Prizes
Prizes play an important part in recognising in a public way high levels of student achievement, primarily through academic excellence but also in some instances through the quality of contribution to other aspects of University life. They are an important element in the University's strategy for engaging local and national companies in the life of the University. For those who receive them, prizes enhance their relationship with the University, hopefully well into the future. In addition, they can often give donors the opportunity to make a gift to the University for a variety of reasons, often of a quite personal nature.
Below are the prizes that are currently awarded by the University, listed primarily by College.
College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Computer Science
BCS Prize (£150 + BCS membership). Awarded to the student with the best academic performance on the BSc Computer Science programme.
IBM University Team Challenge (Exeter) . Prize awarded for best group project in year two Computer Science.
Logica Prize in Computer Science (£100). Awarded annually to the student with the best performance in the second year of a computer science course, or a computer science combined honours course (School only, not Flexible Combined Honours).
Engineering
Bertie Black Prize (£50). Awarded to a student of Engineering with the most outstanding academic performance.
Best Project Certificate. Awarded by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers to a final year student undertaking the accredited BEng Mechanical Engineering or BEng Engineering and Management course for best final year project.
Best Project Certificate. Awarded by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers to a final year student undertaking the accredited BEng Mechanical Engineering or BEng Engineering and Management course for best final year project.
Best Project Certificate. Awarded by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers to a student undertaking the accredited MEng Engineering and Management (Mechanical) or MEng Mechanical Engineering course for best project.
Best Project Certificate. Awarded by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers to a student undertaking the accredited MEng Engineering and Management (Mechanical) or MEng Mechanical Engineering course for best project.
Best Student Certificate. Awarded by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers to the best student in any year of the accredited MEng Engineering and Management (Mechanical) or BEng Engineering and Management course.
Best Student Certificate. Awarded by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers to the best student in any year of the accredited MEng Engineering and Management (Mechanical) or BEng Engineering and Management course.
Best Student Certificate. Awarded by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers to the best student in any year of the accredited MEng Mechanical Engineering.
Best Student Certificate. Awarded by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers to the best student in any year of the accredited BEng Mechanical Engineering.
Corus Student Award: Steel Bridge Design (£250). Awarded to the best student(s) for the best design of a steel bridge.
Dean El-Mariesh Memorial Prize (£100): Awarded to a student for assistance in the Department of Engineering.
Dstl Prize for Best Individual Project Posters (£125): Awarded annually to Engineering students for the best individual project posters.
IMechE Frederick Barnes Waldron Prize (certificate + medal). Awarded to the best Mechanical Engineering student who is an affiliate member of the IMechE on an IMechE accredited course.
ICE Student Prize Award (£250 + certificate of merit). Awarded to the best Civil Engineering finalist.
Informatics Research Institute project prizes (2 at £100 each). Awarded to undergraduate students for the best individual Projects at stage 3 or stage 4 supervised by staff members of the IRI.
Institution of Mechanical Engineering Prize (certificate + medal). Awarded for the best Mechanical Engineering project of an affiliate member of the IMechE on an IMechE accredited course.
Institution of Structural Engineers Prize (1st - £200, 2nd £150, 3rd - £100, 4th - £50). Awarded to the best project presenters.
Philip Booth Prize for Best Individual Project in Engineering (£100). Awarded to a student of Engineering for the best individual project.
Project Prize (£100 + certificate). Awarded to the student on an accredited Mechanical Engineering programme who submits the best final year project.
The Robert W Flux Memorial Award (£50). Awarded to a final-year student for ability in verbal presentation.
The Institute of Engineering and Technology Prize (certificate + 2 years free membership of the Institution of Electrical Engineers). Awarded to the best Electronic Engineering finalist.
Mathematics
Dstl Prize for Best Final Year Project (£100). Awarded annually to final year Mathematics students for the Best Final Year Project in Maths/OR/Statistics.
IMA Prizes. Free membership of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications awarded to two final year undergraduate students.
