Awards and Prizes

Up to 12 such prizes (with a value of £100 each) are awarded annually to undergraduate and graduate Junior Members in recognition of non-academic contributions to the life of the College, subject to at least satisfactory academic performance. Nominations may be made by any member of the College no later than Friday of week 4 of Trinity Term. The nomination process does not allow for self-nomination.

An in memoriam gift to remember SCR Butler Robert Saberton-Haynes and to recognise his contributions to the life and work of the College over many years. The prize is awarded annually in Trinity Term to two junior members, excluding those in their final term, who have made excellent contributions to academic and non-academic College life over the past year and who consistently demonstrate and uphold the values of the College. Nominations may be made by any member of the College no later than Friday of week 4 of Trinity Term.  The nomination process does not allow for self-nomination.

Awarded annually to the undergraduate member in his or her final year who has made the greatest contribution to College sport.

Awarded annually to the rower, in their first year, who has made the greatest contribution to the Queen’s College Boat Club.

Awarded annually to junior members who receive a Full Blue in a University sport (a “Half Legge” is awarded for a Half Blue).

The Pippa Koller Prize provides funds for sporting endeavours of Queen’s students who identify as women. Preference is given to those who have taken up a sport as a novice since commencing their studies at Oxford. Those eligible will be automatically considered. The prize is offered in memory of Old Member Pippa Koller (Engineering, Economics & Management, 1992) who died in 2017.

Such awards are made to second-, third-, or fourth-year undergraduates by the Governing Body in Michaelmas Term. Each award is made for one academic year only and may be renewed on the basis of continued good academic performance. Excellent performance in University examinations and/or College collections during the first or second year of undergraduate study in Oxford may be recognised by the award of an Exhibition to the value of £150 or a Junior Scholarship to the value of £300.  At the end of the second year of study in Oxford (which for a student spending the second year abroad would be the third year of study), any student previously awarded an Exhibition or a Junior Scholarship may be awarded a Scholarship to the value of £450 for sustained academic excellence. Any undergraduate who holds one of these awards may wear a scholar’s gown, the cost of which will be reimbursed by the College on proof of purchase.

Undergraduates who obtain First Class marks in College collections may be nominated by their tutor for a Collections Prize to the value of £30 per term at the termly meeting of the Academic Committee in week 6.

Awarded annually to undergraduate members of the College whose work for the Final Honour School has been clearly assessed by their tutors as being of first-class standard but who failed to achieve a First Class mark in the final examination or to be awarded any other prize as a result of that examination.

Awarded annually to undergraduate of the College who is judged to have achieved the best results in a First Public Examination that included either theology or moral philosophy.

Awarded annually to the most meritorious of those beginning their last year of undergraduate studies in the Final Honour School of Modern History or any Joint Final Honour school (including Literae Humaniores) involving the study of Ancient or Modern History.

Awarded for the most meritorious translation into English of a passage of Greek and a passage of Latin in Trinity Term.  

Awarded in Hilary Term of every year for an essay on some aspect of contemporary European political, philosophical, or economic life. 

An essay prize awarded in Trinity Term to an undergraduate member for the best tutorial essay, or submission of a long essay or whole or part of a thesis, on women’s or gender history in the current academic year. Students will submit essays for consideration themselves in Trinity Term, to be judged by the College’s History fellows. The winner of the prize will be awarded £500.

Awarded annually to any undergraduate member of the College who has exhibited most academic distinction in his or her studies where these have been relevant to the promotion of a better understanding and awareness of the historical, cultural, and economic relationship between Great Britain and the Arab world. 

Awarded annually for books (or equivalent subject-related resources) to an undergraduate student who has been recognised by the current Chair of Egyptology for notable performance in the fields of Egyptology or related subjects in the First Public Examinations and/or the Final Honour School. If so thought fit by the Chair of Egyptology, the benefaction may be used in other charitable manners as shall encourage studies in these areas.

Awarded annually to undergraduates of the College attaining First or Second Class Honours degrees in the final examination in English or History (whether Ancient or Modern), with a first preference for students educated at St Bees School, for students born in Cumberland, and then without restriction.  

Awarded annually to a finalist undergraduate member of the College who has exhibited academic distinction in the study of Law.

Awarded to those reading for the Final Honour School in English or Joint Schools with English for the best tutorial essay written in the current academic year.

Awarded annually on the basis of a translation paper which is sat in the first week of Trinity Term.

Awarded annually to the top performing finalist in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.

Awarded annually for excellent performance in any History paper relating to the 18th century.

Awarded annually to the junior member reading for a degree in Physics who obtains the highest average mark in examination papers and other formal assessments in Physics, taken at Part B. The Prize is awarded on the recommendation of the Tutors in Physics.  

Awarded annually for the best performance in the Preliminary Examinations.

Awarded annually to undergraduates of the College attaining First or Second Class Honours degrees in the final examination in Natural Sciences, with a first preference for students educated at St Bees School, for students born in Cumberland, and then without restriction.  

Awarded annually at the beginning of Michaelmas Term to undergraduates beginning their third year of study in the Final Honour School of Mathematics or Mathematics & Statistics.