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We recommend booking in advance for Open Days. This means you can receive our communications about Open Days before the event. 

If you want to attend a departmental session, you must book these in advance. You can book a place for you and one guest at up to three departmental sessions on the booking form for Open Days. 

Yes! You’re welcome to bring guests along to join you at Open Days, however, if you want a guest to join you at a departmental session, you will have to book their place in advance. 

When you complete your booking, you’ll be sent a confirmation email. This will have a unique link that shows your full booking details including any booked department talks. Please check your email address is correct before completing your booking to make sure you receive the email.

Sometimes our confirmation emails can end up in spam folders. If you didn’t receive your email, contact us at opendays@imperial.ac.uk and we can check your details.

We’ll send updates before the open days which will include links to your QR code. Please have this available on the Open Day, as you’ll need this to check in on the day. You can display it on your phone or bring a printed copy.

Our September Open Days at our South Kensington Campus will be the last Open Day events for 2026.

If you can't join us at an on-campus event, our June Online Open Day and Virtual Open Day events recordings are now available on our On-demand page and this is a great opportunity to hear from course leads, academics and current students and find out what to expect studying as an 51³Ô¹ÏÍø undergraduate for the subjects you are interested in.

We recommend you still book a place and attend our Open Day, as there are lots of activities that don’t need booking in advance. You can see what’s on offer on our making the most of the day pages.

Our booking system doesn’t offer a waiting list for departmental sessions, but we do release places if there are cancellations. Keep an eye on our schedule to check if places become available for session(s) you're interested in. 

Occasionally, places can be available for departmental sessions on Open Day, however due to limited capacity, we can’t guarantee a seat without a booking.

Yes. If you need to make any changes to your booking, simply click the link in the email to access the booking system. Be careful when editing your booking as increasing the number of guests may lose your spot at fully booked talks.

If you have any problems or require any help, please email opendays@imperial.ac.uk

You can send more details of your requirements by emailing us at opendays@imperial.ac.uk.

Please note: to help us make sure that we have all necessary arrangements in place for you, please contact us with additional information by Thursday 3 September 2026.

No, you can only book a place for one guest at departmental session.

You are very welcome to bring additional guests with you to Open Day. We’ll also be running a talk for parents and supporters on both Open Days.

If your plans change and you can’t make Open Day, you can cancel your booking on our online booking system. 

If you have any problems cancelling your booking, contact us with your name, email address and booking reference number: opendays@imperial.ac.uk. 

You can find out about our travel bursary on our travel bursary page.

Applications for our Open Day will close on Monday 10 August 2026 at 12.00.

No, unfortunately limits on numbers at our departmental sessions means we are unable to accommodate school bookings. 

However, if you are a teacher, your students can book a place directly using our online booking system. 

Teachers are also welcome to attend the event and there are a range of activities that do not require advance booking.

You can now explore our full Open Day schedule:

Our nearest Tube station is South Kensington which is on the Piccadilly, District and Circle lines.

Our campus is a 10-minute walk from the Tube station up Exhibition Road, next to the Science Museum, and is clearly signposted from the station.

We strongly recommend using public transport to travel to the Open Day. Parking in the area is extremely limited and expensive.

Trains should be operating as usual but do check with your travel provider for information. For a Tube map and general information for travel in London, visit the .

We know that not all our visitors will be familiar with public transport in London, so please do get in touch if you need support planning your journey.

We have a limited number of travel bursaries available for Year 12 students at a state school or college in the UK. The bursaries will provide return rail or public transport to one of the September Open Days.

You can find out about our travel bursary on our travel bursary page.

Applications for our Open Day will close on Monday 10 August 2026 at 12.00.

We are unable to reserve any spaces on weekends as campus operates as a normal car park. Spaces are extremely limited on campus, but blue badge parking is available.

You can also email us at opendays@imperial.ac.uk by Thursday 3 September 2026 to let us know about your accessibility requirements.