a series of assignmentsrelated to those studies. The thesis must be submitted within nine semesters of the initial registration.

Entry requirements Bachelor of Commerce or equivalent businessdegree, with a Second Class Honours, Grade 1 or higher, and a significant specialisation inmarketing. NQA1 Level 8 or equivalent. GPA3.0 or equivalent international qualification.

Research areas • Strategic Marketing• Marketing for Society • Branding and Communications• International Marketing • Non-profit Marketing• Enterprise Marketing

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/marketing-research

Marketing (MBS by Research) J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics


PAC code(s)PhD GYD08

FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): €13,000 (full-time, non-EU)

Programme directorDr. Natasha EversT +353 91 492 788E [email protected]

College of Engineering and Informatics J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics


The Master of Commerce programme provides students with the opportunity toobtain a masters degree through research.Participants will have an interest in a specificsubject area that matches the research interestsof their supervisor. The programme may involvesome taught components.

The programme provides participants with theopportunity to develop advanced research andanalysis skills. In addition, the participantsdevelop in-depth expertise in their researchtopic. The topic of the thesis is agreed betweenthe student and their supervisor(s). Acceptanceon the programme is subject to finding asuitable supervisor and approval of thediscipline level graduate research committee.

Entry requirements Second Class Honours Bachelor of Commercedegree, Grade 2 or higher (or equivalentinternational qualification). Other similar level of academic achievement in an equivalent business degree.

Research areas • Accounting and Finance• Economics• Management• Marketing• Management Information Systems

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/commerce-research

MCommJ.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics


PAC code(s)GYD04 (full-time) | GYD05 (part-time)

FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): €4,275 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)€2,250 (part-time, EU)

Programme directorMs. Mairead MacKenzieT +353 91 492 612E [email protected]

The strong and expanding doctoral programmeoffers participants a combination of advancedindependent research, backed by structuredtraining. The work involves the planning,execution, and defence of a major thesis andsatisfying internal and external examiners thatthe thesis is a work of serious scholarship.

The doctoral programme equips participantswith substantial research and writingexperience, as well as developing an in-depthexpertise in their chosen field.

Acceptance on the programme is subject tofinding a suitable supervisor and approval of thediscipline level graduate research committee.

Entry requirements Masters degree to honours standard (or equivalent international qualification). Other evidence that signifies suitability for the programme.

Research areas • Accounting and Finance• Economics• Management• Marketing• Management Information Systems

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/commerce-research

MPhil/PhDJ.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics


PAC code(s)PhD GYD00 | GYD01 MPhil GYD00 (full-time)

FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): PhD €4,275 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)MPhil €4,275 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)

Programme directorMs. Mairead MacKenzieT +353 91 492 612E [email protected]


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The Irish Centre for Human Rights and theCentre for Disability Law and Policy areaffiliated to the School of Law, NUI Galway.

It is possible to enrol for a PhD in either Centre.

Entry requirements To be eligible to enrol for the PhD, a candidatemust have obtained a high honours standard at primary degree level, normally Second Class Honours, Grade 1 or equivalentinternational qualification.

PhD applicants who hold a Masters Degreemust have obtained a high honours standard at Masters Level (H2.1 [or equivalentinternational qualification]) in order to enrol for the PhD.

Research areas • Disability Law• Disability Policy

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Disability Law and Policy (PhD) School of Law


PAC code(s)GYK06 | GYK07

FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): PhD €4,275 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)€2,250 (part-time, EU)

Programme directorProf. Gerard QuinnT +353 91 493 014E [email protected]


It is possible to enrol for a PhD in either Centre.


Research areas • Conflict and Post-Conflict • International Humanitarian Law• International Criminal Law• Counter-terrorism • Transitional Justice• Economic, Social and Cultural Rights• International Peace Support• International Criminal Justice• Transitional Justice

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/human-rights-research

Human Rights (PhD)School of Law




Programme directorDr. Shane DarcyT +353 91 493 947E [email protected]

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It is possible to enrol for a Research Masters(LLM) in either Centre or in one of the otherareas of research interest in the Law School as listed below.

Entry requirements To be eligible to enrol for the Research Masters,a candidate must have obtained a high honoursstandard at primary degree level, normallySecond Class Honours, Grade 1 or equivalentinternational qualification.

Research areas • Business Law• Constitutional Law• Disability Law and Policy• Criminal Law• European Union Law• Family Law• Housing Law• Human Rights• Intellectual Property• Marine Law• Media Law• Private Law• Technology Law

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Law (LLM—Research)School of Law




Programme directorDr. Cliona KellyT +353 91 495 783E [email protected]


It is possible to enrol for a PhD in either Centreor in one of the other areas of research interestin the Law School as listed below.


Ph.D applicants who hold a Masters Degreemust have obtained a high honours standard at masters level (H2.1) (or equivalentinternational qualification) in order to enrol for the PhD.

Research areas • Business Law• Constitutional Law• Criminal Law• European Union Law• Family Law• Housing Law• Intellectual Property• Marine Law• Media Law• Private Law• Technology Law

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Law (PhD)School of Law


PAC code(s)GYK00 | GYK01MPhil GYD02MApplSc GYF04 | GYF05ME GYF07

FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): PhD €4,275 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)€2,250 (part-time, EU)MPhil €4,275 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)

Programme directorDr. Cliona KellyT +353 91 495 783E [email protected]


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I am a second year PhD student at NUI Galway studying inthe area of peripheral nerve regeneration. I began my

academic life at NUI Galway as an undergraduatestudent studying Biomedical Engineering. Over theyears I have developed a passion for the subject oftissue engineering which has led me to pursue apostgraduate degree in this field.

Currently, I am studying the development of thenext generation of biomaterial neural implants in the Network of Excellence of FunctionalBiomaterials (NFB), a nationally and internationallyrenowned research group. The reputation,expertise and knowledge shared by this group hasgiven me a real taste of scientific research. Theopenness and friendliness of the lectures and myfellow PhD students makes studying in thisUniversity a truly unique experience. In addition,with Galway City literally on your doorstep,choosing to continue my postgraduate studies inNUI Galway was an easy decision to make.

Bill Daly, B. Eng, MIEIPhD Student in Biomedical Engineering

NUI Galway

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The expansion and diversification of the College has been considerable in recent years, with dynamic and innovative researchactivities across all disciplines in Engineering and Information Technology. The College has excellent opportunities forcreative and talented researchers at doctoral and postdoctoral levels.

Within the College, there are active researchers in Civil, Electrical and Electronic, Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering,and Information Technology with opportunities for students in all of these areas. The College is also affiliated with a numberof key interdisciplinary research centres of excellence in the University including the Digital Enterprise Research Institute(DERI), the National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science (NCBES), the Ryan Institute, the Energy Research Centre(ERC), and the Centre for Innovation and Structural Change (CISC).

DERI is one of the leading research organisations in the world developing semantic web, the next generation in webtechnologies. All disciplines within the College have research programmes of international standing. Much of this researchwork has already achieved a degree of scale with several well-funded research groups within the various disciplines withmany of these being linked to the interdisciplinary research institutes.

The College offers an innovative range of taught graduate programmes at masters and higher diploma levels. These include:MSc/HDip (Software Design and Development), MApplSc (Enterprise Systems) and the Master of InformationTechnology. In addition, we offer a number of part-time and distance options such as the MSc (Software Engineering andDatabase Technologies) (distance mode), and the MSc (Occupational Safety Engineering and Ergonomics). NUI Galwayis at the forefront of developments in graduate education in engineering and informatics.

We invite you to look through the various sections in the booklet for additional details on the programmes that are offeredby our College. You may also wish to visit our website at www.nuigalway.ie/eng . We wish you the very best in selectinga graduate programme that suits your needs and hopefully we will see you on campus in the not too distant future.


Engineering and Informatics play a critical role in the development of the knowledge economyand are at the heart of innovation and design for the development of smart products, servicesand infrastructure. Our programmes are highly respected by industry, and through professionalaccreditation, have full international recognition”.

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The aim of the programme is to provide for thecontinuing professional education of practisingengineers by enhancing an engineer’s existingknowledge or by enabling him/her to preparefor work in a different specialisation.

The programme also provides a modular pathtowards the Master of Engineering Design degree in that candidates who reach honoursstandards in the examinations may proceed toregister for the Master of Engineering Design(MED) degree in lieu of graduating with the Higher Diploma.

Candidates holding the Higher Diploma in Engineering will have enhanced careerprospects in their chosen area of specialisation.This programme will consist of lectures, seminars, tutorials, and year’s work. Candidateswill be required to present for examination in four subjects. The subjects shall be chosen by the student in consultation with the relevantProfessor from a range of subjects available in the College.

Entry requirements NQAI Level 8 degree or equivalent. GPA 3.0 orequivalent international qualification.IELTS score of 6 or equivalent if applicable.

Graduates have found employment in Such companies as Boston Scientific,Medtronic, Thermo King.

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Engineering (HDip)College of Engineering and Informatics


Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYE10 (full-time)GYE11 (part-time)Course levelLevel 8Closing dateYou are advised to apply early which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €5,965 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)€3,095 (part-time, non-EU) and are likely toremain at this level for 2011–2012. EnquiriesThis programme is available in a number ofdisciplines in engineering. Prior to making anapplication, applicants must contact the relevantprofessor in their chosen discipline to ensurethat the programme is on offer and that anacademic is available to supervise their studies.

The aim of the programme is to provide for thecontinuing professional education of practisingengineers. Emphasis is placed on practicalengineering design rather than on engineeringresearch.

This programme will consist of lectures,seminars, tutorials, and year’s work. Candidateswill be required to present for examination infour subjects.

The subjects shall be chosen by the student inconsultation with the relevant Professor from arange of subjects available in the College.Assessment will also be based on a thesis on thetopic of the project.

Entry requirements NQAI Level 8 degree or equivalent. GPA 3.0 or equivalent international qualification. IELTSscore of 6 or equivalent if applicable

Graduates have found employment in Such companies as Boston Scientific,Medtronic, Thermo King.

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Engineering Design (Masters [MED])College of Engineering and Informatics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYE10 (full-time)GYE11 (part-time)Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €5,965 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)€3,095 (part-time, non-EU) and are likely toremain at this level for 2011–2012. EnquiriesThis programme is available in a number ofdisciplines in engineering. Prior to making anapplication, applicants must contact the relevantprofessor in their chosen discipline to ensurethat the programme is on offer and that anacademic is available to supervise their studies.


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The Master of Applied Science in EnterpriseSystems equips graduates with knowledge andskills in the fields of operations, quality and innovation management that will enhance theirtechnical and management contribution in various types of enterprises including manufacturing, financial services, health services, technology and many others. This programme is suitable for engineering, science, commerce, and arts graduates seekingto begin a career in a high-tech environment.

Key features of the programme include extensive career-focused courses, a multi-disciplinary approach, and engaging teachingmethods. Course includes: product design anddevelopment, project management, technologyinnovation and entrepreneurship, applied innovation, industrial automation, quality management, lean systems, operations strategy, business logistics, regulatory affairs,safety and risk management.

Entry requirements NQAI Level 8 degree or equivalent. GPA 3.0 or equivalent international qualification. IELTSscore of 6 or equivalent if applicable.

Graduates have found employment in Such careers as operations manager,entrepreneur, product manager, trainingmanager, product/process engineer, qualitymanager, systems analyst. And in suchareas/companies as:• Technology (Ericsson, HP, IBM, APC)• Healthcare (Elan, Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Sifa)• Pharmaceuticals, Abbott Ireland, Pfizer, Tridelta Development, Respironics)• Services (Fidelity Investments, Tobin Construction, Equifax Inc., NUI Galway)• Software (Avaeon, Traventec, HP)• Other (Ballina Beverages, Irish Sugar, Celestica, Dept. of Transport, Diageo)

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/enterprise-systems

Enterprise Systems (MApplSc)College of Engineering and Informatics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYE13 (full-time)GYE14 (part-time)Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time24 months, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,815 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)€3,520 (part-time, non-EU) and are likely toremain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Kathryn CormicanT +353 91 493 975E [email protected]

The Master of Information Technology is amultidisciplinary programme comprising ataught component, work placement, and a research dissertation. During the first year ofthe course students attend full-time at NUIGalway for two semesters, where they take lectures and seminars and complete course assignments and projects.

Examinations are held in December and May.Following this, students work for six months ona major project in industry. This placement provides the student with practical work experience and forms the basis for a written dissertation submitted in May of their second year.

Entry requirements Second Class Honours, Grade 1 in final degree(any discipline). Candidates with Honours 2.2with relevant experience. GPA 3.0 or equivalentinternational qualification. IELTS score of 6 orequivalent if applicable.

Graduates have found employment in The IT or business domains, or have perhaps returned to the field of their primary degreewith the enhanced proficiency of applying IT solutions, management, and strategy to that area. Our graduates find work in a wide range of sectors and with leading national and multinational organisations.

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Information Technology (Masters [MIT])College of Engineering and Informatics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYE05Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration2 years, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €2,000 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU) and are likely toremain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Pat ByrneT +353 91 493 332E pat.byrne @nuigalway.ie



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This programme comprises course work and athesis. Admission to the programme is at thediscretion of the potential supervisor and theHead of Discipline and is based on a proposalfrom the applicant. Candidates must completeat least four and up to six courses from a list ofsubjects provided. Courses include safety andrisk management, ergonomics, regulatory affairs, occupational health and hygiene. Full-time candidates must do so in the first academic year. In addition, candidates mustsubmit year’s work, which will be continuouslyassessed over the first academic year in the caseof full-time students.

Candidates are required to write a researchthesis on a topic agreed and approved by theirsupervisor during the second year of theprogramme. Part-time candidates mustcomplete the programme over two years. In addition, candidates must submityear’s work, which will be continuously assessed over two years.

Entry requirements The MApplSc programme is open to individuals who have an Honours degree (orequivalent international qualification) from a recognised university or third level college or a pass degree (or equivalent internationalqualification), with at least three years’ relevant experience acceptable to the College of Engineering and Informatics.

Graduates have found employment in Such careers as health and safety officer, EHS officer, safety specialist, regulatory affairs specialist, ergonomics health and safety consultant, safety engineer.

Occupational Safety Engineering and Ergonomics (MApplSc)College of Engineering and Informatics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYE00 (full-time)GYE01 (part-time)Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,815 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)€3,520 (part-time, non-EU) and are likely toremain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Enda FallonT +353 91 492 745E [email protected]

This vocational programme is aimed at candidates with little or no IT experience. It provides a comprehensive academicfoundation and focused technical training in software development techniques and tools.The skills developed in this programmesupplement the qualifications already acquiredby students in their undergraduate degrees.

Graduates will therefore be able to compete effectively for positions both in the software development industry and equally in other sectors, related to their original degree.

Students may transfer to the MSc (SoftwareDesign and Development) subject to placesbeing available, an interview and achievementof a minimum 2.1 result in the Higher Diploma.

Entry requirements The programme is open to candidates with little or no IT experience, who have obtained a Level 7 primary degree or equivalent. A background in a numerate discipline is desirable. If applicable, applicants require aGPA score of 3.0 (or equivalent internationalqualification) and an IELTS score of 6.

Graduates have found employment in Various industries, ranging from web design,gaming, banking, telecommunications, healthand energy (working as skilled software practitioners). Companies/organisations that recruited graduates recently include: Qpercom Ltd., Galway; Starlight Solutions,Galway; Applied Optics Group and NUI Galway.

Software Design and Development (HDipApplSc)College of Engineering and Informatics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYE12Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €2,000 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU) and are likely toremain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorsDr. Hugh Melvin T +353 91 49 3716 E [email protected] Dr. Michael SchukatT +353 91 49 2031 E [email protected]


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This two-year MSc is aimed at candidates withlittle or no IT experience, who want to pursue acareer in the IT industry. The first year follows the normal academic cycle of lectures, laboratory sessions/tutorials on software design and development principles,techniques/tools and project work.

Time will also be spent on developing researchinterests/skills to prepare for their second year,during which students will conduct a researchproject and submit a thesis on their findings.

Entry requirements The programme is open to candidates whohave obtained an Honours degree (Level 8)(minimum second class). If applicable,applicants require a GPA score of 3.0 (or equivalent international qualification) and an IELTS score of 6.

Graduates have found employment in A wide variety of areas. These include the software industry itself, or in a broad range ofother sectors such as telecommunications,medical informatics, energy informatics, digitalmedia, banking and consulting. Many graduatescontinue with careers related to theirspecialised field of research. Companies/organisations that recruited graduates recentlyinclude: Fidelity Investments, Galway; StarlightSolutions, Galway; Ericsson, Dublin.

Software Design and Development (MSc)College of Engineering and Informatics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYE03 Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration2 years, full-time FeeCurrent year fees are €2,000 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU) and are likely toremain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorsDr. Hugh MelvinT +353 91 49 3716 E [email protected] Dr. Michael SchukatT +353 91 49 2031 E [email protected]

The Discipline of Information Technologyoffers a Masters in Software Design and Development comprising an initial taught yearand a subsequent research year (PAC code:GYE03). However, this programme differsfrom GYE03 in that students register for thesecond research year having already completeda HETAC/NUI (or equivalent) higher/ postgraduate diploma that is equivalent to thefirst taught year. It may be necessary to takesome qualifiers prior to entry such as a researchmethods module.

The research culminates in the delivery of athesis that typically takes 1 year for completion.The final MSc mark is determined by the thesisonly. This programme suits candidates who are in full-time employment. It is in line with the University Policy for Recognition of Prior Learning in that it recognises prior academic qualifications.

Entry requirements Students must hold a second class primarydegree (Level 8), preferably in a numeratediscipline and a HETAC/NUI (or equivalentinternational qualification) accreditedhigher/postgraduate 60 ECTS diploma in ICT. If applicable, an IELTS score of 6 orequivalent is required.

Graduates have found employment in (Recent graduates have already been in full-time employment while participating in this programme.)

Software Design and Development—Fidelity Stream (MSc)College of Engineering and Informatics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYE15Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.DurationTypically 1 year (e.g., students are expected todeliver a piece of research that is equivalent to800 hours of work).FeeCurrent year fees are €2,500 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU) and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorsDr. Hugh MelvinT +353 91 49 3716 E [email protected] Dr. Michael SchukatT +353 91 49 2031 E [email protected]





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The MSc in Software Engineering andDatabase Technologies is a two-year, part-time programme which is jointly delivered by NUIGalway and Regis University, Denver, Coloradoand is available entirely online.

The programme is designed for people wishingto update their ICT skills with a specificemphasis on software development and/or databases, and who require the flexibility offered by online learning. The programme focuses on specific IT topics includingSoftware Engineering, Database Architecture,Artificial Intelligence, Distributed Systems,Object Orientated Design, DatabaseAdministration and Graphics Programming.

The online delivery model of the MScSEDprovides excellent flexibility for students enabling them to select when and where theywant to study. It also allows students the opportunity to continue in employment whileobtaining a qualification at the same time.

Each module is taught over an eight-weekperiod with specific topics outlined for studyeach week along with related research/discussion questions which students mustengage in.

Entry requirements NQAI Level 8 degree (minimum 2nd class honours) or equivalent internationalqualification in Science, Engineering or otherrelevant disciplines, and to other graduates withthree or more years of relevant experience, and to those otherwise satisfying the MSc entry standards. IELTS score of 6.0 orequivalent if applicable.

Graduates have found employment in Such companies such as Nortel, Public Sectororganisations, IT Consultancy Groups, Ericsson, SAP Ireland. (note: as the programme is delivered on a part-time basis, the majority of students are inemployment while partaking in their studies).

Software Engineering and Database Technologies (MSc)College of Engineering and Informatics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYE04Course level Level 9Closing date30 June 2011Duration2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €4,250 (EU)€13,500 (non-EU)Programme directorDr. Sam RedfernT +353 91 493 670E [email protected]

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The research interests of Civil Engineering spana wide range of topics and these are detailedbelow. There are several funding opportunitiesfor postgraduate students and these can beidentified from discussions with staff.

Entry requirements PhD—high Honours standard in the primary degree

MEngSc—Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)or equivalent, at Second Class Honours GradeOne level or above

MApplSc—Honours degree from a recogniseduniversity or third level college or a Pass degreewith at least three years relevant experience

ME—Bachelor of Engineering degree and haveproven engineering or research experience in aposition of considerable responsibility

Research areas • Structural engineering: Computational methods and numerical modelling, design of concrete structures, mechanics of wood, earthquake engineering

• Coastal and Marine engineering

• Transportation: traffic engineering, road safety, traffic noise, transportation planning, airports

• Energy and the environment: Water and wastewater treatment, biofilm technology, single house wastewater treatment systems, nutrient removal, effects of forestry on water quality, biofuels, environmentally sound nano materials, pavement design, pavement analysis, pavement management, geometric alignment and route location of highways, environmental engineering systems - constructed wetlands, sand filtration systems, SBBR systems, anaerobic digestion

• Soil mechanics

• Holistic Environmental and Energy Management in Buildings: Life Cycle integrated tool sets to support integrated building energy simulation and building operation

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Civil EngineeringCollege of Engineering and Informatics


PAC code(s)Structured PhD, GYJ01 (full-time)PhD GYF00 | GYF01MEngSc GYF02 | GYF03MApplSc GYF04 | GYF05ME GYF07

FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): Structured PhDcontact [email protected] for detailsPhD €5,605 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)€2.915(part-time, EU)MEngSc €5,345 (full-time and part-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)MApplSc €5,345 (full-time and part-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)ME €5,345 (part-time, EU)

Programme directorDr. P. Ó hEachteirnT +353 91 492 210E [email protected]

Computer Science is in the process of movingfrom software to serviceware and therefore from syntax to semantics. DERI Galway is aresearch institute dedicated to conductingresearch for creating and connecting the digital society using semantic technology.

By performing world-class research in a world-wide network of sister institutes,participating in global standardisation efforts, creating and distributing open-sourcetools, bringing technologies to the market andto communities, DERI Galway is actively taking the lead in improving the way people and businesses communicate and interact,creating a better life for people in Ireland, the EU and abroad.




Research areas • Semantic web and social software• Semantic web services• Semantic desktop• Service orientated architecture• Computational linguistics

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/deri-eng-research www.nuigalway.ie/courses/deri-eng-research-structured

Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI)College of Engineering and Informatics


PAC code(s)Structured PhD GYJ02 (full-time)PhD GYF46 | GYF47MEngSc GYF48 | GYF49MApplSc GYF50 | GYF51

FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): Structured PhDcontact [email protected] for detailsPhD €5,605 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)€2,915 (part-time, EU)MEngSc €5,345 (full-time and part-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)MApplSc €5,345 (full-time and part-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)

ContactMs. Hilda FitzpatrickT +353 91 495 056E [email protected]



Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EandEE)at NUI Galway is internationally recognisedfor research excellence and is closely linked withthe National Centre for Biomedical EngineeringScience, an interdisciplinary centre whereengineers, scientists, and clinicians collaborateon therapeutic solutions to current medicalchallenges. The Power Electronics ResearchCentre, Smart Ambient Assisted Living,Connaught Automotive Research andBioinspired Electronics and ReconfigurableComputing are focal points for other majorresearch activities.

Entry requirements PhD—high Honours standard in the primary degree.MEngSc—Bachelor of Engineering (honours)or equivalent, at Second Class Honours GradeOne level or aboveMApplSc—Honours degree from a recogniseduniversity or third level college or a Pass degreewith at least three years relevant experienceME—Bachelor of Engineering degree and haveproven engineering or research experience in aposition of considerable responsibility.

Research areas • Bioelectronics: Cardiovascular Electronics,

Rehabilitation Engineering, Ambient Assisted Living, Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation

assisted venous return, Ultra Wide-band Radar detection of cancerous lesions, EEG signal processing, Exercise Engineering

• Power Electronics and Energy Conversion: Magnetics, Power Quality and Power Factor Correction, Magnetic Sensors, Renewable Energy Management Systems, Automotive Electronics, Sensor Technology, Battery Management, Power Harvesting

• Bioinspired Electronics and Reconfigurable Computing: Using biological evolution mechanisms to derive reconfigurable electronic and computational system Developing scalable, reconfigurable hardware platforms for OS based computing.Embedded systems applications using FPGAs

• Automotive Electronics: Automotive vision systems for driver assist applications in both the visual and infrared spectra, cabin audio quality assessment, improvement and inter- and intra-vehicular wireless communication

• Biometrics: Face recognition and image processing for digital camera applications

• Energy and the environment: Water and wastewater treatment, biofilm technology, single house wastewater treatment systems, nutrient removal, effects of forestry on water quality, biofuels, environmentally sound nano materials, pavement design, pavement analysis, pavement management, geometric alignment and route location of highways

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/electrical-electronic-eng www.nuigalway.ie/courses/electrical-electronic-eng-structured

Electrical and Electronic Engineering College of Engineering and Informatics


PAC code(s)Structured PhD GYJ03 (full-time)PhD GYF08 | GYF09MEngSc GYF10 | GYF11MApplSc GYF12 | GYF13ME GYF15

FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): Structured PhDcontact [email protected] for detailsPhD €5,605 (full-time, EU) €13,500 (full-time, non-EU) €2,915 (part-time, EU)MEngSc €5,345 (full-time and part-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)MApplSc €5,345 (full-time and part-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)ME €5,345 (part-time, EU)

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Admission to a research degree is at thediscretion of the potential supervisor and isbased on a proposal from the applicantfollowing discussions with the member of staff whose academic area of interest is most appropriate.




