Campus map

A version of the map is available to download – University of Galway Campus Map.

The Your Campus section of our website also contains useful information for getting to and from campus and also getting around campus whilst on site.

Find your classroom

This page sets out the buildings on campus where your classes may take place, and should help you to find your classroom. The key thing to understand is that many lecture and tutorial venues are given by some letters (that denote a particular building) and a number (that sometimes denotes the floor of the building where you can find the venue).

The list starts at the North Campus and works down towards the South Campus. Consult the list in conjunction with a map of the campus, preferably the map with photos of the buildings that you should have received at orientation. A version of this map is also available – University of Galway Campus Map.

Note that TBA means ‘To be announced’ and TBC means ‘To be confirmed’. These are not venues. It means that the venues for these classes haven’t yet been finalised.

Institute for Lifecourse and Society (ILAS) Non-standard occasional lectures occur here.

Biomedical Sciences Lectures, labs and classes do not take place here. There is one seminar room: BMS-G031.

Cairnes Building This building houses the JE Cairnes School of Business and Economics. If your class venue begins with CA, you should go to this building.

Alice Perry Engineering Building This building houses the College of Engineering and Informatics. If your class venue begins with ENG, you should go to this building.

Áras Moyola: This building houses a number of disciplines, including the School of Political Science and Sociology and some Health Sciences such as Occupational Therapy, Podiatry, Nursing, and Speech and Language Therapy. If your class venue begins with MY, you should go to this building.

Arts/Science Building: This is the very large 1970s building that is just across from, and on the same level as, the Library. It has two towers and extends back as far as the river. The large sculpture outside is called ‘The Big Yellow’. The long corridor with the Bank of Ireland at one end is universally known as ‘the Concourse’. Detailed floor plans of this building are available just inside the main entrance across from the Library. Some of the corridors are colour-coded (all of the paintwork is yellow, blue, green, or red). If your class venue begins with AC, you should go to this building. Some classes take place in the Tower Blocks – these venues may start with TB. TB1 is at the Smokey’s Café end of the concourse. TB2 is at the Bank of Ireland end, housing Law and Classics. The Arts/Science Building also houses some of the largest lecture theatres on campus, including the O’Flaherty, Kirwan, McMunn, Anderson, D’Arcy Thompson, Tyndall, Larmor and Dillon theatres.

IT Building: The IT building is linked to the Arts/Science building via a ‘bridge’ over the fire road that runs along the back of that building. You can reach it via the Chemistry corridor from the Concourse. If your class venue begins with IT, you should go to this building. There are some large lecture theatres here as well, including IT125 and IT250 on the first floor, and IT125G on the ground floor.

Orbsen Building: The NCBES (National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science) use Seminar room 214 for classes.

Arts Millennium Building: The Arts Millennium Building is across from the Library entrance (towards the left if you stand at the Library entrance looking out) and extends down to the Newcastle Road. If your class venue begins with AM, you should go to this building. Room numbers in the ‘100s’ are on the ground floor, and room numbers in the ‘200s’ are on the second floor. The Arts Millennium building also houses some large lecture theatres, including the Colm Ó hEocha, O’Tnuathail, Fottrell and Siobhán McKenna theatres. The Arts Millennium building has an extension which houses the School of Psychology. This is located to the right of the Arts Millennium Building if you are standing facing the building. If your class venue begins with AMB-G, you should go here. There are two classrooms and 3 training rooms located in this building.

Áras na Gaeilge: The lecture theatre in Áras na Gaeilge is called an Téatar. It also houses two classrooms called Seomra 104 and Seomra 105.

Human Biology Building: This building is located across from the O’Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance and Áras na Mac Léinn. It is used for limited Medicine, Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology teaching in Theatre 1 and Theatre 2.

Áras Uí Chathail: Áras Uí Chathail is the building with the green roof that houses many student services, including the Student Information Desk, the Access Centre, Fees, Registration and Accommodation. It has one lecture theatre on the ground floor, AUC G002.

Áras na Mac Léinn: This is the University of Galway Student Centre, where many co-curricular and extracurricular activities take place such as Societies events and Students’ Union events. It houses the Bailey Allen Hall, which is used predominantly for large-scale University of Galway events. Some teaching occasionally takes place in the View, the Space, Meeting Room 1, Meeting Room 2, the Cube, the Large Acoustic Room and the Small Acoustic Room.

O’Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance: This houses a Seminar Room, and Studios 1, 2, 3. It is used to teach Drama, Theatre and Performance.

Martin Ryan Building: The MRA201 lecture theatre is located here.

Irish Centre for Human Rights: There is one seminar room located here.

The Centre for Irish Studies: This is located at 4 Distillery Road. Irish Studies lectures, seminars and workshops take place in Seminar Room 103.

Huston Film School: There are three classrooms in the main building: Huston Main, Room 202 is located upstairs. Q1 (large classroom) and Q2 (small classroom) are located downstairs. Bubble 1 is a classroom located in the prefab to the left of the main Huston building

Lecture Venues List