A €400 million development plan has been unveiled today at National University Ireland, Galway.
The project will feature up to 20 large infrastructural schemes across the 160-acre campus. The university currently attracts more than 15,000 students a year.
The Campus Of The Future investment plan comes following a 40 per cent increase in student numbers over the last six years.
Flagship projects will include a €21 million sports centre with swimming pool, cultural centre, engineering building, human biology building and an expansion of the clinical sciences institute.
A law school will also be linked to jury rooms and a court room to be developed by the courts.
Work on some of the new projects has already begun, with plans for further development to commence on other buildings next year. The scheme will be financed by university resources and a combination of government and private philanthropic funding.