Welcome Home to Chalmers – Alumni Day 2025

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Welcome to Wijkanders on 26 September at 18:30 for an afterwork pub with live music by the band Two Generations. Take the opportunity to catch up with old friends and make new connections ahead of the Homecoming weekend!

From 10:00 AM, the party kicks off!

Welcome to Chalmers Student Union Building and the Teknologgården – a day full of joy, music, and curiosity for the whole family. 

Come and visit Science Safari, an association that spreads interest in science and technology in a playful and enjoyable way. They come with their bus filled with experiments and invite both children and adults to curious conversations, discoveries and practical tests.

Are you curious to explore physics through play and adventure on a distant planet? On Alumni day, you’ll have the chance to experience FysikLek – an activity for children and young people where curiosity for science is sparked through play, teamwork and experiments. Participants are invited on an expedition to the planet Mundus, discovering force, motion, balance and equilibrium in a playful way.

Svea Skivgarde sets the mood with swinging tunes, Pyrot delivers dazzling shows, and the Alliance Orchestra together with the Chalmers Ballet showcase their best moves.

Meet the Revere research lab for autonomous vehicles, active safety and vehicle dynamics – which is bringing one of its own trucks. A unique opportunity to get up close to the research that drives the development of the vehicles of the future.

When your stomach is growling, 

When hunger strikes, there will be food trucks on site and JA Pripps will be open for those who want to grab something to eat there.

Talks that inspire and surprise

Throughout the day, we present a series of exciting talks that take you on journeys from history to visions of the future.

At 13:00, Bo Hedfors opens the stage with his fascinating story about Vera Sandberg – a Chalmers alumna and Sweden’s first female engineer – and her journey from Blekinge to Gothenburg and back.

Something we have been waiting for and looking forward to is the presentation by the Alumni of the Year 2024:

For a Better World award recipients Gustav Henman and Andreas Flodström, founders of Beetroot, share their journey and their work to make a difference.

Rising Star Julia Ravanis, recently featured as a Summer Radio Host, offers thoughts and experiences that will resonate.

Come and be inspired – you might just leave with new ideas, perspectives, and dreams!

Gert Wingårdh is one of Sweden’s most renowned architects and a proud alumnus of Chalmers. Since founding his own practice in 1977, he has made a strong mark both in Sweden and internationally.

Among his most famous works are Aula Medica in Stockholm, Universeum in Gothenburg, and the extension of Liljevalchs Art Gallery. On campus, his legacy is visible in the extension of the Chalmers Student Union building. Over the years, he has received several of the country’s most prestigious awards, including the Kasper Salin Prize, the Prince Eugen Medal, and the Gustaf Dalén Medal.

Many also recognize him from the popular TV program Husdrömmar (“House Dreams”), where since 2014 he has inspired a wide audience.

In his keynote, Gert will share his journey – from his student years at Chalmers to a groundbreaking career driven by creativity, curiosity, and passion.

The Evening’s Highlight – A Formal Banquet in True Chalmers Spirit

As the day turns into evening, we raise the atmosphere even further with a formal banquet in true student tradition – complete with comedy acts, music, and entertaining performances guaranteed to make you laugh and sing along.

We serve a delicious three-course dinner with a matching wine package, and afterwards the party continues with the afterparty in the Student Union building, where the live band Spektrum will get the dance floor going.

About the live band "Spektrum"
“Interested in music? Your "nollan" assignment is to learn and perform two songs at the Noll-dinner!” That’s how it all began in Electrical Engineering – class of ’98. The taste for rock grew stronger, and the band took shape with the help of CROC rock and their own rehearsal space. During their student years, the members were active in SVEA, Festu, E0K, and D6 – and both the friendship and the music have lived on ever since. With weekly rehearsals, they are now more in sync than ever and are looking forward to playing on home turf again!

All this – an entire evening of togetherness, celebration, and memories for life – for only 1000 SEK.

The Lund-based student comedy group Jesperspexet is coming to Gothenburg to perform their show The Dalton Brothers.

The year is 1890. In the calm, homely, and not-at-all Wild West town, the Dalton brothers live in peace and harmony together with a colorful cast of townsfolk. Trains run on time, the saloon is always open, and the law is upheld by the somewhat aging Sheriff and his ambitious apprentice.

But all good things must come to an end. When a greedy Entrepreneur arrives, eager to turn the town into a tourist paradise, life is turned upside down. The only way to return to the status quo is to ruin the town’s reputation – and as visitors from near and far start pouring in, the Dalton brothers are forced to take increasingly extreme measures. Suddenly, they find themselves in conflict with the townsfolk, the law, and perhaps even with each other, as they face the ultimate question: Does the end really justify the means?