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University prizes are awarded annually to recognise outstanding academic achievement.
Unless otherwise specified in the prize conditions, students do not need to apply for prizes. Recipients will be nominated by the relevant School based on results achieved in the previous academic year.
Prizes are usually presented at an awards ceremony held by the relevant School.
Please note: prizes depend on available funding each year and are not guaranteed.
Click on the links below to display a list of prizes offered by the different areas of The University of Western Australia
- Albany Centre
- Bachelor of Philosophy
- Business School
- Conservatorium of Music
- Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
- Graduate Research School
- Graduate School of Education
- Guild of Undergraduates
- Law School
- Medical School
- Oceans Graduate School
- School of Allied Health
- School of Biological Sciences
- School of Biomedical Sciences
- School of Design
- School of Earth Sciences
- School of Indigenous Studies
- School of Engineering
- School of Human Sciences
- School of Humanities
- School of Indigenous Studies
- School of Molecular Sciences
- School of Physics, Mathematics and Computing
- School of Population and Global Health
- School of Psychological Science
- School of Social Sciences
- Science
- UWA Dental School
- UWA School of Agriculture and Environment
- University-wide
- Other prizes
To search for prizes, please enter the alpha-numeric file number or any word in the prize title.
Further information
Regulations
Except where otherwise provided in the regulations relating to any particular prize the following regulations apply—
1. All prizes are awarded annually but if in any year the examiners are of the opinion that no student is worthy of a particular prize, the prize will not be awarded in that year.
2. If a prize consists of the income on a capital sum, the amount available for the prize—
(a) is the interest on the capital sum (including accumulations) less any administrative costs; and
(b) is, in any year in which the prize is not awarded, returned to the capital sum.
3. An individual to whom a prize has been awarded is not eligible for subsequent award of the same prize.
4. Wherever the award of a prize depends on the opinion of examiners, they must take into consideration the recommendation of the head of any school concerned following consultation with relevant academic staff members.
5. The regulations for any prize may be altered by the University from time to time provided that the alterations conform with the wishes of the particular donor or donors.
6. In the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry only those students who pass at the annual examinations in all the units prescribed for their particular year of the course are eligible for any of the prizes, but this regulation does not apply in the case of a failure in an annual examination not comprising a written paper.
7. In the event of two or more students tying for a prize awarded by Convocation, the UWA Graduates Association, each such student receives the full value of the prize.
General conditions
The following general conditions apply to all prizes governed by conditions.
1. Notwithstanding that a candidate meets the criteria for a grant, a prize is awarded only if, in the opinion of the person or persons responsible for the selection of the grantee, there is a candidate of sufficient merit.
2. Unless a testator or donor of the bequest or donation from which the prize is funded has expressly directed otherwise—
(a) a prize is granted annually;
(b) a prize is not granted to the same person twice; and
(c) where a prize lapses or is not granted for any reason, the unused grant money is returned to the capital sum.
3. A prize lapses if it is not claimed by the grantee within 12 months of the grant being declared.
4. Where two or more candidates tie for a monetary prize the prize is shared.