Which NUIG Student Residence is the newest

chiasx

Hi guys, I am an international student, hoping you could help on the above.

Also, which residence has a more international-friendly presence?

ciano1

Gort na Coiribe seems to have the most international students who come over for one semester. Mostly Americans though

dmcg90

chiasx wrote: »

Hi guys, I am an international student, hoping you could help on the above.

Also, which residence has a more international-friendly presence?

Gort na Coiribe has tons of international students staying in it, it'd be your safest bet, but its about 8-10 years old now. Still its a nice place to stay.

chiasx

Which of the student residences are the newer ones? Anyone knows?

Thanks

dmcg90

Centerpoint would be the newest I'd say, but I've never heard of any international students in there.

Heres a link to see them all (as endorsed by the college) http://www.nuigalway.ie/accommodation/student_residences.html

JessyMc

To be honest, Gort na Coiribe is the best option, it is the closest to college, 10 min walk, it is still new and nice and has loads of inters, but I wouldn't be searching for accomodation by how new it is, but each to there own.

TheCosmicFrog

chiasx wrote: »

Which of the student residences are the newer ones? Anyone knows?

Thanks

To answer your main question: Centrepoint and Cúirt na Coiribe.

To answer your other question, I would highly recommend Gort na Coiribe. It's still very modern and has that "new feeling" to it. It's also very spacious and has lots of international students. That's where most of them are allocated to.

snubbleste

Is it really a 10 minute walk to campus? I highly doubt it.

The website also says it's a ten minute walk to Eyre Square. Not true, more like 20 minutes.

don101

snubbleste wrote: »

Is it really a 10 minute walk to campus? I highly doubt it.

The website also says it's a ten minute walk to Eyre Square. Not true, more like 20 minutes.

its ten minutes to campus if you walk at a somewhat decent pace. lived there the last 2 years now and getting to campus in 10 minutes is grand, getting to a lecture can take longer though, depending on where it is obviously. Once you go down the steps youre on campus like!

also yea, its more like 15 or 20 to eyre square!

but i definately recommend the place overall!

Squeeonline

People forget about the Atlantis place. It's quite nice (slamming doors aside). A friend of mine was there a couple year ago. She said that the electricity bills were quite high, but you don't have oil bills which are only getting higher too.

johnk92

I would defo go with Cuirt, pretty lush for student accom, trying to get back this year just sorting the finances. V nice apartments and good crew back this year

MariaS111

Yip Cuirt is gonna be mental this year, good gang of us booked in so lookin forward ot it! My friends trying to get in now so would hurry as it kinda gettin late to be bookin!!

TheCosmicFrog

MariaS111 wrote: »

Yip Cuirt is gonna be mental this year, good gang of us booked in so lookin forward ot it! My friends trying to get in now so would hurry as it kinda gettin late to be bookin!!

If you say so :rolleyes: