UCL Alumni

Here, it will happen ✨ As we mark 200 years of UCL, we are thrilled to launch #HereItWillHappen – a campaign to solve global challenges through research, education, and the power of our community. Learn more:

Meet the winners of the Global Impact UCL Alumni Award 🏆 @SoSowemimo is bringing conversations about racism in medicine to everyday readers, @chrisromerlee is reimagining urban swimming, and @TammySandhu is representing the UK at the Holy See. Read 👉

A new UCL study warns of a menopause supplement "gold rush" – finding little evidence behind their effectiveness despite soaring prices. Researchers are calling for high-quality research into the efficacy and safety of the supplements. 👇

The wait is finally over! 💜 🎉 We're so pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural UCL Alumni Awards! From shaping culture to building careers that matter – these alumni are doing incredible things. Read more: #UCLAlumniAwards

Last month, we were delighted to welcome back Professor Henry Woudhuysen, former Dean of UCL Arts & Humanities, to receive an Honorary degree. A Renaissance expert, Prof Woudhuysen explained what lessons we can take from the 15th and 16th centuries to navigate modern life👇

New research led by @IOE_London and @WordsMatter_ shows that positive communication from teachers boosts student attendance and learning. This shows that strengthening classroom relationships is key to building more inclusive environments. 👉

The UCL unit where Nobel laureate Sir Demis Hassabis completed his postdoc has secured funding for the next five years 👏 The Gatsby Charitable Foundation and Wellcome have renewed £112.5 million of support for neuroscience and machine learning at UCL.

RT @UCLEnterprise: We're delighted that Hamza Buhari has been recognised in Faces of @ucl. Hamza made the most of entrepreneurship opportunities at UCL and is now helping to drive healthcare innovation in Nigeria. Read Hamza's Faces of UCL profile: #UCL200 #FacesofUCL

Transforming research into real-world care 🏥 UCL is co-leading a new £22m partnership to improve health and social care. NIHR Applied Research Collaboration London will unite NHS trusts and universities to tackle key social and healthcare priorities.

This August, our alumni groups hosted send-off events across the world in 18 cities for incoming students 💜 Big thank you to our alumni volunteers for their time and effort in making new students feel supported and extending a warm UCL welcome 💫 👉

At our autumn graduations, we caught up with producer Alison Owen (UCL English BA 1982) as she received her Honorary degree. Watch the video to find out how her time at UCL set her on her path, and her advice for new grads breaking into the film and TV industry 🎥

This September, we launched #HereItWillHappen in San Francisco 🌉 Hosted by UCL President & Provost Dr Michael Spence and Vice-President (Advancement) Angharad Milenkovic, the event brought together alumni and friends for a night of celebration! 👉

Proud to see UCL named one of the UK's top universities for knowledge exchange for the sixth year running 🏆 #KEF6 Our students and alumni have launched over 410 startups in the last 5 years, driving investment, creating jobs and spearheading innovation👇

It's #WorldMentalHealthDay and we’re revisiting a piece from Portico Magazine tracing how the UCL Student Support and Wellbeing Services team grew from a small basement office into one that supports a community of more than 50,000 students. 👇

This time last month, Back to Bloomsbury happened right here on campus, bringing hundreds of alumni together to celebrate our bicentenary and look ahead to UCL’s next chapter 💜 Watch the reel to catch the highlights, and read the full story below 🔗

Huge congratulations to UCL alum Fatima Jafar (UCL Comparative Literature BA 2020) on being named a 2026 Poetry Foundation Fellow! 🎉 Find out more:

Earlier this year, alumni, supporters and friends joined us in Beijing and Hong Kong to celebrate #UCL200 and the launch of our campaign #HereItWillHappen. We're getting ready for our last campaign launch event of the year in Singapore, book now 👉

Join us back on campus for The Wonders 200 – a special bicentenary edition of UCL Engineering’s award-winning live theatre showcase. 📅 20 October 2026 🕖 19:00 – 20:30 📍 Bloomsbury Theatre 🎟️ Tickets: £10 (includes a complimentary drink!) Book now:

This month, we caught up with Professor Jean Tirole, who received an Honorary Doctorate at our September graduations. A Nobel laureate and one of the world’s most influential economists, he shared his take on the global economy and some key advice for the Class of 2026 👇

Did you catch the UCL connections in the castle? 🏰 So excited to see UCL alum Hannah Fry and honorary grad Amol Rajan on the season premiere of Celebrity Traitors this week. Are you backing the Faithfuls or Traitors? Tell us in the comments👇

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