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Prize for Actuarial Science (£200). Awarded for the best answer on Friends Provident lecture presentations, coupled with at least good upper second class overall performance in the Actuarial Science module.
Mathematiocs Research Institute project prize (2 at £100). Awarded to undergraduate students for the best Projects at stage 3 and stage 4 supervised by staff members of the Mathematics Research Institute.
The AT Price Prize in Mathematical Sciences (£100). Awarded to the finalist with the best performance.
Unthank Prize in Applied Mathematics. Three prizes for undergraduates of £100 each for award to any Single Honours Mathematics student who at the time is following programmes in Applied Mathematics, the overall performance of candidates being taken into account.
Camborne School of Mines
Ball Memorial Economics Prize (£50). Covering second and third-year results in Management and Mineral Economics. For those taking BEng Mining Engineering at CSM. (Also open to Minerals Engineering degree).
BHP Billiton Prize (£75). For the best all round student awarded on above average results, sportsmanship and public spiritedness.
Camborne School of Mines Trust Prize (£50). Awarded to a first-year student, based on overall academic results, taking the BSc in Environmental Science & Technology at CSM.
Camborne School of Mines Trust Prize (£50). Awarded to the best first-year student, based on overall academic results, taking the MSc in Mining Geology/Industrial Rocks & Minerals at CSM.
Charles Hooper Memorial Prize (£50). To an undergraduate or postgraduate student on any programme for general merit and public spiritedness at CSM.
FB Michell Gold Medal. Awarded to the best third-year student, primarily based on degree classification, taking the BEng in Minerals Engineering at CSM.
Gold Medal for the best third-year student, primarily based on degree classification, taking the BEng in Minerals Surveying & Resource Management at CSM.
Gold Medal: Awarded to a final-year student, for best academic performance primarily based on degree classification, taking the BSc in Environmental Science & Technology at CSM.
Helipebs Prize (£100) for the best third-year performance in Mineral Process Design, in the BEng in Minerals Engineering at CSM.
Imerys Prize (£50). Awarded to the best first-year BEng Mining or Minerals Engineering or Mine & Quarry Engineering student, based on overall academic results.
Institute of Explosives Engineers (£50). Awarded to the best final year student, based on overall academic results, taking an undergraduate programme in Mine and Quarry Engineering.
Ivor de Beer General Merit Prize (£50) awarded to an undergraduate or postgraduate student on any programme any year for general merit and public spiritedness at CSM.
JC Davey Industrial Geology Prize (£100). Awarded for the best summer vacation report by a final-year student taking an undergraduate course in Geology at CSM.
John Brock Prize (£50) for the best performance in the Management Modules of the MSc in Mining Engineering, Minerals Engineering or Applied Geotechnics at CSM.
John Trounson Prize (£200). Awarded to the best student, based on overall academic results, taking the MSc in Mining/Minerals Engineering at CSM.
Ken Hosking Prize (£50). Awarded to the best first-year student, based on overall academic results, taking an undergraduate course in Geology at CSM.
Martyn Nicholas Costello Memorial Prize (£75) for the best Mining Report, for a student taking BEng Mining Engineering at CSM.
Martyn Nicholas Costello Memorial Prize (£75) for the best Minerals Engineering report, for a student taking the BEng in Minerals Engineering at CSM.
Martyn Nicholas Costello Memorial Prize (£75). Awarded to the best second-year student, based on overall academic results, taking an undergraduate course in Geology at CSM.
Mineralogical Society Student Award for the best second-year aggregate mark in specified modules in mineralogical subjects in an undergraduate course in Geology at CSM.
Minerals Engineering Society Prize (£30). Awarded to a student taking the BEng in Minerals Engineering at CSM. Based on the highest combined marks in Advanced Mineral Processing, Pyro-Metallurgy and Mineral Process & Hydro-Process Design.
Minerals Engineering Society SW England Section Prize (£50). Awarded by the Minerals Engineering Society, to the best second-year student, based on overall academic results, taking the BEng in Minerals Engineering at CSM.
