The University of Galway ranks as the 4th best Irish University in the latest QS World University Rankings
Rising 9 places in the past year, the University was ranked 275th in the world based on scores from a variety of different categories
Ranked above UG was University College Dublin, University College Cork and Trinity College Dublin, with University of Limerick coming in after
Highly rated for its global engagement, scoring 98.2 in international faculty ratio, the university scored lower in categories such as research and discovery.
Coming in at the top of the world rankings were Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University in the US, with Imperial College London ranking as the top European University.