200 years of challenging convention was just the beginning ️ ✨
Yesterday, we officially launched Here, it will happen – our landmark philanthropic and engagement campaign. Today, we invite you to see the vision for our third century in action.
From tackling the climate crisis to shaping the future of AI to protecting and evolving the arts – at @UCL , we aren't waiting for a better world, we're making it happen. 🌍
Be the catalyst. Shape the future with us.
🔗 Link in Bio to learn more and join the campaign. #UCL200 #HereItWillHappen
Here, it will happen ✨
As we mark 200 years of UCL, today we officially launch our new philanthropic and engagement campaign. As UCL enters its third century, we are calling on our global community of students, alumni, and partners to help us accelerate progress across six thematic areas – covering health, technology, climate, creativity, inclusion and widening access.
This is more than a milestone; it’s an invitation to stand with us as we reaffirm our founding values and shape the next 200 years of life-changing education and research 🏛️
🔗 Check out the link in our bio to know more about our vision.
#UCL200 #HereItWillHappen
Dust off the camera roll – #AlumniLoveUCL is here 📸
Introducing the alumni spinoff of #LoveUCL – #AlumniLoveUCL, our photo competition made just for you.
You know UCL like no one else – the hidden corners, the view that never got old and the memories. This is your chance to show us UCL through your eyes and the moments that made your time here unforgettable.
How to enter:
1️⃣ Post your photo on social media using the tag #AlumniLoveUCL
2️⃣ Email your original image to [email protected] with your full name, graduation year, and a link or screenshot of your post.
🏆 The winning photo earns a £200 contribution to the UCL Student Support Fund, made by UCL on your behalf.
Entries close 13 August 2026.
Read the full Terms and Conditions via the link in bio.
Tag an alum with an eye for a good photograph👇 – and go on, show us what you've got!
UCL in East Asia: building our shared future ✨
Across two cities and one unforgettable week, 600 people reminded us why this matters.
In April, UCL alumni and friends gathered in Beijing and Hong Kong for the first Asian launches of #HereItWillHappen – and what a moment it was to be part of 💜
When people who've carried UCL with them – across careers, across countries, across decades – come together in a room, individual ambition becomes something collective. The Beijing launch, co-hosted by UCL President & Provost Dr Michael Spence and Professor Li Wei, and the Hong Kong launch weren't just events. They were a declaration: that this community is ready to help shape what UCL does next, and why.
On both nights, that conversation came alive – celebrating two centuries of discovery, exploring the power of philanthropy to accelerate change, and asking how UCL's global research strengths can be directed at the problems our world can't afford to ignore.
These aren't rhetorical questions for UCL. In Beijing, our academics were at Tsinghua University running workshops on computational healthcare and hepatology. In Hong Kong, Dr Spence was on the stage at the THE Asia Universities Summit, making the case for universities as anchors of values and long-term resilience – not just knowledge factories.
But the heart of the trip was YOU, our alumni! Our community across East Asia has always been one of UCL's most vital – and in our April launch, that showed.
Here, it will happen is just getting started in this part of the world. Stay close – there's more to come 🌏
Read the full story via link in bio 🔗
As part of #FacesOfUCL we're now spotlighting alumni who are transforming health 🙌
Meet Professor Ajit Yoganathan – an innovator in biomedical engineering
In 1970, a 19-year-old Ajit arrived in London from Sri Lanka to study chemical engineering at UCL. A chance seminar at Caltech changed the course of his life, introducing him to the emerging world of biomedical engineering.
Over five decades at Georgia Tech, he invented the field of prosthetic heart-valve engineering, developed life-saving devices for adults and children with heart disease, and trained generations of engineers now leading programmes across every continent.
Elected to the US National Academy of Engineering in 2015, Ajit's greatest pride isn't the accolades – it's the people he's mentored.
Read the full story via link in bio 🔗
Thank you to everyone who has made a gift to our Student Support fund recently.
Your generosity helps students stay secure, confident and able to make the most of their UCL experience – from accessing wellbeing support to taking part in the community that shapes university life.