Minerals Engineering Society University Award (£50). Awarded to the best third-year student, primarily based on degree classification, taking the BEng in Minerals Engineering at CSM.
MO Feyide Prize (£50) for the best Mining and Geotechnical Engineering subject marks, for a student taking BEng Mining Engineering at CSM.
Paul Chick Memorial Prize (£50): Awarded to a final-year student, for the best individual performance in the feasibility study, taking the BEng Mining Engineering/Mine & Quarry Engineering/Minerals Surveying & Resource Management at CSM.
Professor N Gray Prize (£50): Awarded to a second-year student, based on overall academic results, taking the BSc in Environmental Science & Technology at CSM.
RA Thomas Mine Surveying Prize (£50). Awarded to the best second-year student based on overall academic results, taking the BEng in Minerals Surveying & Resource Management at CSM.
RCA Hooper Surveying Prize (£50). Awarded to the best first-year student, based on overall academic results, taking the BEng in Minerals Surveying & Resource Management/BSc Surveying & Environmental Management at CSM.
Richard Pearce Gold Medal. Awarded to the best third-year BEng Mining Engineering student, primarily based on degree classification.
RICS Prize (£40): Awarded to the best first-year or second-year student, based on overall academic results, taking the BEng in Minerals Surveying & Resource Management at CSM.
The Mining Journal Gold Medal. Awarded to the best final-year student, primarily based on degree classification, taking an undergraduate course in Geology at CSM.
William K Brown Award (£1000). Awarded to the highest achieving final year student taking BEng Mining Engineering at CSM.
William K Brown Award - Best second year student (£50). Awarded to the highest achieving second year student taking BEng Mining Engineering or BEng Mine and Quarry Engineering at CSM.
Physics
Bertie Black Prize (£75). Awarded to the student with the most outstanding academic performance.
Newman Prize (£50). Awarded to the finalist who submits the most outstanding project in terms of the ingenuity and intuition shown.
School Prize (£25). Awarded to the best first, second and third-year students.
College of Humanities
Archaeology
Bertie Black Prize in Archaeology (£25). Awarded to the student with the most outstanding academic performance in Archaeology.
Fox-Lawrence Funded Prize in Archaeology.
English
Gamini Salgãdo Prize (£25). Awarded annually for the best undergraduate dissertation submitted for final examination that best communicates the qualities of imagination and intellectual flair.
Gillman & Soame Award (£300). Awarded annually to a final-year student who has made a full contribution to life at the University, having also given an excellent performance in his/her academic work.
Modern Languages
Bertie Black Prize (£50). Awarded to the student of Italian with the most outstanding academic performance.
Keith Dickson Memorial Prize. An annual prize of £50 to be awarded to a student of German (or, at the discretion of the Head of the Department of German, to be shared between two or more students).
The Roger Cockrell Prize (£50). An annual award of £50 to the Russian student who submits the best essay.
The Roger Cockrell Prize - Final Year Russian (£50). An annual award of £50 to a final year student of Russian in recognition of academic achievement.
Drama
Bertie Black Prize (£50). Awarded to a student of Drama with the most outstanding academic performance.
Classics and Ancient History
Bertie Black Prize (£50). Awarded to the student of Classics with the most outstanding academic performance.
Robin Mathewson Memorial Prize. To be awarded to students of Classics with the best academic performance.
History
Bertie Black Prize (£25). Awarded to the student of History with the most outstanding academic performance.
Bertram Wolffe Prize (£50). Awarded to the finalist with the best set of marks in Medieval/Renaissance Studies.
George Adams Memorial Prize in Economic and Social History (£250). Awarded to the student who submits the best undergraduate dissertation in Economic and Social History, as judged by the Board of Examiners for Economic and Social History. The prize will be awarded annually for the next five years (starting 1999).
Jean Henderson Prize for History (£50).
Modern History Prize (£50). Awarded annually to a finalist in Single (or, exceptionally, Combined) Honours History for the best academic performance with reference to Modern History.