ME—Bachelor of Engineering degree and haveproven engineering or research experience in aposition of considerable responsibility

Research areas • Ergonomics, human factors aspects of manufacturing/ integrated management systems, computer aided ergonomics. Integration of ergonomics, health and safety, quality and environment

• Quality management systems, environmental management systems, safety management systems, operations management

• Enterprise modelling; product and process development, innovation management

• Logistics, operations strategy, and business operations

• Statistical techniques of production and process control, process accreditation

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/industrial-eng www.nuigalway.ie/courses/industrial-eng-structured

Industrial Engineering College of Engineering and Informatics


PAC code(s)Structured PhD GYJ04 (full-time)PhD GYF24 | GYF25MEngSc GYF26 | GYF27MApplSc GYF28 | GYF29ME GYF31

FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): Structured PhDcontact [email protected] for detailsPhD €5,605 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)€2,915 (part-time, EU)MEngSc €5,345 (full-time and part-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)MApplSc €5,345 (full-time and part-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)ME €5,345 (part-time, EU)

ContactMs. Mary HardimanT +353 91 492 223E [email protected]


In Information Technology, we conductextensive research on all major topics ofComputer Science and Information andCommunications Technologies (ICT), rangingfrom new theoretical advances to importantreal-world applications. Our academic staffhave a track record of publishing in leadinginternational journals, securing patents forinnovative new technologies, and spinning outnew Irish companies based on this research.Our research is supported by funding fromsources including Science Foundation Ireland,Enterprise Ireland, the European Union, andindustrial collaborations.

Entry requirements Candidates must have a good Honours degree(typically First Class Honours or 2:1) in arelevant area. You are recommended to beginby contacting a member of InformationTechnology academic staff whose researchinterests are most closely aligned to yours. Youcan find information on research interests andcontacts on our website: www.it.nuigalway.ie.

Academics will help you to identify a goodresearch topic and can advise you of fundingopportunities.

Research areas • Medical Devices: Intelligent wireless patient monitoring and medical devices, care pathway integration and clinical support, distributed healthcare modelling

• Systems Dynamics: Multi-agent complex systems, modelling and applications in social networks, epidemiology, service economy

• Machine Learning/Data Mining: New machine learning algorithms with scientific applications, biomedical and clinical data mining

• Computational Intelligence: Artificial intelligence in gaming, information retrieval and collaborative filtering

• Enterprise and Organisational Systems: Business process integration and optimisation, innovation and knowledge support in extended organisations, socio-economic impacts of ICT

• Energy: Smart sensors, time synchronisation in distributed systems

• Digital Media: Collaborative virtual environments and gaming, performance engineering and networks, image and signal processing, computer security

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Information TechnologyCollege of Engineering and Informatics


PAC code(s)Structured PhD GYJ05 (full-time)PhD GYF32 | GYF33MSc (Applied Computing and I.T.)GYF34 | GYF35FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): Structured PhDcontact [email protected] for detailsPhD €5,605 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)€2,915 (part-time, EU)MSc €5,345 (full-time EU) €13,500 (full-time, non-EU)€2,785 part-time, EU)

Programme directorDr. Jim DugganT +353 91 493 836E [email protected]

The Discipline is internationally recognised forresearch excellence in mechanical engineering,biomechanics and biomaterials, with over 60postgraduate students and post-doctoralresearchers. The Discipline is closely linked withthe National Centre for Biomedical EngineeringScience, an interdisciplinary centre whereengineers, scientists, and clinicians collaborateon therapeutic solutions to current medicalchallenges. The Network of Excellence forFunctional Biomaterials, the Energy ResearchCentre, the Composites Research Unit, theMicromechanics Research Unit, and theAerospace Research Centre are focal points forother major research activities.

Entry requirements PhD—high Honours standard in the primary degreeMEngSc—Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)or equivalent, at Second Class Honours GradeOne level or aboveMApplSc—Honours degree from a recogniseduniversity or third level college or a Pass degreewith at least three years relevant experienceME—Bachelor of Engineering degree and haveproven engineering or research experience in aposition of considerable responsibility

Research areas • Mechanical Engineering Research Group: this research grouping encompasses the following core themes within the mechanical engineering discipline: marine and ocean engineering, energy, computational methods, solid mechanics and structural integrity, micromechanics, contact mechanics and tribology, fluid dynamics and acoustics, composite materials, simulation based learning, manufacturing processes

• Biomechanics Research Cluster: this research cluster focuses on the study of cell and tissue mechanics and medical device design. This includes cardiovascular and pulmonary biomechanics, orthopaedic biomechanics along with the design and development of medical devices within these fields

• Biomaterials Research Cluster: this research cluster focuses on investigating Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering for diagnostic and therapy applications. Much of this research is conducted in collaboration with the Network for Excellence for Functional Biomaterials

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/mechanical-biomedical-eng www.nuigalway.ie/courses/mechanical-biomedical-eng-structured

Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering College of Engineering and Informatics


PAC code(s)Structured PhD GYJ06 (full-time)PhD GYF38 | GYF39MEngSc GYF40 | GYF41MApplSc GYF42 | GYF43 ME GYF45

FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): Structured PhDcontact [email protected] for detailsPhD €5,605 (full-time, EU) €13,500(full-time, non-EU) €2,915 (part-time, EU)MEngSc €5,345 (full-time and part-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)MApplSc €5,345 (full-time and part-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)ME €5,345 (part-time, EU)

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After completion of my Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology from India, I became interested in pursuing my studies in Stem Cellsand Tissue Engineering. I found REMEDI particularly attractive

because of the international reputation of REMEDI’s scientific research,its pool of highly motivated researchers and its international acclaim.

REMEDI’s international environment makes it a perfect place to learn aboutother people's cultures and I have made life long friendships here. The lecturers

are very friendly and approachable and are experts in their field, which was oneof the reasons why I chose to study in NUI Galway. Currently, I am doing my

Masters on “Posterior Segment Eye Disease” in Network of Functional Biomaterials(NFB) group. I believe that the research here in NUI Galway is groundbreaking and

the unique range of skills and experience that I am developing by studying the MSc(Regenerative Medicine) will be invaluable to my future career.

Abhijit SenMSc (Regenerative Medicine)NUI Galway

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College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

The College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at NUI Galway is among the largest providers of healthcare educationin Ireland and—at the heart of the sector in the West of Ireland—we enjoy close research and academic affiliations withhospitals, community-based and other healthcare providers. We also enjoy strong relationships and affiliations across theinternational healthcare arena.

This network of research and clinical interests provides our graduate students with a unique opportunity to develop andgrow as researchers and to contribute across the continuum of ‘bench to bedside to community to policy development’. Equally,we offer a suite of taught graduate programmes which are innovative and constantly renewed in light of the demands ofhealthcare professionals, managers and scientists for specialist education and professional development. Our programmesare designed to harmonise with the various milestones for advancement in healthcare professions. Such programmes in theNursing and Midwifery area are generally delivered through blended learning which enables students to avail of modernonline learning approaches at their convenience, allied to practical and clinical elements on-site at the University or itsaffiliated hospitals and clinics.

As a marriage of the traditional research-based PhD programme and the skills focus of our existing taught programmes, thisyear sees the introduction of our new Structured PhD. This four-year full-time programme, involving close mentoring,formation and support, is designed to enhance, improve and directly engage the student in specialist research skills, whilstalso providing highly marketable generic and transferable skills. This approach responds to the growing needs of the researchand healthcare sectors for highly skilled employees at post-doctoral level.

We are happy to recommend the programmes you will find between these covers, but we continue meanwhile to developnew programmes that respond to your professional needs. In 2010 we launched a new MSc in Clinical Research and during2011, you should keep an eye out for a number of new programmes not yet listed in here, especially in the areas of Therapiesand Health Promotion. Further information on these new programmes will be available on the university’s postgraduatewebsite and also on the College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences website at www.nuigalway.ie/colleges/mnhs/courses.html.

The world needs caring, competent, and compassionate healthcare professionals. These arecareers where you will work hard. You will never stop learning. You will take pride in your work.You will touch the lives of many people. You will make a difference for people every day. Youwill have more fun that you can imagine”.

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This programme has been designed to addressthe higher educational needs of healthcareprofessionals involved in the delivery ofteaching and training in the healthcareenvironment. It builds on the PostgraduateDiploma in Health Sciences (ClinicalTeaching), successful completion of which is arequirement for entry into the Mastersprogramme.

There are three taught modules: EvidenceBased Education, Educational Leadership andEducational Research Design. Students are alsorequired to submit a 4,000 word researchdissertation in the form of a ready-for-publication research paper. Students will eachhave an academic mentor/supervisor for theduration of the Masters. The course isdelivered mostly by distance learning, with tendays of face-to-face workshops in Galway (twoconsecutive weekdays in each of September,October, November, February and April).

Entry requirements Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Teachingwith at least a Second Class Honours (orequivalent international qualification) finalmark. Applicants must be currently registeredwith their relevant professional body andactively involved in clinical teaching. Generalcomputer literacy is essential.

Graduates have found employment in Health services education, clinical educationposts and academic positions within healthscience disciplines. The programme willposition you as a leader in clinical educationwho can help to develop your fellow teachers,create new pedagogical approaches andimprove the clinical education experience for learners.

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Clinical Education (Masters [Health Sciences])School of Medicine


Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM44Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time (in-service)FeeCurrent year fees are €4,915 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorProf. Peter CantillonT +353 91 493 524 E [email protected]

Much of the education of healthcareprofessionals takes place in clinical settings.Despite this, most clinical teachers have littlebackground knowledge of how students learnand have received no formal training ineducational techniques or principles of adultlearning. The purpose of this interdisciplinaryprogramme is to provide health professionalswith the knowledge and skills required foreffective clinical teaching and to becomesuccessful clinical supervisors and motivatorsof student learning. It is suitable for those whoteach mostly in classroom settings as well asothers who find themselves almost exclusivelyin clinical settings.

Candidates complete six modules and aClinical Teaching Project. Modules includeLearning Theory in Clinical Settings, CourseDesign and Evaluation, Clinical TeachingMethodologies, Assessment, and ProfessionalDevelopment. The course is delivered mostlyby distance learning, with seven days of face-to-face workshops in Galway (twoconsecutive weekdays in September and fiveSaturdays between October and May).

Entry requirements Health professionals who have completedtheir undergraduate degrees and achieved fullregistration status, or equivalent. Must beregistered with relevant professional body andclinically active. Also open to registered healthprofessionals who qualified prior to themodern degree route and have at least twoyears post-registration experience. Computerliteracy essential.

Graduates have found employment in Health services education, clinical educationposts and academic positions within healthscience disciplines. The programme willposition you as a leader in clinical educationwho can help to develop your fellow teachers,create new pedagogical approaches andimprove the clinical education experience forlearners.


Clinical Education (PDip [Health Sciences])School of Medicine

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM11Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time (in-service)FeeCurrent year fees are €4,915 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorProf. Peter CantillonT +353 91 493 524 E [email protected]


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Much of the education of healthcareprofessionals takes place in clinical settings.Despite this, most clinical teachers have littlebackground knowledge of how students learnand have received no formal training ineducational techniques or principles of adultlearning. The purpose of this interdisciplinaryprogramme is to provide health professionalswith the knowledge and skills required foreffective clinical teaching and to becomesuccessful clinical supervisors and motivatorsof student learning. It is suitable for those whoteach mostly in classroom settings as well asothers who find themselves almost exclusivelyin clinical settings.

Candidates complete four modules: LearningTheory in Clinical Settings, Course Designand Evaluation, Clinical TeachingMethodologies and Assessment. The course isdelivered mostly by distance learning, withseven days of face-to-face workshops inGalway (two consecutive weekdays inSeptember and five Saturdays betweenOctober and May).

Entry requirements Health professionals who have completedtheir undergraduate degrees and achieved fullregistration status, or equivalent. Must beregistered with relevant professional body andclinically active. Also open to registered healthprofessionals who qualified prior to themodern degree route and have at least twoyears post-registration experience. Computerliteracy essential.

Graduates have found employment in Health services education, clinical educationposts and academic positions within healthscience disciplines. The programme willposition you as a leader in clinical educationwho can help to develop your fellow teachers,create new pedagogical approaches andimprove the clinical education experience for learners.


Clinical Education (PgCert [Health Sciences])School of Medicine

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM43Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.DurationEight months, full-time (in-service)FeeCurrent year fees are €2,675 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorProf. Peter CantillonT +353 91 493 524 E [email protected]

This programme aims to give practitioners up-to-date, relevant, in-depth understanding andknowledge of common conditions to assist inthe management of disease in practice. It hasbeen designed with maximum flexibility inmind to meet the needs of busy healthprofessionals. You can construct your owncourse by choosing a selection of threemodules that suit your needs. Modules can beaccumulated over up to five years (or oneyear). Single modules are also available forthose who want to dip their toe in the water.

Clinical Modules: Cardiovascular, Diabetes,Infectious Diseases, Minor Surgery and RelatedDermatology, Respiratory, Women’s Health.Non-Clinical Modules: Clinical TeachingMethodologies, Concepts and Principles ofPrimary Care, Evidence Based Primary Care,Health Research Methods.

Modules are delivered via a blend of e-learning and face-to-face skills workshops(usually two non-consecutive days permodule), allowing you to engage in learning ata time and place that suit your lifestyle.

Entry requirements Applicants must be clinically qualifiedhealthcare professionals working in a primarycare setting. Applicants from secondary caremay also be considered. Parts of theprogramme are delivered in distance learningformat and general computer literacy isessential for this.

Graduates have found employment in There is an increasing expectation forcommunity-based health professionals todemonstrate their continuing competence inprimary care. Interdisciplinary learningprovides new and interesting challenges forprimary care professionals that reflect many ofthe issues that occur in the context of primarycare teams. Involvement in the NUI Galwayclinical primary care modules will supportbetter primary care team development and operation.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/clinical-primary-care

Clinical Primary Care (PgCert [Health Sciences])School of Medicine

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM33Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.DurationEight months, full-time (in-service)FeeCurrent year fees are €2,675 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Mary ByrneT +353 91 495 205 E [email protected]


The objective of this course is to providetraining for the next generation of healthcareworkers in the clinical research arena,providing a platform for more enhancedefficiencies in the translation of medicaldiscoveries into clinical practice. Deliveredthrough blended learning, course contributorsinclude senior academics and medicalprofessionals from NUI Galway, GalwayUniversity Hospitals and McMasterUniversity, Canada, who are actively engagedin clinical research. This programme is closelylinked with the HRB Clinical ResearchFacility, Galway.

Modules will include Research Methods,Biostatistics, Ethics, Randomized ControlledTrials, Systematic Reviews, TranslationalMedicine, Health Technology and Economicsand Administration of Clinical Research, inaddition to original research in the clinicalresearch arena.

Aimed at individuals employed in thehealthcare sector, this course has beendeveloped to meet the needs of working

graduates who wish to up-skill, specialise orchange career direction. For further details ofthe course, see www.crfg.ie

Entry requirements Students must have completed either:

1)Undergraduate degree in medicine or;

2)Other healthcare-related undergraduatedegree, minimum 2.1 (or equivalentinternational qualification) or;

3)Biomedical sciences, minimum 2.1 (orequivalent international qualification).

Other applicants will be considered in a case-by-case basis, depending on graduate degreeand relevant experience.

Graduates 2010–2011 is the first year of this course.Potential students should be seeking a careerin clinical research as a principal investigator,research coordinator, or in researchadministration.

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Clinical Research (MSc)School of Medicine


Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM56 | GYM57Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time | 2 years, part-timeFeeThe fees for this programme are currentlyunder review, please [email protected] further information.Programme directorsProf. Martin O’Donnell T +353 91 494 098 E [email protected]. Aideen O DohertyT +353 91 494 098 E [email protected]

A new study programme combining practicalendovascular surgical training with evidencebased medical research skills. TheEndovascular Training content is providedunder the guidance of vascular surgeons fromthe Western Vascular Institute. Thecurriculum is taught through hands-on,interactive training, and supervised sessions inthe Endovascular surgery teaching lab, andweekly scheduled educational meetings.

Candidates will apply knowledge and skills tosearch for and critically appraise scientificevidence to answer researchable clinicalquestions, to submit a research proposal andto complete this proposal through a researchthesis in endovascular surgery.

Entry requirements Applicants must be a qualified and registeredmedical physician/surgeon, and enrolled onthe Western Vascular Institute’s EndovascularTraining Programme as well as other suitablyqualified medical persons. Competence inEnglish language equivalent to IELTS 6.5 isalso a requirement.

Graduates have found employment in Careers in endovascular surgery withimproved professional knowledge, skills, andattitudes in daily practice (Evidence-BasedHealthcare).

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/endovascular-surgery

Endovascular Surgery (Masters/PDip [Medical Science])School of Medicine

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM50 | GYM51Course levelLevel 8 (PDip) | Level 9 (Masters)Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, part-time (PDip)2 years, part-time (Masters) (students shouldhave completed PG Diploma year to advanceto Masters)FeeThe fees for this programme are currentlyunder review, please [email protected] further information.Programme directorsDr Thomas KropmansT +353 91 495 478 E [email protected]. Niamh HynesE [email protected]


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Learn how to search for and critically appraisescientific evidence to answer researchableclinical questions, and conduct dedicatedresearch in your own specialty or field of interest.

Our dedicated programmes are designed forhealth care providers with an interest inevidence based medicine (healthcare), health and medical research.

Programmes are offered at Diploma, andMasters Level (Health Informatics) andfeature evidence based learning with selfdirected interactive approach. Coursemodules are delivered in the evenings in one-week blocks, beginning in September.Supporting learning material is provided onthe university’s electronic learning portal.

An approved literature review and researchprotocol is the outcome of the first year,leading to a research thesis in your chosentopic of interest during year two of theMasters. ‘What you learn today is of usetomorrow’ is our motto.

Entry requirements Successful applicants will normally hold aprimary degree in healthcare, medicine orequivalent qualification, in a relevant subjectarea. Competence in English languageequivalent to IELTS 6.5 is also required.

Graduates have found employment in Careers in a diverse range of fields of healthand medical research including MDs andPhDs and improved professional knowledge,skills and attitudes in daily practice (Evidence-Based Healthcare).

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/health-informatics

Health Informatics (PDip/Masters [Medical Science])School of Medicine

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM47 | GYM45Course levelLevel 8 (PDip) | Level 9 (Masters)Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, part-time (PDip)2 years, part-time (Masters) (students shouldhave completed PG Diploma year to advanceto Masters)FeeThe fees for this programme are currentlyunder review, please [email protected] further information.Programme directorDr Thomas KropmansT +353 91 495 478 E [email protected]

Established in 1990, the Discipline of HealthPromotion is central to the provision ofprofessional training and education in HealthPromotion in Ireland. Attached to theDiscipline is the Health Promotion ResearchCentre, which has an active multidisciplinaryresearch programme in place, and is a WHOCollaborating Centre for Health Promotionresearch.

The MA programme is based on the EuropeanMasters in Health Promotion core curriculumand offers students the opportunity ofpursuing European-based study as an optionalmodule. Students are expected to completefour core modules and four optional modules,together with a minor dissertation based onoriginal research. The course is taught in NUIGalway full-time over one year (September -August) or part-time over two years. A rangeof teaching and assessment methods are usedon the MA programme, including interactivelectures, work placements, small groupteaching, skills development, andcontributions from practitioners in the field.

Entry requirements Applicants must have an honours primarydegree (Level 8 in NQF [or equivalentinternational qualification]) and have secureda final grade of at least Second Class Honoursor equivalent international qualification.

Graduates have found employment in Statutory, voluntary, community, andacademic organisations in a number of rolesincluding as dedicated Health PromotionSpecialists.


Health Promotion (MA)School of Health Sciences Programme available through the College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA15 | GYA16Course levelLevel 9Closing date29 April 2011Duration1 year, full time | 2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €8,675 (full-time, EU)€13,000 (full-time, non-EU)€5,860 (part-time, EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Margaret HodginsT +353 91 493 644 E [email protected]


Established in 1990, the Discipline of HealthPromotion is the only one of its kind in theRepublic of Ireland and is the national centrefor professional training and education inHealth Promotion. The postgraduate diplomaprogramme is based on the European Mastersin Health Promotion core curriculum andoffers students the opportunity of pursingEuropean based study as an optional module.Attached to the academic unit is the HealthPromotion Research Centre, which is a WorldHealth Organisation Collaborative Centre forHealth Promotion Research, and has an activemultidisciplinary research programme in place.A range of teaching and assessment methodsare used, including interactive lectures, workplacements, small group teaching, skillsdevelopment and contribution frompractitioners in the field. The postgraduatediploma course is a taught programme withstudents having to complete four core modulesand four optional modules. The course istaught in NUI Galway full time over one yearor part-time over two years.

Entry requirements Applicants must have a primary degree orprofessional qualification deemed suitable bythe College of Arts, Social Sciences, and CelticStudies for admission to the PostgraduateDiploma programme.

Graduates have found employment in Statutory, voluntary, community, andacademic organisations in a number of rolesincluding as dedicated Health PromotionSpecialists.

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Health Promotion (PDip)School of Health Sciences Programme available through the College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies


Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYA17 | GYA18 | GYA19 (Dublin, part-time)

Course levelLevel 9Closing date29 April 2011Duration1 year, full-time | 2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €5,965 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)€3,095 (part-time, EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Margaret HodginsT +353 91 493 644 E [email protected]

Health Services Research seeks to improve thequality and organisation of health services. Itincludes research activities designed toimprove the planning, organisation, delivery,or evaluation of health services. By studyingthe provision and use of health services andidentifying population health needs, itcomplements basic science and clinicalresearch to increase knowledge of the causesand treatment of ill health and disease inindividuals.

This programme is appropriate for studentsfrom a range of backgrounds who wish todevelop a career in health services research;health service professionals who wish todevelop a research and evaluation function;health service clinical and management staffwho want to broaden their research skills.

Entry requirements A Second Class Honours primary degree (orequivalent international qualification) inscience, social science, or a related subject, ora degree in medicine, is required.

Graduates have found employment in A diverse range of fields of health and medicalresearch including MDs and PhDs andimproved professional knowledge, skills, andattitudes in daily practice (Evidence-BasedHealthcare).

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/health-services-research

Health Services Research (Master in Health Sciences)School of Health Sciences

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM01Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €3,365 (EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Diarmuid O’DonovanT +353 91 493 092 E [email protected]


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Health Services Research seeks to improve thequality and organisation of health services. Itincludes research activities designed toimprove the planning, organisation, delivery,or evaluation of health services. By studyingthe provision and use of health services andidentifying population health needs, itcomplements basic science and clinicalresearch to increase knowledge of the causesand treatment of ill health and disease inindividuals.

This programme is appropriate for studentsfrom a range of backgrounds who wish todevelop a career in health services research;health service professionals who wish todevelop a research and evaluation function;health service clinical and management staffwho want to broaden their research skills.

Entry requirements Candidates for admission to the programmeshould hold an appropriate primary degree orappropriate professional qualifications andwork experience.

Graduates have found employment in Health services.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/health-services-research

Health Services Research (PDip)School of Health Sciences

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM10Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration2 years, part-time FeeCurrent year fees are €3,060 (EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Diarmuid O’DonovanT +353 91 493 092 E [email protected]

This programme is primarily geared towardstraining physicists in the application ofradiation physics in medicine but maintains areasonable exposure to key aspects of clinicalengineering. The MSc consists of an intenseprogramme of lectures, workshops, laboratorysessions, tutorials and self directed learningfollowed by a 3 month project anddissertation. The programme containsmodules covering the traditional topicsassociated with medical physics(RadiationFundamentals, Hospital and Radiation Safety)and those more associated with clinicalengineering(Clinical Instrumentation). Theemphasis is on radiotherapy, radiationprotection and diagnostic imaging. Courses inanatomy, physiology, hospital safety and riskmanagement are also provided. This course isaccredited by the Institute of Physics andEngineering in Medicine (IPEM) and isrecognised as a component of IPEMprofessional training. The programme isdesigned to meet the demand for qualifiedmedical physicists in Ireland and providethem with comprehensive knowledge of the

application of physical sciences andengineering to medicine.

Entry requirements Graduates must hold at least a second classhonours Level 8 degree (or equivalentinternational qualification) in Physics orExperimental Physics, Electronic Engineering,or another relevant discipline as determinedby the College of Science. A candidate with alevel 7 (or equivalent internationalqualification) primary degree may also beeligible. Please see the programme link forfurther information on entry requirements.

Graduates have found employment in The healthcare industry and in particular asqualified medical physicists. Private andpublic radiotherapy facilities. New regulationsregarding protection against the hazards ofradiation will also require additional medicalphysicists. Opportunities also exist inspecialist medical device industries andacademic research.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/medical-physics

Medical Physics (MSc)School of Medicine

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYS10Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,815 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorsProf. Wil van der PuttenT +353 91 544 311 E [email protected] Dr. Christoph KleefeldT +353 91 542 870 E [email protected]


This programme’s development is in responseto a demand from Masters Graduates for aprogramme that prepares them for the roles ofAdvanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP). Nurseswho have completed Masters programmes notspecifically designed to prepare AdvancedNurse Practitioners for practice, requirefurther specialist knowledge and skills inorder to pursue a role as an Advanced NursePractitioner. This programme's developmentis a direct response to that demand.

