University Medals are awarded to graduating students at undergraduate level on the basis of outstanding academic merit only. Recommendations are made by Deans of Faculties to the Vice-Chancellor.
The Convocation (graduates of the University and of the former Canberra CAE) awards the Herbert Burton Medal annually to a final-year student who has completed an undergraduate degree course at the University of Canberra with academic merit and who has made a significant contribution as a student inside or outside the University community.
The Chancellor's Commendation will be an ad hoc award made by the Chancellor to a graduating student who has not been awarded a University Medal or the Convocation's Herbert Burton Medal. It is an award for achievement in spite of overwhelming difficulties or for achievement of a notable outcome worthy of recognition.
The ACT Branch of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute offers an annual prize to the student whose performance in the level 5/6 Chemistry units is most outstanding.
The Glass Connection Prize offered by The Glass Connection Company is awarded annually to a student for the best project in the field of deterioration and conservation of stained glass.
The Commonwealth Territories Division of the Geological Society of Australia offers an annual prize to the most outstanding second-year student in Geology.
The ACT Branch of the Australian Society for Microbiology offers an annual prize to the most outstanding student in Microbiology.
The Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material offers an annual prize to be awarded to the best student in the Bachelor of Applied Science in Conservation of Cultural Materials course.
The Alethea Sandow Medal and Prize in Materials Conservation is offered annually to the outstanding student who has contributed most during the year in the field of conservation of cultural materials.
The NSW Branch of the Australian Institute of Medical Scientists offers an annual prize to the student demonstrating general excellence in the course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Applied Science Medical Laboratory Science or the specialisation in Medical Laboratory Science.
The Eric Best Memorial Medal Prize is awarded to the student with the best overall performance at undergraduate level in Resource and Environmental Science.
The ACT Division of the Australian Institute of Cartographers offers an annual prize to the best student in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for outstanding achievement in cartographic excellence.
The ACT Chapter of the College of Nursing Australia offers an annual prize (the Margaret Guy Memorial Prize) to the most outstanding student who has completed the undergraduate course in Nursing.
The ACT Branch of the National Trust of Australia offers a prize to the best final year student undertaking the Cultural Heritage Management specialisation in the undergraduate degree course in Applied Science.
The Australian Institute of Sport offers an annual prize to a graduating student who has achieved the highest level of academic performance in the Sports Coaching course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Applied Science in Sports Studies, and who has made a significant contribution to sport in the community.
The Channel 9 National Television Network offers an annual prize The Wide World of Sports Prize to a graduating student who has achieved the highest level of academic performance in the Sports Journalism course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Sports Studies, and who has made a significant contribution to sport in the community.
The Royal College of Nursing Australia `High Achiever Award' is offered to the graduating student with the best overall academic result in the pre-registration undergraduate degree course in Nursing.
The Zonta Club (Canberra) offers an annual prize to the best final year student in the undergraduate Office Management course. The prize will be awarded on the results of the year's work.
The firm of Drake International offers an annual prize to be awarded to an outstanding student for the best academic performance in the second year of the undergraduate Office Management course.
The University Co-op Bookshop offers an annual prize to the best student enrolled in the undergraduate degree course in Communication, or to the postgraduate course in Professional Communication for the unit Freelance Writing.
The Sanchia Bolton Memorial prize will be awarded annually to the best second year student undertaking the undergraduate degree course in Modern Languages specialising in Japanese studies.
The Con Kiriloff Memorial Prize is offered to the student completing the undergraduate degree course in Modern Languages with best results in Chinese Studies.
The Quest Group Pty Ltd offers a prize, known as the Quest Solutions Award for Academic Excellence, to a graduating student who achieves the best results in the Graduate Diploma in Office Management course.
The Canberra Branch of the Australian Journalists' Association offers `The Gordon Burgoyne Memorial prize' to the best student in Journalism for the year. The award of the prize is restricted to persons 25 years or younger on January 1 of the year of the award, and once only to any one candidate.
The Phillip Hobbs Journalism Award offers an annual prize to a student in Journalism concerning some area of Canberra history, planning or administration.
Tektronix Australia Pty Ltd offers an annual prize known as the Tektronix Award to the student who achieves the best academic result in the unit Desktop Publishing 2.
