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Continuing Students

Welcome back to University of Galway - Continuing Students

Continuing students are students progressing to the next year of their programme in the 25/26 academic year.

When you receive results from either the Summer or Autumn exams confirming you have passed the current year, you are eligible to register for the next (continuing) year.

If you fail modules in Autumn 2024/2025, you are automatically progressed to the next academic year - 2025/2026

Registration email is sent to your University of Galway email ONLY, if you are unable to access this mail, contact the ISS Helpdesk

Online Registration for 25/26 Academic Year opens @10am on the dates below:

Undergrad Progressors
18^th August ( All except College of Arts);
20^th August – College of Arts
Postgrad Taught Progressors – 19^th August
Postgrad Research Progressors – 16^th September

If you were not registered in 2024/25, please contact the relevant College and discuss your options with them. Registration cannot process your return record until approved by the College Office.

Check your course type below for further information:

Repeating the year

If you fail modules in Autumn 2024/2025, you are eligible to register as a repeat student for 2025/2026. Any modules previously passed are classed as “exempt” on your registration record. Other modules you are taking this year for credit will have a status of “registered” beside them.

Please note that you cannot re-sit any modules previously sat and passed
It is your responsibility to ensure that all details of registered modules and exemptions listed on your registration statement are correct.
In some instances, some of the modules that you sat and passed may not automatically carry over to your repeat record as exempt - this is due to the fact that they are not available on your Course Syllabus for your repeat year. In this case, we will manually add the value of these credits in the form of EX005, EX010 etc - please ensure that you only register for the balance of passed modules required.

Eg. – Required Credits for the Year - 60ects
- you have previously passed - 30ects and only 20 of these carried over to 25/25 as exempt
- You are then short 10 ects
-Registration will add the balance of 10 ects as EX010
-you only need to register for 30 ects
DO NOT register for extra credits as these will be removed from your record, as soon as this discrepancy is identified.

Return from Leave of Absence / Gap year (s) in study

If you were approved for a Leave of Absence for 2024/2025, you are progressed into 2025/2026 academic year automatically. If you are not returning (Withdrawing) or wish to extend your Leave of Absence, please liaise directly with the College Office.

If you are returning to continue after a gap in studies ( ie you werent on the system for 24/25 or before), you first require College permission to return, once we receive same, we will progress your record to the 2025/2026 academic year and include you in registration correspondence.

Once you re-register for 2025/2026 you will have access to systems and services. If you have any difficulties with your account, please email ISS at servicedesk@universityofgalway.ie.

See Leave of Absence Policy & Guidelines

3rd Years Commencing Study Experience Abroad / Placement

Students commencing year 3 of their 4 year programme with a Study Abroad / Placement element MUST register for this academic year. Although you may not be on campus you are still required to register for the year and add modules to your record.

You will receive registration correspondence via email inviting you to register online.

Final Year students returning from Placement / Year Abroad

You can register provisionally for your final year , as University of Galway is currently awaiting results from the host University attended/placement that you completed.

NOTE: If you fail to pass Year 3, your Final Year registration will be cancelled and you will need to liaise with both Fees Office and College Office.
NOTE: *Science & Engineering students progress to next academic year after Autumn Exam results release - ie Register on Sept 9th

If you have any queries with your study abroad / placement year - please liaise directly with your College Office

Postgrad Research Students

Regardless of your start date of your studies, you must register in Sept/Oct of each academic year. Ensure that you select your research area/discipline each year as this does not roll from year to year, ie EN650, MA650 etc.

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ID Card

You will not get a new card in September. The card you were issued with last year will remain valid for the duration of your programme. To ensure the card is active for this current academic year you need to register online.