Entry requirements • Masters degree in nursing, or an area highly

relevant to their specialist field of practice

• Registration on the General, MentalHealth, or Learning Disability Nursedivisions of the Register maintained by AnBord Altranais

OR

• An appropriate active nursing registrationas recognised in the country in which they practice

• Practiced as a nurse or midwife for aminimum of six years post-registration, fourof which include experience in the chosenarea of expertise (exclusive of post-registration educational programmes)


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Nursing: Advanced Practice (PDip)School of Nursing and Midwifery


Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM35Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €4,845 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Adrienne Montgomery T +353 91 492 998E [email protected]

The programme provides the theoreticalrequirements and supports the clinicaldevelopment particularly in relation thephysical assessment and pharmacology relatedto the specialist area of advanced practice. It isdelivered in a blended format. Blended learningis an innovative teaching strategy whichinvolves a combination of face-to-face andonline learning. Learning/teaching is deliveredonline through Blackboard, an interactivelearning system which connects directly to theUniversity from your home computer. Face-to-face learning/teaching takes the form of two orthree workshops each semester. Students willtherefore attend for two or three days asemester, plus an orientation day prior to thecommencement of the first year.

Entry requirements • An upper Second Class Honours degree in

Nursing or Nursing Studies at H2.1 or at H2.2(or equivalent international qualification)with appropriate experience or a HDip orPDip in Nursing Studies with appropriateexperience or meet the required standard inthe MHSc Nursing Qualifying Examination.

• Registration on the General, Mental Health,or Learning Disability Nurse divisions of theRegister maintained by An Bord Altranais. OR

• Professional nursing qualification deemed tobe equivalent by the College

• An appropriate active nursing registration asrecognised in the country in which they practice

• Registration as a nurse/midwife on theRegister maintained by An Bord Altranais

• Be on the active register• Practice as a nurse/midwife for five years

post-registration, three of which includeexperience in the chosen area of expertise(exclusive of post-registration/educationalprogrammes)

• Have support of the Director of Nursing inthe place of employment, and writtenagreement for clinical supervision


www.nuigalway.ie/courses/advanced-practice-nursing-midwifery

Nursing: Advanced Practice Nursing/Midwifery (Master [Health Sciences]) School of Nursing and Midwifery

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM07 (two years) | GYM52 (three years)Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration2 years, part-time | 3 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €4,405 (EU, two years)€1,615 (EU, three years)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Adrienne MontgomeryT +353 91 492 998 E [email protected]


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The programme prepares nurses to contributeeffectively to chronic disease management andis suitable for students from any health servicearea which caters for chronic illness. Theprogramme prepares nurses to workcollaboratively with clients, contribute to thedelivery of self-management enhancingprogrammes and work in line with the ‘sharedcare model’ for chronic disease (Departmentof Health and Children, 2008). A person-centered model based on the principles ofautonomy, client participation,empowerment, independence and clientdefined needs underpins the programme.

Entry requirements All applicants must meet the following entryrequirements:

• Be a registered nurse on the General,Mental Health, or Learning DisabilityNurse divisions of the Register maintainedby An Bord Altranais

OR

• Hold an appropriate active nursingregistration as recognised in the country inwhich they practice

• Applicants who do not hold an honoursdegree or higher diploma (Level 8 [orequivalent international qualification) mayapply but must clearly demonstrate theircapacity to complete a programme at thislevel. In addition to the other requirementsoutlined above, these applicants are requiredto submit a 1,000 word literature basedessay. To be considered for admission, thisessay must be at the level expected of anhonours degree candidate (Level 8)

• Be currently working in a setting whichprovides opportunities for him/her to carefor clients with a chronic health condition

• Satisfy the selection panel that they havethe ability to complete the programme


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Nursing: Management of Chronic Health Conditions (PDip)School of Nursing and Midwifery

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM48Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time (in-service)FeeCurrent year fees are €5,005 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr Steve BradleyT +353 91 493 818E [email protected]

This programme is aimed at Masters preparedgraduates who wish to gain a teachingqualification. It aims to developnurses’/midwives’ expertise andunderstanding of teaching in higher educationand clinical settings. The programme isfacilitated online and students attend for twoone-day workshops a semester. A one-dayintroduction to the programme is offered onthe Friday prior to the programmecommencing.

The programme is comprised of four taughtmodules and three competency assessments.To support students’ skill development, theyare expected to complete 100 hours ofteaching/facilitation during the programme.Students are also expected to gain expertise ina wide range of teaching methods includinglecturing, clinical teaching in both laboratoryand clinical settings, and working with smallgroups using experimental approaches.

Entry requirements Candidates must • Have successfully completed a Master in

Nursing/Midwifery or its equivalent• Be a registered nurse on the General, Mental

Health, or Learning Disability Nursedivisions of the Register maintained by An Bord AltranaisOR


• Have practised as a nurse/midwife for aminimum of three years post-registration(exclusive of post-registration/ educationalprogrammes)

• Have negotiated a placement in aSchool/Department of Nursing/MidwiferyEducation establishment which will providethem with the opportunity to meet thepractice requirements of this programme

Graduates have found employment in Health services and in third-level education.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/nursing-education

Nursing: Education (PDip)School of Nursing and Midwifery

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM14Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €4,845 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs Siobhan SmythT +353 91 492 832E [email protected]


Taught components of this programme aredelivered in a blended learning format. Blendedlearning is an innovative teaching strategy whichinvolves a combination of face-to-face and onlinelearning. This means that most learning/teachingwill be delivered online through Blackboard, aninteractive learning system which connectsdirectly to the University from your own homecomputer. Students attend face-to-faceworkshops for a total of 12 days across theprogramme. The programme comprises seventheory/practice modules. There is an emphasison exploring the relevance of module content topractice, similarly, practice placements allowstudents to explore “new” knowledge, enablingthem to integrate theory and practice.Students are required to undertake theirclinical practice in an approved clinicalpractice setting within Ireland normallywithin the students’ own work setting.

Entry requirements • Registration on the General, Mental Health,

or Learning Disability Nurse divisions of theRegister maintained by An Bord Altranais

OR• An appropriate active nursing registration

as recognised in the country in which they practice

• Two years (minimum) post-registrationexperience (exclusive of post-registration courses)

• Be currently working in the requiredspecialist area, i.e., Accident and Emergency,and have as a minimum six months clinicalexperience in this specialist area

• Satisfy the selection panel that they have the ability to complete the programme

• Applicants who do not hold an honoursdegree or higher diploma (Level 8 [orequivalent international qualification]) may apply but must clearly demonstratetheir capacity to complete a programme atthis level. These applicants are also requiredto submit a 1,000 word literature basedessay. To be considered for admission, thisessay must be at Level 8 standard


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Nursing: Emergency Care (PDip)School of Nursing and Midwifery


Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM13 | GYM36Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time | 2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,000 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)€3,000 (part-time, EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMr. Bernard McCarthyT +353 91 493 817E [email protected]

The programme comprises seventheory/practice modules: three core, threespecialist, and one will be chosen from a rangeof elective module options. It is expected thatthe elective module range will increase overtime and students will be offered more choicein which elective options they can take.Students will also complete three practiceassessments, one in each trimester. In allmodules there is an emphasis on exploring therelevance of module content to practice.While undertaking the programme studentswill continue to work in a setting caring forolder people. Practice assignments arestructured to allow students to explore “new”knowledge in the reality of their practice, thusproviding them with an opportunity tointegrate theory and practice.



OR• An appropriate active nursing registration as

recognised in the country in which they practice

• A minimum of two years post-registrationexperience (exclusive of post-registrationcourses); be currently working in a setting,which requires him/her to care for olderpeople, and have a minimum of six monthsclinical experience in caring for older peoplewithin the previous two years

• Satisfy the selection panel that they have theability to complete the programme

• Applicants who do not hold an honoursdegree or higher diploma (Level 8 [orequivalent international qualification]) mayapply but must clearly demonstrate theircapacity to complete the programme. Theseapplicants are also required to submit a1,000 word literature-based essay (Level 8 standard)


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Nursing: Gerontology (PDip)School of Nursing and Midwifery

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM15 | GYM49Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time | 2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €5,005 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)€2,500 (part-time, EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorsMs. Phil NooneT +353 91 492 831 E [email protected]. Claire O’TuathailT +353 91 495 314 E [email protected]


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Taught components of this programme aredelivered in a blended learning format. This isan innovative teaching strategy which involves acombination of face-to-face and online learning,which will be mostly delivered throughBlackboard, an interactive learning system whichconnects directly to the University from yourown home computer. Students are required toattend face-to-face workshops for a total of 12days across the programme. The programmecomprises seven theory/practice modules.There is an emphasis on exploring the relevanceof module content to practice, similarly, practiceplacements allow students to explore “new”knowledge in practice, enabling them anopportunity to integrate theory and practice.Students are required to undertake their clinicalpractice in an approved clinical practice settingwithin Ireland, normally within the studentsown work setting.



OR• An appropriate active nursing registration

as recognised in the country in which they practice

• A minimum of two years post-registrationexperience (exclusive of post-registration courses)

• Be currently working in the requiredspecialist area, i.e., Intensive Care, and haveas a minimum six months clinical experiencein this specialist area

• Applicants who do not hold an honoursdegree or higher diploma (Level 8) mayapply but must clearly demonstrate theircapacity to complete a programme at thislevel. In addition to the other requirementsoutlined above, these applicants are requiredto submit a 1,000 word literature based essay.To be considered for admission, this essaymust be at the level expected of an honoursdegree candidate (Level 8)


www.nuigalway.ie/courses/intensive-care

Nursing: Intensive Care (PDip)School of Nursing and Midwifery

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM16 | GYM39Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time | 2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,000 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)€3,000 (part-time, EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMr. Bernard McCarthyT +353 91 493 817 E [email protected]

This programme will prepare students to beflexible, competent and able to practice withconfidence, and collaboratively within a varietyof contexts. The programme aims to developknowledgeable, caring practitioners who havea high level of specialist skills in mental healthnursing. It consists of both theoretical andclinical components. A blended learningapproach is adopted in the delivery of thisprogramme. Students are required to attendface to face workshops for a total of 12 daysacross the programme (in blocks of two days ata time). Students are required to complete aminimum of 1,000 clinical hours beforecompleting this programme.

Entry requirements • Registration on the psychiatric division of

the Nurse’s Register maintained by An Bord Altranais

OR

• An appropriate active nursing registration asrecognised in the country in which they practice

• Minimum of one year post-registrationexperience (exclusive of post-registrationcourses) in mental health nursing

• Be currently working in the requiredspecialist area, i.e., Mental Health, and haveas a minimum six months clinical experiencein this specialist area, working in a settingwhich requires him/her to care for mentallyill clients


• Applicants who do not hold an honoursdegree or higher diploma (Level 8) mayapply but must clearly demonstrate theircapacity to complete the programme. Theseapplicants are also required to submit a1,000 word literature based essay. To beconsidered for admission, this essay must beat the level expected of an honours degreecandidate (Level 8)


www.nuigalway.ie/courses/mental-health-community-inpatient-care

Nursing:Mental Health, Community and Inpatient Acute Care (PDip) School of Nursing and Midwifery

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM17 | GYM40Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time | 2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,000 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)€3,000 (part-time, EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMr Andrew HunterT +353 91 495 823E [email protected]


The 18-month Higher Diploma in Midwifery isfor re-registered nurses who wish to pursue acareer in midwifery. The programme builds onstudents’ prior professional, academic andpersonal experiences.

Following successful completion of theprogramme students are competent to fulfil therole of the midwife as outlined by theInternational Confederation of Midwives and areeligible to apply to register as a midwife with AnBord Altranais.

Entry requirements • Upper Second Class Honours degree in

Nursing/Midwifery or Nursing/MidwiferyStudies at H2.1 or at H2.2 with appropriateexperience or a Higher Diploma inMidwifery with appropriate experience ormeet the required standard in the MHScNursing Qualifying Examination. Or holdan equivalent international qualification

• Registered midwife of the Registermaintained by An Bord Altranais

OR

• Professional midwifery qualificationdeemed to be equivalent by the College ofMedicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

• An appropriate active midwifery registrationas recognised in the country in which they practice

• Practised as a midwife for a minimum of twoyears post-registration (exclusive of post-registration/educational programmes)

• Must be entered on the General Division ofthe Register maintained by An BordAltranais (Registered General Nurse)


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Nursing: Midwifery (HDip [Health Sciences])School of Nursing and Midwifery


Apply onlineThe Personnel Office, Health Service Executive West, Merlin Park, Galway.

Course levelLevel 9

Closing date15 April 2011

Duration18 months, full-time

FeeHSE covers the fee

Programme directorMs. Miriam Brennan T +353 91 493 651 E [email protected]

This programme is designed for the midwife toaddress in detail matters relating to the care ofclients in their area of specialism. The clinicalexperience the midwife brings to the theoreticalknowledge gained through the programmepromotes the development of expert practice.The award can also be used as a stepping stone toadvanced practice and teaching qualifications.

The programme is part-time over two years orthree years and is delivered in a blended format.Blended learning is an innovative teachingstrategy which involves a combination of face-to-face and online learning, delivered onlinethrough Blackboard, an interactive learningsystem which connects directly to the Universityfrom your home computer. Face-to-facelearning/teaching takes the form of two or threeworkshops (depending on the module) eachsemester. Students will therefore attend for twoor three days a semester, plus and orientation dayprior to the commencement of the first year.

Entry requirements • Upper Second Class Honours degree in

Nursing/Midwifery or Nursing/MidwiferyStudies at H2.1 or at H2.2 (or equivalentinternational qualification) with appropriateexperience or a Higher Diploma inMidwifery with appropriate experience ormeet the required standard in the MHScNursing Qualifying Examination (or hold anequivalent international qualification)

• Registered midwife of the Registermaintained by An Bord Altranais

OR• Professional midwifery qualification

deemed to be equivalent by the College ofMedicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

• An appropriate active midwifery registrationas recognised in the country in which they practice

• Practised as a midwife for a minimum of two years post-registration (exclusive ofpost-registration/educational programmes)


www.nuigalway.ie/courses/midwifery

Nursing: Midwifery (Master [Health Sciences])School of Nursing and Midwifery

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM28 (two years)GYM53 (three years)Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration2 years, part-time | 3 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €4,405 (E.U., two years)€1,615 (E.U., three years)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Adrienne Montgomery T +353 91 492 998 E [email protected]


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This programme is designed for the nurse toaddress in detail matters relating to the care ofpatients/clients in their area of specialism. Theclinical experience the nurse brings to thetheoretical knowledge gained through theprogramme promotes the development ofexpert practice. The award can also be used as astepping stone to advanced practice andteaching qualifications.

The programme is part-time over two years orthree years and is delivered in a blended format;this is an innovative teaching strategy whichinvolves a combination of face-to-face andonline learning (delivered through Blackboard,an interactive learning system which connectsdirectly to the University from your homecomputer). Face-to-face learning/teaching takesthe form of two or three workshops (dependingon the module) each semester. Students willtherefore attend for two or three days asemester, plus an orientation day prior to thecommencement of the first year.

Entry requirements • An upper Second Class Honours degree in

Nursing or Nursing Studies at H2.1 or atH2.2 (or equivalent internationalqualification) with appropriate experience,or a Higher Diploma in Nursing Studieswith appropriate experience, or meet therequired standard in the MHSc NursingQualifying Examination

• Registration on the General, Mental Healthor Learning Disability Nurse divisions of theRegister maintained by An Bord Altranais

OR• Professional nursing qualification deemed to

be equivalent by the College of Medicine,Nursing and Health Sciences

• An appropriate active nursing registration as recognised in the country in which they practice

• Practise as a nurse for a minimum of twoyears post-registration (exclusive of post-registration/educational programmes)


www.nuigalway.ie/courses/intensive-care

Nursing (Master [Health Sciences])School of Nursing and Midwifery

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM27 (two years)GYM55 (three years)Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration2 years, part-time | 3 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €4,405 (E.U., two years)€1,615 (E.U., three years)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Adrienne Montgomery T +353 91 492 998 E [email protected]

Theoretical and philosophical underpinningsof nursing practice; research methodology;practice development and conduct of researchform the programme’s framework for reflectionon practice and exploration of aspects ofpractice. Specialist modules address teachingmethods, facilitating learning, assessmentstrategies and curriculum development. Theprogramme is delivered in a blended format;this is an innovative teaching strategy whichinvolves a combination of face-to-face andonline learning (delivered through Blackboard,an interactive learning system which connectsdirectly to the University from your homecomputer). Face-to-face learning/teachingtakes the form of two or three workshops(depending on the module) each semester.Students will therefore attend for two or threedays a semester, plus an orientation day prior tothe commencement of the first year. Entry requirements • An upper Second Class Honours degree in

Nursing or Nursing Studies at H2.1 or at H2.2(or equivalent international qualification) withappropriate experience or a Higher Diplomaor Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing Studieswith appropriate experience or meet therequired standard in the MHSc Nursing

Qualifying Examination• Registered as midwife or nurse on the

General, Mental Health or Learning DisabilityNurse divisions of the Register maintained byAn Bord AltranaisOR

• Professional nursing qualification deemed tobe equivalent by the College

• An appropriate active nursing registration as recognised in the country in which they practice

• Practiced as a nurse/midwife for a minimumof three years post-registration (exclusive ofpost-registration/educational programmes)

• Negotiated access to teaching hours in aSchool/Department of Nursing/MidwiferyEducation

Applicants who do not hold an honours degreeor higher diploma (Level 8 [or equivalentinternational qualification]) may apply butmust clearly demonstrate their capacity tocomplete the programme. These applicants arealso required to submit a 1,000 word literature-based essay (Level 8 standard). Graduates have found employment in Health services, education.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/nursing-midwifery-education

Nursing:Nursing/Midwifery Education (Master [Health Sciences])School of Nursing and Midwifery

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM08 (two years)GYM54 (three years)Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration2 years, part-time | 3 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €4,405 (E.U., two years)€1,615 (E.U., three years)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Adeline Cooney T +353 91 493 580 E [email protected]


Taught components of this programme aredelivered in a blended learning format; this isan innovative teaching strategy which involvesa combination of face-to-face and onlinelearning, that is delivered online throughBlackboard, an interactive learning systemwhich connects directly to the University fromyour own home computer. Students arerequired to attend face to face workshops for atotal of 12 days across the programme. Theprogramme comprises seven theory/practicemodules. There is an emphasis on exploringthe relevance of module content to practice,similarly, practice placements allow students toexplore “new” knowledge, enabling them anopportunity to integrate theory and practice.Students are required to undertake theirclinical practice in an approved clinical practicesetting within Ireland normally within thestudents’ own work setting, and are required tocomplete a minimum of 1,000 clinical hoursover the duration of the programme.

Entry requirements • Registration on the General Nurse division of

the Register maintained by An Bord Altranais



• Minimum of two years’ post-registrationexperience (exclusive of post-registrationcourses)

• Be currently working in the requiredspecialist area, i.e., Oncology, and have as aminimum six months clinical experience inthis specialist area


Applicants who do not hold an honoursdegree or higher diploma (Level 8 [orequivalent international qualification]) may apply but must clearly demonstrate theircapacity to complete a programme at thislevel. These applicants are also required tosubmit a 1,000 word literature-based essay(Level 8 standard)Graduates have found employment in Health services.

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Nursing: Oncology (PDip)School of Nursing and Midwifery


Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM19 | GYM41Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time | 2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,000 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)€3,000 (part-time, EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr Maura DowlingT +353 91 493 833 E [email protected]

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/orthopaedics

Nursing: Orthopaedics (PDip)School of Nursing and Midwifery

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM20 | GYM42Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time | 2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,000 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)€3,000 (part-time, EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Sinead HahessyT +353 91 492 012 E [email protected]

Taught components are delivered in a blendedlearning format; this is an innovative teachingstrategy which involves a combination of face-to-face and online learning, that is deliveredonline through Blackboard, an interactivelearning system which connects directly to theUniversity from your own home computer.Students are required to attend face-to-faceworkshops for a total of 12 days across theprogramme. The programme comprises seventheory/practice modules, that emphasiseexploring the relevance of module content topractice. Similarly, practice placements allowstudents to explore “new” knowledge, enablingthem an opportunity to integrate theory andpractice. Students are required to undertaketheir clinical practice in an approved clinicalpractice setting within Ireland normally withinthe students’ own work setting, and arerequired to complete a minimum of 1,200clinical hours over the course duration.





• Two years’ (minimum) post-registrationexperience (exclusive of post-registrationcourses)

• Be currently working in the requiredspecialist area, i.e., Orthopaedics, and have asa minimum six months clinical experience inthis specialist area


Applicants who do not hold an honours degreeor higher diploma (Level 8 [or equivalentinternational qualification]) may apply butmust clearly demonstrate their capacity tocomplete a programme at this level. Theseapplicants are also required to submit a 1,000word literature-based essay (Level 8 standard).



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Taught components are delivered in a blendedlearning format; this is an innovative teachingstrategy which involves a combination of face-to-face and online learning, that is deliveredonline through Blackboard, an interactivelearning system which connects directly to theUniversity from your own home computer.Students are required to attend face-to-faceworkshops for a total of 12 days across theprogramme. The programme comprises seventheory/practice modules, that emphasiseexploring the relevance of module content topractice. Similarly, practice placements allowstudents to explore “new” knowledge, enablingthem an opportunity to integrate theory andpractice. Students are required to undertaketheir clinical practice in an approved clinicalpractice setting within Ireland normally withinthe students’ own work setting, and arerequired to complete a minimum of 1,000clinical hours over the course duration.






• Be currently working in the requiredspecialist area, i.e., Palliative Care, and haveas a minimum six months clinical experiencein this specialist area


Applicants who do not hold an honours degreeor higher diploma (Level 8 [or equivalentinternational qualification]) may apply butmust clearly demonstrate their capacity tocomplete a programme at this level. Theseapplicants are also required to submit a 1,000word literature-based essay (Level 8 standard).


www.nuigalway.ie/courses/palliative-care

Nursing: Palliative Care (PDip)School of Nursing and Midwifery

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM21 | GYM37Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time | 2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,000 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)€3,000 (part-time, EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Laura DempseyT +353 91 495 353 E [email protected]

Taught components are delivered in a blendedlearning format; this is an innovative teachingstrategy which involves a combination of face-to-face and online learning, that is deliveredonline through Blackboard, an interactivelearning system which connects directly to theUniversity from your own home computer.Students are required to attend face-to-faceworkshops for a total of 12 days across theprogramme. The programme comprises seventheory/practice modules, that emphasiseexploring the relevance of module content topractice. Similarly, practice placements allowstudents to explore “new” knowledge, enablingthem an opportunity to integrate theory andpractice. Students are required to undertaketheir clinical practice in an approved clinicalpractice setting within Ireland normally withinthe students’ own work setting.






• Be currently working in the requiredspecialist area, i.e., Perioperative, and have asa minimum six months clinical experience inthis specialist area


Applicants who do not hold an honours degreeor higher diploma (Level 8 [or equivalentinternational qualification]) may apply butmust clearly demonstrate their capacity tocomplete a programme at this level. Theseapplicants are also required to submit a 1,000word literature-based essay (Level 8 standard).Graduates have found employment in Health services.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/perioperative

Nursing: Perioperative (PDip)School of Nursing and Midwifery

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM22 | GYM38Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time | 2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,000 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)€3,000 (part-time, EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMr. Bernard McCarthyT +353 91 493 817 E [email protected]


This programme aims to develop nurses’expertise and understanding of primary care,family centred care, chronic diseasemanagement, and clinical nursing skills relatedto chronic illness management. Students arealso required to continue to work in their ownpractice setting while undertaking theprogramme. The programme is delivered viablended learning. Interdisciplinarycollaboration is a fundamental aspect of theprogramme and a wide number of keyorganisations and associations contribute tomodules. Overall the programme aims toprovide nurses with the necessary specializedknowledge and technical skills to respond tothe challenges of change in the context of anevolving healthcare environment (HSETransformation Programme 2007–2010).

Entry requirements • Registration on on the General, Mental

Health, or Learning Disability Nursedivisions of the Register maintained by AnBord Altranais.

OR • An appropriate active nursing registration as


• Two years’ minimum post-registrationexperience (exclusive of post-registrationcourses)

• At least six months experience in practiceand or/community nursing setting

• Be currently working in a practicenursing/community nursing setting whichrequires him/her to care for aclient/family/group

• A letter of support from his/her employingline manager (i.e., General Practitioner,Clinical Nurse Manager, Divisional NurseManager, Director of Nursing) confirmingthat she/he will be working in a practicenursing/community nursing setting (withinIreland) for the duration of the programme.This is to enable students to fully meet theprogramme’s clinical learning requirements


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www.nuigalway.ie/courses/practice-community-nursing


Nursing: Practice Nursing/Community Nursing (PDip)School of Nursing and Midwifery


Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM23 | GYM32Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time | 2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €5,005 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU) €2,615 (part-time, EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Catherine Meagher T +353 91 492 829 E [email protected]

This is jointly offered by the School and theHealth Service Executive. It aims to preparenurses to work in the community setting as apublic health nurse addressing the healthcareneeds of the community as client. The PublicHealth Nurse has a unique role in recognisingthe wider realms of what impacts anddetermines community health and infacilitating maximum health potential. A keypart of this programme is the development ofnursing expertise in targeting public healthneeds and delivering healthcare services froma population health foci. The programme’soverall aim is to prepare the nurse to practiceeffectively as a primary care team member inmeeting the challenges of care in thecommunity setting.

