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Courses
Courses
Choosing a course is one of the most important decisions you'll ever make! View our courses and see what our students and lecturers have to say about the courses you are interested in at the links below.
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University Life
University Life
Each year more than 4,000 choose University of Galway as their University of choice. Find out what life at University of Galway is all about here.
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About University of Galway
About University of Galway
Since 1845, University of Galway has been sharing the highest quality teaching and research with Ireland and the world. Find out what makes our University so special – from our distinguished history to the latest news and campus developments.
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Colleges & Schools
Colleges & Schools
University of Galway has earned international recognition as a research-led university with a commitment to top quality teaching across a range of key areas of expertise.
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Research & Innovation
Research & Innovation
University of Galway’s vibrant research community take on some of the most pressing challenges of our times.
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Business & Industry
Guiding Breakthrough Research at University of Galway
We explore and facilitate commercial opportunities for the research community at University of Galway, as well as facilitating industry partnership.
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Alumni & Friends
Alumni & Friends
There are 128,000 University of Galway alumni worldwide. Stay connected to your alumni community! Join our social networks and update your details online.
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Community Engagement
Community Engagement
At University of Galway, we believe that the best learning takes place when you apply what you learn in a real world context. That's why many of our courses include work placements or community projects.
Accessibility & LanguageProfessor Marie Claire Van Hout
Professor Marie Claire Van Hout
Marie Claire Van Hout is Professor of International Health and Human Rights, and currently Vice President for Research, Innovation and Impact at the South East Technological University in Ireland. She has two doctorates (PhD Public Health and Addictions; PhD Law) and been research active for over 20 years in the field of penal policy and human rights law, criminal legal and prison system functioning, health inequalities, addictions and health in detention.
She has held visiting Professorships at University College Dublin, Ireland; Virginia Commonwealth University, US and University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal (2016-date), and was adjunct staff at the South African Medical Research Council- Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Research Unit from 2010 to 2024. Since 2015, she is a Vice Chair of the Life Sciences Marie Sklodowska Curie SCA Evaluation Panel at the European Commission Research Executive Agency, Brussels.
Her esteem indicators include €14 million in research and industry funding, 331 peer reviewed journal publications and 84 funder reports, including for various UN and European agencies (H index 44). Since 2021, she has been consistently on the Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientist (public health) listing.
She consults regularly as independent evaluation consultant or substantive human rights and criminal justice expert for the Council of Europe Pompidou Group, Stop TB and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, UNAIDS and World Health Organization regional offices at the global level and regional officers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. She is an experienced conference chair, keynote speaker and facilitator of global consultations, and has conducted UN evaluations at the global level (cluster) and regionally in North Africa and the Middle East, and sub-Saharan Africa.
She is a member of the Worldwide Prison Health Research & Engagement Network (WEPHREN); the International Prisons and Corrections Association (ICPA) Healthcare Network; the Global Prisons Infectious Diseases Network; the Informal CSO Group on Health in Prison at Penal Reform International, the Office of the Inspector of Prisons (IOP) Expert Panel in Ireland, and the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT), and is an active volunteer for Health through Walls (HtW).
