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West Cambridge family open day 2025

10:00am-4:00pm on Saturday 22 March

Times shown are in GMT (UTC +0) up to the 26th March. For events on or after 27th March times are in BST (UTC +1).

West Cambridge Campus and the West Hub, JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0US

Join a wide selection of interactive family events set to take place across the University's West Cambridge Campus. The West Hub will be open on Saturday the 22nd March from 10am -4pm. Free visitor car parking is available across the day at West Cambridge car parks: 1, 6, 7 & 8. Please check individual events for booking requirements, if any.

Events taking place:

Institute of Manufacturing

Introducing Versius®, the only small and modular surgical robot powered by a digitally native ecosystem.

What would you use THAT for?

Your Life is Manufactured – How we make things; why it matters, and how we can do it better

Re-Volting Batteries

Bits With Soul

Paper airplanes and how to make them fly (better)

Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology

Sensors for a smarter home

Ammonia Energy for the Future

How can polymers keep your heart ticking?

Seeing the science behind colour

Tomorrow's Cures: Game-changing Molecules and Innovations

When life gives you bubbles, make ‘elephant toothpaste’

Art exhibition to step ahead to explore Cambridge Science in the year 2125

Making Solar Cells from Berries!

Making particles flow towards cleaner energy

Department of Computer Science and Technology

How AI could help us treat insomnia

Take a tour of Dawn, the UK’s fastest AI supercomputer

Measure your heart rate from your earphones!

Play guitar like an AI Jimi Hendrix!

Tour the Computer Science Department

Computer science and technology: the film show!

How to code like a DJ with Sonic PI: Hands-on workshop

How to code like a DJ with Sonic PI: Introduction and live demo

Make A 'Binary Bracelet' / enjoy a game of digital air hockey. Computer Science drop-in activities.

Developing AI for Science, Citizens and Society

Unlock the Pirates' Treasure Chest / Stop an Evil Hacker destroying the Internet! Computer Science 'Escape Rooms'.

Meet Furhat, the conversational robot

Department of Veterinary Medicine

Get hands-on at the Department of Veterinary Medicine

Faculty of Maths

Hands-On Maths Fair

Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy

Delve into Materials

Institute of Astronomy

Institute of Astronomy: Open afternoon

Booking/Registration is:

No need to book - please come along on the day and explore the events across the venues.

Please see individual events for booking information.

Additional Information

Age: All Ages, Children under 12, Young Adults 12 – 18
Format: Exhibition, Workshop, Tour
Timing: In person
Cost: Free
Theme: Discovery, Environment, Society
Accessibility: Partial access - please contact us for details

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