  the national university of ireland, galway (nui galway) (irish ollscoil na hÃireann, gaillimh or oÃ gaillimh) is a constituent university of the national university of ireland. it is a tertiary-level educational institution located in galway, ireland. the university was founded in 1845 as queen's college, galway, and was more recently known as university college, galway (ucg) (irish: colÃ¡iste na hollscoile, gaillimh or cog). nui galway is a member of the coimbra group, a network of 40 long-established european universities. ==history== thumb|left|the aula maxima (quadrangle) the college opened for teaching in 1849 as queen's college, galway with 37 professors and 91 students and a year later became a part of the queen's university of ireland. the irish universities act, 1908 made this college a constituent college of the new national university of ireland, and under a new charter the name of the college was changed to university college, galway. the university college was given special statutory responsibility under the university college, galway act, 1929 in respect of the us
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