Postgraduates

Every student who registers as a student in NUI Galway automatially becomes a member of NUI Galway Students' Union. As a postgraduate student, you're entitled to the same services and representation as undergraduate students.

Along with the Students' union Executive Officers, there are also postgraduate specific representatives. Each September, Postgraduate Faculty Representatives from amongst the postgrads in each Faculty are elected, to sit on each faculty. The Students' Union will organise elections for these positions.
Keep an eye on the Elections page.

In February, postgraduate reps are elected to Academic Council (2 members) and Governing Authority. These postgraduate reps are Postgrad students elected by fellow postgrads. They sit on many committees relevant to Postgrad issues such as the Research Committee, Library Committee, Quality Committee and others. If you are interested in running for any of these positions, please contact the Students' Union. We can only work on issues that are brought to our attention. That is why it's very important to fill postgraduate seats on University committees so that we can work to address the matters that affect you.

You pay our wages, so make use of us!

The NUI Galway Dean of Graduate Studies, Dr. Lucy Byrnes, is responsible for the overall management of the operation of University postgraduate research programmes. The Graduate Studies website provides postgraduate students with the information you need on research and graduate opportunities. The News section will keep you up to date with the latest news on research and graduate achievements at NUI Galway. Details on updates to the Research Degree Guidelines as well as the University PhD Degree Regulations are also available here.

Blackboard is a Virtual Learning Environment and once you have registered for your research programme you are also registered for the Graduate Studies Blackboard module (IGSTI). The Graduate Studies Office posts information and resources of relevance to graduate students on Blackboard, such as information about conferences, seminars, research days and graduate training.

The date for Orientation for Research Postgraduates is usually in the first week of October. Events will also be run by the Students' Union in conjunction with the Postgraduate Research Society over the course of the year so keep an eye out for those!

For further information or comment, please contact the Students' Union Postgraduate Officer.

Also see: Postgrad Research Society,Postgrad Community Projects, Moving Mindfully Yoga,
Postgrad Inter-Departmental Soccer Tournament, Graduate Studies, Postgraduate Admissions, Postgrad Funding