Library membership for alumni
Alumni or retired staff members who live in the UK are eligible for free membership to our on-campus Library.
Accessing the library
About alumni membership
The ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ Library is now open to alumni. See visitor information and updates about the library.
As a valued part of the alumni community, you can:
- Use the library space
- Access the guest WiFi with your own device
- Borrow up to four items for seven days
- Use our click and post service and borrow up to four books, which we can post out to you (UK & EU area)
- Search our collections in advance on .
Open access repositories
Increasingly academic articles and research are being published and made available open access. The is available to .
Access to other open access materials such as books, journals, datasets and global open repositories are available .
You can also use the browser extension to easily connect you with open access research.
How to apply
To obtain a library card, please complete our alumni benefits form. Once completed a PDF document will appear for you to download as proof of your alumni status. Please forward this document to library@surrey.ac.uk along with the following details:
- Title
- Full name
- Student number (if possible)
- Postal address
- Phone number
- Email address (please do not use your University email address as this will expire shortly after you have graduated)