Entry requirements • Be a registered nurse on the general division

of the register maintained by An BordAltranais entitled to be so registered

• Unless the candidate’s name is registered inthe midwives’ division of the registermaintained by An Bord Altranais, the

candidate must complete an An BordAltranais (2005) approved module of studyon Child and Maternal Health as part of the programme

• Applicants must be registered in the generaldivision of the Register of Nursesmaintained by ABA or entitled to be soregistered and have a minimum of two years’post registration experience in generalnursing within the past 5 years, 12 months ofwhich must be consecutive, working aminimum of 74 hours per month (exclusiveof post registration/educational courses)

• Hold an NQAI level 8 qualification(honours degree or higher diploma) orproof of equivalency

• Fluency in English or evidence of level 7.0 asper IELTS academic test


www.nuigalway.ie/courses/public-health-nursing

Nursing: Public Health Nursing (PDip)School of Nursing and Midwifery

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)PHG01Course levelLevel 9Closing dateLikely to be April 2011Duration1 year, full-timeFeeContact [email protected] for moreinformation. Programme directorMs. Marcella Kelly T +353 91 495 036 E [email protected]


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This one-year programme has been developedto meet the requirements of the Nursingcommunity, specialist practice units and AnBord Altranais policy criteria. Thedevelopment of the Master of Health Sciences(Specialist Nursing) programme has beenguided by the principles of lifelong learning.

This programme offers specialist nurses withthe opportunity to meet these challenges ofhealthcare. The programme involves a taughtresearch methods module to support thecompletion of a research dissertation.

Entry requirements Candidate must:

• Have attained Postgraduate Diploma inNursing (Level 9 [or equivalentinternational qualification]) with anaggregated mark of at least 60%

• Be a registered nurse on the General, MentalHealth or Learning Disability Nursedivisions of the Register maintained by AnBord AltranaisOR

• Hold a professional nursing qualificationdeemed to be equivalent by the College ofMedicine, Nursing and Health Sciences


• Have practised as a nurse for a minimum oftwo years post registration (exclusive ofpost-registration/educational programmes)


www.nuigalway.ie/courses/specialist-nursing

Specialist Nursing (Master [Health Sciences])School of Nursing and Midwifery

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM29Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €4,405 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorMs. Adrienne MontgomeryT +353 91 492 998 E [email protected]

Regenerative Medicine is an excitingemerging discipline developing noveltherapeutics for repair and regeneration ofdamaged and diseased organs. Thesetherapeutics utilise stem cells, gene therapy,biomaterials, engineered tissue andbiologically active compounds.

This programme will equip students with theskills required to make meaningfulcontributions to this discipline. Modules willaddress the science behind RegenerativeMedicine, its application to human diseaseand its importance to modern society.

The first two semesters will consist ofmodules covering the scientific principles ofstem cells, gene therapy, tissue engineering,immunology and pharmacology. Training inscientific concepts and techniques importantto biomedical research will occur via a seriesof laboratory-based practical sessions. Therewill also be extensive training on theregulatory issues involved in translating aresearch observation to an approvedtreatment for patients. During the summer

semester students will embark on individuallaboratory-based research projects.

Entry requirements Applicants will have/expect to obtain at least aSecond Class Honours degree (or equivalentinternational qualification) in a biological/lifescience, medicine or nursing. Students whohave a degree without Honours in a relatedarea and have three or more years of practicalexperience in the subject area will also beeligible to apply for this course.

Graduates have found employment in Biomedical/device companies includingMedtronic, Abbot and Alltech. Many of ourgraduates have been awarded PhDstudentships in Ireland, U.K., Spain, orCanada. Several graduates have obtainedplaces to study graduate-entry medicine.Graduates with clinical backgrounds haveprogressed to clinical fellowships.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/regenerative-medicine

Regenerative Medicine (MSc)School of Medicine

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM00Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-timeFeeThe fees for this programme are currentlyunder review, please [email protected] further information.Programme directorDr. Linda HowardT +353 91 495 268 E [email protected]


This programme is designed for medicaldoctors and chartered physiotherapistsinterested in sports and exercisephysiotherapy. The overall intention of theprogramme is to produce successful studentswith a wide breadth of knowledge acrossSports and Exercise Physiotherapy.

The programme will provide doctors andphysiotherapists with:• The necessary scientific background

knowledge to appreciate the issues arising inthe field of Sports and ExercisePhysiotherapy.

• The necessary skills and knowledge toprovide advice on the prevention of sports injuries

• Up-to-date training in modern methods ofassessing, diagnosing, and treating sportsinjuries, including emergency care

• Opportunities to learn about the theory andapplication of sports psychology, podiatry,biomechanics, sports nutrition, sportspharmacology, exercise physiology, fitnessassessment, and ethical issues within sport

• An opportunity to learn about the medicalapplications of exercise in maintaininghealth and in disease

• An introduction to research appropriate tothe field of sports and exercisephysiotherapy

Entry requirements Applicants must be chartered physiotherapygraduates (BSc [Physiotherapy]) of NationalUniversity of Ireland or another Universitydeemed acceptable, and have a minimum oftwo years’ experience post-qualification.

Graduates have found employment in Governing bodies of sports and the IrishSports Council, and working as TeamChartered Physiotherapists for amateur andprofessional teams.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/sports-physiotherapy


Sports and Exercise Physiotherapy (MSc)School of Medicine


Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM06Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration2 years, part-time FeeThe fees for this programme are currentlyunder review, please [email protected] further information.

The overall intention of the Mastersprogramme is to produce a successful studentwith a wide breadth of knowledge acrosssports and exercise medicine and thenecessary skills to put the theory into practice.

The programme will provide doctors andphysiotherapists with:• The necessary scientific background

knowledge to appreciate the issues arising inthe field of sports and exercise medicine

• The necessary skills and knowledge toprovide advice on the prevention of sports injuries

• Up-to-date training in modern methods ofassessing, diagnosing, and treating sportsinjuries, including emergency care

• Opportunities to learn about the theory andapplication of sports psychology, podiatry,biomechanics, sports nutrition, sportspharmacology, exercise physiology, fitnessassessment, and ethical issues within sport

• An opportunity to learn about the medicalapplications of exercise in maintaininghealth and in disease

• An introduction to research appropriate tothe field of sports and exercise medicine

Entry requirements Applicants must be chartered physiotherapygraduates (BSc [Physiotherapy]) of NationalUniversity of Ireland or another Universitydeemed acceptable, and have a minimum oftwo years’ experience post-qualification.

Graduates have found employment in Governing bodies of sports and the IrishSports Council, and working as TeamChartered Physiotherapists for amateur andprofessional teams.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/sports-medicine

Sports and Exercise Medicine (MSc)School of Medicine

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYM05Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration2 years, part-timeFeeThe fees for this programme are currentlyunder review, please [email protected] further information.

This programme is under review for entry2011. Please visit the website below forfurther information, including programmedirector and contact details.

This programme is under review for entry2011. Please visit the website below forfurther information, including programmedirector and contact details.

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“Placing function in a structural context.”

Areas of specialisation/technologiesavailable—sampling design; stereology; imageanalysis; microscopy: confocal; ambient andlow temperature EM; immunocytochemistry;gene expression technologies; in situ PCR(LM/EM); phenotypic characterisation(organ/cell); cell culture models and/or 3Dcell culture systems.

Entry requirements Candidates should have a primary degree inMedicine to pursue an MD and, in addition,an Honours degree (or equivalentinternational qualification) for a PhD.

Research areas • Integrative reproduction:

structure/function of humanendometrium, environmental endocrinedisruption, fetomaternal interface

• In vivo and in vitro study of humandiseases: normal and pathologicaldevelopment: role of ECM and receptors invivo, phenotypic analysis of models

• In vitro model systems—cellmicropatterning and microfluidics

• Biomaterials tissue interactions

• Neuroscience: spinal cord developmentand injury

• Specific contribution to nationalbiophotonics and imaging platform

• Education, molecular and cellular imaging,imaging technology cores

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/anatomy www.nuigalway.ie/courses/anatomy-structured

AnatomySchool of Medicine


PAC code(s)Structured PhD, full-time GYP01PhD (part-time) GYN02MSc GYN05 | GYN06

FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): PhD €5,605 (full-time, EU) PhD and MSc €13,500 (full-time, non-EU)PhD €2,915 (part-time, EU) MSc €6,815 (full-time, EU)€3,520 (part-time, EU)

Enquiries toMs. Therese DixonT +353 91 544 475E [email protected]

Supervision in a wide area of medical interestis on offer. To pursue either degree, potentialcandidates should discuss the matter with theHead of Discipline.


Research areas • Therapeutic hypercapnia and acute

lung injury

• Somatic gene transfer in acute lung injury

• Effects of anaesthesia on the foeto-placentalvasculature

• Postoperative analgesia

• Evaluation of medical devices

• Critical care utilisation and requirement

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/anaesthesia www.nuigalway.ie/courses/anaesthesia-structured

AnaesthesiaSchool of Medicine


PAC code(s)Structured PhD, full-time GYP02PhD (part-time) GYN08MD GYN09 | GYN10

FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): PhD €5,605 (full-time, EU) PhD and MD €13,500 (full-time, non-EU) PhD €2,915 (part-time, EU) MD €5,345 (full-time, EU)€2,785 (part-time, EU)



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To pursue any research degree in thisDiscipline, potential candidates shoulddiscuss the matter with Prof. MartinCormican or Dr. Dearbháile Morris.Admission to a research degree is at thediscretion of the potential supervisor, theHead of Discipline, and the College ofMedicine, Nursing and Health Sciences and isbased on a proposal by the applicant followingdiscussion with the appropriate member ofacademic staff.

Entry requirements Candidates should have a primary degree inMedicine to pursue an MD, and an honoursdegree (Second Class Honours, Grade 1minimum [or equivalent internationalqualification]) to pursue a PhD.

Research areas • Salmonella campyolobacter

• Antimicrobial resistance in human andanimal pathogens

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/bacteriology www.nuigalway.ie/courses/bacteriology-structured

BacteriologySchool of Medicine



FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): PhD €5,605 (full-time and part-time, EU) PhD and MSc €13,500 (full-time, non-EU)MD €5,345 (full-time, EU)€2,785 (part-time, EU)

Enquiries toProf. Martin CormicanT +353 91 544 146E [email protected]

Applications are welcome for a PhD or MD inGeneral Practice.

Entry requirements Candidates should have a primary degree inMedicine to pursue an MD and, in addition,an Honours degree (or equivalentinternational qualification) for a PhD.Selection is based on academic record andcongruence of the applicant’s proposal withexpertise and capacity for supervision withinthe Discipline of General Practice. Allapplicants should contact the ProgrammeDirector in advance.

Research areas Proposals for MD or PhD research projectsare welcomed in any area of research related togeneral practice. Applicants’ attention isdrawn in particular to the key research themeswithin the Discipline of General Practice atNUI Galway, which can be viewed here:www.nuigalway.ie/general_practice/research.html

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/general-practice www.nuigalway.ie/courses/general-practice-structured

General PracticeSchool of Medicine



FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): PhD €5,605 (full-time, EU) PhD and MD €13,500 (full-time, non-EU)PhD €2,915 (part-time, EU) MD €5,345 (full-time, EU)€2,785 (part-time, EU)

Enquiries toDr. Mary ByrneT +353 91 495 205E [email protected]


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www.nuigalway.ie/courses/health-promotion-research www.nuigalway.ie/courses/health-promotion-research-structured

Health PromotionSchool of Health Sciences


PAC code(s)Structured PhD, full-time GYP05PhD (part-time) GYN67MPhil GYN87 | GYN88

FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): PhD €5,605 (full-time, EU) PhD and MPhil €13,500 (full-time, non-EU)PhD €2,915 (part-time, EU) MPhil €5,345 (full-time, EU)MPhil €2,785 (part-time, EU)

Enquiries toDr. Saoirse Nic GabhainnT +353 91 493 092E [email protected]

Supervision is offered in a wide area ofmedical interest. To pursue either degree,potential candidates should discuss the matterwith the Head of Discipline.


Research areas • Aetiology and Pathogenesis

• Developmental therapeutics

• Regenerative Medicine

• Clinical trials

• Health service research

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/medicine www.nuigalway.ie/courses/medicine-structured

MedicineSchool of Medicine



FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): PhD €5,605 (full-time, EU) PhD and MD €13,500 (full-time, non-EU)PhD €2,915 (part-time, EU) MD €5,345 (full-time, EU)MD €2,785 (part-time, EU)


Established in 1990, the Discipline of HealthPromotion is the only one of its kind in theRepublic of Ireland and is the national centrefor professional training and education inhealth promotion.Attached to the academic unit is the HealthPromotion Research Centre, which has anactive multidisciplinary research programmein place. Health Promotion offers supervisionof postgraduate research in a wide range ofareas. Admission to a research degree is at thediscretion of the potential supervisor and theHead of Discipline, and is based on a proposalfrom the applicant following discussion withthe member of staff whose academic area ofinterest is most appropriate. Application iscompetitive and the number of places offeredwill be based on staff resources.

Entry requirements Candidates should have obtained an honoursprimary degree (Second Class Honours,Grade 1 minimum [or equivalentinternational qualification]), and for a PhD,would usually already hold a Masters degree inHealth Promotion or a related area.

Research areas • Breastfeeding• Child and adolescent health• Communicable disease control and environmental

health• Community health• Evaluation research• Evidence-based practice• Food poverty• Global and international health and development• Health and human rights• Health and the media• Health impact assessment• Health inequalities and inequities• Health policy• Health promotion competencies• Health promotion in the travelling community• Health services research• Healthy ageing• Migrant health• Violence and injury prevention• Mental health promotion• Participative research processes• Research dissemination, translating research

into practice• Settings for health promotion: workplace and

schools• Sexual and reproductive health• Sexual health• Social capital and social connectedness


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Research activity within the School ofNursing and Midwifery involves over sixtypostgraduate students and post-doctoralresearchers in four main research clusters asoutlined below.

• Chronic illness

• Maternity care and women’s health

• Teaching and learning

• Care of older people

Entry requirements To pursue a PhD, potential candidates should,in the first instance, consult the list of keyresearch areas of the School of Nursing andMidwifery and make contact with Head ofSchool or with the relevant academic staffmember/potential supervisor. Followinginformal consultation, the candidate willsubmit a research proposal for considerationby the Board of the School of Nursing andMidwifery for entry to the PhD programme.

Research areas • Management of chronic illnesses

• Dementia care

• Older people

• Quality of life

• Person-centred care

• Cultural issues in nursing and midwifery

• Health promotion and nursing

• Service learning

• Nurse-patient relationships

• Caring and nursing

• Oncology nursing practice

• Advanced practice roles in nursing

• Maternity care and women’s health

• Models of maternity care

• Assessment of foetal wellbeing

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/nursing-midwifery www.nuigalway.ie/courses/nursing-midwifery-structured

Nursing and MidwiferySchool of Nursing and Midwifery

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)Structured PhD, Nursing and Midwifery, (full-time) GYQ01PhD, Nursing (full-time) GYN59PhD, Nursing (part-time) GYN60PhD, Midwifery (full-time) GYN77PhD, Midwifery (part-time) GYN78MPhil, Nursing GYN73 | GYN74MPhil, Midwifery GYN75 | GYN76

FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): PhD €5,605 (full-time and part-time, EU) PhD and MPhil €13,500 (full-time, non-EU)PhD €2,915 (part-time, EU)MPhil €6,015 (full-time and part-time, EU)Enquiries toDr. Dympna CaseyT +353 91 493 652E [email protected]. Declan DevaneT +353 91 495 858E [email protected]


Entry requirements Candidates should have a primary degree inMedicine to pursue an MD and , in addition,an Honours degree (or equivalentinternational qualification) for a PhD.

Research areas • Preterm labour

• Myometrial physiology

• Placental biology

• Fetal disorders

• Molecular aspects of parturition

• Obstetrics and cerebal palsy

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/obstetrics-gynaecology www.nuigalway.ie/courses/obstetrics-gynaecology-structured

Obstetrics and GynaecologySchool of Medicine


PAC code(s)Structured PhD, full-time GYP07PhD (part-time) GYN24MD GYN25 | GYN26MAO GYN27 | GYN28




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The Discipline of Occupational Therapy aimsto stimulate, conduct, and disseminate highquality research which will have a significantimpact on occupational therapy practice andeducation.

Applications for PhD and MPhil inOccupational Therapy are welcomed.Applications are considered from all areas ofOccupational Therapy. Specific areas ofinterest include acquired and traumatic braininjury, neurorehabilitation, evidence-basedpractice, standardised assessment, andcognitive and neuropsychologicalrehabilitation.

Entry requirements Candidates should have an honours degreeaward (at least Second Class Honours), orequivalent international qualification, inOccupational Therapy.

MPhil candidates who do not meet thesecriteria may be permitted to take thequalifying examination for the MPhilprogramme, if recommended by the Head of

Discipline or Programme Board, dulyapproved by College. A short-listingprocedure will be based on the application; adiscretionary interview may be scheduled.

Research areas • Acquired and traumatic brain injury

• Neurorehabilitation

• Evidence based practice

• Standardised assessment

• Cognitive and neuropsychologicalrehabilitation

• Orthotic and prosthetic devices

• Test development

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/occupational-therapy www.nuigalway.ie/courses/occupational-therapy-structured

Occupational TherapySchool of Health Sciences




Enquiries toProf. Agnes ShielT +353 91 492 957E [email protected]


Entry requirements Candidates should have a primary degree inMedicine to pursue an MD and , in addition,an Honours Degree for a PhD.

Research areas • Paediatric immunisation

• Community acquired MRSA

• Paediatric allergy

• Respiratory disease

• Diabetes

• Disability

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/paediatrics www.nuigalway.ie/courses/paediatrics-structured

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Pharmacology and TherapeuticsSchool of Medicine



FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): PhD €5,605 (full-time, EU) PhD and MSc €13,500 (full-time, non-EU)PhD €2,915 (part-time, EU)MSc €6,815 (full-time, EU)MSc €3,520 (part-time, EU)

Enquiries toMs. Una RyanT +353 91 492 246E [email protected]

The Discipline is actively engaged in avigorous research programme centred aroundthe areas of neuropharmacology (the study ofthe effects of drugs on the central nervoussystem), immunopharmacology (the study ofthe effects of drugs on the immune system),and signalling in vertebrate development.

The Discipline has research links with othernational and international centres, includingthe Departments of Biochemistry andPhysiology, the NCBES (NUI Galway), theInstitute of Neuroscience, Trinity College,Dublin, the University of Pennsylvania, andH/S Lundbeck, Denmark.


Research areas • Molecular and cellular biology of vertebrate

embryo development• Nicotinic and histaminergic targets for the

treatment of Alzheimer’s disease• Antidepressants; novel targets; modulating

immune responses• Non-animal alternatives for toxicological

assessment of drugs• Novel cell and gene therapies for

Parkinson’s disease• Molecular mechanisms of intestinal injury,

repair and carcinogenesis; inflammatorybowel disease, colon cancer and radiationinjury to the intestinal tract

• Caspases and differentiation: implications forstem cells; putative serine proteases andapoptosis; MicroRNAs, apoptosis and cancer

• Neurochemical, neuroendocrine andmolecular mechanisms underlying pain,anxiety and depression; neuropharmacologyof cannabinoid and opioid receptors;monoamines and the stress response;neuroimmune mechanisms



Research areas • Molecular classification of breast cancer

• Determinants of progression of breast cancer

• Characterisation of precursor lesions ofbreast cancer

• Classifications of minimal lymph node involvement

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/pathology www.nuigalway.ie/courses/pathology-structured

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The Discipline of Podiatry is commited toconducting and dissementing high qualityresearch to support and enhance the evidencebase for Podiatry.

Entry requirements Applicants must have an honours level (orequivalent international qualification)undergraduate degree in podiatry.

Research areas • Tissue viability/lower extremity wounds

• Management of the at risk limb

• Diabetic foot disease

• Tissue stress

• Foot and ankle biomechanics

• Joint instability

• Gait analysis

• Orthoses therapy

• Footwear

• Evidence-based practice

• Inter-professional working in clinical practice

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/podiatry www.nuigalway.ie/courses/podiatry-structured

PodiatrySchool of Health Sciences




Enquiries toDr. Caroline McIntoshT +353 91 495 869E [email protected]

The discipline carries out research in anumber of areas including the central nervoussystem, stem cells, ovarian physiology, pre-implantation embryo development, and hasparticular interests in electrophysiology andsignal transduction mechanisms. Admissionto a research degree is at the discretion of thepotential supervisor and the Head of theDiscipline and is based on a proposal from theapplicant following discussion with themember of staff whose academic area is mostappropriate.


Research areas • Control of preimplantation embryo growth

and development

• Mechanisms regulating ovulation.

• Signalling systems involved in the control ofcell differentiation

• Neuropharmacology and neurotoxicologyof the polyamines

• Pathophysiology of stroke and Parkinson’s disease.

• Neurodevelopment in vitro models

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/physiology www.nuigalway.ie/courses/physiology-structured

PhysiologySchool of Medicine



FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): PhD €5,605 (full-time, EU) PhD and MSc €13,500 (full-time, non-EU)PhD €2,915 (part-time, EU) MSc €6,815 (full-time, EU)MSc €3,520 (part-time, EU)




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Applications are welcome for a PhD orMasters in Health Sciences (Primary Care).The one-year Masters equips students todevelop and carry out a piece of researchwithin the primary care setting. Individualresearch is supported by ten workshop days(two consecutive weekdays in each ofSeptember, October, November, February,April). Workshop topics include:

• Qualitative research methods

• Statistics and epidemiology

• SPSS, Nvivo, Endnote

• Evidence Based Primary Care

• Research ethics

• Writing a research paper

Entry requirements Students are drawn from a wide range ofhealth/social care professions. Entry usuallyfollows successful completion of thePostgraduate Diploma in Primary Care orClinical Primary Care. Applications may alsobe considered from others with relevantbackground/experience. Selection is based onacademic record and congruence of theapplicant’s proposal with expertise andcapacity for supervision within the Disciplineof General Practice. All applicants shouldcontact the Programme Director in advance.

Research areas Proposals for Masters or PhD researchprojects are welcomed in any area ofcommunity-based health care. Applicants’attention is drawn in particular to the keyresearch themes within the Discipline ofGeneral Practice at NUI Galway, which can beviewed here:www.nuigalway.ie/general_practice/research.html

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/primary-care www.nuigalway.ie/courses/primary-care-structured

Primary CareSchool of Medicine


PAC code(s)Structured PhD, full-time GYP14MHSc GYN93

FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): PhD €5,605 (full-time, EU) PhD €13,500 (full-time, non-EU)MHSc email [email protected]

Enquiries toDr. Mary ByrneT +353 91 495 205E [email protected]



Research areas • Neuroimaging abnormalities

in schizophrenia

• Neuroimaging abnormalities in bipolar disorder

• Impact of genetics and environmental riskfactors on the neurobiology of psychosis

• Variation of neurobiological abnormalitieswith illness progression and withpharmacological treatment in psychotic andaffective disorders

• Mental Health Services research—including evaluation of operation andeffects of Mental Health Act 2001 onservice users and professionals

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/psychiatry www.nuigalway.ie/courses/psychiatry-structured

PsychiatrySchool of Medicine



FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): PhD €5,605 (full-time, EU) PhD and MSc €13,500 (full-time, non-EU)PhD €2,915 (part-time, EU)MSc €6,815 (full-time, EU)MSc €3,520 (part-time, EU)




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Admission to a research degree is at thediscretion of the potential supervisor, theHead of Department and the College ofMedicine, Nursing and Health Sciences and isbased on a proposal by the applicant followingdiscussion with the member of academic staffwhose research area is most appropriate.

Entry requirements Applicants should hold an honours degree(Second Class Honours, minimum [orequivalent international qualification]).Specialisation at undergraduate level in anarea relevant to the proposed research ishighly desirable.

Research areas • Gene therapy

• Stem cell biology

• Biomaterial science

• Immunology

• Medical device technologies

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/remedi www.nuigalway.ie/courses/remedi-structured

Regenerative MedicineSchool of Medicine


PAC code(s)Structured PhD, full-time GYP17PhD (part-time) GYN62

FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): PhD €5,605 (full-time, EU) PhD and MSc €13,500 (full-time, non-EU)PhD €2,915 (part-time, EU)

Enquiries toT +353 91 495 166E [email protected]



Research areas • Barium imaging of colon cancer

• Orally administered negative contrastingagents in abdominal C.T. scanning

• Computer tomography of pulmonary sarcoid

• Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy

• Ultrasound—guided biopsy

• Investigation of blunt renal trauma

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/radiology www.nuigalway.ie/courses/radiology-structured

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The Discipline of Speech and LanguageTherapy aims to stimulate, conduct, anddisseminate high quality research in language,communication, eating/drinking/swallowing, and education which will have asignificant impact on speech and languagetherapy practice and education. TheDiscipline offers a PhD in Language Sciencewhich is open to graduates with clinical andnon-clinical degrees.

An MPhil (Health Sciences [Speech andLanguage Therapy]) is also offered. Thisprogramme prepares graduates to develop,improve and enhance knowledge andunderstanding in their chosen area of research.Students will acquire knowledge and skills inthe concepts and principles underlying theresearch topic which can be incorporated intoclinical practice.

Entry requirements Candidates should have an honours degreeaward (at least Second Class Honours), orequivalent international qualification, inSpeech and Language Therapy.

MPhil candidates who do not meet thesecriteria may be permitted to take thequalifying examination for the MPhilprogramme, if recommended by the Head ofDiscipline or Programme Board, dulyapproved by College. A short-listingprocedure will be based on the application; adiscretionary interview may be scheduled.

