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 - One-act play ‘The Train’ (in Dutch)

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      Join us for the extraordinary one-act play ‘The Train’. The halt of the train takes an elderly gentleman's thoughts to the year 1943, when he, also with his wife, was on a halted train.

    • Faculty Club - From magic lantern to AI: what can we learn from techniques of the past? (in Dutch)

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      Join us on an inspiring journey through time! In this interactive lecture, we will take you from old AV equipment - such as slide projectors (e.g. the Epidiascope) and vintage beamers - to today's modern techniques ...

    • Breaking Science 2025 - 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.

    • Film series Science & Fiction: Fahrenheit 451

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      On the first evening of the USG film series Science & Fiction, we will show 'Fahrenheit 451' (François Truffaut, 1966) with an introduction by Merijn Bruijnes.

    • Breaking Science 2025 - Heat 2

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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.

    • Breaking Science 2025 - Heat 3

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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.

    • Faculty Club - Asparagus excursion

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      In cooperation with Future Food Utrecht, we are organising the Asparagus excursion ‘Eat from nature’. Join us and discover the fascinating world of asparagus!

    • Faculty Club - Asparagus Dinner

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      In collaboration with Future Food Utrecht, we are organising the Asparagus Dinner. Come along for a special evening and discover the fascinating world of asparagus!

    • Faculty Club - Young Future Food Movement: LEGO dialogue game

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      In collaboration with Young Future Food Movement, we’re hosting the LEGO dialogue game workshop, where participants use LEGO to visualize concepts, processes, and create meaning together.

    • Breaking Science 2025 - Heat 4

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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.