How to register for Alumni Weekend

Advance registration is now closed, but you are very welcome to join us on the day. Find us in the Senior Common Room, Level 2 Sherfield Building West (A2 on campus map). Please note, tour tickets have been released to alumni who registered for an Alumni Lounge pass in advance so we cannot guarantee availability on the day. On arrival in the Alumni Lounge, please visit the Tours Desk to check availablity and reserve your tickets. 

Which day to attend

Alumni Weekend and The Great Exhibition Road Festival take place on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 June 2023. Most of our programme takes place on both days but there are some activities which will only take place on the Saturday. As well as the Alumni Weekend programme below, you can explore explore our highlight collections to help you make your decision.

Saturday programmeSunday programme
  • Alumni Lounge open 10.30 - 17.30
  • Alumni-only preview of the Smart Machines Zone (11.00 - 12.00, Saturday only)
  • Tour - Imperial mascots
  • Tour - Chemical Kitchen
  • Tour - Carbon Capture Pilot Plant (Saturday only)
  • Tour - Physics
  • Tour - Flight Simulator (sold out)
  • Tour - Campus tours
  • Talk - The biggest dinosaurs that ever lived
  • Talk - Rediscovering Black portraiture
  • Talk - The wonders inside the Great Exhibition of 1851
  • Family show - Amazing Molecular Science Show
  • Find out more about our tours and talks
  • Alumni Lounge open 11.30 - 16.00
  • Tour - Imperial mascots
  • Tour - Chemical Kitchen
  • Tour - Physics
  • Tour - Flight Simulator (sold out)
  • Tour - Campus tours
  • Talk - 20,000 leagues under the sea: revealing Earth's final frontier
  • Talk - The brain on drugs with Professor David Nutt
  • Talk - The moon and me with Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
  • Talk - Am I made of star dust with Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock (sold out)
  • Family show - Amazing Molecular Science Show
  • Find out more about our tours and talks

On-the-day ticket prices

  • £10 Saturday 
  • £7 Sunday 
  • Children 16 and under go free

The Great Exhibition Road Festival is free to attend but does not give you access to the Alumni Lounge.

What you get with your Alumni Lounge pass

  • All-day access to the Alumni Lounge, to come and go as you please throughout the day
  • Free refreshments in the Lounge, including tea, coffee and snacks
  • Access to our exclusive tours programme and priority access to Great Exhibition Road Festival talks (all free, subject to availability)
  • Access to a private alumni-only preview of the Smart Machines Zone before it opens to the public (Saturday only)
  • A voucher for a free drink from the Union Bar or FiveSixEight from noon til late