Departmental Receptions are held at various venues on the South Kensington Campus. They are an opportunity for graduands, their guests and academic staff to come together within their departments, to further celebrate with drinks and light refreshments. Receptions typically last 90 minutes.
Graduand passes to the receptions are complimentary, but you must select this option during registration to secure your place.
Graduands may also purchase up to two guest passes to the Departmental Receptions. Guest reception passes cost £15, please note that these are sold separately to the guest ceremony tickets, which grant access to the ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall. Reception passes are currently sold out.
The South Kensington campus is only a few minutes' walk from the Royal Albert Hall.
Reception timings and venues
Faculty/Department (Reception timings) | Confirmed Venue |
Faculty of Engineering (11.45 - 13.15) | |
Aeronautics | Queen's Tower Rooms A |
Bioengineering | Marquee |
Chemical Engineering | Queen's Tower Rooms C |
Civil and Enviromental Engineering | Great Hall |
Computing | Marquee |
Design Engineering | Marquee |
Earth Science & Engineering | Queen's Tower Rooms B |
Electrical & Electronic Engineering | Marquee |
Energy Futures Lab | Marquee |
IMSE | Marquee |
Materials | Royal School of Mines 301 |
Mechanical Engineering | Marquee |
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College Business School – Finance Suite (15.15 -16.45) | |
Environmental Policy | Marquee A |
Chemistry | Queen's Tower Rooms A |
Life Sciences | Marquee A |
Mathematics | Marquee A |
Physics | Queen's Tower Rooms B |
Business School, Finance Suite | Marquee B |
ISST | Queen's Tower Rooms B |
Imperial College Business School – MBA, Management, Specialised Suites and Doctoral (19.00 -20.30) | |
Business School, Doctoral | Queen's Tower Rooms A & B |
Business School, Management Suite | Marquee A |
Business School, MBA Suite | Queen's Tower Rooms A & B |
Business School, Specialised Suite | Marquee B |
Faculty of Medicine, Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship (CHERS), and Centre for Languages, Culture and Communication (CLCC) (17.30-19.00) | |
Brain Sciences | Great Hall |
Clinical Sciences | Great Hall |
Immunology & Inflammation | Great Hall |
Infectious Disease | Great Hall |
National Heart & Lung Institute | Royal School of Mines 301 |
School of Public Health | Queen's Tower Rooms C |
Surgery and Cancer | RSM |
Metabolism, Digestion & Reproduction | Great Hall |
Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship | Great Hall |
Centre for Languages, Culture and Communication | Great Hall |