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