Housing at NUIG is something that I think is really helpful to understand before you study abroad there. To start, housing is not called housing in Ireland. It is called your accommodation, which can be confusing at first because in America accommodation means something completely different. On the NUIG campus there are two student residences. One residence is called Corrib Village. Corrib is a bit older and outdated than the other student residence, Goldcrest Village. However, both residences are nice places to live. Corrib Village consists of about 30 different two story buildings. Each building has four apartments and each apartment usually has two double rooms, or a double room and two single rooms. Goldcrest consists of eight 5-story buildings. Each story has two apartments and each apartment has six single rooms. In Corrib and Goldcrest everyone in the apartment shares a kitchen space. Goldcrest gets extra points though because every room has its own private bathroom, whereas in Corrib everyone in an apartment shares a bathroom.
Each on-campus residence is protected by a series of gates and turnstiles. The gates open and close at specific times each day, so if you come home after the gates close you have to use your residence card to get through the gate. Upon arrival you will receive an ID card that you use to swipe into your building, apartment, and your individual bedroom. This means that it is very easy to lock yourself out of your room! All doors shut behind you quickly, so if you leave your card in your room when your leaving for class then you get locked out of your building, apartment, and room all at once. Don’t panic though, there is always a security guard on duty in Goldcrest and Corrib Village and s/he will be able to let you back into your building and apartment. Corrib and Goldcrest are located at the very north end of campus. This means that if you have a class on south campus (most classes are located on south campus) it will take you quite a while to walk to class. I always left my room a good 20 minutes before my class started and I usually got to class about three to five minutes early. The reception area for Goldcrest and Corrib Village is located on the ground floor of Goldcrest Village. Reception is a resource for students who are having issues with their roommates, it is where students go to make payments, and to pickup their mail. There is also a common space located in Corrib Village. This space is a building where events are held for students, such as yoga and bingo. There is also a small convenience store located in the common space which can come in very handy when you need a tomato but don’t have time to go all the way to the grocery store. There is also a laundry room located in the common space. Another laundry room is located in Goldcrest Village. Laundry is not included in the housing cost like it is at Susquehanna, so I recommend budgeting enough money to do laundry each week or so. Overall living on-campus was a really positive experience for me. Goldcrest provided me with lots of resources to have a successful semester at NUIG and I am thankful that I got to spend my time living there! [Below is the sunset from my bedroom window :) ]
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