A Global Reputation, Shaped by Our Graduates

Our reputation has been established by the many graduates who have practiced medicine and radiography with distinction in Ireland and across the world since the School's foundation in 1854. We strive to maintain a strong connection with our alumni across the globe with the assistance of the UCD Development & Alumni Relations and the UCD Medical Graduates Association (MGA).

Annual Reunions

The highlight of our alumni interaction is the annual Alumni Reunion MGA Alumni Reunion Gala DinnerCelebration for Medicine. The event comprises a daytime Symposium of alumni talks (CPD lectures) followed by an elegant Gala Dinner in the evening. 

The 2024 reunion was a resounding success, bringing together alumni from various graduating classes in a memorable celebration.

To relive the moments from the day, please click here

MGA Alumni Reunion 2025

The next MGA Alumni Reunion will take place on Friday 9 May 2025 and will celebrate the MB BCh BAO graduating classes of: 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2015. The event promises to be an unforgettable occasion filled with nostalgia, professional development, and an opportunity to reconnect with old friends and colleagues.

There is a single ticket price of €125 per person, which covers all events. You are also welcome to book tickets for any guests. The ticket includes:

  • A daytime light lunch and optional tour of the Health Sciences Centre
  • CPD Scientific Symposium
  • Drinks Reception - please note that class photos will be taken during the Drinks Reception.
  • Gala Dinner

BOOK HERE

Please see the Booking Guide here. If you would like to pay by cheque, please call our office on 01716 6632 or 01716 6608. The RSVP deadline to register is Friday 25 April 2025.

Refund requests will only be accepted until Tuesday 29 April 2025.

If you have any questions, please email mga@ucd.ie.


Symposium

Location: Health Sciences Building, UCD Belfield

  • 12.00: Registration
  • 12.15 – 13.00: Light Lunch and Tours of the Health Sciences Building

Lunch will take place upstairs in the Kevin Barry Gallery.

  • 13.15 – 14.45: Symposium
  • 14.45 – 15.10: Coffee Break
  • 15.10 – 16.00: Symposium

Please note that you are welcome to stay on-site after the Scientific Symposium or leave and return for the Gala Dinner in the evening.

Gala Dinner

Location: UCD O’Reilly Hall, UCD Belfield

  • 18.45: Registration
  • 19.00: Drinks Reception & Class Photographs

Please ensure that you arrive on time for your class photo. Due to unpredictable weather, the exact location will be communicated to you at the Gala Dinner registration. 

  • 19.45: Call to Dinner
  • 20.00: Distinguished Graduate Award Ceremony
  • 20:15: Dinner

The bar in the UCD University Club will be open after dinner for those who would like to continue celebrating. 

Dress code for the Gala Dinner: Business Casual

The full MGA Alumni Reunion Scientific Symposium Programme 2025 will be added to this page in due course. 

Detailed parking and arrival information will be available on this page as the event approaches. If you have any questions in the meantime, please email mga@ucd.ie

We are always seeking Class Representatives to assist with disseminating reunion information to other class members. If you are interested in volunteering as a representative for your class, please contact mga@ucd.ie.

Please see the list of Class Representatives here.

A Class Representative's Reflections on the Class of '98 Reunion

Dr Cathy Brogan"Our class were a funny lot. We seemed to rather like each other for the most part.

When it came to organising our (rather ludicrously I felt, I mean how could it be?) 25th class Reunion, the concept of one of us becoming the Class Rep was mooted quietly on our Class WhatsApp group, and in an unlikely moment of humility I acquiesced. 

After the event I am exceedingly pleased to advocate for the role of future Class Representatives given my wholly positive position as same in 2023. The rekindling of so many old relationships - which really were not so repressed and lay just under the surface - was a wonderful and unexpected joy. There was a definite experience of regression, as though we were still in those heady Clinical Res years. The reconnection with colleagues via the Reunion, personally and professionally, has been a hugely positive experience and one which I encourage all to embrace.

We, the UCD Medical Alumni are a lucky lot, with an amazing UCD Alumni Team doing all the ground work and organisation. 

My only suggestion is that if your year doesn’t already have a graduation year WhatsApp (or similar platform) group is to start one…it will gather moss quickly."

Dr Cathy Brogan, MB BCh BAO graduating class of 1998