❄️ Extreme Engineering Challenge

Snowfield Rescue Edition 🏔️

⚡ Ready to take on the cold and build something incredible?

The City & Guilds College Union is launching its flagship hardware makeathon, challenging students to design and build engineering solutions under extreme conditions.

From early concepts to hands-on prototyping, this is a fast-paced, team-based event where engineers from all disciplines come together to build, test, and learn.

🎯 Icebreaker & Induction Session

Friday 20 February - CAGB, 6th Floor

🔧 Makeathon Weekend

Saturday 21 - Sunday 22 February - CAGB, 6th Floor

📚 Pre-Makeathon Skill-Building Sessions

16 - 19 February

Running daily in the week before the event (Optional, but highly recommended)

Session locations to be announced

Whether you are joining the makeathon or just curious to learn, everyone is welcome at the skill-building sessions.

With Food, Fun, and Freebies, as always :)

🌍 VCS ETH Zürich X Imperial ChemEngSoc - Exchange Tour 2026

OPEN TO ALL IMPERIAL STUDENTS 🎉

📢 MAKE SURE TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS TOO!

VCS (Vereinigung der Studierenden der Chemie) from ETH Zürich and Imperial ChemEngSoc are having a collaborative Exchange Tour in 2026!

Join us in discovering new cultures, make lifelong friends, and expand your horizons with our exciting Exchange Trip.

We will be hosting guests from ETH Zurich during late February 2026 to tour around the department, campus, and London. We will then have the Imperial ChemEngSoc return trip to Zurich, hosted by VCS in the beginning of Easter Break 2026!

As hosts, you will be invited to join many of our planned group activities around London and food socials too. Also, you will be prioritised to be selected as participants for the heavily subsidised return trip to Zürich, to explore the ETH campus, attractions in the city and company visits to Sika AG and Metrohm!

🇨🇭 VCS Guest Hosting in London

27th Feb to 2nd March 2026

🇬🇧 CES Return Trip to Zürich

20th-23rd March 2026

Are you able to accommodate a student and perhaps new lifelong friend in your London home? Scan the QR code to sign up now!

Deadline: rolling basis