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Most of our programmes and events stay open to recent alumni, whether you left last term or a few years ago. 

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Graduated with an idea? Test it properly.

Most of our programmes are for recent alumni. The Startup Incubator is the exception: it doesn't matter when you left Oxford.

Phase 1 of the Startup Incubator helps you find out whether your business idea stands up, before you spend money on it. Run by Oxford University Innovation, it's free and open to Oxford alumni as well as students and staff.

You'll work through business validation with the Incubator team, who can help you develop your product or service and start trading without outside investment.

Spotlight: OUI Startup Incubator, Phase 1

Free support from Oxford University Innovation to test your business idea before you build it. Open to Oxford alumni.

Open to you now

Events and programmes still open to you. Most are free, and most don’t need an Oxford card.

Nexus Presenting at The Oxford Moonshot Demo Day

The Oxford Moonshot: Applications Open

25 September to 30 October
Applications close Fri 30 Oct · Oxford — Four months of pre-seed support for DPhils and early-career researchers building deeptech ventures. Free, no equity.
EIC VentureMatch Pitching: Health Biotech at BIO-Europe

EIC VentureMatch Pitching: Health Biotech at BIO-Europe

28 September to 06 October
Applications close Tue 6 Oct · Cologne, Germany — Pitch to leading health biotech investors at BIO-Europe. For EIC-backed companies.
OSEF Pitching Competition Landscape

Oxford Saïd Entrepreneurship Forum: Pitching Competition

28 September to 16 October
Applications close Fri 16 Oct · Saïd Business School — Pitch your venture to investors and a global audience at OSEF, with the chance to win a cash prize.
Since AI Hackathon 2026

AI Hackathon 2026

29 September to 06 November
Fri 6 to 8 Nov · Turku, Finland — 72-hour AI hackathon with a €50,000 prize pool. Free, apply solo.

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