University of Galway, a publicly owned institution headquartered in Ireland, was founded in 1845 and employs approximately 4770 individuals. Functioning as a public research university located in the city of Galway, Ireland, it was historically known as Queen's College, Galway, from its founding, then as University College, Galway from 1908 to 1997, and subsequently as National University of Ireland Galway from 1997 to 2022.