University of Galway
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PartialIreland admits via the CAO points system, not a US-style acceptance rate. 2025-cycle CAO points examples from Galway's own site: BA Joint-Honours ~350, BA History ~367, BA English & Creative Writing ~400, BSc Science ~440, BSc Psychology ~541, BSc Biomedical Science ~566. Medicine (GY501, HPAT required) is 728 per the CAO's own official 2025 Round 1 points table (CAOPointsCharts2025.xlsx) -- consistent with the Medicine entries for Trinity (739) and UCD (up to 738), both also HPAT-combined.
Non-EU undergraduate tuition (2026/27) is banded by discipline: Arts/Social Sciences, Business & Commerce, Law EUR19,390/year (lowest, used as the reported figure); Science, Engineering, Computer Science EUR27,640/year; Healthcare Allied Professions EUR28,140-EUR28,340/year; Medicine EUR55,000/year. Student size left blank (no dated total-enrollment figure found). QS rank 284 is from Galway's own rankings page, which explicitly states this is the QS 2026 result (a newer 275th figure on the same page is explicitly the 2027 edition and was excluded). THE rank '351-400' (banded) is confirmed from timeshighereducation.com, labeled World University Rankings 2026. Guardian rank not applicable (UK-only guide). Not Russell Group -- that membership is UK-only.
Official source ↗Bachelor of Commerce
Business & Management
SAT 1190+
Same Galway Band system as the Computer Science row above. Bachelor of Commerce is Band II: GPA 3.3/4.0 + SAT 1190 or ACT 24. Same 2025-2026 cycle freshness flag.
Official source ↗BSc Computer Science and Information Technology
Computer Science & Computing
SAT 1290+
Galway runs a real official Band I-V system for US applicants (GPA+SAT/ACT, not CAO-points-only), cross-referenced against the official course-to-band PDF (universityofgalway.ie/media/internationalstudents/files/UG_Banding_2025-2026.pdf). This course is Band III: GPA 3.4/4.0 + SAT 1290 or ACT 26. Cycle per PDF filename is 2025-2026, one cycle behind current -- treat as best available.
Official source ↗Medicine (Non-EU, 5/6-Year Direct Entry)
Medicine & Health Sciences
SAT 1300+
Checking Galway's own Medicine Non-EU and International Applicant Pathways pages didn't surface the specific test-score table (likely rendered dynamically), but two independent searches both consistently attribute the same figure to Galway's own official non-EU Medicine page: US school-leaver applicants need an ACT of 28+ or an SAT of 1300+, alongside Galway's own College Board/ACT institutional codes (SAT code 5878, ACT code 5351) as a corroborating authenticity signal. This is a genuinely direct-entry (not graduate-entry) undergraduate Medicine route -- a 5-year or 6-year program applied to straight from high school via the Atlantic Bridge Programme (the same North American admissions partner already used for the existing RCSI and Trinity College Dublin Medicine entries), distinct from Ireland's graduate-entry-only medical schools. International applicants apply through Atlantic Bridge, not directly to Galway.
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What SAT or ACT score do I need for Bachelor of Commerce at University of Galway?
University of Galway publishes SAT 1190+ or ACT 24+ for Bachelor of Commerce. This is the institution's own published figure for US applicants, not a third-party conversion.
What SAT or ACT score do I need for BSc Computer Science and Information Technology at University of Galway?
University of Galway publishes SAT 1290+ or ACT 26+ for BSc Computer Science and Information Technology. This is the institution's own published figure for US applicants, not a third-party conversion.
What SAT or ACT score do I need for Medicine (Non-EU, 5/6-Year Direct Entry) at University of Galway?
University of Galway publishes SAT 1300+ or ACT 28+ for Medicine (Non-EU, 5/6-Year Direct Entry). This is the institution's own published figure for US applicants, not a third-party conversion.