How can students from the EU study Economics at NUI Galway?

A limited number of places are available on the Erasmus programme for EU students, which allows you to come to NUI Galway for one year while taking an undergraduate programme at a EU university. You will continue to be registered for the qualification from your home institute and no separate qualification is obtainable from NUI Galway as a result of your exchange.

Normally places are reserved in Galway for students from those institutions that have a reciprocal exchange arrangement with NUI Galway. As a first step, you should contact the Erasmus coordinator in your own university who selects students to come to NUI Galway according to prearranged exchange agreements in predetermined subject areas.

If you want to contact the NUI Galway Erasmus coordinator for your subject, check out a list of coordinators on the NUI Galway web site.

If you are currently taking an undergraduate programme at a university in the United States, you may spend a semester or a year at NUI Galway as a Visiting Student and transfer credits back to your own institution. You can obtain more information about coming to study at NUI Galway on the main NUI Galway web site .

Our department is very student-centred and there is a strong focus on quality teaching. We offer a wide range of Economics courses and, in addition, we run a vibrant series of seminars covering a broad range of topics, with national and international speakers sharing expertise in specific areas of knowledge and bringing different perspectives to our staff and students alike.

The department has a tradition of strong research activity, which has a positive impact on teaching and on extracurricular events, for example, our seminar series, which visiting students are invited to attend, and our working paper series. Our Economics students, as members of the thriving Business and Economics Society, themselves also drive some extra-curricular Economics-related events.

Check out Why choose NUI Galway for undergraduate programmes to find out more about Economics at NUI Galway.

Check out the full range of Economics courses from which you can choose. With a few exceptions, for example, seminar classes in some subjects in final year, class size is not limited so you can expect to gain admission to the classes you wish to take. Check out News and Events, where the list of Economics courses in the next semester are published in advance.

To take second year Macroeconomics and Microeconomics courses, it is required that you have previously studied Introductory Economics. There is no prerequisite for the other second year courses.

To take third year Economics courses, it is required that you have taken an Introductory Economics course. Normally, where there are particular prerequisites these are indicated in the Calendar.

On the International Students section of the NUI Galway web site, if you are studying at a European university, check out the Socrates/Erasmus section or if you are studying at a university in the US, check out the US students handbook section for full details on how to apply.

Students from other countries can apply directly to the Admissions Office or to the Department of Economics to register as Occasional (Visiting) Students.