Computer Science @ University of St Andrews

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Prizes

The school awards the following prizes to undergraduate and postgraduate students in recognition of exceptional academic performance.

Name Description Eligibility Criteria Current holder
Alumnus Prize £50 IS1 Best overall student Alice Herbison
Christopher Strachey Prize £80 CS4 Best overall student Joe Schaul
Giles Oglesby-Wellings Prize £30 CS1004 Best student Gordon Coupar
John Honey Book Prize £50 CS3 Best overall student Lewis Headden
Metaswitch Networks Software Engineering Project Prize £200 Book vouchers split between JH project team CS3099 Best team John McCaffery, Timothy Sheridan, Matthew Marshall, Thomas Nicholson
O’Reilly Prize £100 book vouchers CS1002 Best student Archibald Elliott
Second Year Prize Sponsored Prize CS2 Best overall student Jonathan Hogg
Young Software Engineer of the Year Awards Nomination to Scotland IS CS4 Best SH Project Thomas Grimes won 3rd Prize
The Science, Engineering and Technology Student of the Year Awards Nomination to SET CS4 Best SH Project Not St Andrews

Class Medals are also awarded to the best overall students in the majority of our modules.