Academic awards and prizes

At graduation each year there are a number of prizes and awards made to students based on their academic achievements.

Listed below are some of the awards made in 2024. These can change across the academic year so please check with your school to find out more.

University of Brighton International College Awards for Outstanding Achievement

These awards are made to students who have progressed from UBIC into undergraduate or postgraduate study.

Awards and prizes available by school

School of Applied Sciences

  • IMBS President’s Prize
  • Royal Society of Biology Accreditation Top Student Project
  • Royal Society of Biology Prize
  • The National Pharmacy Association Prize
  • The Professor Huw Taylor Prizes
  • The Richard Reed Prize funded by the Friends of the South Downs
  • The Robert Thurston Hopkins Prize funded by the Friends of the South Downs

School of Architecture, Technology and Engineering

  • Chris Boyne Prize
  • CIAT award for Outstanding Graduating Student
  • CIAT South East Region Prize
  • Dr Harry Arshi Memorial Awards for Geotechnical Engineering
  • Elena Sazhina Prize
  • FDM Group Prize
  • Fred Maillardet Product Design Breakthrough Award
  • Frederick Chaffer Prize
  • Frederick Chaffer Project Prize
  • Harley Brandon Prize
  • HNW Architects 'Sustainable Social Legacy' Prizes
  • Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Student Prize
  • Joseph Omar IBM Best Mathematical Sciences Placement Prize
  • RIBA South East Prizes
  • SiteVisibility Prize
  • The CIOB Certificate of Excellence - Architectural Technology
  • The CIOB Certificate of Excellence - Construction Management
  • The CIOB Certificate of Excellence - Quantity Surveying
  • The Feix&Merlin Architects Prize
  • The Make Awards for Excellence in Architecture
  • The Studio B.a.d. + Chora Awards
  • The Upstarter Award
  • The Waste House Award
  • The Will & Partners MA Architecture Prize
  • The Will & Partners MA Interior Design Prize
  • University of Brighton Engineering Achievement Prize
  • University of Brighton Engineering Project Prize

School of Art and Media

  • Award of Excellence
  • CASS Art / Phoenix Studio Award
  • Grand Prix Award
  • Incentive Awards
  • John Vernon Lord Sketchbook Prize
  • The Anna Maria Desogus Memorial Prizes
  • The Chris ‘Kit’ Connor Brighton Achieves Awards
  • The Cressida Cowell Illustration BA(Hons) Breakthrough Award
  • The George Eady Prize
  • The Gerald Dennis Prize
  • Nagoya Award of Excellence
  • Nagoya Grand Prix Award
  • Nagoya Incentive Awards
  • The Weald and Downland Museum Excellence in Craft Prizes
  • Jonathan M Woodham Design History Awards

School of Business and Law

  • The Carden PRize
  • The Crown Office Row, Brighton Awards
  • The DMH Stallard Awards
  • The Enterprise Rent-a-Car Awards
  • The Fitz Digital Ltd Award
  • The Maycock HR Innovation Awards
  • The Natural PR Award
  • The Stefan Speckesser Associate Dean Prize
  • The Stowe Family Law Prize

School of Education, Sport and Health Sciences

  • The Goodall Foundation Education BA(Hons) Breakthrough Award
  • The Harrison Prize
  • The Joan Humphris Health Practitioners Breakthrough Award
  • The Kate Bennett Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievements in Undergraduate Nursing
  • The Pearl M Holt Award for Excellence in Physical Education
  • The Walker-May Literature Prize

School of Humanities and Social Science

  • The Criminology Dissertation Prize
  • The Peter James English Language and Creative Writing BA(Hons) Breakthrough Awards
  • The Walker-May Literature Prize