Research areas • Psycholinguistics

• Language and cognition

• Language structure

Please refer towww.nuigalway.ie/speech_language_therapyfor further information on the researchinterests and expertise of academic staff.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/speech-language www.nuigalway.ie/courses/speech-language-structured

Speech and Language TherapySchool of Health Sciences




Enquiries toMs. Rena LyonsT +353 91 492 918E [email protected]

The Discipline offers supervision in a widearea of medical interest. To pursue eitherdegree, potential candidates should discussthe matter with the Head of Discipline.

Entry requirements Candidates should have a primary degree inMedicine to pursue an MD and, in addition,an Honours degree for a PhD.

Research areas • Breast cancer

• Population genetics

• Molecular profiling

• Role of stem cells in metastasis

• Metastasis prevention

• Early detection

• Colorectal cancer

• Molecular profiling

• Orthopaedic surgery

• Ischaemia/Reperfusion

• Wound healing

• Cardiovascular

• Stem cells in arthritis (with REMEDI)

• Hyperbaric oxygen

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/surgery www.nuigalway.ie/courses/surgery-structured

SurgerySchool of Medicine


PAC code(s)Structured PhD, full-time GYP19PhD (part-time) GYN54MD GYN55 | GYN56MCh GYN57 | GYN58

FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): PhD €5,605 (full-time, EU) PhD and MD and MCh €13,500 (full-time, non-EU)PhD €2,915 (part-time, EU)MD and MCh €5,345 (full-time, EU)MD and MCh €2,785 (part-time, EU)



View of interior of Orbsen Building, which houses suchresearch institutes as the National Centre for BiomedicalEngineering Science (NCBES), and REMEDI.

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The PhD programme in the School of Physics here at NUI Galway was thenatural choice for me. Besides Galway being a great place to live, I had built

up an excellent working relationship with the staff of the Medical PhysicsResearch Cluster whilst completing my MSc in Medical Physics. The opportunity to undertake cutting edge research here in Ireland,using physical insight to tackle the biological problems posed inradiation oncology, was just too good an opportunity not to grasp with both hands.

The interdisciplinary approach promoted during the course of myresearch has broadened my horizons significantly. I will graduate with a Doctorate with physics at its core, enhanced by an understanding of the computational, biological, and medical sciences. I can heartilyrecommend NUI Galway to anyone considering fourth level education.

Seán WalshPhD (Medical Physics)

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College of Science

The College of Science at NUI Galway offers an exciting range of taught and research programmes that attract graduatestudents from all around the world. Much of this activity fits naturally within the four Schools of the College (Chemistry;Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics; Natural Sciences; and Physics and also the cognate Research Institutesof the College (NCBES and Ryan Institute). The University has developed world-class expertise in many areas which aredetailed on the relevant School/Institute websites.

Science seeks to understand and explain a wide range of aspects of the world and thereby contribute to all facets of society.Motivated by this objective, scientists frequently interact with others who may be regarded as somewhat outside of the“traditional” domains of science. Collaborations can extend from Engineering and (Bio-)Medical colleagues to the worldof Business and IT.

The following pages list the various taught and research programmes that are available through the College of Science.Taught programmes are well defined courses that can comprise of a series of focussed lecture modules with laboratoryand/or project work. They are typically all bounded by a finite time period of one year. While many are vocational in nature,they can also provide an excellent foundation for a future graduate research programme. Research MSc and PhDprogrammes, on the other hand, extend over a number of years.

This allows students on such programmes to engage with fundamental and applied scientific questions that ultimately leadto a greater understanding of our existence. Some of the more recent challenges met by our research students have drawnon interdisciplinary knowledge that stretches Science to its limits.

We trust that you will find an interesting and challenging programme to suit your individual needs listed in this brochure.

Science is the key to solving many of the major challenges facing us in the twenty-first century,

including sustainable energy, fighting cancer and climate change. A qualification in Science equips

you with the ability to think independently and critically, to solve problems and adapt to situations”.

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This programme is aimed at students who have a background in Applied Mathematics, or Mathematics, and who wish to upgrade their skills in these areas.

The aim of the programme is to further developstudents’ abilities in applying mathematics toproblems in the physical world.

Participating students are given the opportunityto develop their skills in different areas ofMathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statisticsand Mathematical Modelling by takingadvanced level courses. They study five courses each semester chosen from acatalogue of appropriate courses. They alsoundertake a supervised project working in closecollaboration with an academic member of staffduring which they are trained in variousresearch techniques and gain an insight intosome current area of Applied Mathematicsresearch. At the end of this programmesuccessful students will have a level ofknowledge and equivalent experience to that of a student who has completed a BSc degree in Applied Mathematics.

Entry requirements The entry requirement is a sufficiently highmark in a primary degree (NQAI Level 7 [or equivalent international qualification]) inApplied Mathematics, Mathematics, or AppliedMathematical Science at General Degree level,or an equivalent, to be determined by theCollege of Science. IELTS score of 6.0+ (withnot less than 5.5 in any one component).

Graduates have found employment in Financial institutions, business firms and semi-state bodies.

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Applied Mathematics (HDipAppSci)School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics


Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYS23Course levelLevel 8Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are 5,965 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Michael TuiteT +353 91 493 080 E [email protected]

This course gives microbiology graduates athorough training in a range of practicalanalytical techniques and ancillary skillsnecessary for careers in manufacturing andservice industries, especially the healthcare,food, biomedical and pharmaceutical sectors.Different discipline resources within theUniversity are used to create a modular coursecovering such diverse but essential disciplines asAnalytical Microbiological Techniques,Introduction to Business and Statistics.

The Microbiological aspect of the courseconcentrates on identifying the industrialrequirements in the Microbiological sector andprovides training to meet their up-to-daterequirements. Short, intensive courses advanceparticipants’ training in Quality Managementstandards (GMP, GLP, HACCP),Documentation Control, Processes Validation,Microbiology skills, Environmental Monitoring,Cleanroom Technology, Parenterals products,QA and QC, Industrial bioprocesses, Cellculture, Immunological methodology, and DNAmethodology. Associated with these are aLaboratory-based Quality Management System,a laboratory based research project, readingassignments, tutorials and preparation of reports.

Entry requirements Candidates must hold an honours primarydegree (NQAI Level 8 degree [or equivalentinternational qualification]) in Science or arelated subject, with an appropriate backgroundin Biological Sciences that includesMicrobiology up to and including third yearlevel. Candidates with three years relevant andappropriate practical experience will also beconsidered. IELTS score of 6.0+ (with not lessthan 5.5 in any one component).

Graduates have found employment in Many of the biotechnology, pharmaceuticalhealthcare, and food based industries,including: Abbott Ireland, AllerganPharmaceuticals Ireland, Boston ScientificIreland Ltd, Elan Corporation Ltd., Fort DodgeLaboratories Ireland, Green Isle Foods Ltd,Medtronic AVE Ireland. Positions ofemployment gained include: RandD Scientist,Quality Control (QC) Analyst/ Technician,Quality Assurance (QA), Microbiologist,Production Supervisor, Food Analyst, ClinicalScientist, Validation Scientist, DocumentationOfficer, Laboratory Accreditation Manager,Research Assistant, and ProductionBiochemists.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/applied-microbiology

Applied Microbiology (Postgraduate Diploma)School of Natural Sciences

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYS22Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,690 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Cyril Carroll T +353 91 492 277 E [email protected] Dr. Gerard FlemingT +353 91 493 562 E [email protected]


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The objective of this programme is tointroduce students to an interdisciplinaryapproach to research, which utilisestechnologies and skills from a wide spectrum ofscientific, engineering and clinical disciplines toaddress fundamental questions originating inbiology and medicine. The M.Sc. is intended tointroduce students to science and engineeringdisciplines they would not have covered in theirundergraduate studies.

The first two semesters consist of taughtcourses that will acquaint students with thebasics of biology, chemistry and physicsdepending upon their backgrounds. Alsoduring the first two semesters there will be aseries of practical sessions that will familiarisestudents with different forms ofinstrumentation and techniques. During the final part of the programme, aresearch project will be undertaken. The final grade will be determined from acombination of taught courses, practicalsessions and the research project.

Entry requirements Candidates must hold at least a Second ClassHonours Level 8 Primary Degree in a relatedsubject area or hold a Primary Degree in a related area without honours (which isacceptable to College) and have three yearsrelevant practical experience in the subject area.IELTS score of 6.0+ (with not less than 5.5 in any one component).

Graduates have found employment in A wide variety of career opportunities exist forgraduates of this programme. These includeresearch and development in medical devicesor pharmaceuticals in an industrial or academicsetting, medical device sales, work in hospitallaboratories and further postgraduate studies.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/biomedical-science

Biomedical Science (MSc)

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYS03Course level Level 8Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,815 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Yuri RochevT +353 91 492 806E [email protected]

The MSc Biotechnology programme aims toprovide participants with the skills, knowledgeand experience that are needed to pursue asuccessful career in biotechnology. The coursefocuses on the adaptation and application ofbiological processes for commercial andindustrial use. The investigative, preparativeand analytical scientific techniques that are thefoundations of biotechnology are primarilytaught via lectures and tutorials throughmodules in Genetic Technology, ProteinTechnology, Pharmacology, QualityManagement Systems, Bioprocess Technology,Immunotechnology and Business. Studentshave the opportunity to develop a range ofgeneric skills, such as presentation andteamworking skills. Practical experience is provided through a four-month laboratory-based research project. This coursewould be suitable for graduates with a primary degree in the Biological Sciences whowish to extend their knowledge and skills for a career in the biotechnology sector.

A wide range of career options exist forgraduates of this programme, includingemployment in the pharmaceutical and foodindustries, and in diagnostic and researchservices. Potential sectors for employmentinclude manufacturing, quality assurance,product development and research, as well as the broader sectors of sales and marketingand regulatory affairs.

Entry requirements Candidates must hold at least a Second ClassHonours Level 8 (or equivalent internationalqualification) primary degree in Science or arelated subject, with an appropriate backgroundin Biological Sciences. Candidates with threeyears relevant and appropriate practicalexperience may also be considered.

IELTS score of 6.0+ (with not less than 5.5 inany one component).

Graduates have found employment in Such companies as Abbott, Allergan, and Wyeth.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/biotechnology

Biotechnology (MSc) School of Natural Sciences

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYS04 | GYS05Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-time2 years, part-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,815 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU) €3,520 (part-time, E.U.) and are likely toremain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Aoife BoydT +353 91 492 404E [email protected]



A diploma in Mathematics bridges the gapbetween a four-year mathematics programmeand one that has a substantial mathematicalcomponent but is not to the same level as anhonours degree. It opens opportunities totaught and research Masters programmes, as well as the many career options open to Mathematics graduates.

Students take a broad range of courses inAlgebra, Analysis, Topology, NumericalAnalysis, and Statistics. In addition, eachstudent completes a project, supervised by an academic member of staff.

Entry requirements The entry requirements are a distinction orcommendation in a primary degree inMathematics or Applied Mathematical Scienceat General Degree level (NQAI Level 7), or anequivalent international qualification to bedetermined by the College of Science. IELTSscore of 6.0+ (with not less than 5.5 in any one component).

Graduates have found employment in The education sector, the financial andactuarial industries, as well as pursuing Masters and PhD degrees in Mathematics.

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Mathematics (HDipAppSci)School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics


Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYS15Course levelLevel 8Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €5,965 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorDr. Jerome SheahanT +353 91 493 103 E [email protected]

This one-year taught Masters in Mathematicsintroduces students to advanced topics andconcepts. It prepares students for advancedresearch degrees while graduates are also indemand in the financial and semi-state sectors.

The programme content is dynamic andresearch-led. Modules are designed to offer an insight into new and emerging areas ofresearch mathematics.

Students take four courses per semester.Throughout the year, students work on a minordissertation on a topic of current interest, duringwhich they receive training in modern researchtechniques, as well as developing presentationand report-writing skills.

The School offers a lively environment forstudying a Masters. There are several weeklyresearch seminars on topics in various areas ofmathematics. Students are also encouraged to participate in the workshops hosted by the School's de Brún Centre for Computational Algebra.

Entry requirements Candidates for this programme must haveachieved a Second Class Honours or Level 8degree (or equivalent internationalqualification) in Mathematics or the equivalentas determined by the School. IELTS score of 6.0+ (with not less than 5.5 in any one component).

Graduates have found employment in Financial institutions, business firms and semi-state bodies. There is a strong demand for graduates with mathematical skills, and the ability to apply these skills.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/science-maths

Mathematics (MSc)School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYS09Course levelLevel 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,815 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU) €3,520 (part-time, E.U.); and are likely toremain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorsDr. Graham EllisT +353 91 493 011E [email protected]


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The MSc consists of a fairly intense programmeof lectures, workshops, laboratory sessions,tutorials, and self-directed learning, followed by a short (four–five month) research project.The syllabus contains modules coveringtraditional medical physics topics (RadiationFundamentals, Hospital and Radiation Safety)but also provides an introduction in other areas(Clinical Instrumentation). Modules inanatomy, physiology, medical informatics andsafety and risk management are also provided.The course is accredited by the Institute ofPhysics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM)and is therefore recognized as a component ofIPEM professional training.

The programme is designed to meet thedemand for qualified medical physicists. It isprimarily geared towards training for physicistsin the application of radiation physics inmedicine but maintains a reasonable exposureto key aspects of clinical engineering so thatstudents receive a comprehensive knowledge of the application of physical sciences andengineering to medicine.


Entry requirements Graduates must hold at least a Second ClassHonours Level 8 degree (or equivalentinternational qualification) in Physics orExperimental Physics, Electronic Engineering,or another relevant discipline as determined by the College of Science. Candidates with a primary degree without honours and withthree years’ relevant and appropriate practicalexperience may also be considered. IELTSscore of 6.0+ (with not less than 5.5 in any one component).

Graduates have found employment in A medical physics based career (a recent surveyof graduates from the MSc showed thatapproximately 75% of those found employmentin such a career). This includes severalindividuals who have pursued or are pursuing aPhD. About 20% are employed abroad (U.K.,USA, Australia and New Zealand).Opportunities also exist in specialist medicaldevice industries and in academic research.

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/medical-physics

Medical Physics (MSc)School of Physics

Apply onlinewww.pac.ie/nuigalwayPAC code(s)GYS10Course level Level 9Closing dateYou are advised to apply early, which may resultin an early offer; see page 22 for details.Duration1 year, full-timeFeeCurrent year fees are €6,815 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012. Programme directorsProf. Wil van der Putten T +353 91 544 311 E [email protected] Dr. Christoph KleefeldT + 353 91 542 870E [email protected]

Attempting to find new drug treatments forcentral nervous system (CNS) diseases is amajor global priority. This requires acollaboration between pharmaceuticalcompanies, hospitals and academic institutions.The Department of Pharmacology andTherapeutics has been actively engaged inneuropharmacological research for over 30years. In 1998, the MSc in Neuropharmacologywas introduced to provide students with theskills necessary to develop a career in importantareas of research, and aims to provide:

• A sound theoretical knowledge of neuropharmacology • Laboratory-based skills in various neuropharmacological techniques• An appreciation of the regulatory issues associated with conducting neuropharmacological research • The application of experimental design and statistics to neuropharmacological research• A detailed understanding of a range of computer packages involved in data processing and presentation

• A research project which will allow these skills to be further developed

Entry requirements Successful students will normally hold at least aSecond Class Honours, Level 8 degree (orequivalent international qualification) from adiversity of undergraduate disciplines, rangingfrom Chemistry through Life Science subjectsto Psychology. Students are also consideredwho have a Level 7 degree (or equivalentinternational qualification) and three yearsrelevant work experience. IELTS score of 6.0+(with not less than 5.5 in any one component).

Graduates have found employment in Technical or research roles either in hospitals,universities, or companies within or outside of Ireland (there have been over 120 graduates of the programme who have entered theworkforce in these areas; in addition,approximately one-third have embarked on a PhD).

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Neuropharmacology (MSc)


PAC code(s)GYS11




FeeCurrent year fees are €6,815 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU) and are likely toremain at this level for 2011–2012.

Programme directorDr. John KellyT +353 91 493 268 E [email protected]



The diploma programme is multidisciplinary innature, involving contributions from TheColleges of Science, Business and Public Policyand Law, Engineering and Informatics andMedicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.Students study topics such as occupationalhealth, occupational hygiene, ergonomics,safety and risk management, research methods,and legal studies.

Graduates of the programme will receive a highquality qualification in occupational health andsafety which will enable them to take onmanagerial responsibilities for these matterswithin an industry, a regulatory agency orconsultancy firm. They will also acquire thenecessary skills to pursue further research in the area.

The programme is recognised by the IrishHealth and Safety Authority and satisfies theacademic requirements for membership of the U.K. Institution of Occupational Safety and Health and the British OccupationalHygiene Society.

Entry requirements The minimum entry requirement is a Level 7BSc degree or primary degree, or an equivalentqualification acceptable to the College ofScience for the purposes of this Diploma (e.g.,RGN). Final selection may be made on thebasis of an interview and/or a selection test.IELTS score of 6.0+ (with not less than 5.5 in any one component).

Graduates have found employment in Such careers as Health and SafetyProfessionals, Health and Safety Managers,Health Promotion Officers Ergonomists andOccupational Hygienists, across a broad rangeof sectors including pharmachem, healthcare,medical device, consulting firms, localauthorities, statutory bodies in Ireland and abroad.

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Occupational Health and Safety (HDipAppSci)



PAC code(s)GYS17

Course levelLevel 8




Programme directorDr. Marie CogginsT +353 91 495 056E [email protected]

The Master’s programme is multidisciplinary innature, involving contributions from The Colleges of Science, Business and PublicPolicy and Law, Engineering and Informaticsand Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.

Students study topics such as occupationalhealth, occupational hygiene, ergonomics,safety and risk management, research methods,and legal studies. Students also undertakeadvanced studies in one of the subject areas, toprepare them for their minor research thesis.

Graduates of the programme will receive a highquality qualification in occupational health andsafety which will enable them to take onmanagerial responsibilities for these matterswithin an industry, a regulatory agency orconsultancy firm. They will also acquire thenecessary skills to pursue further research in the area.

The programme is recognised by the IrishHealth and Safety Authority and satisfies theacademic requirements for membership of the U.K. Institution of Occupational Safety and Health and the British OccupationalHygiene Society.

Entry requirements The programme is open to individuals whohave obtained a Level 8 BSc degree or itsequivalent in an appropriate discipline.Students without an adequate academicbackground may be required to attend aninterview or an examination approved byAcademic Council on the recommendation ofthe College of Science. IELTS score of 6.0+(with not less than 5.5 in any one component).

Graduates have found employment in Such careers as Health and Safety Professionals,Health and Safety Managers, Health PromotionOfficers, Occupational Hygienists, andErgonomists, across a broad range of sectorsincluding PharmaChem, Healthcare, MedicalDevice, Consulting Firms, Local Authorities,Statutory Bodies in Ireland and abroad.

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Occupational Health and Safety (MSc)


PAC code(s)GYS12

Course levelLevel 9



FeeCurrent year fees are €6,815 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU) and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012.

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Toxicology is the study of poisons, drawingheavily on life and physical sciences, as well asbeing an applied practically-based subject. TheMSc in Toxicology is run jointly with AthloneInstitute of Technology (AIT). It is designed toacquaint students with the breadth ofToxicology, with a considerable emphasis on itspractical application. The first semester (NUI, Galway) consists of a foundation in Pharmacology and Toxicology and theirapplications. The second semester (AIT) consists of lectures in advanced topics in Toxicology.

In addition, there is an opportunity toinvestigate an aspect of toxicology and deliver aseminar on this area. The programmeobjectives are to:

• Gain a sound theoretical knowledge of Toxicology• Develop a variety of analytical and writing and presentation skills

• Become familiar with the importance of experimental design and statistical analysis• Conduct a research project which allows these skills to be further developed

Entry requirements Successful students will normally hold at least aSecond Class Honours, Level 8 degree (or equivalent international qualification) in a life science or related discipline or equivalentqualifications to be determined by theInstitutions. Students will be jointly registeredat NUI Galway and Athlone Institute ofTechnology, and will graduate from theinstitution to which they applied. IELTS score of 6.0+ (with not less than 5.5 in any one component).

Graduates have found employment in A career in Toxicology in industry, academia or in governmental and international regulatory bodies.

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Toxicology (MSc)


PAC code(s)GYS18





Programme directorDr. John Kelly T +353 91 493 268 E [email protected]



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Placing function in a structural context.” Areas of specialisation/technologies available—sampling design; stereology; image analysis;microscopy: confocal; ambient and lowtemperature EM; immunocytochemistry; geneexpression technologies; in situ PCR(LM/EM); phenotypic characterisation(organ/cell); cell culture models and/or 3D cell culture systems.

Entry requirements Candidates for the degree of PhD or MSc byresearch must have reached a high honoursstandard (minimum H2.2 [or equivalentinternational qualification] for an MSc) at theexamination for the primary degree orpresented such other evidence as will satisfy the Head of School and the College of his/her fitness.

Research areas • Integrative reproduction: structure/ function of human endometrium, environmental endocrine disruption, fetomaternal interface

• In vivo and in vitro study of human diseases: normal and pathological development

• Role of ECM and receptors in vivo, phenotypic analysis of models

• In vitro model systems—cell micropatterning and microfluidics

• Biomaterials tissue interactions

• Neuroscience: spinal cord development and injury

• Specific contribution to national biophotonics and imaging platform

• Education, molecular and cellular imaging, imaging technology cores

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R E S E A R C H P R O G R A M M E S | C O L L E G E O F S C I E N C E

Anatomy School of Medicine



PAC code(s)PhD GYT01 | GYT02MSc GYT03 | GYT04

FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): PhD €5,605 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU) €2,915 (part-time, EU)MSc €6,815 (full-time, EU) €13,500 (full-time, non-EU) €3,520 (part-time, EU)


The research activity of the discipline covers arange of topics in both Applied Mathematicsand Theoretical Physics, with a particularemphasis on dynamical systems theory,quantum field theory, conformal field theoryand modeling and analysis of partial differentialequations. Members of the discipline areinvolved in joint projects with otherdisciplines/research units within the University,and are also involved in a number ofinternational collaborations.

Entry requirements Candidates for the degree of PhD or MSc byresearch must have reached a high honoursstandard (minimum H2.2 [or equivalentinternational qualification] for an MSc) at theexamination for the primary degree orpresented such other evidence as will satisfy the Head of School and the Collaege of his/her fitness.

Research areas • Multibody system dynamics, numerical bifurcation analysis, piecewise smooth dynamical systems, biomathematics

• Quantum field theory and conformal field theory, vertex operator algebras, the Monster group, modular groups

• Theoretical high energy physics: renormalization theory and supersymmetry

• Modelling and analysis of diffusion problems arising in solid state physics and drug release; modelling of wastewater treatment processes - in particular, anaerobic processes

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Applied MathematicsSchool of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics



FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): PhD €5,605 (full-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU) €2,915 (part-time, EU)MSc €6,815 (full-time, EU) €13,500 (full-time, non-EU) €3,520 (part-time, EU)


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Research in Biochemistry involves some sixtypostgraduate students and thirty postdoctoralresearchers from around the world. Our mainareas are:

Cell Stress and Cell DeathWe examine how cells signal during stress andhow different stresses can cause death.

Chromosome BiologyTen research groups study the molecularmechanisms underlying chromosomereplication, segregation, DNA repair andtranscription.

Developmental BiologyWe study gene expression during development,using the zebrafish model.

Molecular BiotechnologyOur research focuses on industrial applicationsof biomolecules from fungi.


Research areas • Cancer biology• Cell cycle• Cell death mechanisms• Cellular stress responses• Chromosome biology• DNA damage responses • Mutagenesis• Developmental mechanisms• Enzymology• Epigenetics• Gene expression• Glycobiology• Neurobiology

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BiochemistrySchool of Natural Sciences



FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): PhD €5,605 (full-time, EU) €13,500 (full-time, non-EU) €2,915 (part-time, EU)MSc €6,815 (full-time and part-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)€3,520 (part-time, EU)

Enquiries toDr. Ciaran Morrison | Prof. Kevin SullivanT +353 91 492 420E [email protected]

This general discipline has an expandingresearch activity with postgraduate students(PhD and MSc) and postdoctoral researchersfrequently involved in collaborative projectswith other researchers at NUI Galway,elsewhere in Ireland and overseas.

This relatively new discipline involvescomputational and statistical modelling andanalysis of largescale biomolecular data.Bioinformatics research is inherentlyinterdisciplinary and could appeal to studentsfrom molecular life science (e.g. biochemistry),chemistry, physics, engineering, statistics or mathematics.


Research areas Current work includes modeling viralevolution, discovery of human polymorphismsthat affect gene expression or mRNA splicing,and genome informatics, including algorithm development and functionalgenomics/epigenomics.

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BioinformaticsSchool of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics



FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012):

PhD €5,605 (full-time, EU) €13,500 (full-time, non-EU) €2,915 (part-time, EU)MSc €6,815 (full-time and part-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)€3,520 (part-time, EU)




Biostatistics involves the design, analysis andinterpretation of clinical trials, observationalstudies of disease causation, diagnostic testevaluations and medical imaging studies.

The research is carried out in collaborationwith the HRB Clinical Research Facility NUIGalway. On completion the student will bewell-equipped to take on a position as astatistician in government or industry or tocontinue in a PhD program in Biostatistics.

Entry requirements Candidates for the degree of PhD or MSc by research must have reached a high honoursstandard (minimum [H2.2 or equivalentinternational qualification] for an MSc) at the examination for the primary degree orpresented such other evidence as will satisfy the Head of School and the College of his/her fitness.

Research areas This involves more applied work in themedical area, typically in collaboration withthe Clinical Research Facility at NUI Galway.Topics include clinical trials, survival analysis,and registry-based studies.

