Student ID Cards

Student ID Cards will be distributed to students during orientation.

Academic Information

This Academic Information Booklet provides a comprehensive list of modules which are available to Visiting and Erasmus students. Students may select modules from a wide number of Disciplines in different years.

No change to the official lecture schedule or examination timetable can be made. Should two of the modules in which you are interested clash on the lecture schedule, you must choose between the two.

Understanding Module Codes

As a general rule, the structure of a module’s code is made up of a sequence of letters and numbers. The module code starts with two letters which denote the Discipline teaching the module (e.g. HI – History, AN – Anatomy, LW-Law). The remainder of the module code is made up of three or four numbers. The first number in the sequence normally indicates the year the module is delivered to e.g. HI165/CT1102 are modules offered to first year domestic students. HI208 is a module offered to second year domestic students, HI362 is a module offered to third year domestic students etc. Module codes starting with the numbers 4 or 5 are normally offered to 3rd and/or 4th year students. The higher the number, the more advanced the module is. Visiting and Erasmus students are offered modules from 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th year.

Full Year Modules

Students wishing to enrol on a full year module must be registered at University of Galway for a full academic year. Students who are only registering for one semester may not enrol on full year modules.

If a module is not listed in this booklet, do not attempt to register for it!

Academic Load

Modules are credited in ECTS (European Credit Transfer System). The ECTS protocol allocates 60 credits to a full academic year’s work, and 30 credits to a semester’s work. Visiting/Erasmus students may, at their discretion, take fewer or more credits but should carefully consider the implications, from the point of view of transferring credit, of taking less than the full-time quota. You should discuss your course load with your home institution. Access further information about the ECTs system at http://ec.europa.eu/education/tools/ects_en.htm

Lecture Timetables

Lecture timetables are available from Disciplines. Call to the Discipline’s office in person, visit the Discipline’s website or email the Discipline to request a timetable. The addresses of Discipline offices, their websites and a contact email address are listed in this booklet together with the list of modules on offer for that Discipline. Visit the Discipline websites via https://www.universityofgalway.ie/colleges-and-schools/

Module Selection & Registration

Students are permitted to attend classes prior to registering their module selection in order to make an informed decision regarding the modules they wish to follow for the semester. Module Registration for Visiting Students opens on Monday 9th September and will close on September 20th, 2024. Changes to registration will not be accommodated after this date.

To register your modules:

1. Logon using this link https://sis.nuigalway.ie/app/f?p=21202:101

2. Enter your User Name (ID number) and password

3. Update your personal details e.g. term address, mobile number only under the ‘Profile’ tab, update any personal details and hit ‘Continue’

4. Click ‘Choose Subjects/Modules’ to select your subjects/modules (where relevant) and follow the prompts provided.

5. A full course load is 30 ECTS per semester. Please check with your home institution to confirm how many credits you are required to register for.

Registration Statements

Once you register your modules on My Campus and click ’Finish’ your modules are registered. Please print a copy of your registration statement for your own records.

Examinations

The University will only certify examination results when the results have been obtained at the formal assessments. Consequently, you should not attempt to make arrangements with individual members of staff regarding the substitution of essays or other coursework for formal examinations. Such arrangements, if made, will not be officially recognised and a result for the module in question will not appear on your transcript.

Please consider the notes on Examination Timetables below. Disciplines will advise of arrangements for modules being examined by essay. Continuous assessment elements and/or essays may form part of the assessment process in any module.

Past examination papers

To assist with preparation for examinations, students can obtain copies of previous examination papers on the Library website 

Examinations Timetables

The final schedules and the examination timetable for all Colleges will be published on the web at https://www.universityofgalway.ie/exams/. Timetables are normally released mid-semester. Examinations will be completed by Friday 20th December, 2024. Please note that modules assessed by essay will be assessed and completed before the formal examinations commence.

Modules may be timetabled at the same time for examination even where the lecture timetable does not clash. It is important when the examination timetable issues, that you check if you have a clash. If you examinations clash, you should visit the Student Information Desk , ground floor in Áras Uí Chathail to report the issue. Students should also check their personal examination schedule to ensure that all their examinations are listed. In the unlikely event of an examination not showing, this should be reported in person to the Student Information Desk, Ground Floor, Áras Uí Chathail.

Only modules which are examined by formal examination papers are listed on the examination timetable. Arrangements for modules examined by means of essays etc. will be notified by the Discipline providing the module. Such arrangements must be strictly complied with.

Procedures & Regulations for Examinations

Students are required to adhere to University of Galway’s examination procedures and regulations. All students intending to sit University of Galway examinations are required inform themselves of the regulations governing examinations. You can read University of Galway’s examination procedures document here https://www.universityofgalway.ie/exams/policies-procedures/

Examination Standards

Please note the following University of Galway standards: Modules taken must be passed at 40%.