The University of Galway is a public research university located in Galway City, Ireland. The university was founded in 1845 as Queen's College Galway. It was known as the University College Galway (UCG) until 1997 and as the National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway) (Irish: Ollscoil na hÉireann, In late April 2022, NUI Galway announced that it would change its name to "Ollscoil na Gaillimhe - University of Galway" in the summer of 2022, due to a change in its correct name. " due to confusion over its correct name. The University of Galway is a member of the Coimbra Group, which consists of 40 long-established European universities. The university was founded in 1845 as Queen's College Galway, along with Queen's College Cork and Queen's College Belfast. It opened on October 30, 1849, with 68 students. in 1850, it became part of the Queen's University of Ireland and conferred degrees in its name.