Connect with Alumni

We are proud at Manchester to have a wonderfully supportive alumni community, with over 500,000 alumni worldwide. Alumni can be an incredible source of support for you in your exploration of careers. Remember that alumni were once in your shoes, studying here at the University of Manchester, and are often pleased to hear from and willing to help current students. You have a range of different opportunities to connect with alumni throughout your time at Manchester.

Meet alumni at events

  • Meet the Grads Meet graduates who studied similar courses to you and who have gone on to a diverse range of subsequent careers. Alumni are on hand to talk to you about their experience, offer advice and answer all your questions.

Connect with alumni

  • Get a mentor Check out which schemes are running in 2023
  • Use the Alumni Search on LinkedIn Connect with Manchester alumni. By seeing what careers alumni have entered into you can gain career inspiration on what you could do with your degree. You can also connect with alumni and ask questions.
  • Build your networking skills Learn more about how to grow your networks, including meeting professionals through student societies and careers events.

Hear from alumni

Read or listen to our alumni stories to find out about about the steps they took after graduating and how they applied the skills they gained through their degrees.