College Prizes
The college awards prizes for exceptional exam results, essays, and other achievements.
Scholarships are awarded on the basis of tutors' nominations in recognition of continuous work of a first-class standard, and for distinguished performance in the First Public Examination.
Since Michaelmas Term 2015 the College has also made annual awards of Exhibitions for undergraduates. Students will be elected to Exhibitions, on tutors' nomination, on the basis of tutors' discernment of performance at an appropriately high level.
Scholarships and Exhibitions are each held for one year only. Fresh nominations and elections are made each year. Full details of the College's policy on Scholarships and Exhibitions can be found in the Appendices to the Student Handbook.
The College has a number of prizes which are awarded for outstanding performance in University Examinations:
- First Class in Finals (£100)
- First Class in MMath and MMath Joint Schools (£75)
- First Class or Distinction in Mods or Prelims (£75)
- Distinction in First BM Part II (£75)
In addition, the College also awards a number of named college prizes or examination results in certain subjects, listed below.
- The Collington Prize for the best performance in Mods or Prelims in a science subject
- Prize in Philosophy for the best performance in Finals with a Philosophy component
- The Eshag Prize for the best performance in PPE Finals
- Ockenden Prizes for best FPE performances in German and Russian
- The Peter Carter Prize for best performance in FHS Law
- Rex Warner Prize in Classics for best FPE performance in Classics and related joint schools
- Derow Prize in Classics for best FHS performance in Classics and related joint schools
- Christina Howells Prize for best FHS performance in French and related joint schools
- Sukumar Prize for best final-year performance in Physics and related joint schools
- Corcoran Prize for best FPE performance in Maths and related joint schools
- Penrose Prize for best performance in second-year Maths and related joint school exams
- Woodhouse Prize for best performance in third or fourth-year Maths and related joint school exams
- Keith Dyke Prize for best performance in Part I exams for FHS in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Offering six Senior Scholarships, four Keeley Senior Scholarships and one Eprime Eshag Senior Scholarship each year.
Conditions: Applications are open for students already reading for a postgraduate degree at Wadham or proposing to do so from the following Michaelmas term after the advert is published (in the latter case the award of the scholarship is conditional upon acceptance by the University and by the College). Graduates taking either taught or research courses are eligible (including Bachelor of Civil Law, 2nd Bachelor of Medicine, MPhil, MSc and PGCE students), but the scholarships do not cover undergraduate students in the fourth year of studies (who may be nominated for undergraduate scholarships).
Nature of the Prize: Each scholar will receive £500 and be entitled to one free High Table dinner per week during full term.
Application Procedure: Applicants must provide a brief covering letter, a curriculum vitae, a one-page statement of academic purpose (or a one-page research statement, if relevant) and the name and address of one referee, who should be asked to submit their reference directly. Applications and references should be e-mailed to graduate.admissions@wadham.ox.ac.uk.
See the full advert under the 'Related documents' heading at the bottom on this page.
The deadline for applications is normally three weeks before the start of term.
Graduates are awarded £75 for achieving distinction on a one-year programme and £100 for achieving distinction on a two-year programme.
The College awards two prizes for written work of exceptional merit in either the Arts and Social Sciences or Sciences and Mathematics:
- Cheney Prize for Essays in Arts and Social Sciences
- College Prize for Essays in Sciences and Mathematics
For details of when and how to apply and the competition rules, please await announcements on the College Website.
The Rex Warner Prize is awarded for any creative writing (prose or poetry) or translation. For details of when and how to apply and the competition rules, please await announcements on the College Website.
The Birkenhead Prize for skill in public debate is awarded for a debate performance of exceptional merit. For details of when and how to apply and the competition rules, please await announcements on the College Website.