For over 30 years, Ros Geal Student Residence has a tradition of providing accommodation for undergraduate and graduate female students from Ireland and abroad.  Ros Geal offers:

  • accommodation across the road from NUI Galway campus;
  • first-rate facilities, including a spacious study / library, pc suite with broadband internet access and full catering;
  • academic support, including personalised study advice;
  • opportunities for personal development, such as outreach programmes, student exchanges, and leadership / volunteering programmes;
  • the ability to mix with people from different faculties;
  • opportunities to deepen knowledge of the faith and its relevance to study, work, and social life;
  • a friendly atmosphere in which to mix with other students;
  • reasonable pricing.

Ros Geal is run by a management committee of college graduates and is owned by Aileach Centres Ltd, a registered charity that supports educational initiatives.  Pastoral care at Ros Geal is entrusted to Opus Dei, a Personal Prelature of the Catholic Church, which helps people to put Christian principles at work in their ordinary lives, in their family, social and professional relationships. Accommodation and student events at Ros Geal are open to all creeds.

"My years as an undergraduate in Ros Geal gave me a great openness to people and a commitment to make things work, which I find is so important in my new job as a secondary school teacher."

Maria Glynn
secondary school teacher
B.A. NUI Galway