Students' Union

Your Students’ Union

Many of the social and leisure activities at St George’s revolve around the Students’ Union (SU), which offers regular events such as comedy nights, film nights and discos.

As a St George’s student, you automatically qualify for St George’s Students' Union membership, with all the benefits that entails. These include a large bar, games room, music room, snooker room, coffee shop and other common rooms and offices.

You also get the added benefit of being part of the National Union of Students (NUS) and University of London Union (ULU); which offers support and advice along with social events you can take part in at its central London headquarters only 30 minutes away.

Sport for all

Our hockey, rowing, football, netball, rugby union, cricket, fencing and many other teams are always on the lookout for new members. Whether you are international standard or have never played sport in your life, St George’s offers teams to suit your abilities. The majority of our sports teams play in the British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) and ULU leagues and cups. There is also the added competition of the historic inter-medical-school battles in the United Hospitals and National Medical Schools competitions. Run by students for students, our teams and groups strive to provide the best possible choice of social and sporting activities. Please see our Sport facilities section for more information on the what we have on campus.

High society

If all that sport sounds a bit too strenuous or you would like to balance physical activity with something a bit different, you can join one or more of St George’s many and varied societies. The arts are well represented by musical, drama and revue societies that produce regular shows. Other societies include Islamic, Hindu, Christian, Jewish, Adventure Sports, Modern Languages, Film and Photography. We also have many highly active and exciting societies for students who are interested in voluntary work within the local and wider community.

Apart from our Freshers’ events, St George’s is also famed in university circles for its RAG Week exploits. We regularly raise the highest amount of money per head for charitable causes of any university in the UK. The annual target is in excess of £100,000. The RAG Week, which is normally held in February, consists of varied events including traditional favourites such as the Valentine’s Disco, Auction and RAG Ball.

Run by students for students, we strive to provide the best possible choice of social and sporting activities and to make your life at St George’s as stress-free and pleasurable as possible. Furthermore, if we don’t offer a club or society then ULU probably will.

We look forward to seeing you during Freshers’!