Student award winners announced

Congratulations to students who received medals, certificates, prizes and scholarships at the School’s Undergraduate and MSc Student Awards Ceremony.

Head of School Professor Philip Best and former Head of School Professor Jim Dunlop announced the awards in recognition of excellent performance and achievement from undergraduate and MSc students during the past two academic years.

Certificates & Medals

207 pre-honours students (years 1 & 2) received Certificates of Merit for outstanding marks in their pre-honours courses. Class Medals are awarded to individuals who received the highest overall mark for their degree programme, with 42 undergraduate and 8 MSc students in receipt of Class Medals.

Prizes and Scholarships

The School has a number of Prizes and Scholarships to award, including a prize for the best final year honours Astrophysics student and a prize for the fourth year student who attains the top mark across all programmes.  29 Prizes and Scholarships were awarded in total to the undergraduate students who achieved outstanding results in their subject area or year. 

Many congratulations to all recipients.