Prizes & awards

UNSW Engineering students who are currently completing an undergraduate degree who have at the end of the previous year: 

• Successfully completed a minimum of 48 Units of Credit at UNSW* 
• Completed at least 24 units of credit in the previous academic year* 

Awards are not available to students who: 

• Have recorded a Fail 
• Have completed the final year of an undergraduate degree within the UNSW Faculty of Engineering, and are Graduands.† 

* Industrial training/experience and exchange are not counted as 'completed' units of credit. 
† Graduates, instead, are considered for Honours and the University Medal. 

Selection is based on a student's overall cumulative myUNSW WAM. All courses undertaken, not only Engineering courses, are included in the calculation of a student's WAM. 

Students do not need to apply for the Dean's Award. The selection process is run by the Faculty and all eligible students are automatically considered. 

A minimum overall cumulative myUNSW WAM of 85 (High Distinction average) is required to be eligible for a Dean's Award. 

A limited number of Dean's Awards are awarded each year, so eligibility does not guarantee receipt of a Dean's Award. From 2016 there will be 100 Dean's Awards presented each year. 

Awards in each school will be distributed evenly across all stages: 

• Stage 1 status is reached when 48 units of credit are completed. 
• Stage 2 status is normally reached when 96 units of credit are completed (minimum of 93 units of credit required). 
• Stage 3 status is normally reached when 144 units of credit are completed (minimum of 141 units of credit required). 
• Stage 4 status is normally reached when 192 units of credit are completed (minimum of 189 units of credit required**). 

Note: Students may only receive a Dean's Award once for each stage. Results for the Dean's award are published at the beginning of the succeeding year. 

** Only applicable for combined programs e.g. BE(Hons)/BSc or BE(Hons)/BCom. This does not apply to BE (Hons)/MBiomed programs as stage 4 of these programs is at the Masters level. 

UNSW Engineering students currently enrolled in an undergraduate program who have at the end of the previous year: 

• Successfully completed at least 48 units of credit (UOC) at UNSW towards an Engineering program *
• Completed at least 24 UOC in the previous academic year. *

Awards are not available to students who: 

• Have recorded a Fail 
• Have completed the final year of an undergraduate degree within UNSW Engineering, and are Graduands.† 

* Industrial training/experience and exchange are not counted as 'completed' units of credit. 
† Graduates, instead, are considered for Honours and the University Medal. 

Selection is based on a student's overall cumulative myUNSW WAM. All courses counting towards their current degree (not only Engineering courses) are included in the calculation of a student's WAM. 

A myUNSW WAM average as follows is required to be eligible: 

• For programs started before 2015, ≥75% 
• For programs started from 2015 or later, ≥80% (to align with new First Class Honours cut-offs). 

Students may only be included on the Dean's Honours List once for each Stage. 

• Stage 1 status - 48 UOC completed 
• Stage 2 status - 96 UOC completed 
• Stage 3 status - 144 UOC completed 
• Stage 4 status - 192 UOC completed. 

• Industrial training and exchange are not counted as 'completed' units of credit unless transfer credit has been given. 
• Graduates are not considered for the list but for Honours and the university medal. 
• Stage 4 status only applies to double degree program students but does not include programs in which stage 4 is at the Masters level (e.g. BE/ME Elec, BE/MBiomedEng). 
• The Dean's Honours List is not an award. Students will receive confirmation from the Dean but student transcripts will not show your Honours List achievement. 
• Results for the Dean's award are published at the beginning of the succeeding year.