Colleges in Ireland

The University of Galway is ranked in the Top 2% of the Universities Globally – QS Global University Rankings. In the World University Rankings, this university ranks at #284 world. In 2025, this university is ranked at #273. This shows that as compared to 2024, this university's ranking has improved in 2025. 

In Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, this university ranked at #351 in 2026. In THE rankings, Galway University ranks among the Top 400 Universities in the world. A few of the parameters that are considered for THE rankings are research, teaching, citations, international outlook, and industry.

The University of Galway ranks at #501 in 2025 in the Shanghai rankin.

Though there has been an improvement in Shanghai rankings, the university has still managed to stay among the Top 1000 Universities in the world. Shanghai Ranking uses these parameters to rank the universities: quality of education, quality of faculty, research output and per capita performance.

Yes, in 2025 Galway University ranks better than the University of Limerick in Global Universities category ranking by U.S. News & World Report.

Galway University ranks at #538 and the University of Limerick ranks at #989. So, Galway Uni ranks better than the other one. 

Look at the ranking comparison of these two universities over the years is given below -

The University of Galway ranks at #528 in 2025 in the U.S. News & World Report rankings. In the previous year's rankings, this university ranked at #555. This shows that there has been an improvement in Galway University's ranking in U.S. News & World Report in 2025.

For the Global Universities category rankings, a few of the factors on which the universities are evaluated are 

• Global Research Reputation
• Publications
• Normalized Citation Impact
• Regional Research Reputation

The University of Galway is ranked within the Top 100 Universities in Europe for the second year in a row. This is as per QS World Rankings for Europe 2025. Galway University is ranked at #98 in Europe out of 680+ universities included in this year's rankings.

The University of Galway subjects rankings in the QS subject rankings 2025 are given as follows:

• Performing Arts: #51
• Nursing: #51
• Law: #151
• Master's in Business Analytics: 151 in 2026

In the QS World University Rankings, the University of Galway ranks at #284 in 2026. In the year 2025, this university ranked at #273. So, in the QS rankings, there has been a decline in the rankings of this university. 

The QS rankings of this university specify that Galway University ranks among the Top 300 Universities in the World for 2026.

A few of the metrics considered for QS rankings are -

• Employer reputation
• Faculty-student ratio
• Citations per faculty
• Academic reputation

In Times Higher Education rankings 2025, the University of Galway ranks better than Maynooth University. Galway University ranks at #351 and Maynooth University ranks at #501. Look at the comparison of these universities is given as follows -

In 2026, the University of Galway ranking in Times Higher Education ranking is #351. In 2025, this university was placed at #351. This shows that there has been constant for the last three years. Even then, this university ranks among the Top 400 Universities in the world.

Also, some of the subject rankings of this university in 2025 are given as follows -

• Law: #151
• Engineering: #251
• Arts and Humanities: #251
• Computer Science: #251