Friends organise public lectures and Member-exclusive events exploring extraordinary discoveries and developments taking place at Imperial College London - with the very people making them!
Friends 2025-26 programme available to look and book!
Explore extraordinary discoveries taking place at Imperial College London with Friends!
Our enthralling programme for the 2025-26 academic year is now available, offering a great choice of events for everyone - including in-person public lectures and talks, FREE Member-exclusive online Fireside Chats and Behind-the-Scenes visits.
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If you want to learn from leading figures in their fields, hear about the latest research and results from world-class academics - then Friends is for you!
Subscribe to our e-newsletter and be the first to hear about extra events launched in the 2025-26 programme, plus date reminders and new recordings available on our YouTube channel.
Benefit as a Member of Friends
Whilst everyone is welcome to book for in-person lectures at Imperial, Membership of Friends - from only £25 per year - gives you access to so much more.
From exclusive Behind-the-Scenes events at Imperial and beyond, to FREE online Fireside Chats with experts, from reduced ticket prices for in-person lectures for you and your guests - Membership is worth it!
Past programmes of events
Our annual programme of public and exclusive Member events over the years have featured lectures from exceptional Imperial speakers, visits to leading-edge laboratories and research facilities at Imperial and beyond!
See the full range in our archive HERE.
You can also view a selection of recording of previous virtual Fireside Chats and lectures on our Youtube channel.
Free tickets for schools at in-person lectures
We have a number of free school tickets for each of our public lectures at Imperial. A teacher can bring a group, up to a maximum of 15 students; students can book themselves by simply providing us with the name of the school but, if they are aged 16 or under, must be accompanied by a teacher.
Sign up to get e-news of these lectures and book early as tickets are limited.
1st Annual Azad Ayub Lecture - FREE for all
Book for this new, in-person, event in December and hear from a pioneer in the world of robotics - Andrew Davison, Professor of Robot Vision, Director, Dyson Robotics Laboratory, Imperial.
Azad Ayub has been a sustaining benefactor, Member and Trustee of Friends across the years. To honour his vital support and generosity, Friends have launched the Annual Azad Ayub Lecture. To reflect Azad’s gift in communicating engineering research and STEM education at Imperial, this lecture will be FREE to all.
