"Five stars all around" *****
"One of the best organisations ever" ****
"Those auditors are so hot?!?!" *****
"A warm and friendly society, really had a lot of fun with them during my time in college"
As you can see from these made-up quotes, our reputation speaks for itself. We have won Best Departmental Society at the national BICS awards in 2021 and 2022.
In more recent years, in 2025 we won 'Best Departmental Society' and 'Best Mental Health Initiative' (Shave a Life) at the UG society awards, as well as, winning the overall best event for our 'Take Me Out' Charity night at the 2026 UG society awards.
UG's Medical Society are the undisputed frontrunner of all the Irish Medical Societies and are probably the most attractive society on campus.
We are a resource for all students of UG, holding many exciting events, fabulous fundraisers and brilliant balls.
We promote education, social activities, and extracurricular activities of a wide variety. We welcome everyone to sign up as a member (You don't have to be in medicine to join!!!) and to get involved in our projects and events we run throughout the year.
We are always grateful to companies and organisations such as MPS (Medical Protection Society), the Bons Secours Hospital and the Bank of Ireland who have supported us in the past to help make our events accessible to as many of our members as possible. We are always looking to expand our sponsorship and partnership with organisations that share in our goal of ensuring students are supported academically and emotionally throughout their journey in Medicine.
We work closely with charitable organisations to improve health and medical access in the community and abroad. We would also like to thank all the wonderful and generous local businesses in Galway that help support our charity fundraising through prize donations. We facilitate and encourage philanthropic activities by students.
Follow us on instagram @ugmedsoc to keep up to date with our latest events and fundraisers
We are always looking for ways to help support local community charities and organizations. If you an initiative you would like us to help with or if your business would like to support our events please don't hesitate to contact us at medsoc@socs.universityofgalway.ie
Due to the busy schedules of each member of the committee and the fact that we are spread across the west of Ireland, we don't have a regular weekly meeting time. We keep up to date with what's going on via a (very active) whatsapp group, with virtual and in person meetings arranged every fortnight or so.