Together, you’re helping ensure that talent not circumstance defines success at UCL.
Learn more about supporting students at UCL - link in bio 🔗
#HereItWillHappen
Introducing the UCL Alumni Awards 🏆
We're proud to launch the inaugural UCL Alumni Awards – and there's no more fitting time to do so than in our bicentenary year, as we come together to celebrate the people who make up our community 🙌
Know an exceptional UCL alum making a difference? Or want to share your achievements? We would love to hear from you!
These awards shine a spotlight on alumni doing incredible things today – building careers that matter, shaping culture and giving back to the UCL community that shaped them.
Nominations are open across three categories:
👉 Discovery Award: Recognising alumni who make meaningful discoveries and translate ideas into action, improving lives through their work. Areas/sectors of work could include, but are not limited to academia, research and entrepreneurship.
👉 Global Impact Award: Recognising alumni who use their voice, ideas and creativity to make an impact on society. This may include, but is not limited to: writers, artists, influencers, activists.
👉 Citizens Award: Celebrating alumni who generously give back to UCL. This could be through mentorship, volunteering or philanthropic support.
You must be a UCL alum, staff member or student to make a nomination. If you’re a UCL alum, you can nominate yourself or another inspiring alum.
We can’t wait to celebrate our wonderful UCL alumni community. Submit a nomination via our form - Link in bio 🔗
This April, Faces of UCL is focused on Transforming Health. Here at UCL, people have developed life-saving cures, vaccines and diagnostic tools, transformed patient care, and challenged stigma.
Richard Ross CBE and Rosetrees have backed some of the most innovative ideas at UCL, which have gone on to receive over £1bn in major grants. By funding projects at the very early stages, they provide the data-based evidence needed to advance life-saving research for the benefit of millions of people worldwide.
This partnership has been critical in improving essential research in many disease areas and establishing the world’s first centre for rare dementias.
🔗 Read more via the link in our bio
So many alumni tell us that their time at UCL shaped who they became – late-night debates, friendships forged in Bloomsbury, discovering new ideas and finding confidence in a community of curious minds. But that experience should be accessible to everyone, regardless of financial background
Support from alumni funds scholarships and grants to help with extra-curriculars – so students don't miss out on the moments that matter most.
Give a student their chance – link in bio
#HereItWillHappen
Denise Long, UCL’s Director of Student Support and Wellbeing Services, has supported students for 35 years – and sees the impact that financial support can have on their experience at UCL.
We're so grateful to everyone whose support helps students stay focused and feel part of university life – whatever their background or circumstances.
🔗 Give today – link in bio
#HereItWillHappen
From the Thames to la Seine 🗼 ✨
This April, Here, it will happen – our new philanthropic and engagement campaign – made it's European debut in Paris at the Le Cercle de l'Union Interalliée, welcoming nearly 150 alumni and supporters for an evening of big ideas and meaningful connections.
Hosted by UCL President & Provost Dr Michael Spence and Professor Lauren Andres, Pro-Vice-Provost for UCL's Grand Challenge of Inequalities, the evening featured inspiring talks from two of UCL's leading AI researchers:
Professor Ben Guedj spoke about improving the mathematical foundations of AI and building greater confidence in AI decision-making – moving from systems that simply predict, to ones that inform and empower human judgement.
Professor Angela Aristidou shared her work on ensuring smaller organisations aren't left behind in AI adoption, and unveiled the vision for the new UCL Centre for Transformative Technologies – a global hub dedicated to making the most powerful technologies of our time work for everyone.
We also heard from alum Christiana Onyebujoh (UCL Drug Discovery and Pharma Management MSc 2018), who spoke about the role UCL's global alumni network played in shaping her career – a powerful reminder of what it truly means to be part of this community.
It was an evening of ambition, inspiration and celebration of UCL's next century of impact 🌍
📸 Swipe through the to see highlights from the event and read the full story via the link in bio!
#HereItWillHappen #UCLEurope
