The Vice-Chancellor's Prize is awarded to the student submitting the top honours thesis in each Faculty, including a creative production and exegesis honours work. The work may be submitted as part of any assessment for a program of study, or may be prepared specifically for the prize.
Each prize consists of $1,000 and a commemorative plaque. This is presented at one of the annual graduation ceremonies and an appropriate endorsement is made on the successful student's academic record.
Applications will be invited by an announcement placed on the Web, on University noticeboards and published in the Handbooks and student newspapers.
An application for the prize, using the relevant application form (121 KB), must be received in the applicant's particular Faculty Pro Vice-Chancellor's office by close of applications, as specified below.
For students who completed their course in Trimesters 1 and 2, 2011, applications for all student prizes will close on Friday 16 December, 2011.
The Faculty Pro Vice-Chancellor's office will forward the applications to the Secretary of the Student Prizes and Awards Subcommittee of the Vice-Chancellor's Prizes and Awards Committee, no later than Friday 23 January 2012. The applications will then be considered by the Student Prizes and Awards Subcommittee.
Will complete your Course in Trimester 3, 2011
For those students completing their course in Trimester 3, 2011; you will be invited to apply in the 2012 round of student prizes and awards.