Events

The Alumni Office organises events where international alumni can meet up with each other as well as rekindle their connection with Utrecht University. Find out more about our upcoming and previous events below.

Would you like to learn more about the possibilities of organising an event in your city/country, please contact us via alumni@uu.nl.

See our Dutch calendar for more events in the Netherlands (in Dutch).

  • Upcoming events

    • Faculty Club: Lecture 'De Tirana Express' with Sake Slootweg (Food Week)

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      For culinary writer Sake Slootweg, travelling is synonymous with eating. In De Tirana Express, he travels by train to Albania, making stops along the way and staying in unique places and hotels steeped in history. The book presentation is part of Food Week.

    • Faculty Club: Spring Pubquiz (Food Week) (Fully Booked)

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      Compete alongside alumni and staff for the highly coveted Faculty Club pub quiz trophy

    • Alumni dinner in The Hague: The aftermath of the terrorist attacks

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      The Hague Alumni Network is organising a dinner featuring guest speaker Janine de Roy van Zuijdewijn. She is investigating how people react following a terrorist attack.

    • Informal After-Work-Drinks for (International) Alumni

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      We’re back with our after-work-drinks on Thursday 30 April! No need to register - just turn up and bring your friends.

    • 4 May commemoration

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      On 4 May, like every year, Utrecht University commemorates the members of the academic community who lost their lives during WWII and the German occupation of the Netherlands between 1940 and 1945, and those who perished in war situations anywhere in the world.

    • Faculty Club: Club Night May

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      Join the Faculty Club’s Club Night with happy hour, live music, and a delicious daily special.

    • Faculty Club: Club Evening May - Utrecht in Wartime

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      Join the Faculty Club’s Club Night with happy hour, live music, and a delicious daily special.

    • Ex-Academia

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      Not everyone who starts in academia stays there. Sometimes for good reasons. Join a conversation about working at the university and reflect on what could be improved in the academic world.

    • Picnic and Concert at Botanical Gardens

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      Join us for a picnic aan enjoy the Singapore Symphony Orchestra Mother's Day Concert.

    • Breaking Science 2026 - Heat 1

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      During the annual science communication contest, early-career researchers have just three minutes to pitch their research or a scientific concept from their field of study.
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I felt goosebumps when the first pictures of Utrecht and the University appeared on the slides.

Marilena
Alumna from Greece who moved to Barcelona after studying Energy Science at Utrecht University

More information about the international alumni networks of Utrecht University can be found here. Are you interested in the possibility of alumni events in other cities? Please let us know via email alumni@uu.nl.