William Appleyard Prize (£80). Awarded annually to a finalist of Economic and Social History.
Theology
EH Boundy Prize in Theology. To be awarded to students of Theology
St Luke's Foundation Prize (£60). To be awarded to the best second year student on the BA(Hons) Theology degree programme.
College of Life and Environmental Sciences
Biosciences
Clare Nunn Prize.(£20, £30 and £50) Awarded to best 1st year, 2nd year and final year students.
Henderson Ross Prize (£125). Best performance in the Biological and Medicinal Chemistry programme.
Henry Norman Rydon Prize (£100): Awarded to second-year student, for best performance, taking the Biological and Medicinal Chemistry programme.
Oxford University Press Prize Awarded to the two students showing the greatest improvement during year one from each campus.
Pye Unicam Prize (£50). An annual prize awarded to the finalist with exceptional results.
Sagar Prize (£6) Best 1st year performance in Biosciences
School Prize (£50). Awarded to the top graduating student from PCMD taking an intercalated year.
School Prize (£50). Awarded for second or third year student with the top performance in Molecular Biology.
Society for General Microbiology. Awarded to the second year student with the best performance in Microbiology.
Society of Biology (Free membership). Awarded to the student with the highest percentage mark in their degree.
Tripos Receptor (£80). Awarded to the final year student with the best molecular project.
William H Fraser Prize (£80). Awarded annually to the undergraduate who submits the most outstanding environmental biology / whole organism project at the end of the third year.
Yakult Project Award (£250). Awarded to the third year student with the highest mark in a bacteriology project.
Geography
Jonathan Ratnage Prize (£10). Awarded annually for the best dissertation in Geography.
Lewis Memorial Prize (£15). An annual undergraduate award for academic excellence in Geography
William Ravenhill Prize (£100). An annual undergraduate award for the best academic performance in Geography.
Psychology
The Blackwell Prize for first-year achievement (2 x £70). An annual award for best academic performance in the first-year.
The Cartwright Prize (£50). An annual award for the best piece of project work in the area of 'Culture Management'.
Leslie Reid Prize in Psychology. An annual award of £50 in recognition of academic achievement in undergraduate honours programmes in Psychology; the award to be used to purchase books or other teaching materials within the field of Psychology. Each student should be considered only once for the award, normally at the end of the penultimate year of his/her Honours or Combined Honours programme. It should preferably be given to one student and not shared.
MSc Animal Behaviour Prize (£50).
MSc Psychological Research Methods Prize (£50).
MSc Social and Organisational Psychology Prize (£50).
Psychology Sage Prize (£75). Awarded for the best project submitted by a final-year Single Honours Psychology student.
Animal Behaviour Sage Project Prize (£75). Awarded for the best project submitted by a final-year BSc Animal Behaviour student.
Sports and Health Sciences
St Luke's Club Prize (£30). Awarded annually to a final year BSc ESS student in SSHS. The prize is awarded for the best academic performance of a BSc ESS student registered to undertake a PGCE at SELL in the following academic year.
Human Kinetics Academic Achievement Award (£50 x 3). Awarded to students securing the highest year average out of the following BSc degrees: Exercise and Sports Sciences, Human Biosciences, Education and Sport Sciences, Psychology with Sport Sciences.
College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Graduate School of Education
St Luke's College Foundation Prize (£60). Awarded annually to the best student on the Postgraduate Certificate in Education course.
Victor Whitburn Memorial Prize (£60). Awarded to the student on the PGCE Primary Semi-Specialist Music course with the best academic marks for music assignments.
The School of Education and Lifelong Learning Prize for Childhood and Youth Studies (£100). Awarded annually to either a second or third year student for all round participation and contribution to the Childhood and Youth Studies programme.
The School of Education and Lifelong Learning Prize for Education Studies (£100). Awarded annually to either a second or third year student for all round participation and contribution to the Education Studies programme.
The Wragg Prize for Education (£100). Awarded annually to a final year student demonstrating excellent academic performance.
Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
Alexandria Poetry Recitation Competition (£300):
Batten-Pattar Essay Prize for History and Politics - Level 2 (£100): Awarded annually to an IAIS year 2 student for best essay in a History or Politics module offered by IAIS.
Batten-Pattar Essay Prize for History and Politics - Level 3 (£100): Awarded annually to an IAIS year 3 student for best essay in a History or Politics module offered by IAIS.
Howard Feurtado Prize (£50):
Tom Fattorini Award (£150): Awarded to the student with best performance in a BA programme.
Year Abroad Photography Prize (£200): Awarded annually to an IAIS undergraduate student completing the year abroad.
Law
AP Langlois Prize (£75). Awarded to a finalist for excellence of performance in the LLB (European) examinations.
Bracton Prize (£100). Awarded yearly to a student in the School, on the recommendation of the Bracton Professor of Law.
Routledge Cavendish Prize (£75). Awarded annually for excellence in any field of legal study to the best first-year law student.
Centre for European Legal Studies Prizes. Two prizes awarded annually, one to the best LLM (ELS) student (£50) and one to the best LLM (IBLS) student (£50).
Christina Sachs Memorial Prize for Family Law (£30). Awarded annually to the undergraduate student with the best performance in Family Law.
Clifford Parker Mooting Prize (£100). Awarded to the best undergraduate student mooter.
Clyde & Co Prize in European Union (£200). Awarded annually for the best second-year LLB or LLB (European) student.
The DLA European Law Prize (£50). Awarded annually to the first year LLB European student with the highest average mark over the course of their first year of study.
Exeter Club Prize (£50). Awarded yearly to the student who submits the best LLM dissertation.
Law and Society Prize (£50). Awarded to the best finalist on the IDSH BA Law and Society degree. The prize consists of a book token from Blackwells.
Lloyd Parry Prize (£20). Awarded annually to a first-year undergraduate student with the best performance in Constitutional and Administrative Law.
Malcolm Mead Prize for Employment Law (£100). Awarded annually to the undergraduate student who achieves the best performance in Employment Law.
Markus Zalewski Prize for French and German Law (EURO 100). Awarded annually to the LLB (European) graduating student with the best performance in the Maîtrise & Magister Year Abroad.
Michelmores Prize for Land Law (£100). Awarded annually to the second-year undergraduate student with the best performance in Land Law.
Oxford University Press Law Prize. Awarded yearly to the best second-year LLB student. The prize consists of £100 worth of books published by Oxford University Press, plus a donation of £50 worth of books published by Blackstones to the Law Library.
Paul Heim Prize (£100). Awarded to the best student studying for the Bar at Lincoln's Inn or, if no student is going to Lincoln's Inn, to the best student going to the Bar.
Peter English Memorial Prize (£50). Awarded annually to the undergraduate student submitting the best dissertation or assessed essay in the field of Criminal Law.
School of Law Prize (£200). Awarded yearly to a student in the School, on the recommendation of the Head of School.
Sir Archibald Bodkin Prize for Criminal Law and Procedure (£20). Awarded annually to the undergraduate student with the best performance in Criminal Law, on recommendation of one of Her Majesty's judges.
Stones Postgraduate Prize (£50). Awarded to an LLM student for the best essay.
Stones Prize (£50). Awarded to an LLB finalist for the best dissertation.
Sweet & Maxwell Law Prize (£150). Awarded annually to the best graduating LLB student. The prize consists of £150 worth of books published by Messrs Sweet and Maxwell.
Tony Jaffey Prize for Tort (£50). Awarded annually for the best performance in Tort.
William and Mary Prize (£20). Awarded annually by the College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, USA, to the LLB student who achieves the best performance in the English Legal History course.
Politics
Goldsmith Prize (£20). Awarded to a student of Politics who has made the best contribution to School life.
Nazih Ayubi Memorial Prize (£50). Awarded to a student on the MA in Middle East Politics programme for best dissertation of the year.
