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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.
People
Current Members
Academic Staff
- Dr Angela Carnevale
(Algebraic and enumerative combinatorics; asymptotic algebra) - Dr James Cruickshank
(Rigidity theory of graphs and simplicial complexes. More generally combinatorics and topology) - Prof Dane Flannery
(Linear groups, computational group theory, algebraic design theory) - Dr Mark Howard
(Quantum Information Theory including Quantum Error-Correction and Fault-tolerance, Quantum Foundations, Quantum Circuit Simulation, Quantum Software) - Dr Kevin Jennings
(Combinatorics) - Dr Niall Madden
(Numerical Analysis; Numerical Linear Algebra) - Dr Joshua Maglione
(Asymptotic and computational algebra, algebraic combinatorics, and tensors) - Prof Aisling McCluskey
(Set-theoretic topology, Order theory, Mathematics Education) - Dr Michael McGettrick
(Quantum Computation, Quantum Information, Mathematics of Transport); - Prof Donal O'Regan
(Differential Equations, Nonlinear Analysis, Fixed Point Theory ) - Prof Götz Pfeiffer
(Finite groups, representation theory, computational algebra) - Dr Kirsten Pfeiffer
(Mathematics Education) - Dr Rachel Quinlan
(Linear algebra and combinatorics, group representation theory) - Dr Tobias Rossmann
(Asymptotic and computational algebra) - Dr Emil Sköldberg
(Combinatorial commutative algebra, Hochschild (co)homology) - Dr Nina Snigireva
(Attractors and Semiattractors of Iterated Function Systems; Invariant Measures; Polynomials and Holomorphic Functions on Banach Lattices)
Research Staff
- Dr Róisín Hill
- Dr Nana Poddar
Research Students
- Khaled Alzobydi (Supervisor: Prof Graham Ellis)
- David Cormican (Supervisor: Dr Tobias Rossmann)
- Ian Craig (Supervisor: Dr Michael McGettrick)
- Mario Falciatore (Supervisor: Dr Tobias Rossmann, Co-Supervisor: Dr Angela Carnevale)
- Michael Flattery (Supervisor: Prof Michael Tuite)
- Michael Joyce Maher (Supervisor: Dr Angela Carnevale)
- Aisling McAree (Supervisor: Dr Mark Howard)
- Jekaterina Mosalska (Supervisor: Dr Niall Madden)
- Latifah Mustafa Lestyanto (Supervisor: Dr Kirsten Pfeiffer)
- Koushik Paul (Supervisor: Prof Götz Pfeiffer)
- Peter Phelan (Supervisor: Dr Emil Sköldberg)
- Lucrezia Prosperi (Supervisor: Dr Angela Carnevale, Co-Supervisor: Dr Tobias Rossmann)
- Yannan Qian (Supervisor Dr Angela Carnevale, Co-Supervisor Matteo Cavaleri)
- Mark Ryder (Supervisor: Dr Mark Howard)
- Badriah Safarji (Supervisor: Dr Rachel Quinlan)
- Sean Tobin (Supervisor: Dr Niall Madden)
Emeritus Academic Staff
- Dr John Burns
(Differential geometry, algebra) - Prof Graham Ellis
(Computational topology) - Prof Ted Hurley
(Group theory) - Dr John McDermott
(Group theory) - Prof Martin Newell
(Group theory) - Dr Ray Ryan
(Functional analysis) - Dr Jerome Sheahan
(Probability & statistics) - Prof Michael Tuite
(Vertex operator algebras and conformal field theory, monstrous moonshine, Riemann surfaces) - Dr James Ward
(History of Mathematics)
Visiting and Adjunct Staff
- Dr Meghan Stephens, New Zealand Treasury, Adjunct Lecturer 2023-2026
Former Members
Former Academic Staff
- Dr Javier Aramayona
(Teichmüller spaces, mapping class groups, hyperbolic geometry) - Dr Dieter Degrijse
(Geometric group theory) - Dr Martin Kerin
(Differential geometry, Lie group actions) - Dr Sejong Park
(Modular representation theory of finite groups, Fusion systems and related homological algebra, Mackey functors, biset functors) - Dr Alexander Rahm
(Algebra, Geometry & Topology, e.g. homology of arithmetic groups, isometries of hyperbolic space) - Dr Claas Röver
(Group theory,cComputational group theory and formal languages and automata)
Former Research Students
- Nisreen Alokbi, Ph.D. 2019 (Supervisor: Prof Graham Ellis)
- Faiza Alssaedi, Ph.D. 2022 (Supervisor: Dr Niall Madden)
- Sultan Alzahrani, Ph.D. 2022 (Supervisor: Dr Tobias Rossmann)
- Daron Anderson, Ph.D. 2019 (Supervisor: Prof Aisling McCluskey)
- Marcus Bishop
- Patrick Browne
- Jorge Bruno, Ph.D. 2014 (Supervisor: Prof Aisling McCluskey)
- Issac Burke
- Maura Clancy
- Daher Al-Baydli, Ph.D. 2018 (Supervisor: Prof Graham Ellis)
- Ronan Egan, Ph.D. 2015 (Supervisor: Prof Dane Flannery)
- Thomas Gilroy, Ph.D. 2014 (Supervisor: Prof Michael Tuite)
- Fintan Hegarty, Ph.D. 2013 (Supervisor: Prof Graham Ellis)
- Róisín Hill, Ph.D. 2022 (Supervisor: Dr Niall Madden)
- Hieu Ha Van,
- Barry Hurley
- Daniel Hurley
- Seamus Kelly, Ph.D. 2009 (Supervisors: Dr James Cruickshank & Prof Graham Ellis)
- James Lovett
- Ian McLoughlin
- Jonathan McLoughlin, Ph.D. 2010 (Supervisor: Dr James Cruickshank)
- Liam Naughton
- Cian O'Brien, Ph.D. 2020 (Supervisors: Dr Rachel Quinlan and Dr Kevin Jennings)
- Padraig Ó Catháin, Ph.D. 2011 (Supervisor: Prof Dane Flannery)
- Olga O'Mahony, Ph.D. 2017 (Supervisor: Dr Rachel Quinlan)
- David O'Keefe
- Le Van Luyen, Ph.D. 2014 (Supervisor: Prof Graham Ellis)
- Adib Makrooni, Ph.D. 2017 (Supervisor: Dr John Burns)
- Brendan Masterson, Ph.D. 2016 (Supervisor: Prof Götz Pfeiffer)
- James McTigue, Ph.D. 2015 (Supervisor: Dr Rachel Quinlan)
- Thái Anh Nhan, Ph.D. 2015 (Supervisor: Dr Niall Madden)
- Jessica O'Shaugnessy
- Kirsten Pfeiffer
- David Quinn
- Tobias Rossmann, Ph.D. 2011 (Supervisors: Prof Dane Flannery and Dr Alla Detinko)
- Stephen Russell, Ph.D. 2015 (Supervisor: Dr Niall Madden)
- Dana Saleh, (Ph.D. 2020 (Supervisor: Dr Rachel Quinlan)
- Victoria Sanchez Munoz, Ph.D. 2024 (Supervisor: Dr Michael McGettrick)
- Qays Shakir, Ph.D. 2019 (Supervisor: Dr James Cruickshank)
- Thomas Shanahan
- Guranda Tevdoradze
- Bui Anh Tuan
- Rachael Wallace
- Hoang Dinh Van