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BiostatisticsSchool of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics



PAC code(s)MSc GYT81 | GYT82

FeeCurrent year fees are (and are likely to remain at this level for 2011–2012): MSc €6,815 (full-time and part-time, EU)€13,500 (full-time, non-EU)€3,520 (part-time, EU)



Plants are the ultimate solar-powered biologicalsystems selected by evolution. Botany and PlantScience conduct research on plants at all levels,including ecosystems, communities, species,individuals, tissues, cells and molecules (e.g.,genetics, biochemistry). We investigate manytypes of plants including algae (e.g., seaweeds,diatoms), mosses, ferns, gymnosperms andflowering (seed) plants, including wild plants,model genetic organisms (e.g., Arabidopsis) and cultivated plants (e.g., crops, forestry).

Plant research is the key biosciences topic forfuture sustainable development, particularly indeveloping countries.


Research areas Genetics and Biotechnology: plantbiotechnology, genetics, epigenetics, genomics,genetic engineering, genetic resources,bioinformatics, biosciences policy; plantbiosciences for food security and sustainabledevelopment (developing countries). Paleoenvironmental Research: paleobotany;long-term environmental change (e.g. 15,000years); climate change and human impact.Terrestrial Plant Ecology: conservation ofthreatened plants and habitats in Ireland;climate change; biodiversity; turlough andcallows ecosystems; low intensity farming; rarevascular plants and bryophytes; coastal ecology.Algal and Aquatic Plant Ecophysiology:environmental and anthropological impact onmarine and freshwater algae and plants; climatechange; biodiversity; utilization; stressphysiology; ecotoxicology. Plant and Algal Glycoscience: plant cell wallcomposition, evolution and functional analysis;cell wall component roles in growth,development and defense against pathogens;manipulation for crop protection and novel uses.

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Botany/Plant ScienceSchool of Natural Sciences




Enquiries toSíle Mhic DhonnchaT +353 91 492 340E [email protected]


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DERI’s Web Science agenda focuses on (i)analysing the topology, dynamics, content anduser behaviour of the Web and the impact ofunderlying algorithms, protocols andarchitectures, (ii) designing and evaluatinginnovations in semantically enhancedtechnology for its future and (iii) ensuring itscontinuing benefit to various aspects of society.

Our central hypothesis is that the creation of a“network of knowledge” can assist people,organisations and systems with their individualas well as collective problem solving, enablinginnovation and increased productivity and alsohelping to bridge the gap between the physicaland virtual worlds through the inclusion ofemerging sensor technologies.

Entry requirements Candidates for the degree of PhD or MSc byresearch must have reached a high honoursstandard (minimum H2.2 [or equivalentinternational qualification] for an MSc) at theexamination for the primary degree orpresented such other evidence as will satisfy theHead of School and the College of his/herfitness.

Research areas • Semantic web and social and collaborative software • Web and information mining, natural language processing• Scalable reasoning and querying for the Web• Sensor middleware• Service-oriented architectures• Data Intensive Infrastructures• Application domains: eBusiness and finanacial services, eGovernment, ITC solutions for environmental management and sustainability, healthcare and life sciences, industrial applications

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/deri-science

DERIDigital Enterprise Research Institute




Enquiries toaDr. Axel PolleresT +353 91 495 723E [email protected]. Hilda FitzpatrickT + 353 91 495 053E [email protected]

Research activity within the School ofChemistry involves over sixty postgraduatestudents and postdoctoral researchers in fourmain research clusters:Functional molecules and materials—Thiscluster involves the development of newbiomaterials for innovative drug deliverysystems and of new bioactive compounds aspotential therapeutics for cancer and influenza. Green Chemistry—Research in this cluster isconcerned with developing the fuels and greenchemistry of the future. Research in this clusterincludes the Combustion Research Centre, theBiomolecular Electronics Research Laboratoryand Green Chemistry.Analytical Chemistry—This group isdeveloping new analytical methods forapplications such as bio-pharma production.

Entry requirements Candidates for the degree of PhD or MSc byresearch must have reached a high honoursstandard (minimum H2.2 [or equivalentinternational qualification] for an MSc) at theexamination for the primary degree orpresented such other evidence as will satisfy

the Head of School and the College of his/her fitness.

Research areas Advancing Medicine through Chemical Discovery:This research involves the development of newbiomaterials for innovative drug deliverysystems, new magnetic materials, and of newbioactive compounds as potential therapeuticsfor areas such as cancer and infection. There are strengths in biomolecular chemistry,including drug design, synthesis and chemical biology.Green Chemistry and Energy: Research isconcerned with developing the fuels and greenchemistry of the future. There are projects inCombustion, Biomolecular Electronics, Energyand environmentally friendly synthesis. Analytical Chemistry: This research is concernedwith the development of new analyticalmethods for monitoring bio-pharmaceuticaland pharmaceutical production.

The School has strengths in synthesis, structure determination, theoretical andcomputational chemistry, analytical chemistry,physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry andorganic chemistry.

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ChemistrySchool of Chemistry




Enquiries toProf. Paul MurphyT +353 91 492 465E paul.v.murphy @nuigalway.ie



Environmental research is undertaken by awide range of disciplines including Botany,Chemistry, Earth and Ocean Sciences,Microbiology, Physics and Zoology and theseshould be referred to for further detail.Research areas covered specifically byEnvironmental Science are given below.


Research areas Agri-environmental research: Determination ofHigh Nature Value farmland in Ireland.Effectiveness of agri-environmental schemesin delivering biodiversity objectives.Biodiversity of upland farms in relation todiffering farming practices

Biodiversity: Climate change impacts onbiodiversity. Ecological investigations of rare /endangered invertebrate species. Terrestrialinvertebrate species (Diptera, Carabidae) asbioindicators of habitat quality

Biological control: Determination of optimumgrowing conditions of marsh flies (Diptera :Sciomyzidae) for use in the control of mollusc pests

Habitat management: Sustainable managementof protected coastal dune systems impacted bytourism. Grazing effects on upland habitats

Wetland studies: Development of sustainablemanagement practices for peatlands, fens,flood meadows and turloughs. Impacts ofagriculture and urban development onwetland function. Peatland restoration andrehabilitation techniques

Waste management

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Environmental ScienceSchool of Natural Sciences





Enquiries toDr. Mike Gormally T +353 91 493 334E [email protected]


Clusters

• Biogeoscience Group. Studies of the Irish sea floor and marine— groundwater interactions

• Geofluids Group Investigations into the role of fluids in the mineralogical, chemical, and structural evolution of the Earth’s crust

• Magmatic Studies Group Investigations into the petrogenesis of magmatic and related rocks


Research areas • Physical habitat mapping• Caledonian/Variscan geology• Other geological topics• Marine geophysics• Land-based geophysics• Hydrogeology• Physical oceanography• Chemical oceanography

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Earth and Ocean Sciences School of Natural Sciences




Enquiries toProf. Michael Williams T +353 91 492 266E [email protected]


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Research activity in Microbiology is carried outin three broad topics:

Energy and Environment Microbes are being exploited for sustainableenergy generation from renewable biomass andwaste, e.g. biofuel cells, anaerobic digestion.

Marine Marine microbiology underpins the study ofclimate change, marine productivity anddiversity. NUI Galway researchers are studying the microbes that drive geochemicalnutrient cycles.

Infectious DiseasesAll infectious diseases are caused by micro-organisms. Research foci are; infectionmechanisms, food borne illnesses, antibioticresistance and diagnostics.


Research areas • Molecular diagnostics • Host-pathogen studies • Microbial glycobiology • Microbial diversity in aquatic environment • Recombinant protein production • Deep ocean microbiology • Stress responses in food borne pathogens • Food borne pathogen epidemiology • Antibiotic and disinfectant resistance • Applied ecology and habitat management

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/microbiology

MicrobiologySchool of Natural Sciences




Enquiries toDr. Conor O’Byrne T +353 91 493 957E [email protected]

The research activity in Mathematics at NUI Galway covers a broad range of topicsspanning Algebra, Analysis, Geometry andTopology. There is a particular strength inComputational Algebra, which has led to theestablishment of de Brún Centre, whosemission is to support research in broad areas ofalgebra and its applications.

The various research groups within thediscipline of Mathematics host a wide range ofworkshops, seminars and graduate courses,resulting in a unique and thriving graduateresearch programme. Recent graduates are nowworking as lecturers and postdoctoralresearcher at third-level institutes. Others areworking in industry, including banking andfinance, and in the Meteorological Service.


Research areas Algebra:• Group theory including group varieties, representation theory of finite groups, associative and non-associative rings, and group rings, coding theory and cryptography• Computational algebra including computational homological algebra, computational group theory, computational representation theory• Linear and Multilinear Algebra

Analysis and Numerical Analysis:• Functional analysis, in particular tensor products, multilinear forms, polynomials and holomorphic functions on Banach spaces• Non-linear analysis, including differential and integral equations, and fixed point theory• Numerical analysis and computational differential equations

Geometry and Topology:• Differential geometry and the geometry and topology of Lie groups and homogeneous spaces• Analytic topology and order

Mathematics Education

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Mathematics School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics




Enquiries toMs. Mary KellyT+353 91 492 332E [email protected]



The National Centre for BiomedicalEngineering Science (NCBES) offers bothMSc and PhD degrees within our ResearchClusters as listed below. Admission to aresearch degree is at the discretion of thepotential supervisor, the Head of Disciplineand the College of Science, and is based on aproposal by the applicant following discussionwith the member of academic staff whoseresearch area is most appropriate.

Applicants should hold an honours degree (Second Class Honours [or equivalentinternational qualification], Grade 1minimum). Specialisation at undergraduatelevel in an area relevant to the proposedresearch is highly desirable.


Research areas • Research clusters • Apoptosis • Biomaterials and tissue engineering • Biomechanics • Biopharmaceutical and bio-processing • Development and reproduction • Gene and stem cell therapy • Genome stability and cancer • Neuroscience

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NCBES






Research interests include studying the impactof the indoor environment on health. Much of our research involves the measurement ormodeling of exposures to physical, chemical orbiological hazards in occupational anddomestic settings.

Research also includes evaluating the impact of such exposures on health. Many of theresearch projects are multidisciplinary andinvolve collaborations with industrial partners.


Research areas • Occupational / Environmental exposure assessment

• Exposure modelling

• Indoor air pollution

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Occupational Health and HygieneSchool of Physics




Enquiries toDr. Marie Coggins T+353 91 495 056E [email protected]



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The Discipline is actively engaged in a vigorousresearch programme which is centred aroundthe areas of neuropharmacology (the study ofthe effects of drugs on the central nervoussystem), immunopharmacology (the study ofthe effects of drugs on the immune system),and signalling in vertebrate development.

The Discipline has research links with othernational and international centres, includingBiochemistry and Physiology, the NationalCentre for Biomedical Engineering Science(NUI Galway), the Institute of Neuroscience,Trinity College, Dublin, the University ofPennsylvania, and H/S Lundbeck, Denmark.The research activities of the Department arefunded from a variety of competitive sources.

Entry requirements Candidates for the degree of PhD or MSc byresearch must have reached a high honoursstandard (minimum H2.2 [or equivalentinternational qualification] for an MSc) at the examination for the primary degree orpresented such other evidence as will satisfy the Head of School and the College of his/her fitness.

Research areas • Molecular mechanisms of intestinal injury, repair and carcinogenesis; focus on biological functions of transcription factor NF-kappaB• Investigation of the mechanism of action of antidepressants and the development of novel targets using animal models• The molecular and cellular biology of vertebrate embryo development; identification and regulation of zygotic genes in zebrafish• The development and validation of novel cell and gene therapies for Parkinson’s disease• Neurochemical, neuroendocrine and molecular mechanisms underlying pain anxiety and depression. Neuropharmacology of cannabinoid and opioid receptors• Investigation on how proteases called caspases control cell fate, work which will answer fundamental questions about cell death and differentiation

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Pharmacology and Therapeutics School of Medicine




Enquiries toMs. Una Ryan T +353 91 492 246E [email protected]


Research activities (involving over 80researchers) are organised into three research clusters —• Astronomy and Astrophysics (instrumentation, observation, analysis and modelling) • Lasers, Biophotonics, and Applied Optics (adaptive optics, optical design, laser material interactions, optically-based diagnostic and therapeutic tools)• Aerosol, Atmospheric and Environmental Physics (air-sea exchange and air-quality, climate change, indoor pollution, and occupational hygiene)Also, cross-cutting thematic research areas(involving additional personnel), includeImaging and Medical Physics (linked to University College Hospital),Computational Physics (using in-houseparallel computing facilities)


Research areas • Atmospheric aerosols, gas-aerosol interactions, and exchanges at the air-sea interface• Upper Ocean Physics and Air-Sea Exchange• Climate change research and climate modelling • Measurement and/or modelling of indoor air pollution in domestic and occupational settings• Occupational health and occupational hygiene• Applied/adaptive optics in vision science, imaging, lasers, and astronomical instrumentation• Biophotonics• Medical imaging and radiation physics• Investigation/modelling of laser-material interactions and laser micro-fabrication• Nanoparticle production and nanoparticle- based biosensing platforms• Very high energy gamma-ray astronomy• Optical and Infrared Astronomy at high angular and time resolution• Multi-wavelength pulsar observations and high-time resolution astrophysics• Star and planet formation• Modelling of astrophysical plasmas

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PhysicsSchool of Physics




Enquiries toMs. Tess MahoneyT +353 91 492 490E [email protected]


The Discipline carries out research in a numberof areas including the central nervous system,stem cells, ovarian physiology, pre-implantationembryo development and has particularinterests in electrophysiology and signaltransduction mechanisms. Admission to aresearch degree is at the discretion of thepotential supervisor and the Head of theDepartment and is based on a proposal from the applicant following discussion with the member of staff whose academic area is most appropriate.

Candidates should have obtained an honoursdegree (2.1) in Physiology or a cognate subject such as Biochemistry, Pharmacology,Anatomy, or Microbiology.


Research areas • Control of pre-implantation embryo growth and development• Mechanisms regulating ovulation. • Signalling systems involved in the control of cell differentiation• Neuropharmacology and neurotoxicology of the polyamines • Pathophysiology of stroke and Parkinson's disease • Neurodevelopment in vitro models

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PhysiologySchool of Medicine






The Regenerative Medicine Institute(REMEDI) offers both MSc and PhD degreeswithin our research areas as described below.Admission to a research degree is at thediscretion of the potential supervisor, theHead of Discipline and the College of Scienceand is based on a proposal by the applicantfollowing discussion with the member ofacademic staff whose research area is most appropriate.

Applicants should hold an honours degree(Second Class Honours [or equivalentinternational qualification], minimum).Specialisation at undergraduate level in an area relevant to the proposed research is highly desirable.


Research areas • Stem Cell Science • Gene Therapy • Immunology • Developmental/Basic Biology • Proteomics • Biomaterials for Novel Biotherapeutics

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REMEDI




Enquiries toMs. Noreen RyanT+353 495 166E [email protected]



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The Ryan Institute specialises in environmental,marine and energy research. The researchorganised through the thematic researchpriorities of Climate Change, Energy, Marineand Coastal Processes, Biodiversity andBioresources, Environment and Health, andSustainability and the Built Environment,supported by cross-thematic activities inModelling and Informatics, EnvironmentalTechnologies, and Socioeconomics and Policy.These priorities address (inter-)national andregional policy needs, drive the educational andoutreach functions of the Institute and underpinthe national NUI Galway-led EnvironmentalGraduate Programme (www.envgrad.ie).


Research areas • Aquaculture (fish and shellfish broodstock development, seaweed cultivation)• Marine biodiscovery (sponge and algal systematics, glycobiology, biomaterials) • Functional foods from the sea • Invasive species in the marine environment • Molecular biology and invertebrate stem-cell research • Marine environment (climate and environment change) • Marine microbiology (toxic and non-toxic blooms)• Climate and air-pollution studies• Environment and Health• Coastal-ocean processes (groundwater- seawater interactions, oceanography)• Seabed research (geophysics, geology, benthic ecology) • Offshore renewable energy• Sensors and SmartBay technology• Power electronics• Materials, design and life-cycle analysis for the built environment• Water and waste• Bioenergy• Ecology• Marine and terrestrial environmental modelling and informatics• Environmental, marine and energy socioeconomics and policy• Geographical Information Systems

www.nuigalway.ie/courses/science-ryan-institute

Ryan Institute




Enquiries toMs. Mary Gannon T +353 91 492 325E [email protected]

This general discipline within the School ofMathematics, Statistics and AppliedMathematics has an expanding research activitywith postgraduate students (PhD and MSc)and postdoctoral researchers frequentlyinvolved in collaborative projects with otherresearchers at NUI Galway, elsewhere inIreland and overseas. There are three broadrelated current research areas: statistics–thisincludes methodological work in statisticalmodelling including random effects and mixedmodels, semiparametric Bayesian inference,mixture models, and smoothing.


Research areas Application areas range from agriculturalsciences, educational performance, health provision evaluation, to environmental monitoring.

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StatisticsSchool of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics







Research in Zoology is mainly concentrated inthe following broad areas: evolutionary and,developmental biology; ecological parasitology;aquaculture and fisheries management; ecology,behaviour, and conservation of a variety ofanimal groups, including: inshore marine andfreshwater fish; mammals and birds, especiallyrodents, carnivores and game birds; centipedes(both coastal and inland species); introducedaquatic organisms (such as zebra mussels),barnacles and sponges.


Research areas • Evolutionary biology: origins of animal body plans, developmental bias, evolution of animal segmentation, molecular systematics of marine invertebrates, molecular evolution of animal viruses

• Developmental biology: stem cell biology and axial patterning, comparative immunology in clonal invertebrates, development and evolution of vertebrate nervous and sensory systems focusing on early embryonic development of cranial sense organs in amphibians

• Ecology: mammal ecology—rodents, urban mammal species, wildlife monitoring techniques, and mammal parasitology. Freshwater ecology—limnology and conservation; fisheries management of freshwater fish, ecological parasitology, introduced aquatic organisms. Marine ecology—larval settlement and distribution and abundance of adult barnacles; effects of global change on rocky shore organisms; multivariate statistical methods to trace fish harvest origin using parasite data; marine biodiscovery

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The Centre for Innovation and Structural Change (CISC) atNUI Galway is the largest national research centre focused oninnovation research. CISC’s core focus is on building aninternationally recognised programme of research andeducation on innovation processes and policies that arefundamental to the development of a knowledge basedeconomy. CISC is one of the four major research instituteswithin NUI Galway and it is aligned with the Applied SocialScience and Public Policy thematic research priority.

Since its inception, CISC has worked in collaboration withacademics, researchers and PhD students from many differentdisciplines within NUI Galway and other national andinternational institutes. By taking a cross-disciplinaryapproach to research, CISC has developed a distinguishedrecord in scholarship and research programmes in innovation

and structural change. This collaborative environment alsofosters new approaches and the synergy generated, aligns bestpractice in innovation research with current policy, businessand management practice thinking. These new approaches andinsights are disseminated and shared with a wide variety ofnational and international stakeholders.

Currently, I am the Director of Centre for Innovation andStructural Change (CISC) and a senior lecturer in StrategicManagement at the J.E. Cairnes School of Business &Economics. I have previously held the positions of theExecutive MBA Programme Director and the Head of theStrategy Group. Prior to joining NUI Galway, I held a lecturingposition in the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business at University College Dublin. Prior to this, I worked as a strategy consultant.

Centre for Innovation and Structural Change

Profile of Director

My research interests include university and industry collaborationfocusing on commercialisation and technology transfer, the role ofpublicly funded researchers within the Irish research system, academicentrepreneurships and strategy as practice. I have published extensively,co-authored several books, won numerous awards and my research ontechnology transfer has been cited in the Government’s major strategydocument entitled; Strategy for Science Innovation and Technology,published in 2006. My latest co-edited book entitled Irish Management2.0: New Managerial Priorities in a Changing Economy combines articles,case studies and management reflections from a range of academics andpractitioners which provide a compelling commentary on the future ofmanagement practice and business education in Ireland. I am currentlyworking on an international strategy book entitled Strategy and Strategistswhich will be published by Oxford University Press in 2010.

Research themes

CISC has five major research themes: Innovation Systems, IndustryClustering, Internationally–Traded Services, Inter-OrganisationalSystems, and High Performance Work Systems. For example, within theInternationally-Traded Services theme, our researchers are examiningthe role of foreign investment in the mergence of the internationallytraded services sector in Ireland to assess the ‘embeddedness’ of ITSinvestment in the local economy and the role of indigenous firms insupply chain activity, outsourcing and penetration of global markets.Our research aim is to identify the public policy implications relatingto spatial strategy and to pursue new teaching and learning initiativesthat help penetrate the global markets and benefit the Irish economy.Our Innovation Systems research investigates the theoretical andoperational aspects of innovation and structural change in the framing of science, technology and innovation policy. It also providesprofessional development for young and emerging researchers at NUIGalway. Industry Clustering is developing ways to better understandthe characteristics and performance of industry clusters as a newlyidentified source of competitive advantage in the global economy.

Importance of our research

Our priority research themes are of national importance. Our researchhas made significant contributions to innovation processes and policiesthat are fundamental to the development of a smart economy. Asorganisations work to adapt to constantly changing and increasingly

complex operating environments, there is a need for innovative thinking across the board: from public policy to organisationalstructures, from business processes to social inclusion, from technologyto legal issues. We at CISC provide this environment for alternativethinking, opening up new avenues for exploration and ultimatelystriving to help release the potential of individuals, organisations andIreland as a whole. Since its foundation CISC has been Ireland’s leadingNational Research Institute in innovation and has interacted with manypolicy makers, disseminating our research findings to national andinternational audiences.

Links with industry partners

CISC has developed strong links with business both in Galway andfurther afield, particularly with regional enterprise and business sectors.CISC has collaborated with a number of agencies and industry partnersincluding Enterprise Ireland, Western Development Commission,ITAG, IDA Ireland, BMW Assembly, American Chamber ofCommerce Ireland, Marine Institute, Science Foundation Ireland,and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Many of thecompanies we partner with are start-ups and small enterprises.

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Investing in your learning and research environment Innovation is a central theme in Irish public policy as Irelandattempts to become the leading European location forentrepreneurship and innovation. CISC has been to the forefrontin understanding and contributing factual and relevant analysisto the national agenda. Our multidisciplinary research communityare experts in innovation and structural change. At CISC we havecreated a vibrant and diverse research community. Our competitiveresearch funding success nationally and internationally in excess of €7 million has supported 34 research projects, 60 principalinvestigators, 16 post doctoral fellows and 34 funded PhD fellows.We are actively involved in disseminating our research ininternationally peer reviewed journals, books, book chapters,conference papers, policy submissions and our working paperseries. We organise and host a variety of events from research

seminars to public lectures thereby providing a platform for ourresearch community to engage and share with a variety ofstakeholders– academic, policy and practice their researchfindings and perspectives. These activities and vibrancy provideour PhD fellows with a rich and diverse intellectual experience.

Our peopleOur multidisciplinary research community of over 60 academicstaff, post doctoral fellows, research assistance and PhD fellows,all of whom are from very diverse backgrounds and cultures. OurCentre is located in the J.E. Cairnes School of Business &Economics on campus, with staff working across severaldisciplines from the College of Business, Public Policy and Lawto the College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies.

The Irish economy has shifted from its over-reliance on construction to an innovation andentrepreneurial based economy. The key challengefacing Irish businesses will be the fundamentalchange in the way in which Irish businesses compete inglobal markets. To compete on a global scale there is aneed for innovative thinking and the building of newcollaborative forms to respond to technological,social and economic changes. Innovation is at thecore of responding to the changes andunderstanding of multi-faced nature ofinnovation is critical. At CISC, our research is at the cutting edge of understandinginnovation and structural change in thecontext of a small open economy. In doingso, we disseminate our research expertiseto academic, policy and industrycommunities nationally andinternationally.

James CunninghamDirector, CISC

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Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) at NUI Galwayis a Centre for Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET)established in 2003 with funding from Science FoundationIreland. DERI has fast become an internationally recognisedinstitute in web research, education and technology transfer,which directly contributes to the Irish Government’s plan of transforming Ireland into a globally competitiveknowledge economy.

As a CSET, DERI brings together academic and industrialpartners to boost innovation in science and technology, withits research focused on the Semantic Web. DERI’s largenumber of high-quality publications in core conferences,outnumbers any other research organisation world-wide andfurther demonstrates DERI’s international acclaim.

Digital Enterprise Research Institute

Profile of DirectorI have been the Director of the Digital Enterprise Research Institute(DERI) in Galway since 2005. I moved to Ireland from the USA in2003 where I held a position at the Information Sciences Institute ofthe University of Southern California. During my time in the US, Iworked as a Post Doctorate and Research Associate at StanfordUniversity and was one of the first researchers to establish a SemanticWeb research group in Stanford University. I moved to Irelandprimarily because of Ireland’s commitment to funding web semanticresearch and I was heavily involved in setting up Ireland’s first ResearchSemantic Web Institute, now DERI.

I am one of the most widely cited Semantic Web scientists and havehelped to establish and found this area of research—for instance, Icreated the first RDF Query and Inference system and my dissertationwork was quoted as one of the inspirations for the DARPA DAMLprogramme, which spans the Semantic Web effort. What excites memost about our research is the ability to change and influence theworld. A lot of academic research is just that—academic research.Rarely has it a direct influence. Not so in our field. Our SemanticDesktop is integrated into Linux, and our metadata research has beenintegrated into the Drupal content management system, which isused within hundred of thousands of web sites.

