Undergraduate prizes

We recognise and celebrate exceptional student talent and contributions. Many awards are supported by key players in their sector.

Faculty Prizes

Hele Shaw Prize: £100 (x 6)  Funder: The Society of Merchant Venturers. Awarded to final year students with a good academic or social record not otherwise covered.

Wertheimer Memorial Prize: £100 (x 6)  Funder: The Society of Merchant Venturers. Awarded to final year students for the best contribution to the life of the Faculty and their fellow students.


Aerospace

Year Prize/Sponsor Details
Two Roderick Collar Prize (x2) For students who have combined academic excellence with other activities
Three   Racal Innovation Prize For outstanding performance in Aerospace Systems and Design
Raoul Hafner Prize For two students who submit the most inventive and imaginative project work.
Aerospace Prize Awarded to the best student in the year.
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Royal Aeronautical Society Prize Awarded to the best student in the year
Airbus Prize Awarded to students who have overcome considerable obstacles.  "The awards would be made in the spirit of the determination and persistence of early aviation pioneers in the pursuit of their dreams".
Reaction Engines Prize Best final year project on a space related topic.
Airbus Project Prize Awarded to student(s) for an inventive and imaginative project.
Airbus Project Poster Prize For the student with the most professionally designed and researched project poster.
  Prize for the best taught student  
MSc Advanced Composites For Outstanding performance in the MSc Advanced Composites programme for 2019/2020.

 

Civil

Year Prize/Sponsor Details
Two Brian Hawkins Prize For the best performance in the year.
UBCEA Prize For the most significant contribution to the University bearing in mind academic, social and sporting achievements.
Overall performance Design Project Prize  For the best group in the Design Project 4 unit. Includes the poster and report elements only.
Nash Memorial Prize For the student with the top mark across Geotechnical Design units.
Research award To the finalist student with the best Research Project.
Two/Three   J Murphy & Sons Top performing MEng Civil Engineering student.
Three/Four Institution of Civil Engineers Prize For the best in performance in third and fourth years, with due regard to coursework and particular ability in civil engineering design.
Water Engineering Prize For the best overall performance in the field of water engineering.
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REEP Lintern Prize Awarded to the best student in the year.
HAYS Prize Awarded to two graduating MEng students judged as having the best project performance in their third and/or fourth year.
Institution of Structural Engineers (Francis Memorial) Prize For best performance in the final year in the field of structural engineering.
South Western Association of the Institution of Civil Engineers Prize Towards books of professional value for the two most meritorious final year students.
Deloitte Haskins & Sells Prize For final year best performance in business and management studies.

 

Computer Science

Year Prize/Sponsor Details

Top returning CS students

Netcraft £250 for the top five year three students plus an invite to their prize winners event.
Netcraft £250 for the top ten year two CS students plus an invite to their prize winners event.
Hargrave scholarship £1,000 for best performance in years one and two of the Computer Science BSc.

Top Group Projects

Graphcore Top year three group project.
  Top year two group project.

CS graduate awards





    
XMOS Top student on a 4-year degree programme.
Graphcore Top student on a three-year degree programme.
The Hargrave prize £250 for the best final year Computer Science BSc project.
  Best final year Mathematics and Computer Science project.
Infineon Best computer architecture project.
BAE Systems Best security project.
HPE Best Enterprise MEng project.
OneBigCircle Best Computer Vision project.
Sony/SN Systems Best software development project.

Electrical and Electronic

Year Prize/Sponsor Details
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IET Final Year Prize Two years' IET membership for the most outstanding student on an IET accredited degree programme.
EE Project Prize £100 for best overall final year project in EE.
CSE Project Prize £100 for best overall final year project in CSE.
Toshiba Prize A Toshiba product awarded to the student with an excellent final year project and examination performance.
Texas Instruments Prize £250 awarded to the CSE student with the best overall performance
EE Prize £100 awarded to the student who completed the best project in Electrical Engineering not in receipt of more specific project prize.
EE Prize £100 awarded to the student with the highest examination mark not in receipt of any other prize.
EE Prize £100 awarded for the best overall performance in Mech Elec
International Study Prize £100 awarded to the best final year student on an EEng degree programme with Study Abroad.

Engineering Mathematics

Year Prize/Sponsor Details
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IET Final Year Prize Two years' IET membership for the most outstanding student on an IET accredited degree programme.
Best Project Poster £25 awarded to the winner as voted for by students at the poster presentation event.
MEng Best Project £100 awarded to the student with the best final year project on the 4 year MEng course. 
BEng Best Project £100 awarded to the student with the best final year project on the 3 year BEng course.
MEng Best Student £100 and an IMA membership awarded to the student with the highest overall mark on the 4 year MEng course.
BEng Best Student £100 and an IMA membership awarded to the student with the highest overall mark on the 3 year BEng course.
The Jack Morgan Prize for Ardour

To honour a graduating student who has shown success in the face of adversity.  Jack Morgan was an inspirational student who shared his cancer story with many thousands and launched an app for fellow young people with cancer to seek mutual support and advice. 

Mechanical

Year Prize/Sponsor Details
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Bechtel Industrial Group Project Prize £100 to each student in the fourth year group with the highest average for its project.
Bechtel Industrial Individual Prize £200 split between winners for fourth year students who acheived excellence in their project under challenging circumstances. 
Crown Packaging Prize £150 Amazon gift vouchers for up to three students, on the recommendation of the Programme Director, awarded to final-year students who have shown exceptional initiative in engineering endeavours.
IMechE: Project Award Awarded to the final year student with the best combination of individual and group project marks.
IMechE: Best Student 
Certificate
Awarded to the best final-year students on each ImechE-accredited programme.
IMechE: Best Project
Certificate
Awarded to the final-year students submitting the best project in each ImechE-accredited programme.
IMechE: Frederic Barnes Waldron Award IMechE certificate and medal for the best Student Prize (Western Region) - for the best Mechanical Engineering Student in the final year.
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