Oxford University Press (OUP)(TBA). Awarded to the student with the highest average mark in either POL1004A or POL1004B.
Victor Wiseman Politics Prize (£50). To be awarded to the finalist with the best degree result in Politics.
Sociology and Philosophy
Barry Turner Memorial Prize (£50) Awarded to the student of Sociology with the best academic performance.
The William Kingdon Clifford Prize (£50) Awarded to the Final Year Student who has achieved outstanding academic work.
Theology
St Luke's College Foundation Prize (Certificate in Theology) (£60)
University of Exeter Business School
Adam Smith Prize (£100). Awarded to the best Economics and Politics undergraduate finalist.
Brown, Shipley & Co Ltd Prize (£55). Awarded annually to the best student on the MA in Finance and Investment programme.
CIMA Management Accountancy Prize (£150). Awarded to the best second-year student(s) on the Management Accountancy module.
Deloitte and Touche Prize in Accountancy (£400). Awarded annually to the best second-year undergraduate student of Accountancy Studies.
Exeter Investment Group Prize. Awarded to the MA in Finance and Investment student who achieves the best performance in Asset Management.
Ken Penney Memorial Prize (£50). Awarded annually to the second-year undergraduate student with the best examination result in BEE2002 Microeconomics
Leo T Little Prize for Economics (£100). Awarded to a final-year undergraduate student with the best examination results.
Pricewaterhouse Coopers Prize (£300). Awarded for the best overall performance be a second-year undergraduate student(s) in the School.
The David Walker Prize (£250). Awarded for an outstanding second year student in Economics (including Statistics).
The Philip Norman Memorial Prize (£250). Awarded to an outstanding student on the MSc Economics or Economics of the European Union programme.
HSBC Prize (100) for the best overall performance by a second year undergraduate in an Economics related degree.
Flexible Combined Honours Degree
Flexible Combined Honours Prize (£100). Awarded to a final year Flexible Combined Honours student for academic excellence.
Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry
Marwood Prize (£100). One medal awarded annually to the best general practitioner registrar in the vocational training programmes for general practitioners.
University of Exeter in Cornwall
Mrs Joan Hain Bequest (£500). Awarded to students based at the University of Exeter in Cornwall Tremough campus who are in receipt of full remission of their fees to help towards field trips undertaken during the year. Applications to be sent to the Provost's Office, Tremough campus.
The Carolyn and Andrew Trevorrow Memorial Fund (£2000). Awarded to University of Exeter in Cornwall students to support field work expenses. Priority will be given to students in receipt of full remission of their fees and of Cornish ancestry.
University-Wide
Alexandria Poetry Recitation Prize. Endowed by Justin Goad, 1989 graduate in Arabic and Islamic Studies, to encourage an interest in Arab poetry; £150 to the winner, £50 to the runner-up. Annual winner's name engraved on silver trophy.
Ballard Prize (£20 in cash). An English Essay Competition open to all students of the University during their University career and for one year immediately after. The subject for essays, which normally should not exceed 5,000 words, is announced a year in advance. Articles in Exeter University student journals are eligible for entry.
Dufton Music Prize (£10). Awarded for Choral Singing by competition among the Halls.
Gladys Hunkin Poetry Prize (£65 in cash). Awarded annually for an original poem or poems in English on the result of a competition open to all registered students of the University. Each entry may comprise up to six poems, which should not have been previously published and must be submitted in typescript and in a suitable folder by the last day of the Spring Term.
Maxwell Adams Prize (£50 in cash). Awarded annually by the Devonshire Association for an essay of not more than 10,000 words by a student, or by a graduate of not more than five years standing in institutions of higher education in the County of Devon or (being resident in Devon) of the Open University, within one of the following fields: Archaeology, Botany, Economic History, Economics, Geography, Geology, History, Literature, Politics, Sociology or Zoology, with special reference to Devon.
Wyn Evans Prize (£100). An annual award, to be spent on books or other learning materials, in support of a registered disabled undergraduate student from any discipline at the end of the first year of study, on the basis of academic promise.
