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 celebrate with drinks and light refreshments before your ceremony. 

Passes for graduands and guests are no longer able to purchase. 

The South Kensington campus is only a few minutes' walk from the Royal Albert Hall. 

Reception timings and venues

Faculty /Time Department Venue 
FoNS - 9.30 - 11.00 Chemistry Prince's Garden Marquee 
  Life Sciences Prince's Garden Marquee 
  Mathematics  Prince's Garden Marquee 
  Physics  Queen's Tower Rooms A&B
     
FoE - 13.00 - 14.30 Aeronautics Queen's Tower Rooms B
  Bionengineering Prince's Garden Marquee 
  Chemical Engineering Prince's Garden Marquee 
  Civil Evngineering Queen's Tower Rooms A
  Computing Prince's Garden Marquee 
  Design Engineering Dyson Library 
  EEE Great Hall
  ESE Queen's Tower Rooms C
  Materials  Royal School of Mines, Room 301 
  Mechanical Engineering Sir Alexander Fleming Building 
     
FoM - 16.30 - 18.00 BSc Queen's Tower Rooms A&B
  Intercalated BSc Prince's Garden Marquee 
  MBBS Prince's Garden Marquee 
  PhDs Queen's Tower Rooms C

Please note venue change for EEE and ESE, this may show as incorrect on your ticket. 

Departmental receptions

South Kensington Campus
Departmental receptions take place at a variety of venues across the South Kensington campus.