Newcastle University Alumni

Biomedical Sciences alumna Emily and Chemistry graduate James met as students in 2019 while on a university ski trip 💙

Having found love on the slopes, the couple recently returned to Newcastle University campus on their wedding day to pose in front of our iconic Arches.

Please join us in sending best wishes to the Rolfe-Hammertons! 🤗

Do you have an alumni love story you'd like to share? Get in touch 👉 https://bit.ly/4bdmTuQ

Did you know? Rugby Union has been played on campus since we began life as a college of Durham University 🏉 and today we have 5 men's and 3 women's teams competing in national leagues each year! 🙌

This summer, we're offering our alumni an exclusive opportunity to enjoy world-class rugby at Twickenham, all while supporting student rugby on campus.

Whether you’re looking to relive your own university sporting days, reconnect with fellow alumni pitch-side, or simply looking for an unforgettable matchday experience, our ballot gives you the chance to be at the Six Nations in February 2027.

By entering the ballot, you not only have the chance to join the action at a discounted rate, but you’ll also be directly supporting the rugby stars of tomorrow on campus. All donations to the ballot will go directly to sporting initiatives at Newcastle University. So thank you! 💙

Find out more and enter the ballot 👉 https://bit.ly/483eE2m

Happy 150th birthday to Newcastle's Swing Bridge! 🎉

Designed by John Ure and engineer Philip Messent, and funded by industrialist Lord Armstrong, the Grade II listed hydraulic-powered structure was the largest swing bridge in the world when opened in 1876 😮

It lies between the Tyne Bridge and High Level Bridge connecting the Newcastle and Gateshead river banks and today is powered by electrically-driven pumps.

Did you ever cross this iconic bridge in your student days? 💭

We hope you can join us for the final alumni event on campus for this academic year! 🙏

At the end of the month, we'll be welcoming honorary Newcastle University graduate Andrew Haldane to campus for a keynote address on the impact today's global disorder has on economic prospects - both for businesses and for us as individuals.

🗓️ Tuesday 30 June, 17:30 - 20:00
📍 Newcastle Civic Centre
🎟️ Free but booking is required

Book your place to be a part of the conversation, and to reconnect with your university 👉 https://bit.ly/4v4tOhu

The World Cup kicks off later today, so we've been rummaging through our archives and stumbled upon this team shot from the 90s ⚽

Spot any familiar faces? 👀

With a global alumni community spanning all four corners of the globe, we'd love to hear which team you'll be cheering on during this year's tournament. Comment below! 👇

If you're looking for an excuse to visit your old stomping ground on campus, you're in for a treat this weekend 🙌

We'd like to invite our alumni community to our free, one-day festival of interactive family-fun this Saturday. Newcastle University's Discover Festival is filled with activities, crafts, shows and events for all ages, celebrating all of the research and art being produced on campus right now.

See you there? 👉 https://bit.ly/4bT8CCn

Today is National Best Friends Day, so we'd like to take a moment to celebrate the lifelong friendships forged on campus 🤗

How did you meet your best friends from your student days? Tag them and share your stories below! 👇

🥳 10 years of Newcastle University China Alumni Association 🥳

2026 marks a landmark anniversary in our global alumni community as we celebrate a decade of our longest-standing and largest international network, the Newcastle University China Alumni Association (NUCAA).

To mark the occasion, Newcastle University hosted a celebratory gala dinner at the Fairmont Peace Hotel in Shanghai on Saturday 16 May, with around 120 guests in attendance. As well as Newcastle University graduates from across the region, we were joined by colleagues from the Department for Business and Trade in China, China-Britain Business Council and British Council.

Thank you to all who joined us and those who have made the past 10 years possible. Here's to the next 10! 🥂

Read all about the celebrations ➡ https://www.ncl.ac.uk/alumni/news/item/china-gala-dinner

Please join us in congratulating Newcastle University graduates Professor Hayley Fowler and Dr Nick Graham who have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society 👏 They've come a long way since first arriving on campus in the mid-1990s!

Today, Hayley is Professor of Climate Change Impacts on campus. She is an internationally recognised leader in hydroclimatic extremes and has transformed understanding of extreme rainfall and flood risk through pioneering work on convection-permitting climate models and the first global dataset of hourly rainfall extremes 🌧️

Now based at Lancaster University, Nick's research has focused on the ecosystem ecology of coral reefs, how they are connected to other ecosystems, how they respond to climate change, and are linked to human society 🌊

They join over 90 outstanding researchers from across the world who have been elected this year to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences.

We're so proud to have Hayley and Nick in our alumni community! 🤗