
Your hard work is recognised and appreciated.
At UNSW Engineering, your hard work doesn’t go unnoticed. Students are awarded through a variety of initiatives such as the highly prestigious Dean’s Awards and the Dean’s Honours List.
For previous year’s winners, please visit the Dean’s Honours List & Dean’s Awards Recipients Archives.
The UNSW Engineering Dean’s Awards are designed to recognise the faculty's high-achieving students – those who have a minimum High Distinction average (an overall cumulative myUNSW WAM of 85).
Students who maintain this high level of academic excellence can look forward to graduating with First Class Honours. Dean's Awards are just one way we offer our students recognition for their hard work.
UNSW Engineering students who are currently completing an undergraduate degree who have at the end of the previous year:
Awards are not available to students who:
* 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:
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.
The Dean's Honours List recognises high achieving undergraduate students in UNSW Engineering programs. Students who have maintained a high-grade average are included on the Dean's Honours List. If they continue to achieve this level of academic excellence they can look forward to graduating with First Class Honours.
UNSW Engineering students currently enrolled in an undergraduate program who have at the end of the previous year:
Awards are not available to students who:
* 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:
Students may only be included on the Dean's Honours List once for each Stage.
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At UNSW Engineering, we offer some great opportunities to Postgraduate students, such as the Malcolm Chaikin Prize for Research Excellence in Engineering. This prize of $10,000 is awarded each year for the best PhD thesis in UNSW Engineering.
UNSW Engineering’s Postgraduate Research Symposium is an annual event for students who expect to submit their thesis in the following year.
Students present their research to fellow students, research staff and industry experts, giving them the opportunity to showcase their work and develop their presentation skills. The event also allows students to network and compete for prizes
This three day symposium is held at our Kensington campus. Attended by all Engineering Postgraduate Research students, it features keynote talks and panel discussions from academic and industry leaders.
Several prizes, sponsored by the UNSW engineering faculty and schools, are awarded for outstanding presentations.
Presentations are submitted via Moodle and should include:
For more information on Prizes and Awards at UNSW Engineering