This list of student awards is an index to articles that describe notable awards given to students.
| Country | Award | Sponsor | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| International | RIBA President's Medals | Royal Institute of British Architects | Established in 1836 when the first RIBA Silver Medal was awarded, these are widely regarded as the most prestigious awards in architectural education in the world.[1] |
| United States | Slide presentation at ACM conference. Undergraduate and graduate categories based on knowledge, contribution, and quality of presentation[2] | ||
| United States | San Francisco Public Schools | Silver medal that was awarded to the top male graduates of San Francisco grammar schools. Sister prize to the Denman Medal. Awarded from 1879 to 1915. | |
| United States | San Francisco Public Schools | Silver medal that was awarded to the top graduates of the all-female Denman Grammar School. Sister prize to the Bridge Medal. Awarded from 1865 to 1915. | |
| United States, Canada | Students who have performed exceptionally well on AP examinations[3] | ||
| Australia | National recognition to academic excellence and achievement in secondary education[4] [5] The prize is no longer awarded as of 2015.[6] | ||
| Australia | Top Tertiary Entrance Exam student and top vocational education and training (VET) student[7] | ||
| Mongolia | Ministry of Education Culture and Science of Mongolia etc. | Best Student of the year[8] [9] | |
| United Kingdom | Thesis of exceptional distinction in statistical, genetic, comparative or experimental psychology[10] | ||
| United Kingdom | Postgraduate essay prize on the history of London[11] | ||
| Canada | Canadian Hockey League player who best combines success on the ice with success in school[12] | ||
| United States and Canada | local schools | For high school theater and journalism students and teenage playwrights. Reviews that are later published by area newspapers[13] [14] | |
| United Kingdom | The Guardian | Best student articles in various categories | |
| Hong Kong | Youth Arch Foundation | About ten secondary school students from local and international schools in Hong Kong | |
| United States | Outstanding academic achievement and demonstrated commitment to the spirit of excellence | ||
| Japan | Academic theses, books, and achievements | ||
| United States | Author(s) of the best student paper(s) | ||
| United States | Best graduate student paper about some aspect of the social responsibilities of librarians, libraries, or librarianship | ||
| United States | American Mathematical Society et al. | Undergraduate student in the US, Canada, or Mexico who demonstrates superior mathematics research | |
| United States | Excellence in American student journalism[15] [16] | ||
| United Kingdom | Students send their best three articles from the past academic year to be critiqued by a panel of senior national journalists.[17] [18] [19] | ||
| Ireland | Oxygen.ie website | Annual All-Ireland student journalism competition[20] [21] The awards have been labelled "Ireland's premier student awards".[22] [23] | |
| United States | Men and women in the NCAA who have demonstrated one or more of the ideals of sportsmanship, including fairness, civility, honesty, respect and responsibility.[24] | ||
| United States | Physical Electronics Conference | Best student paper[25] | |
| United States | Graduating seniors for their accomplishments in academic success, leadership, and service to school and community[26] | ||
| Prudential Spirit of Community Award | |||
| Royal College, Colombo#Awards | |||
| Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards | |||
| The Science, Engineering & Technology Student of the Year Awards | |||
| Selma Jeanne Cohen Award | |||
| Silver Anniversary Awards | |||
| South Australian Scholarship | |||
| Student Academy Awards | |||
| Student Peace Prize | |||
| Student Peace Prize Secretariat | |||
| Sub auspiciis Praesidentis | |||
| SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence | |||
| The Undergraduate Awards | |||
| Van Amringe Mathematical Prize | |||
| William C. Carter Award | |||
| Young American Award |
See main article: Awards and prizes of the University of Cambridge.
The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in the city of Oxford, England, the oldest university in the English-speaking world.
| Award | Named for | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lt-Col. Joseph Boden (1763–1811) | For the encouragement of the study of, and proficiency in, the Sanskrit Language and Literature[27] | ||
| Thomas Bodley (1545–1613) | Outstanding contributions ... to the worlds of communications and literature[28] | ||
| Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609–1674) | University graduates from around the world and from across all subject areas, who demonstrate academic excellence and potential[29] | ||
| John Conington (1825–1869) | Cash prize for a dissertation on ancient history, religion, art, and archaeology, or ancient philosophy and ideas, or classical literature, textual criticism, and philology[30] | ||
| John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751–1838) | Students from the University of Oxford who wish to study for the English Bar[31] | ||
| Thomas Gaisford (1779–1855) | For classical Greek verse and prose[32] | ||
| Sir Charles Henry (1860–1919) | Two post-graduate students from any British university are funded to study in the US (one at Harvard and one at Yale), and two American post-graduate students from Harvard and Yale are funded to study at Cambridge and Oxford.[33] [34] [35] | ||
| Mark G. Hetherington | Best doctoral thesis presentation in the Department of Materials[36] [37] [38] | ||
| Visiting professorships at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge to address major themes in the arts, social sciences, and humanities | |||
| Develop future leaders, who would give back to the societies in which [Jardine Matheson] operates | |||
| Neda Agha-Soltan (1983–2009) | Post-graduate philosophy students at The Queen's College, Oxford, with preference given to students of Iranian citizenship or heritage | ||
| Sir Roger Newdigate (1719–1806) | Best composition in English verse by an undergraduate | ||
| Awarded in Norway. Norway Scholars receive funding for one or two years of study and research at Oxford. | |||
| George, Baron Weidenfeld (1919–2016) | Any book-length translation into English from any other living European language | ||
| Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902) | International postgraduate award for students to study at the University of Oxford | ||
| Sir John Snell (1629–1679) | Students of the University of Glasgow to allow them to undertake postgraduate study at Balliol College, Oxford | ||
| Philip, 5th Earl Stanhope (1805–1875) | Undergraduate history essay prize created at Balliol College | ||
| Charles Viner (1678–1756) | To the University of Oxford student who gives the best performance in the examination for the degree of Bachelor of Civil Law | ||
| Raphael Weldon (1860–1906) | To the person who has published the most noteworthy contribution to the development of mathematical or statistical methods applied to problems in Biology | ||
| Sir Basil Zaharoff (1849–1936) | Prize for Oxford Modern Languages graduates in French |