Alumni

The Department has an active and close-knit alumni community, courtesy of the small numbers of students on our undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes. We welcome all former undergraduates and postgraduates to take part in alumni events and receive our communications. 

The Earth Sciences Magazine is distributed digitally once a year and you can read a selection of recent issues below. Our programme of alumni events are also listed below, and we welcome alumni from all years to join us for these events. Between these milestones, we regularly welcome back our alumni whenever they visit Oxford, and can coordinate building tours and meetings with Faculty upon request.

If you are a member of our alumni community who would like to get in touch with the Department, you can contact our Alumni Team at alumni@earth.ox.ac.uk. 

Meeting Minds

Annually, September

Meeting Minds is the University of Oxford's alumni weekend, where alumni from all programmes are invited back to Oxford to engage in talks, discussions and networking. Faculty members from the Department of Earth Sciences regularly contribute session to the programme. Find out more on the Meeting Minds website.

Careers Fair

Annually, November

The Careers Fair invites alumni from a broad range of career pathways and companies to speak to our undergraduate and postgraduate students. The event consists of open discussion in a fair-style setting, where alumni are invited to host a stall, and short career talks in our seminar rooms. If you are interested in attending please contact the Alumni Team at alumni@earth.ox.ac.uk. 

Lobanov-Rostovsky Lecture in Planetary Geology

Annually, Trinity Term

Inaugurated in 2013 in recognition of the support given by Mr Nikita Lobanov-Rostovsky (BA Geology, Christ Church 1955) to the Department through the endowment of the Lobanov-Rostovsky Associate Professor in Earth Sciences, this annual public lecture examines the fundamental questions of the origin of planets, formation and deformation and geology on a global scale.

Alumni Dinner 

Odd-numbered years, Spring

The Department welcomes back all our alumni for a formal dinner once every two years. All Earth Sciences alumni and their partners, current staff and students are warmly invited to join us. The event traditionally begins with talks and a drinks reception in the Department, before a dinner and speeches in a college or external venue. 

Finals Party

Annually, June

The Finals Party marks the end of the academic year, when the Department says farewell to our 4th Year Undergraduates. It is comprised of a prizegiving ceremony where prizes are awarded across the undergraduate year groups for their hard work. This is then followed by a BBQ on the roof terrace. Many of the student prizes are sponsored by our alumni - if you are interested in sponsoring a prize please contact our Alumni Team at alumni@earth.ox.ac.uk.