Research themesDERI’s core focus is to provide the expertise for creating a global-scale“network of knowledge” which can assist people, organisations andsystems with their individual as well as collective problem solving,enabling innovation and helping bridge the gap between the physicaland virtual worlds in application domains such as eBusiness, eHealthand Life Sciences, eScience, Telecommunications, and eGovernment.We first enable Linked Data and then turn this data into knowledge.

Our research contributes greatly to the Irish and global economy. For example, our eBusiness and Financial Services Domain (DEB) aredeveloping new approaches to enterprise content management systemsto help manage the explosive growth of unstructured content on theweb and link back office data with line-of-sight business content. Withthe increasing importance of electronic commerce channels, regulatorycompliance requirements and information search capability forbusiness intelligence insight, this growth in ecommerce is set tocontinue. At DERI we research and create the technology andapplications needed and explore how to use these discoveries in manydomains on a global-scale.

Importance of DERI researchDERI is performing world-class research in web research, setting globalstandards and creating and bringing technologies to the market and tocommunities on an international level. Based on its established positionas a leader in the Semantic Web area, DERI has been able to create and develop technologies that enable knowledge to be interlinked and be adopted worldwide. For example, PresidentObama’s administration is using internet technology developedby DERI, as is the UK’s main Goverment data website, data.gov.uk.The US administration’s ‘Recovery.gov’ site brings a greater level oftransparency and trust to the US Government’s site. DERI is activelytaking the lead in improving the way people and businessescommunicate, interact and share information in a ‘network ofknowledge’.

DERI also actively engages in technology spin-outs and licensing ofits leading edge technologies. DERI has attracted companies to set upsubsidiaries in Galway, which provides the seed for the Silicon Valleyinspired “DERI Land”, an ecosystem of companies and researchpartners developed around DERI expertise and technologies, whichintends to transform the region into a technological powerhousein Ireland.

DERI’s aim is to develop a web based Silicon Valley in Ireland bycreating a network of global players, the new ‘netscapes, ebays andamazons’ of this world through its groundbreaking research and bycreating value in the international market.

Links with industry partnersDERI has developed strong links with industry in Galway which allowstremendous opportunity for spin out activities. DERI has industrypartners in multinationals and local companies including CISCO,Hewlett Packard, Avaya , Ericsson, IBM, Storm, CelTrak, OpenLinkSoftware. We also have direct links with many international companiesin Silicon Valley, USA. DERI’s reputation has allowed usto acquire a substantial amount of funding to develop groundbreakingweb semantics research that multinationals such as Cisco, Avaya andEricsson are basing new products on. We are also currently helping somestart-ups and small enterprises to develop their products.


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The Internet and the World Wide Web is a relativelyrecent technology which has become an integral part ofthe fabric of modern society. It connects humans and humanknowledge. We at DERI are developing the tools andtechnologies to use this knowledge, which enables people andorganisations to collaborate and interoperate. Our research isdirectly influencing and changing the Web – governments andcompanies are using what we have developed.

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Investing in your learning environmentResearch-led teaching is important to the teaching mission of NUI Galway. DERI has an internationally recognised leadershipposition in the area of semantic web research. Our lecturers areleading experts in their chosen area with many accreditations innumerous publications. “Quality combined with critical mass”is what we offer our students. Our style of teaching is basedon interactive sessions with peers and advisors and all our studentshave access to the most up-to-date research we publish. Studentswill also have an opportunity to interact with the over 60 Mastersand PhD students currently studying at DERI. Some students havegained from DERI’s close industry links and as a result of thiscollaboration have set up their own spin-out companies suchas Peracton Ltd (www.peracton.com).

Our peopleDERI employs over 130 staff members including academicinvestigators, researchers, technical and administrative staff.DERI’s international environment makes it a perfect place to learnand our highly motivated researchers with international acclaim,have an open door policy where students are welcome to pop inanytime. It is also a great place to learn about other people'scultures. Students and academic staff from all over the world cometo DERI to work or study, many of whom are attracted by itsunique environment and international reputation. As a result, DERI has acquired significant additional researchfunding from sources such as the European Union FrameworkProgrammes, Enterprise Ireland and Industry Partners.

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It takes considerable dedication and training to become a successful researcher

in any Humanities discipline; but, in my experience, the rewards make it worthwhile.

I have, through my working life, had a steady stream of invitations to speak at conferences

and universities in interesting places throughout the world; and I have established and sustained

a global network of correspondents who havebecome faster friends than anything that can be

achieved through ‘facebook’. Perhaps the greatest reward is

when younger scholars fromIreland and abroad

wish to take up where you have left off.

Professor Nicholas Canny

Director of the Moore Institute

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Profile of DirectorProfessor Nicholas Canny, Director of the Moore Institute and Presidentof the Royal Irish Academy. A Galway graduate, he took his PhDdegree at the University of Pennsylvania, and held post-doctoralappointments at Harvard and Yale universities, at the Institute forAdvanced Study, Princeton, and at the Netherlands Institute for AdvancedStudies. He served in Spring 2005 as professeur invité at the École desHautes Études, Paris, and in 2005-6 Parnell Senior Research Fellow atMagdalene College Cambridge. He was in 1995, elected member of theAcademia Europaea, in 2005 as a Corresponding Fellow of the BritishAcademy, and in 2007 as a Member of the American Philosophical Society.

He edited the first volume of The Oxford History of the British Empireand has been awarded the Irish Historical Research prize of the NationalUniversity of Ireland on two occasions (1976 and 2003) for books on thehistory of early modern Ireland, the most recent Making Ireland British,1580-1650 (Oxford University Press, 2001). He is editing with ProfessorPhilip D. Morgan of Johns Hopkins University the Oxford Handbook ofAtlantic History, c1450-c1840 to be published by Oxford University Pressin March 2011, and he is working on a book developing a comparisonbetween English and French writings on the Natural History of the WestIndies, 1580-1720.

My research Before becoming Director of the Moore Institute in 2000, I had beenProfessor of History at NUI Galway, 1979-2009. I have been researchactive throughout my career because I have always found that the studyof human behaviour in past centuries provided valuable insights intohuman character, whether in the past or in the present. Research excitedme because I found that I could explain to students in my teaching how much of what had been taken as truth in previous generations was nolonger valid.

This enabled me to explain to students of succeeding generations thatevery one of us can contribute to the store of human knowledge by beinginterrogative. Most of my research in my early career was either self fundedor funded by grants from research institutes abroad.

However when Irish government schemes for sustaining research inIreland was extended to Humanities disciplines in 2000 I became activelyengaged in funding applications that would benefit the entire universitycommunity as well as my individual research. It was this impulse, and thesupport it received from interested colleagues in a variety of disciplines,that led to the foundation of the Moore Institute.

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The Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities andSocial Studies (Moore Institute) is an international researchcommunity of early-stage researchers concerned with the fullrange of Humanities disciplines, and on the interconnectionbetween creativity and innovation. It is located within theCollege of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies and haslinks with researchers in each of the six Schools of the College.The Institute fosters the culture of research by bringingscholars and graduate students in the Humanities and SocialStudies into contact with peers in top-ranking universitiesthroughout the world.

Its mission is to promote research and research-led teaching,and to solicit financial support for the best younger scholarsfrom any country who wish to work either alone or in multi-disciplinary groups, supported by academics from the rangeof disciplines sustained by the College. To advance this, itestablishes structural linkages with other leading researchinstitutes both nationally and internationally. It has developeda pioneering inter-institutional research training programme,known as ‘Texts, Contexts, Cultures’ (TCC) initially with TrinityCollege, Dublin and University College, Cork but now alsoincluding Queen's University, Belfast and it played a leadershiprole in the establishment of the all- island collaborative networkHumanities Serving Irish Society (HSIS).

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The Moore Institute for Research in theHumanities and Social Studies

Research in the Moore Institute Research at the Institute studies developments within Ireland in relationto those in the wider Atlantic world, the British Empire and continentalEurope from medieval times to the present. The Institute leads in linkingHumanities with the knowledge society at national and internationallevels, through research in digital humanities, and by developing strongrelationships with the creative and cultural industries.

Importance of our researchThe principal purpose of research at the Institute is to cultivate theinterrogative mind and to promote learning through experience atundergraduate, supervised, and individual research levels. Thus theprincipal benefit of the Moore Institute to Ireland is its fostering of abetter-educated citizenry. The general thrust of research promoted bythe Moore Instituteover the past decade has been to advance theunderstanding of how Ireland and Irish people have contributed toglobal affairs and to foster a better appreciation of Ireland’s relativeplace in the world through the promotion of comparative studies andthe study of other peoples and places. The Moore Institute encouragesits researchers to master methods and technologies that enable betterquality research in Humanities disciplines, and it serves as a platformto link Humanities research at NUI Galway with that in other researchinstitutes in Ireland and throughout the world. It also focuses onestablishing links with cultural and creative industries in the regionand nationally.

Links with industry partnersDeveloping links with industry is relatively novel for Humanitiesresearch in Ireland and elsewhere. However, in formulating its recentsuccessful proposal for the Arts, Humanities and Social SciencesResearch Building, Moore Institute researchers agreed that thebuilding would facilitate a collision function between knowledge andpractice, research and social opportunity, and by adding value toexisting performance spaces and distinctive culture industryinstitutions across the NUI Galway campus (Huston School of Filmand Digital Media, Student Cultural Centre), across Galway city(Town Hall/Black Box Theatres, film companies), regionally andnationally (TG4, RnaG, Irish Film Institute, NGOs, commercial artspaces, public galleries, heritage sites and arts festivals). Research in

the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences links the creative sector withsocial and economic policy formation and cultural institutions,working towards a sustainable and entrepreneurial social economy.The structured PhD programme in Digital Arts and Humanities(commencing Oct 2011) will create the research platform,structures, partnerships and innovation models by which fourth-level researchers can engage with a wide range of stakeholders in orderto contribute to economic development in Ireland and provide newprofessional opportunities for graduates. Supporting partners for thisinitiative include Google, IBM and Intel.

Investment in your learningThe research being promoted in the Moore Institute is important tothe teaching mission of NUI Galway at undergraduate and graduatelevels because it promotes research-led teaching and the regularreplenishment of undergraduate courses in a range of disciplinesthroughout the College. The Moore Institute is important to graduatestudents, whether following taught or research degrees, because theregular series of seminars, lectures by visiting speakers, master classesand information sessions about funding possibilities that the MooreInstitute hosts are open to all graduate students free of charge. Theseactivities facilitate interaction between graduates and researchersfrom other universities in Ireland and abroad. The Moore Instituteis especially important for students undertaking PhD degrees inHumanities disciplines because of its deep involvement with thestructured PhD programmes; both that promoted by the College andthe two inter-institutional programmes ‘Texts, Contexts, Cultures’ and‘Digital Arts Humanities’ that are sustained by the Moore Institute.

Our peopleThe Moore Institute is supported by an Academic Director, a MooreInstitute Professor, an Adjunct Professor, a Development Managerand an Administrative Assistant. It currently supports the research of9 Principal Investigators, eight Postdoctoral Researchers and 22postgraduate students. Our PIs and Supervisors are based throughoutthe College while our Postdoctoral and Postgraduate researchers arebased in the Moore Institutebuilding.


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My work has allowed me to develop innovative and successful

cellular therapies for the treatment of acute cartilage injury and

arthritic disease, including thegeneration of a large body of new

data in ground-breaking preclinical studies, leading to a

phase of clinical testing of mesenchymal stem cells in

human trials.

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The National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science is aninterdisciplinary research centre which brings togetherscientists, engineers, information technologists and cliniciansin a team based, problem centred approach to research. Themission of the NCBES is to develop innovative diagnostic andtherapeutic solutions to biomedical challenges throughinterdisciplinary and strategic research activities.

The NCBES has targeted key research domains on the basis ofscientific merit, critical mass, the opportunity for internationalrecognition, regional/national impact and contribution tosociety. Centre researchers are engaged in interdisciplinaryprogrammes focused on innovative therapeutic solutions to

current medical challenges including cardiovascular disease, cancer, orthopaedics, reproductive medicine, andneurodegenerative diseases. The NCBES provides anenvironment where expertise in molecular and cell biology,imaging technology, clinical sciences and engineering sciencesmerge. The Centre also has a strong translational and clinicalresearch programme with the objective of translating ourresearch discoveries into improved patient care. A particularstrength of the NCBES lies in the combined skills and creativityof a wide range of scientific, engineering and clinical disciplinesworking side by side on challenging research programmes andinterdisciplinary education and training programmes.

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Profile of DirectorI moved to the U.S. from Ireland in 1990 to work with OsirisTherapeutics, based in Baltimore and now one of the leadingcompanies engaged in the commercialisation of stem cell research.When the opportunity arose to return to Ireland, Galway was anobvious choice. The fact that Galway is a genuine international hubfor medical device technology was a major attraction, but sotoo was the city’s dynamic work and research environment. The medical device sector here in Galway is a cluster, in every senseof the word. My research interests include basic biology andtherapeutic applications of stem cells in the areas of arthritic diseases,joint injury and tissue engineering and I’m also involved in thedevelopment of new stem cell therapies and gene therapies for repairof spinal cord injury.

Research themes The NCBES has four major research themes; Biomedical Engineering,Cancer, Neuroscience, and Regenerative Medicine. These themes areunderpinned by enabling expertise and technologies in bioanalyticalsciences, imaging, biomedical informatics, and glycosciences. BiomedicalEngineering incorporates biomechanics, biomaterials, tissue engineeringand bioelectronics research into joint collaborative research projectsfocused on musculo-skeletal and cardiovascular research. Our cancerResearch theme is developing a functional understanding of cancer, itscellular and molecular basis, the biology of tumours, and the translationof biological knowledge into new and effective markers and treatments.Neuroscience incorporates research on behavioural and whole systemsneuroscience, understanding neurodegeneration, neuroprotection andregeneration of the nervous system, and applied clinical neuroscience.Regenerative Medicine research combines the technologies of genetherapy and adult stem cell therapy with the aim of regeneration andrepair of tissues.

Importance of our research Our research is making a significant contribution, not just to theadvancement of knowledge in biomedicine, but also to the developmentof the medical technologies industry in Galway and, ultimately, todeveloping new treatments for patients. Our aim is to transform the faceof medicine in the future, through the development of novel treatments

and minimally invasive approaches. NCBES-associated Institutes andCentres include the Regenerative Medicine Institute, the Network of Excellence in Functional Biomaterials, the Glycosciences ResearchCluster, the Centre for Chromosome Biology, and the Centre for Pain Research.

Industry links The NCBES has developed strong links with industry in Galway,particularly with the significant medical devices sector. The high-rankingindustry partnerships forged by the NCBES feature Galway-basedMedtronic, Charles River Laboratories and Smith and Nephew in Britain.With regard to indigenous partners, one of the most successful to date hasbeen Creganna Tactx Medical, the Galway-based medical device firm.Many of the companies we partner with are start-ups or small enterprises.What we bring to the mix is the opportunity to develop new tools, newapplications and new IP through our partnership.

Investing in your learning environmentThe NCBES and its strong focus on research provides an ideal platformfor learning. Our research staff who contribute to teaching acrossdisciplines bring their expertise from the lab into the classroom to sharereal knowledge of research in action. Students interested in biomedicalengineering and science could do no better than to immerse themselvesin the unique environment of the NCBES in order to learn from someof the best researchers in the field and to gain hands-on experience thatwill be invaluable. Also, we are continuously developing our college toenhance our student’s learning environment. Work has begun on ournew Biosciences Research Building which will provide top class facilitiesfor research students in the Biological and Medical Sciences andEngineering fields.

Our people The NCBES has over 70 academic investigators and more than 300researchers as well as 25 technical and administrative staff, all from verydiverse backgrounds and cultures. Our researchers are based acrosscampus, with our main labs based in the Orbsen Building, with staffworking across disciplines from the College of Medicine, Nursing andHealth Sciences, College of Engineering, and the College of Science.


The Regenerative Medicine Institute (REMEDI) wasestablished at NUI Galway in 2004 with funding from ScienceFoundation Ireland. Based in the Orbsen building, REMEDIis a world-class biomedical research institute with a centralfocus on conducting basic and applied research in regenerativemedicine, an emerging field that combines the technologies ofgene therapy, adult stem cell therapy, biomaterials science andclinical medicine.

REMEDI’s main focus is to use cells and genes to regeneratehealthy tissues that can be used to repair or replace othertissues and organs with a minimally invasive approach.

REMEDI exploits the synergies between the technologies ofgene delivery and stem cell biology to promote organregeneration and repair and its principal initial disease targetsare ischaemic cardiovascular disease and osteoarthritis.

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Profile of Director Currently, I am the Director of the Regenerative Medicine Institute atNUI Galway, Professor of Medicine at the College of Medicine, Nursing,and Health Sciences at NUI Galway and a Consultant Endocrinologistat Galway University Hospital.

I returned to Ireland from the United States in 2001 where I heldpositions at the University of California-San Francisco and inEndocrinology at the Mayo Clinic. During my time in the US, I did apostdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of California, SanFrancisco and then returned to the Mayo Clinic as a ConsultantEndocrinologist and Associate Professor of Medicine for six years beforereturning to Ireland. In all I spent 13 years working in the USA. I wasengaged in clinical practice, education and research.

I returned to Ireland as Professor of Medicine at NUI Galway andConsultant Endocrinologist at Galway University Hospital. This was adirect result of Ireland’s commitment to funding clinical research inregenerative medicine and substantial investment in infrastructure whichallowed state-of-the-art research facilities to be built. Today, Ireland andin particular Galway have become a hub for medical device technologyand research in regenerative medicine. This reputation has allowedREMEDI to acquire a substantial amount of funding to develop groundbreaking research which has directly impacted the medical deviceindustry in the West of Ireland and has contributed greatly to the local,regional and national economy.

I am a graduate of University College Cork with MB, B Ch BAO(Honours), MD and PhD and I am a Fellow of the Royal College ofPhysicians of Ireland (FRCPI), the Royal College of Physicians(London) (FRCP), the American College of Physicians (FACP) and theAmerican College of Endocrinology (FACE).

Research themes My research focuses on cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes mellitus aiming to develop gene and cell therapy approachesto vascular disease.

REMEDI has two main research themes. We specialise in basic andapplied research in regenerative medicine to develop new therapies forhuman diseases. Our main aim is to conduct basic research and translatefindings to new clinical treatments at REMEDI. The emphasis is on thedelivery of therapeutic products to patients through complimentarybiomaterials and medical device development programmes. Our goal is to use minimally invasive approaches to deliver thesetherapeutic agents.

Importance of our researchPatient care and clinical practice is the major driving force behindREMEDI’s successes in research. In addition, we aim to educate thephysicians and scientists of tomorrow and discover new treatments forpatients. Bringing basic science observations through to clinical trials inregenerative medicine is a complicated process and NUI Galway hasdeveloped a unique infrastructure to enable this process. We haveestablished a complete translational infrastructure which includes basicresearch laboratories, a GMP facility for stem cell and gene therapy agentproduction and a clinical research facility with dedicated gene and celltherapy treatment areas.

The clinical research facility provides Irish patients with access to stateof the art clinical trials and research, access to novel therapies and allowsREMEDI to bring its findings from basic research in stem cells, genetherapy, biomaterials and immunology to the clinic. Such a facilityallows NUI Galway and Galway University Hospital to attract and retainthe very best academic staff. It also provides a valuable opportunityfor Irish companies operating in the medical research area to add valueto their products through high quality clinical research, whilecontributing to the medical device cluster in the West of Ireland and theIrish economy as a whole. REMEDI has a spinout company, Procure,which focuses on stem cell reagents, GMP grade cell manufacture andthe development of novel therapeutics.



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I have a strong belief in inter-relationships between clinical care, education and research. Patient care and clinical practice is the driving force for my research. My research to date has allowed me to develop novel therapeutic approaches for the treatment of peripheral vascular disease in patients with diabetes mellitus. My aim is to undertake research that can help avoid leg amputation of the patient and this is what motivates me.

Prof. Timothy O'Brien Regenerative Medicine Institute (REMEDI)

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Timothy O’Brien

Industry partnersREMEDI has developed strong links with industry in Galway,particularly with the medical devices sector. Some of the mostprestigious partnerships are Medtronic, a world leader in medicaldevice technologies and Creganna Tactx Medical, a provider oftechnologies for minimal and less invasive delivery and accesssystems. Other partners include Ovgaen, Ziel Biopharma,Proxy Biomedical and Procure.

REMEDI has also collaborated with a number of agencies includingEnterprise Ireland and IDA. On an international level, REMEDI’sacademic partners include Mayo Clinic (USA), Center for theEngineering of Living Tissue, Georgia Tech (USA), Wake ForestInstitute for Regenerative Medicine, Cleveland Centre forRegenerative Medicine (USA), National Cancer Research Centre(Genoa), Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, UK TissueEngineering Centre, Manchester Faculty of Medicine, CharlesUniversity, Prague and Singapore Stem Cell Consortium in Singapore.

Investing in your learning environmentREMEDI has an internationally recognised leadership position inthe area of stem cell and gene therapeutics. We are continuouslydeveloping our facilities to enhance our student’s learningenvironment. Work has begun on our new state-of-the-artTranslational Research Faculty which will house basic, translationaland clinical research teams on the site of Galway UniversityHospital. Our main focus is to train the next generation of physicianand PhD scientists and our learning environment provides ourstudents with an opportunity to see research translated into real lifeapplications. We also encourage all our PhD students to publishtheir findings in high profile scientific journal and industrypublications and present amongst peers at international meetings.

Students wanting to study in the area of regenerative medicine willnot only benefit from REMEDI cross-disciplinary and interactiveenvironment but they will mentored by internationally recognisedacademic staff, all of whom bring their experience of real knowledgeof research in action to the lecture hall. REMEDI currently has 11principal investigators but also works closely with scientists in otherNUI Galway research centres. In addition, REMEDI’s associatedInstitutes and Centres including the National Centre forBiomedical Engineering Science, the Network of Excellence inFunctional Biomaterials and the Glycosciences Research Clusterprovides students with excellent training opportunities. On aninternational level, students will have an opportunity to interact with academic partners listed above .

We have developed a number of postgraduate programmesincluding a structured graduate research education programme inBiomedical Engineering and Regenerative Medicine and a taughtMSc in Regenerative Medicine. Other educational innovationsinclude a Special Study Option (SSO) for undergraduate medicalstudents in regenerative medicine. The MSc. in RegenerativeMedicine is one of a few programmes worldwide and is the only onein Ireland.

Our people REMEDI has 75 staff members which includes academicinvestigators, researchers, technical, and administrative staff.REMEDI has an international and diverse culture with over 25nationalities working or studying PhDs or MSc degrees. There arecurrently around thirty registered PhD students working on variousprojects at REMEDI and all of our graduates are in employment allaround the world. This structured PhD programme has a strongfocus on developing a range of transferable skills, giving you a morerounded PhD experience which will assist you greatly in your careerafter you graduate.

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If you’re like me andrecognise the

environmental andenergy challenges that

we face in the nextdecade then the Ryan

Institute at NUIGalway is just the

right place to roll upyour research

sleeves and makeyour contribution.

Prof. Colin BrownDirector, Ryan Institute

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The Ryan Institute was established in 2010 to promoteinterdisciplinary excellence in environmental, marine and energyresearch. It was formed from a merger of NUI Galway’s well-established marine science and environmental institutes. Ithas a commitment to international research collaboration, theeducational mission of NUI Galway and support for a regional,national and EU sustainable development agenda. Researchwithin the Institute is organised through six thematic priorities:Climate Change, Energy, Marine and Coastal Processes,Biodiversity and Bioresources, Environment and Health andSustainability and the Built Environment. Each of these issupported by groups with expertise in Modelling and Informatics,Environmental Technologies and Socioeconomics and Policy.

The Ryan Institute facilitates the interaction of manydisciplines in all Colleges within NUI Galway and promoteshigh-quality research and learning outcomes. It fostersinteraction with state agencies involved in sustainabledevelopment and encourages research interactions withindustry leading to innovative technologies for environmentaland energy security. It educates its graduate students to have anappreciation of the latest research developments and skills forthe 21st century environment, marine and energy sectors. It hasan active outreach programme for schools, state agencies,industry and the general public.

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Ryan Institute Environmental, Marine and Energy Research

Profile of DirectorI started my research career as a geophysicist because my enthusiasmfor climbing mountains had stimulated a broad interest in the scienceof why they were there. Gradually, as NUI Galway began to emphasisemarine research, I began to focus on remote sensing techniques tounderstand seabed sediment. Paradoxically, that narrowing in mypersonal research direction led to many fascinating discussions withoceanographers, marine biologists and engineers that expanded my outlook on environmental and energy research. As a result, I havedeveloped a patented theory for estimating the engineering propertiesof seabed sediment and techniques for predicting the distribution ofseabed habitats. NUI Galway’s interdisciplinary research environmentand its location on the Atlantic coastline are key factors in the success ofthis kind of research.

Research themes We are currently focusing on six priority areas in environmental, marineand energy research: climate change, energy, marine and coastalprocesses, biodiversity and bioresources, environment and health, andthe built environment. Each of these areas is supported by experts withexperience in computer modelling and informatics, environmentaltechnologies and socioeconomics and policy, so guaranteeing a holisticand integrated approach to dealing with complex problems. So, forexample, our physicists and marine scientists predict the impacts ofclimate change, while our engineers, biologists and chemists help tomitigate their effects by developing energy-efficient technologies,bioenergy and offshore renewable energy resources. Our biologistsresearch marine resources for the food, health and medical sectors,while our socioeconomic researchers develop policy that will protectmarine biodiversity and promote sustainable marine economic activity.Our engineers research the design of built environments and interactwith our medical researchers to understand the processes that enhancehuman health.

