Please see below a list of our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). If your question is not answered here, email us at alumni@soas.ac.uk and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.
Library Membership
The SOAS Alumni Library Membership card entitles our alumni to discounted access to the Library, as well as entry to the SOAS buildings and bar. Annual membership rates are: reference only (£10) or borrowing rights (£60). To get a card, you will need to visit the Alumni Office in room G1 in the main College building, and bring with you some government-issued photographic proof of ID (e.g. passport, drivers licence, national identity card) and proof of your address (e.g. utility bill), so that we can verify your alumnus status before you go to the Library, where your card will be issued. The Alumni Office is open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
Click here for more information. For any other questions, please contact us.
Can I get access to the electronic resources in the Library?
Alumni with a library card can use the electronic journals on the computers inside the Library. Unfortunately, because of licensing issues, we are currently unable to provide alumni with individual usernames for our electronic resources and they are not available for use remotely.
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If you need a copy of your undergraduate or postgraduate degree examination results, please contact:
The Registry (Examinations)
Vernon Square Campus
SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street
Russell Square
London WC1H OXG
Telephone: 020 7074 5103
Fax: 020 7074 5089
E-mail: registrar@soas.ac.uk
For more information, visit the Registry pages on the SOAS website [opens in new window].
Degree Certificates
If you have lost your degree certificate, there is a replacement charge. If you require a letter with the details of your degree, there is also a charge. Both of these requests are processed through:
Diploma Production Office
Room J
Senate House
Malet Street
London WC1E 7HU
Certified copies of degree certificates from your original are available from:
Transcript Office
Senate House
Malet Street
London WC1E 7HU
Any additional questions relating to certificates or degree qualifications can be addressed to The Registry [opens in new window].
Finding fellow alumni
If you have lost touch with a former colleague or friend, why not try looking them up on the alumni directory?. Please note that you will need to be registered with the Online Community to access the directory.
Still can't find your colleague or friend? We can try to contact them on your behalf by email or letter. Contact us with your friend's name, year of graduation and subject studied, and if we have their current address we will write asking them to get in touch with you directly.
Careers
If you graduated in the last couple of years, you can extend your access to the SOAS Careers Service at low cost by joining GradClub London. Join before you leave (before 31 July for undergraduates or 30 Sept for postgraduates) and membership is at a discounted rate (approx £25 for two years access). If you completed your studies longer ago, the SOAS Careers Service parent body, The Careers Group, University of London (also based at Russell Square) offers one-to-one and group careers guidance and a well stocked careers library at a discounted rate to SOAS alumni. More details here.
Career Networking
Contact us if you would like to share your experience with current students and other alumni. You can get involved by:
- Giving a talk about your area of work
- Assisting with local recruitment
- Offering a work placement position
- Providing training
- Volunteering to provide informal careers advice or simply by sending in a written career profile to go in the Careers Office reference files
Visit our Careers Network page for more information, or join the Careers Network discussion forum.
Reunions
Visit our Events pages to find out what's coming up! If you would like to initiate or help to organise a reunion - be it based on year group, subject of study, occupation, industry, interest area or location - visit our Reunions page to find out how.
Associations
SOAS has a vast network of alumni worldwide. Our Alumni Contacts are our main points of contact for other alumni in their region, and they help alumni to stay in touch with each other via informal gatherings, receptions and other locally-organised activities. If there is not an Alumni Contact or Association in your area and you would be interested in representing SOAS alumni locally, please do get in touch!
Newsletters
The SOAS E-lumni Bulletin is a bi-monthly e-newsletter to all SOAS alumni for whom we have a valid email address. If you are not receiving it, please sign up by joining the SOAS Alumni Online Community.
The SOAS Alumni Newsletteris a free publication mailed to all alumni for whom we have a valid postal address. If you are not receiving it, please update your address by joining the the SOAS Alumni Online Community, or email us. We'll be happy to send you the current issue and put you on the list for future editions.
How can I contribute an article or profile to the Alumni Newsletter?
Our newsletters are only as good as the contributions we receive! If you would like to submit an article, photograph, or update on what you are doing now, please contact us.
Summer Accommodation
The School offers a special rate to alumni for summer vacation stays in the SOAS Halls of Residence located near King’s Cross in Central London (15 minutes from SOAS). Click here for more information [opens in a new window]
Change of Address
Are you moving house, changing jobs, or do you have a new email address? Sign up to the Online Community and update your details. This helps us if one of your old friends or colleagues tries to get in touch with you, and lets us keep you up-to-date with news from SOAS and alumni events and activities. You can also update your details by emailing us.
Privacy
Information held on our database is covered by the Data Protection Act 1998. Any details you provide will be kept confidential. Information will not be released to a third party without your prior permission. The mailing list is used to send you the SOAS E-Lumni Bulletin and SOAS Alumni Newsletter, and for selected mailings/email newsletters about events and alumni and school activities. For more information, see our Privacy Policy.
Any other questions
Have a question that can’t be answered here? Send us your question.