The firm of William Heinemann Australia offers an annual prize to the most promising first-year student in the Professional Writing specialisation.
The Allen and Unwin prize for prose fiction will be awarded annually to the best student undertaking the final semester fiction project in the Professional Writing specialisation of the Bachelor of Arts in Communication course.
The ACT Branch of the Australian Library and Information Association offers two annual prizes, one to a student in the undergraduate degree course in Library and Information Studies and one to a student in the graduate diploma course in Library and Information Management, for the best academic performance overall.
The John Balnaves Prize will be awarded annually to the student who completes the graduate diploma course in Library and Information Management or the undergraduate degree course in Library and Information Studies, with the most outstanding academic record in information retrieval.
The Public Relations Institute of Australia (ACT) offers an annual prize to the most outstanding student completing the Bachelor of Arts in Communication course with the highest score in the six Public Relations units undertaken during the previous three years.
The Records Management Association of Australia (ACT Education Committee) offers an annual prize to the most outstanding student for performance in formal studies in Information and Records Management.
The firm of Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd (ACT Branch) offers an annual prize for outstanding performance in the area of Information and Records Management.
The Tourism Council Australia (ACT) offers an annual prize to the best graduating student in the undergraduate degree course in Tourism.
The Bryan R Ward Foundation Prize for Tourism is awarded to the student completing the undergraduate degree course in Tourism for the best overall performance.
The ABC Radio Prize will be awarded to a third year Media student, enrolled in the undergraduate degree course in Communication for the best academic result.
The Leanne Harvey Ford Award prize is offered to a student in a Librarianship course for excellence in the service for young people specialisation.
The Australian Federation of University Women (ACT) offers an annual prize to the most outstanding female student completing the Bachelor of Education course.
The Australian Psychological Society prize is awarded to the most outstanding student completing the Master of Education in Counselling course or the Graduate Diploma course in Psychology.
The Elsie Hope Solly prize is offered to the best female student who has completed the first year or equivalent of an undergraduate degree course in either the Faculty of Education or the Faculty of Information Sciences and Engineering for studies in the units Mathematics 1 and 2 or Engineering Mathematics 1 and 2.
The ACT Chapter of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects offers an annual prize (the John Redmond prize) for an outstanding performance by a student over the first three year tier of the Architecture course. It also offers an annual prize to the outstanding student in the final two-year tier of the Architecture course.
The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (ACT Group) offers an annual prize to a final year student of outstanding performance in the Landscape Architecture course.
The Robwin and Sons Prize in Building Economics is awarded annually to the best student in Building Economics.
The ACT Chapter of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors offers an annual prize to the best student completing the undergraduate degree course in Construction Management and Economics (Quantity Surveying).
The Ergonomics Society of Australia (ACT Branch) offers an annual prize to the student who, at the end of the year, has achieved the highest standard in an identified ergonomic unit or program.
The Roger Johnson Prize in Environmental Design will be awarded annually to the best student who completes a one- or two-day project.
The Mitchell/Giurgola & Thorp Travelling Scholarship Prize is offered to the outstanding student participating in a design competition undertaken as part of the course work in the unit Architectural Design and Technology 6.2.
The Australian Institute of Building (NSW Chapter) prize is awarded to the best student completing the undergraduate degree course in Construction Management and Economics.
Murray Northrop Consultants Pty Ltd offers a prize to be known as the Northrop Canberra Award, to be awarded biennially to the winning team in an inter-team competition to carry out a specified design brief.
The Australian Institute of Building offers an annual prize (the F.O. Watts Prize) to the best student in Construction Management in the final year of the undergraduate degree course in Construction Management and Economics.
The ACT Housing Trust Prize is offered to the outstanding student enrolled in one of the units Architectural Design 3, Human Environmental Studies 3A or Landscape Planning and Design 3.2, who has made a significant contribution to a topic relevant to ACT public housing.
The Building Science Forum of Australia ACT Regional Division Inc, offers the Building Science Forum Prize is awarded annually at the end of the penultimate year of study to the outstanding student in Architecture, for the Environmental Control component of units.