Importance of our research We are proud that we are focused on priority areas of environmental,marine and energy research that are tackling some of the major issuesof our time. Climate change, our dependence on imported energy andaccess to natural resources such as clean water and food all requireimaginative solutions from scientists, engineers and socio-economicresearchers working collaboratively.

Government policy highlights the need to translate knowledge creationinto an economic return by establishing the ‘Ideas’ economy and the

‘Innovation Island’ while enhancing the environment. At the Ryan Institute, we encourage our graduates to develop innovativeapproaches to environmental, energy and food security. When yougraduate from a research programme with the Institute you will be well-placed to contribute to the new society and economy that willemerge over the next decade.

State and Industry LinksGalway is the ideal location for our experienced researchers andmotivated graduates to interact in creative ways with the MarineInstitute, Teagasc and the aquaculture industry, as well as nationalagencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency, EnterpriseIreland and the Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland. Many of ourresearch programmes are already tied into collaborative projects withindustry. For example, we will be managing the SmartBay project, acollaborative programme with 4th level institutions, the MarineInstitute and industry to develop a test bed for marine environmentalsensors in Galway Bay.

Investing in your learning environmentOur staff enjoys an excellent international reputation in our priorityresearch areas. Their enthusiasm, their experience in graduatesupervision, their modern equipment and the assistance provided bytechnical and administrative support staff, all guarantee that ourgraduate students have an excellent research experience. A goodexample of our track record in environmental research is ourleadership of the national ‘Environment Graduate Programme’, whichwill provide you with a variety of discipline-specific, generic andtransferable skills training. This ensures that you will have an ‘edge’when developing your career after graduating from the Institute.

Our people The Ryan Institute consists of about 100 affiliated academic staff, 75 post-doctoral researchers, 150 post-graduate students, and 17technical and administrative staff. Our researchers are based in each of the Colleges within NUI Galway–Science; Engineering andInformatics; Arts and Social Sciences; Business, Public Policy and Law;and Medicine–reflecting the Institute’s holistic approach to the studyof environment, marine and energy. Many of our post-doctoral and post-graduate researchers are located in the NUI Galway Campus, mainly in the Martin Ryan and Orbsen Buildings. We also have specialist off-campus facilities for atmospheric research at Mace Head and aquaculture research at Carna.


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Centre for Innovation and Structural Change (CISC)

Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI)

The Ryan Institute

Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies

National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science (NCBES)

Regenerative Medicine Institute (REMEDI)

Dr. James Cunningham

ProfessorStefan Decker

ProfessorManfred Hauswirth

Professor Colin Brownea

ProfessorNicholas Canny

ProfessorFrank Barry

Professor Tim O’Brien

www.cisc.ieT +353 91 493 472E [email protected]

www.deri.ieT +353 91 495 011F +353 91 495 541E [email protected]

T +353 91 495 009F +353 91 495 541E [email protected]

www.nuigalway.ie/eciT +353 91 492 691 E [email protected]

www.nuigalway.ie/mooreinstituteT +353 91 493 907 E [email protected]

www.ncbes.ieT +353 91 495 108E [email protected]

www.remedi.ieT +353 91 495 107E [email protected]

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Alimentary Glycoscience Research Cluster AGRC

Applied Optics Group

Atmospheric Science Research Group

Bioinformatics

Centre for Astronomy

Centre for Bioethical Research and Analysis (COBRA)

Centre for Chromosome Biology (CCB)

Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies (C-CAPS)

Centre for Clinical Health Services Research and Development(CCHSRD)

ProfessorLokesh Joshi

Professor Chris Dainty

Professor Colin O'Dowd

Dr. Aaron Golden

Dr.Andrew Shearer

Dr. Richard Hull

Professor Noel Lowndes

ProfessorColin O’Dowd

ProfessorAndrew Murphy

www.agrc.ieE [email protected]

optics.nuigalway.ieT +353 91 492 826F +353 91 495 529E [email protected]

T +353 91 493 306 F +353 91 494 584 E [email protected]

bioinf.nuigalway.ieT +353 91 523 549 F +353 91 494 501 E [email protected]

astro.nuigalway.ieT +353 91 493 114 F +353 91 750 501 E [email protected]

www.nuigalway.ie/cobraT +353 91 493 714E [email protected]

www.nuigalway.ie/research/chromosomeT +353 91 492 415E [email protected]

www.macehead.orgwww.nuigalway.ie/c-capsT +353 91 493 306 F +353 91 494 584 E [email protected]

www.nuigalway.ie/cchsrdT +353 91 493 525F +353 91 494 559 E [email protected]

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Centre for Disability Law and Policy (CDLP)

Irish Centre for High Performance Computing

Centre for Irish Studies

Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering and Ergonomics

Centre for Pain Research

Centre for Research on Occupational and Life Stress (CROLS)

Child and Family Research Centre

Clinical Research Facility Galway

Combustion Chemistry Centre

Professor Gerard Quinn

Professor Jim Slevin

Dr. Louis de Paor

Enda Fallon

Dr. Brian McGuire

Dr.David Finn

Dr. Brian Hughes

ProfessorPat Dolan

ProfessorFrank Giles

Dr. Henry Curran

www.nuigalway.ie/cdlpT +353 91 523 014 E [email protected]

www.ichec.ieT +353 15 241 608 F +353 17 645 845 E [email protected]

www.nuigalway.ie/centre_irish_studiesT +353 91 493 660F +353 91 495 513 E [email protected]

www.nuigalway.ie/industrial_engineering/cohsee.htmlT +353 91 492 745 E [email protected]

www.nuigalway.ie/centre_pain_researchT +353 91 492 954 E [email protected]

T +353 91 5280E [email protected]

www.nuigalway.ie/crolsT +353 91 493 568E [email protected]

www.childandfamilyresearch.ieT +353 91 492 930E [email protected]

www.nuigalway.ie/hrb-crfgT +353 91 524411E [email protected]

c3.nuigalway.ieT +353 91 493 856 F +353 91 525 700 E [email protected]


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Computer Integrated Manufacturing Research Unit (CIMRU)

Crystallography Centre

De Brun Centre for Computational Algebra

Development Education and Research Network

Economics of Social Policy Research Unit (ESPRU)

Energy Research Centre (ERC)

Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Research Unit

Health Promotion Research Centre

Huston School of Film and Digital Media

Dr.David O’Sullivan

Professor Pat McArdle

Dr.Graham Ellis

Dr. Diarmuid O’Donovan

Dr. Su-ming Khoo

Dr. Cathal O’Donoghue

Professor Vincent O’Flaherty

Dr.Tom Van Rensburg

Professor Margaret Barry

Mr. Rod Stoneman

cimru.nuigalway.ieT +353 91 493 017 E [email protected]

www.nuigalway.ie/crystT +353 91 492 487 F +353 91 525 700 E [email protected]

hamilton.nuigalway.ie/DeBrunCentreE [email protected]

www.nuigalway.ie/dernE [email protected]

E [email protected]

www.economics.nuigalway.ie/espru/espru.htmlT +353 91 493 043E [email protected]

www.nuigalway.ie/energyT +353 91 493 734 F +353 91 494 598E [email protected]

www.nuigalway.ie/enreT +353 91 493 858E [email protected]

www.nuigalway.ie/hprcT +353 91 493 348 F +353 91 494 547E [email protected]

www.filmschool.ieT +353 91 492 999E [email protected]


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Integrated Development of Agricultural and Rural Institutions

Irish Centre for Human Rights

Irish Centre for Rural Transformation and Sustainability (ICERTS)

Irish Centre for Social Gerontology

Lighthouse – Centre for Applied Photonics

Marine Law and Irish Policy Centre

Micromechanics Research Unit

Nanoscale Biophotonics Unit

Professor Michael Cuddy

Professor William Schabas

Professor Michael Cuddy

Professor Eamon O’Shea

Professor Tom Glynn

Professor Chris Dainty

Dr.Michael Hartnett

Dr.Peter McHugh

Dr. Alan Ryder

www.nuigalway.ie/research/idariT +353 91 492 588E [email protected]

www.nuigalway.ie/human_rightsT +353 91 493 726 E [email protected]

www.nuigalway.ie/icertsT +353 91 492 588E [email protected]

www.nuigalway.ie/icsg/ageinginformation.htmlT +353 91 495 457E [email protected]

www.nuigalway.ie/lighthouseT +353 91 492 516 F +353 91 494 584 E [email protected]

T +353 91 492 826F +353 91 495 529E [email protected]

www.nuigalway.ie/energy/renewable_resources_group.htmlT +353 91 492 502 F +353 91 525 005 E [email protected]

www.nuigalway.ie/micruT +353 91 493 152 F +353 91 563 991 E [email protected]

www.nuigalway.ie/nanoscale/fluorscence_phsensing.htmlT +353 91 492 943 F +353 91 494 596 E [email protected]


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National Centre for Laser Applications (NCLA)

Palaeoenviromental Research Unit

Power and Energy Research Centre (PERC)

Salmonella Reference Laboratory

Social Sciences Research Centre (SSRC)

Women’s Studies Centre

ProfessorTom Glynn

Professor Michael O’Connell

ProfessorGer Hurley

Professor Martin Cormican

Dr. Deirbhile Keady

Dr. Ricca Edmondson

Dr. Niamh Reilly

www.ncla.ieT + 353 91 492 516 F +353 91 494 584 E [email protected]

www.nuigalway.ie/pruT +353 91 492 338F +353 91 494 535E [email protected]

perc.nuigalway.ieT +353 493 136E [email protected]

www.nuigalway.ie/salmonella_labT + 353 91 524 146 E [email protected]

T +353 91 524 222 E [email protected]

www.nuigalway.ie/ssrcT +353 91 524 411E [email protected]

www.nuigalway.ie/wscT +353 91 495 403 E [email protected]


Dr. Alessandro Natoni at work in Prof. Santocanale's laboratory at the National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science, NUI Galway.

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General index

A Accommodation 205

Admissions 205

Adult Education 205

Alliance (NUI Galway/UL) 26

Alumni 205

Apply, how to 22

C Campus map 206

Career Development Centre 16

Centre for Excellence in Learning and

Teaching (CELT) 20

Childcare–see Student Services 205

Closing dates 22

Community Knowledge Initiative (CKI) 18

Courses index, research 202

Courses index, taught 200

D Dean of Graduate Studies’ Foreword 7

Disability Support Service 205

E English language requirement 13

Employment 16

F Fees Office 205

Fees, general 24

Fees, part-time non-E.U. students 15

Funding, research 25

G Garda vetting/police clearance 23

Graduate Experience Programme (GEP) 17

Graduate Studies Office 25

H Health—see Student Services 205

I Ignite, Technology Transfer Office 18

Immigration, registration with Irish immigration service 15

Information Solutions and Services 20

International Affairs Office 205

International students 13

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J James Hardiman Library 21

L Library ( James Hardiman Library) 21

M Making an application 22

Map 206

Mature Students Office 205

O Offer dates 22

P PAC (Postgraduate Applications Centre) 22

Placement (GEP) 17

Police clearance/garda vetting 23

Postgraduate Admissions Office 205

Postgraduate Applications Centre (PAC) 22

President’s Foreword 4

R Real learning 18

Recognition of Prior Learning 23

Research Centres 177/191

Research funding 25

Research highlights 10

Research institutes 190

Research programmes, index 202

S Strategic Alliance 26

Student Clubs and Societies—see Student Services 205

Student Contact Centre 205

Student Health Unit—see Student Services 205

Switchboard, main NUI Galway 205

T Taught programmes, index 200

Technology Transfer Office (TTO) 18

V Visa requirements 15

W Why choose NUI Galway? 8


Professor Hubert McDermott, School of Humanities, talkingwith final year student, Maria Byrne.

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Taught PostgraduateProgramme name (in alphabetical order, by subject and/or programme name)

A Accounting 88 Advanced Languages Skills 40 Aistriúchán Reachtaíochta agus Dlí 32 Applied Behaviour Analysis 40 Applied Mathematics 158 Applied Microbiology 158 Archaeology 41 Archaeology: Landscape Archaeology 54 Art: Studio Art 64 Arts Policy and Practice 41 Ateangaireacht Chomhdhála 32 B Bachelor of Laws 98 Biomedical Science 159 Biotechnology 159 Business Administration 88 Business Studies 89 C Classical Civilisation 42 Clinical Education 126 Clinical Primary Care 127 Clinical Psychology 61 Clinical Research 128 Commerce: Electronic Commerce 91 Community Development 42 Corporate Strategy and People Management 89 Culture and Colonialism 43 Culture: Classical Civilisation 42 Culture: Medieval Studies 56 Cumarsáid Fheidhmeach 33 D Digital Media 43 Drama and Theatre Studies 44 Drámaíocht 33 E Economic and Environmental Modelling 44/90 Economic Policy Evaluation and Planning 45/90 Economic Science 91 Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 98 Economics: Health Economics 92 Endovascular Surgery 128 Education 45 Education: Special Education Needs 63 Electronic Commerce 91 EMBA 88 Engineering 112 Engineering Design 112 Engineering: Occupational Health and Safety 162 Engineering: Occupational Safety Engineering and Ergonomics 114 Engineering: Software Engineering and Database Technologies 116 English: Culture and Colonialism 43 English: Drama and Theatre Studies 44 English: Writing 65

E Enterprise Systems 113 Environment, Society and Development 46

F Family Support Studies 47 Film Studies 47 Film Studies: Production and Direction 59 Film Studies: Screenwriting 62 Fine Art 48 French 48 G Gaeilge: Nua-Ghaeilge 57 Gaeilge: Aistriúchán Reachtaíochta agus Dlí 32 Gaeilge: Ateangaireacht Chomhdhála 32 Gaeilge: Cumarsáid Fheidhmeach 33 Gaeilge: Drámaíocht 33 Gaeilge: Léann an Aistriúcháin 34 Gaeilge: Pleanáil Teanga 35 Gaeilge: Teagasc Teangacha 35 Gender, Globalisation and Rights 49 Geography: Environment, Society and Development 46 German Literature/Language 49 H Health Economics 92 Health Informatics 129 Health Promotion (MA) 50/129 Health Promotion (PDip) 50 Health Psychology 51 Health Sciences: Health Services Research 130 History 51 History of Ideas and Culture 52 Human Rights and Criminal Justice 99 Human Rights Law 99 I Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management 92 Informatics: Enterprise Systems 113 Informatics: Software Design and Development 114 Information Systems Management 93 Information Technology 113 Innovation Management 93 International Contemporary Literatures and Media 52 International Criminal Law 99 International Finance 94 International Human Rights 100 International Management 94 Irish Studies 53 Italian 53 J Journalism 54 L Landscape Archaeology 54 Languages: Advanced Language Skills 40 Languages: German Literature/Language 49 Languages: Italian 53


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L Languages: Spanish 63 Languages: Translation Studies 64 Law: Bachelor of Laws 98 Law: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 98 Law: Human Rights Law 99 Law: Human Rights and Criminal Justice 99 Law: International Criminal Law 99 Law: International Human Rights 100 Law: Peace Operations, Humanitarian Law and Conflict 101 Law: Public Law 101 Law, Technology and Governance 100 Léann an Aistriúcháin 34 Literature and Publishing 55 Literature: International Contemporary Literatures and Media 52 LLB 98 M Management: Corporate Strategy and People Management 89 Management: Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management 92 Management: Informations Systems Management 93 Management: Innovation Management 93 Management: International Management 94 Management: Technology Management 96 Marketing: Strategic Marketing 95 Marketing Practice 95 Mathematics (one year) 55 Mathematics (two years) 56 Mathematics (HDipAppSci and MSc) 158 MBA (see EMBA) 88 Media: Digital Media 43 Medical Physics 131/161 Medicine: Clinical Education 126 Medicine: Clinical Primary Care 127 Medicine: Clinical Research 128 Medicine: Endovascular Surgery 128 Medicine: Regenerative Medicine 141 Medieval Studies 56 N Neuropharmacology 161 Nua-Ghaeilge 57 Nursing (Master) 137 Nursing: Advanced Practice 132 Nursing: Advanced Practice Nursing/Midwifery 132 Nursing: Education 133 Nursing: Emergency Care 134 Nursing: Gerontology 134 Nursing: Intensive Care 135 Nursing: Management of Chronic Health Conditions 133 Nursing: Mental Health, Community and Inpatient Acute Care 135 Nursing: Midwifery 136 Nursing: Nursing/Midwifery Education 137

N Nursing: Oncology 138 Nursing: Orthopaedics 138 Nursing: Palliative Care 139 Nursing: Perioperative 139 Nursing: Practice Nursing/Community Nursing 140 Nursing: Public Health Nursing 140 Nursing: Specialist Nursing 141 O Occupational Health and Safety 162 Occupational Safety Engineering and Ergonomics 114 Oideachas 57 Old and Middle Irish 58 P Peace Operations, Humanitarian Law and Conflict 101 Philosophy: Ethics, Culture and Global Change 58 Physics: Medical Physics 161 Pleanáil Teanga 35 Political Science: Gender, Globalisation and Rights 49 Public Advocacy and Activism 61 Public Law 101 Production and Direction (Film Studies) 59 Professional Educational Studies 59 Psychology 60 Psychology: Applied Behaviour Analysis 40 Psychology: Conversion 60 Psychology: Full 60 Psychology: Health Psychology 51 Psychological Science 61 R Regenerative Medicine 141 S School Planning 59 Science: Applied Microbiology 158 Science: Biomedical Science 159 Science: Biotechnology 159 Screenwriting 62 Social Work 62 Sociology: Community Development 42 Sociology: Family Support Studies 47 Software Design and Development 114 Software Engineering and Database Technologies 116 Spanish 63 Special Education Needs 63 Sports and Exercise Medicine 142 Sports and Exercise Physiotherapy 142 Strategic Marketing 95 Studio Art 64 T Technology Commercialisation 96 Technology Management 96 Teagasc Teangacha 35 Toxicology 163 Translation Studies 64 W Writing 65


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Research PostgraduateProgramme name (in alphabetical order, by subject and/or programme name

A Anatomy 144/166 Anaesthesia 144 Applied Behaviour Analysis 68 Applied Mathematics 166 Archaeology 68 Art: Studio Art 81 Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences 69 B Bacteriology 145 Biochemistry 167 Bioinformatics 167 Biostatistics 168 Botany/Plant Science 168 Business Information Systems 104 C Celtic Studies/Léann Ceilteach 69 Chemistry 169 Child and Youth Research 70 Classics 70 Commerce 105 Civil Engineering 118

D DERI, Engineering 118 DERI, Science 169 Disability Law and Policy 106

E Earth and Ocean Sciences 170 Economics 71 Education 71 Education: Learning Sciences 76 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 119 Engineering: Civil Engineering 118 Engineering: Electrical and Electronic Engineering 119 Engineering: Industrial Engineering 119 Engineering: Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering 120 English 72 Environmental Science 170

F Film Studies 72 French 73 G Gaeilge: Nua-Ghaeilge 77 General Practice (Medicine) 145 Geography 73 German 74

H Health Promotion 74/146 Health Science: Podiatry 150 History 75 Human Rights 106

I Information Technology 120 Industrial Engineering 119 Irish Studies 75 Italian Studies 76

L Languages: Italian Studies 76 Law 107 Law: Disability Law and Policy 106 Law: Human Rights 106 Learning Sciences 76

M Marketing 104 Mathematics 77/171 Mathematics: Applied Mathematics 166 Mathematics: Bioinformatics 167 Mathematics: Biostatistics 168 Mathematics: Statistics 175 Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering 120 Medicine 146 Medicine: Anatomy 144/166 Medicine: Anaesthesia 144 Medicine: Bacteriology 145 Medicine: General Practice 145 Medicine: Obstetrics and Gynaecology 147 Medicine: Paediatrics 148 Medicine: Pathology 149 Medicine: Pharmacology and Therapeutics 149/173 Medicine: Physiology 150/174 Medicine: Regenerative Medicine 152 Microbiology 171

N NCBES 172 Nua-Ghaeilge 77 Nursing and Midwifery 147

O Obstetrics and Gynaecology 147 Occupational Health and Hygiene 172 Occupational Therapy 148 Old and Middle Irish 78


P Paediatrics 148 Pathology 149 Perception, Cognition and Action 78 Pharmacology and Therapeutics 149/173 Philosophy 79 Physics 173 Physics: Occupational Health and Hygiene 172 Physiology 150/174 Podiatry 150 Political Science and Sociology 79 Primary Care 151 Psychiatry 151 Psychology 80 Psychology and Health 80 Psychology: Applied Behaviour Analysis 68 Psychology: Perception, Cognition and Action 78

R Radiology 152 Regenerative Medicine 152 REMEDI 174 Ryan Institute 175

S Science: Biochemistry 167 Science: Botany/Plant Science 168 Science: Earth and Ocean Sciences 170 Science: Environmental Science 170 Science: Microbiology 171 Science: Zoology 176 Sociology and Politics 79 Spanish 81 Speech and Language Therapy 153 Statistics 175 Studio Art 81 Surgery 153

T Teicneolaiocht Faisneise 36 Texts, Contexts, Cultures 82

W Women’s Studies 82

Z Zoology 176

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College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies

Taught programmes

Applied Behaviour Analysis (MSc) 40

Community Development (MA) 42

Digital Media (MA) 43

Environment, Society and Development (MA) 46

Health Promotion (MA/PDip) 50

Journalism (MA) 54

Research programmes

Film, Television and Digital Media (practice based) (PhD) 72

Learning Sciences (Structured PhD) 76

New Media and Film (Inter-Institutional) (Structured PhD) 72

Psychology and Health (Structured PhD) 80

College of Business, Social Policy and Law

Taught programmes

Business Administration (Executive Master of) [EMBA] 88

Business Studies (HDip) 89

Economic Science (HDip) 91

Information Systems Management (MSc) 93

Innovation Management (PDip) 93

International Management (MSc) 94

LLB 98

Management (PDip) 88

Technology Commercialisation (PDip) 96

Technology Management (MSc) 96


Taught programmes

Enterprise Systems (MApplSci) 113

Occupational Safety Engineering and Ergonomics (MApplSci) 114

Master of Information Technology 113

Software Design and Development (HDip) (MSc) 114

College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Taught programmes

Clinical Research (MSc) 128

Health Promotion (MA) (PDip) 129

Medical Physics (MSc) 131

Regenerative Medicine (MSc) 141

College of Science

Taught programmes

Biomedical Science (MSc) 159

Neuropharmacology (MSc) 161

Occupational Health and Safety (MSc) (HDipApplSc ) 162

Toxicology (MSc) 163

Research programmes

Anatomy (PhD) (MSc) 166

DERI (PhD) (MSc) 169

NCBES (PhD) (MSc) 172

Pharmacology and Therapeutics (PhD) (MSc) 173

Physiology (PhD) (MSc) 174

REMEDI (PhD) (MSc) 174

Ryan Institute (PhD) (MSc) 175

Graduates may be eligible for programmes offered through other Colleges, and do not need to concentrate their search for a programme in their ownspecific College. For example, an Arts graduate could choose to apply to a Law course (e.g., LLB) or a Business programme (e.g., PDip [TechnologyCommercialisiation]).

The listing below refers to the programmes that are especially “interdisciplinary” and welcome applicants from various Colleges and/or Faculties.

ContactsPostgraduate Admissions Office,NUI Galway

General queriesT +353 91 492 844F +353 91 495 999E [email protected] www.nuigalway.ie/postgrad

All research programmesT +353 91 495 332E [email protected]

Taught programmes (telephone)T +353 91 492 844

Taught programmes (email)College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic StudiesE [email protected]

Cairnes School of Business & EconomicsE [email protected]

College of Engineering and InformaticsE [email protected]

Information TechnologyE [email protected]

College of Medicine, Nursing and HealthSciencesE [email protected]

College of ScienceE [email protected]

School of LawE [email protected]

School of Nursing and MidwiferyE [email protected]

Other useful contacts

Main NUI Galway switchboardT +353 91 524 411F +353 91 525 700W www.nuigalway.ie | www.oegaillimh.ie

Accommodation OfficeÁras Uí ChathailNUI GalwayT +353 91 492 760E [email protected]

Adult Education OfficeNUI GalwayT +353 91 492 144E [email protected]

Alumni OfficeNUI GalwayT +353 91 493 750E [email protected]

Burren College of ArtBallyvaughanCo ClareT +353 65 707 7200F +353 65 707 7201E [email protected] www.burrencollege.com

Disability Support ServiceNUI GalwayT +353 91 493 541E [email protected]

Fees OfficeÁras Uí ChathailNUI GalwayT +353 91 492 386F +353 91 495 553E [email protected]

International Affairs OfficeNUI GalwayT +353 91 495 277E [email protected]

Mature Students OfficeÁras Uí ChathailNUI GalwayT +353 91 492 695

Student Contact CentreNUI GalwayE [email protected] www.nuigalway.ie/scc

Student ServicesNUI GalwayInclude:Childcare, Chaplains, Counsellors,Societies, Clubs, Student Health UnitT + 353 91 492 364W www.nuigalway.ie/student_services

PACPostgraduate Applications Centre1 Courthouse SquareGalwayRepublic of IrelandT +353 91 549 260F +353 91 563 056W www.pac.ie/nuigalwayOpening hours: 9.30 a.m.–5.00 p.m.

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