Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
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Services
Housing services
The GMIT Students Union has a checklist of recommendations surrounding your accommodation choices in Galway and Mayo.
At the begining of each academic year an online accommodation listings service is provided by GMIT Students Union on their website.
It provides a list of the different types of accommodation (houses, flats, full and partial board) available near the Galway, Mayo, Letterfrack and Mountbellew campuses.
Library services
Our resources include:
- 130,000 books
- 80,000 e-books
- 500 print journals
- Access to over 30,000 online journal articles
- 1,306 DVDs
- 186 audio books
ICT services
There are 42 designated IT laboratories and approximately 1,100 PCs available for students across the Institute. GMIT uses Moodle as its learning management system which allows students and staff to view course information including lecture notes and assignments online.
Medical services
The Student Health Unit provides an acute illness/emergency service - through a 'walk in' system where a Triage Nurse will provide an initial assessment and make a Doctor's appointment for you, if necessary.
Student Life
Campus life
The Mayo Campus is located next to Mayo General Hospital, less than ten minutes walk from Castlebar Town.
It opened its doors to students in 1994, in the west wing of the Hospital. The entire building has been sensitively restored to retain as much as possible of the original architecture, while providing the modern facilities and services required for students and staff.
The Mayo Campus specialises in nursing and outdoor education, as well as offering courses in business, technology, health sciences and more.
Sports facilities
GMIT Sports Hall offer the following facilities to students:
- Full sized basketball court with electronic score board
- Four badminton courts
- Full sized volleyball court for games
- Two volleyball training courts
- Indoor cricket court
- Indoor soccer
Student clubs
Clubs and Societies
- ACE Society
- Anime & Manga
- Archery Club
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Best Buddies GMIT
- Boxing
- Camogie
- Computer Society
- Cricket
- Cumann Gaelach
- Darts Club
- DJ Society
- Engineering Society
- Equestrian Society
