Welcome to the College of Medicine & Health

The College of Medicine & Health comprises of four schools: School of Allied & Community Health, School of Nursing, Midwifery & Evidence Science, School of Medicine, and School of Pharmacy & Medical Sciences. We prepare healthcare practitioners to be the best in their field, across programmes at Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Postdoctoral levels.

We work closely with our clinical partners to provide programmes that are grounded in clinical expertise and cutting-edge research, to best prepare students to meet the challenges of a changing healthcare environment. At postgraduate level our programmes offer flexible and innovative learning technologies to meet the needs of working practitioners.

Our research strives to improve healthcare, bringing tangible benefits to health and healthcare regionally, nationally and internationally.

Graduate Entry Medicine

Building on the 175 years of medical education excellence, University of Galway will admit the inaugural cohort for Graduate Entry Medicine in the Autumn of 2027

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Institute for Clinical Trials

The Institute for Clinical Trials is embedded within the College of Medicine & Health, advancing clinical research through innovation, education, and strategic partnerships

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Leading Minds: Expert Voices

A new podcast series from the College of Medicine & Health, where our academic experts share their discourse, translating the latest developments in their specialised area for mass audiences, this content is aimed at anyone with an interest in the ground-breaking work of our academic community and who wants to be inspired by their distinct research

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Key Facts

3

Schools

3000

Students

3

Athena SWAN Bronze Awards

50.8

% of papers with international collaborations in last 5 years

30k+

the number of citations in the last five years (30664)

2448

the number of institutional collaborations in last 5 years

2.29

FWCI Good Health & Wellbeing index (over twice the global average)

77

Citing-Patents Count 2015-2020

3

the number of Highly Cited Researchers 2020 list from Clarivate