University of Galway

Irish public university in Galway, founded in 1845 as Queen's College Galway and known as NUI Galway until it was renamed the University of Galway in 2022. Its College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences teaches medicine, nursing, podiatry and biomedical science, the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences teaches chemistry and biotechnology, and the university runs CÚRAM, the national centre for research in medical devices, the Regenerative Medicine Institute and a clinical research facility with University Hospital Galway, working on drug delivery, biomaterials and cell therapy.