Nurturing the lifelong relationship between the University of Aberdeen and our graduate community
Every graduate of the University automatically becomes a member of the General Council. It was set up in 1860 as a way for alumni to take part in the governance of the University. Nowadays, of course, its meetings are a lot more accessible than in 1860! Alumni can join the…
This Valentine's Day we are celebrating the story of Tanatthep Tianprasit and Yada Dejchai who met at the University in September 2017. Tanatthep received a Royal Thai Government Scholarship to undertake a PhD in Law at University from 2014-2018 and Yada received the Elphinstone Scholarship from the University to undertake…
A belief in the power of giving back saw law graduate Sheri McAllister return to Aberdeen while holidaying in Scotland earlier this year.
Sheri, who works at Clemmons Law Firm in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, graduated from the University of Aberdeen with a LLM Commercial Law in 1992 before returning…
In May 2019 we were delighted to hold an event at Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh with Kieran Dodds, BSc Zoology alumnus and award-winning photographer.
Members of the alumni family gathered to hear Kieran talk about his journey from Aberdeen to Ethiopia, which also took him via Zambia, Malawi,…
My name is Mary Patience and I graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 1972 with an Honours degree in Sociology. I think my year was one of the first to come through the sociology programme.
Since 1992, I have been involved in international development work. I have worked in…
Beginning on the 9th of May, we launched a ten-day series of events for our alumni across Europe. Thanks to the dedication of our alumni ambassadors we were able to hold events in Brussels, Helsinki, Warsaw, Paris, Berlin and Athens. Over 100 alumni attended the events in person, and many…