The Building Science Forum of Australia ACT Regional Division Inc, offers the Building Science Forum Prize to the outstanding student in Construction Management and Economics for the units Environmental Services 1 and 2.
The firm of Aspect Computing Pty Ltd offers an annual prize to the best group of students completing the unit Computing Project in the second semester of each year.
The Elsie Hope Solly prize is offered to the best female student who has completed the first year or equivalent of an undergraduate degree course in either the Faculty of Information Sciences and Engineering or the Faculty of Education for studies in the unit Mathematics 1/2.
The Canberra Branch of the Australian Computer Society offers a prize each semester to the most outstanding student in the unit Software Technology 1.
The Canberra Chapter of the EDP Auditors Association offers an annual prize to the best student completing the unit Information Systems Management who has done outstanding work in the field of computer audit, having produced a paper on a selected topic.
The Statistical Society of Australia (Canberra Branch) offers an annual prize to the student who obtains the best results in third year Statistics units.
The ACT Branch of the Australian Institute of Physics offers an annual prize to the best student in the six credit point unit Electromagnetic Waves
The Gordon Aitchison Prize is offered to the student with the best overall results in the units Engineering Physics 1 and Electronic Engineering 1.
The Institution of Radio and Electronics Engineers Australia offers an annual prize (known as the IREE Australia Prize) to the most outstanding graduate enrolled in the undergraduate degree course in Electronics and Communication Engineering.
The Canberra Division of the Institution of Engineers, Australia offers an annual prize (the W.E. Sansum Medal) to the most outstanding graduate in the fourth year of an engineering course.
The Canberra Division of the Institution of Engineers, Australia offers an annual prize (the Jennifer Cox Memorial Prize) to a second year student of an engineering course who has achieved the best performance in either the unit Electronic Engineering 2A or in the unit Electronic and Computer Engineering 2.
The Price Waterhouse Urwick prize is offered to the student enrolled in either the Graduate Diploma in Information Systems or the Graduate Diploma in Computing who achieves the greatest success in the unit Information Technology Workshop G.
The Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants offers annual prizes to the best student completing a degree course with an Accounting major acceptable for admission to the Society, and a medallion and prize to the best first-year student and best second-year student enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting course.
The firm of Coopers & Lybrand, Chartered Accountants, offers an annual prize to the student who has the best performance in the unit Advanced Accounting Theory.
The firm of Ernst and Young, Chartered Accountants, offers an annual prize to the student with the best result in the unit Portfolio Theory and Management.
The Australian Institute of Bankers offers an annual prize to the best student completing the Bachelor of Commerce in Banking and Finance course.
The Institute of Public Administration Australia (ACT Group) offers an annual prize to the best student in the unit Introduction to Public Administration.
The Australian Institute of Management offers an annual prize to a graduating student who has attained a general high standard of excellence throughout the course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Administration, and who has displayed special merit in the final year.
The ACT Chapter of the Institute of Management Consultants in Australia offers an annual prize to be awarded to the most outstanding student completing the unit Strategic Management M in that year.
The Economic Society Prize will be awarded annually to the best student completing the undergraduate degree course in Applied Economics.
The Gaye Forrester Public Sector Accounting Award will be awarded annually to the best female student completing the undergraduate degree course in Accounting who is acceptable for admission to the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants (ASCPA).
The Lend Lease Fern Hill Technology Park Prize will be awarded annually to the student who attains the first place overall in the unit Human Resource Management 2.
The firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu offers an annual prize to the student completing the undergraduate degree course in Accounting, who has the best results in the unit Advanced Auditing.
The firm Professional Careers Australia (ACT) offers an annual prize to the best student completing the course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting.
The firm of Snedden Hall and Gallop offers an annual book prize to the best student completing the unit Law of Business Transactions undergraduate or graduate, or Law 3 or Law G3 : Business Transactions.
The University Co-operative Credit Society (ACT) Limited offers two prizes annually, to be awarded to the best student completing the unit Financial Management G (Semester 1) and to the best student completing the unit Business Finance MBA (Semester 2).
The National Tertiary Education Union Prize is offered annually for the best undergraduate student in the unit Women and Organisations.