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University of Galway

Galway, Ireland 🇮🇪MB, BCh, BAO · 5 years

Takes out-of-province
Admissions websiteVerified Oct 22, 2026

At a glance

Application

CAO

Entry

School-leaver & graduate

Class size

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Applicants

—

Interviewed

—

Admitted

—

Program length

5 years

Deadline

Jan 20, 2027

Who can apply

CAO school-leavers (EU, GY501)

157 seats

Mature students

3 seats

Verified in a browser 2026-10-22.

Graduate Entry Medicine (Atlantic Bridge, North Americans)

6 seats

Extremely limited number of places, reported as 5 or 6; upper bound used here.

Minimums: GPA 3

Requirements

Degree

5-year or 6-year CAO/EU undergraduate programme (GY501), or a 4-year Graduate Entry Medicine programme for North American applicants via Atlantic Bridge.

Prerequisites

None

GPA

Minimum 3 (4.0 (Atlantic Bridge Graduate Entry route only)). Atlantic Bridge Graduate Entry (North Americans): minimum undergraduate cGPA 3.0/4.0, completed bachelor's degree before August of the year of entry.

MCAT

No MCATMCAT (or GAMSAT) is used only for the Atlantic Bridge Graduate Entry Medicine route for North Americans, not for the CAO/EU route.

Casper

Not published by the school

Also required

Garda/Police vetting · Medical clearance

How selection works

CAO/EU route: ranked on combined Leaving Certificate + HPAT points (no interview). Atlantic Bridge Graduate Entry route: GPA plus MCAT/GAMSAT; given the extremely small number of places (5-6) and explicit rural-medicine focus, selection likely also weighs the applicant's stated interest/experience, though no formal interview or additional selection stage was confirmed on an official page.

Interview

Format

Not published

Delivery

Not published

When

Not published

Dates, deadlines & fees

  1. Jan 20, 2027

    CAO discounted application fee deadline · 17:00

  2. Feb 1, 2027

    CAO normal application closing date · 17:00

  3. Jan 16, 2026

    HPAT-Ireland registration deadline (2026 cycle, for reference)

  4. Feb 13, 2026

    HPAT-Ireland test window (2026 cycle, for reference)

  5. Nov 15, 2026

    Atlantic Bridge application fee deadline (before fee increase)

  6. Jan 31, 2027

    Atlantic Bridge new applications close

Special programs & mission

Graduate Entry Medicine (Atlantic Bridge route)

Mature student places

3 places in Medicine reserved for mature students.

Sources

Every figure links to the official page it came from. Look for the icon. Verified Oct 22, 2026.

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