The Undergraduate Awards

Academic prize awarded yearly in Dublin, Ireland

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The Global Undergraduate Awards

Country| Ireland
First awarded|

* 2008; 16 years ago (2008)

Website| www.undergraduateawards.com

The Global Undergraduate Awards (often referred to as the Junior Nobel Prize[1][2][3][4][5][6]) is an academic awards program recognising undergraduate work. Prizes are awarded to 25 disciplines by a non-profit organisation under the patronage of the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins.[7]

## History

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The Global Undergraduate Awards (UA) was founded in 2008 in Dublin as The Undergraduate Awards.[8] The programme was originally open to students from Ireland's universities.[8]

In 2012, UA expanded to accept submissions from every Third Level Institution on the Island of Ireland as well as the top twenty universities in Britain, USA and Canada.[9]

In 2016, the UA Programme was split into seven regions: Africa & Middle East, Asia, Europe, Island of Ireland, Latin America, Oceania, US & Canada.[10]

## Process

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Entrants submit their work to one of 25 categories, which represent a wide range of academic disciplines: Architecture & Design, Art History & Theory, Business, Chemical & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Classical Studies & Archaeology, Computer Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Economics, Education, Engineering, History, Linguistics, Law, Life Sciences, Literature, Mathematics & Physics, Medical Sciences, Music, Film & Theatre, Nursing, Midwifery & Allied Healthcare, Philosophy, Politics & International Relations, Psychology, Anthropology & Cultural Studies, Sociology & Social Policy and Visual Arts.[10]

The submissions are evaluated anonymously by a group of international academics.[8] The top 10% of entries from each region in each category are named Highly Commended. The highest performing Highly Commended entrant from each region is named a Regional Winner of their category, while the best Highly Commended Entrant is named the Global Winner.[10]

## Global Winners

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Entrants whose submission is selected as the best in their category are named Global Winners.[11] These winners are invited to present their work in Dublin at the Global Undergraduate Awards Summit. Each winner is awarded with a gold medal.

Category  | Global Winner 2022[12] | Global Winner 2021[13] | Global Winner 2020[14] | Global Winner 2019[15] | Global Winner 2018[16] | Global Winner 2017[17]

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Architecture & Design  | Zareen Tasneem Sharif  | Riad Tabbara  | Aishwarya Sriram  | Prathyush Pradeep  | Karen El Asmar  | Martha Andrews
Art History & Theory  | Sahil Tiku  | Piper Prolago  | Zoe Voice  | Claudia Haines  | Jun Yan Chua  | Eden Gelgoot
Business  | Katie McGrath  | Jill Humby  | Shawn Liu  | Xi Ning Seet  | Brian Heffernan  | Robert Sarich
Chemical & Pharmaceutical Sciences  | Oliver Hervir  | Ali Abdelfadil  | Jingfei Ren  | Kang Rui Garrick Lim  | Li Ling Tan  | Phillip Karpati
Classical Studies & Archaeology  | Maggie Tighe  | Emily Kerrison  | Edward Foster  | Juhi Patel  | Amelia Halls  | Melanie Hechenberger
Computer Science  | Guruprerana Shabadi  | Chen Sihao  | Kayo Yin  | Harry She  | Cristian Bodnar  | Dinh Luan Nguyen
Earth & Environmental Sciences  | Kenna White  | Yilin Zhang  | Alice Walker  | Amy Campbell  | Lyndsay Walsh  | Bridget Murphy
Economics  | Victor Sosanya  | Beatriz Sasse  | Ishita Kumar  | Stefan Pricopie  | Shamus Lee  | Daniel Cueva
Education  | Matthew Gover  | Roxanne Lau  | Pearlwe Chau  | Laura DeSousa  | Sylvia Lee  | Farhana Choudhury
Engineering  | Bailey Thompson,

Bruce Gillespie, Adam Kidd & Parth Vachharajani

| Lim Si Xian  | Febby Krisnadi  | Aayush Chadha  | Michaela Taylor-Williams  | Amber Tan
History  | Calvin Heng  | Hannah Kern-Cheng  | Keith Ó Riain  | Lauren Goodall  | Matthew Barton  |
Law  | Julia Best  | Amrita Deshmukh  | Genevieve Ding  | Andrew Ray  | Melany Toombs  | Kathy Liu
Life Sciences  | Alex Qin  | Jenny Gehlen  | Migara Jayasinghe  | Emma Darbinian  | Pascale Wehr  | Jamie Sugrue
Linguistics  | Elaine Wai Man Mok  | Oisín Nolan  | Chau Yi Cheung  | Xin Qi  | Jessica Ramos-Sanchez  | Alexandra Brito
Literature  | Dylan Chng  | Dylan Chng  | Liam Whelan  | Marta Meazza  | Patrick Lillie  | Noah Fields
Mathematics & Physics  | Vincent Sietses  | Hongjia Chen  | Xi Jie Yeo  | Wen Yu Kon  | Alexander Zagajewski  | Jeremy Lim Zhen Jie
Medical Sciences  | Leighton Schreyer  | Delia-Denisa Dunca  | Hailey Dall-Proud  | Tara Diviney  | Tiffany Ni  | Clara Nwe Nwe Linn Oo
Music, Film & Theatre  | Allison Kinahan  | Sher Yao  | Adam Weitzer  | Jay Millard  | Rosalind Moran  |
Nursing, Midwifery & Allied Healthcare  | Seow Ting Low  | Hilary Y.M. Pang  | Emily Dingley  | Susan Williams  | Emily Morrison  | Amy Lewis
Philosophy  | Franciszek Bryk  | Young-il Kim  | Harriet Yates  | Woojin Lim  | James Monaghan  | Tadgh Healy
Politics & International Relations  | Shenali Wijesinghe  | Ng Yi Ming  | Jasper Friedrich  | Nonyeleze Irukwu  | Laura Trad  |
Psychology  | Alexis Wong  | Stephanie Yu  | Catherine Li  | Win Ee Chun  | Natalya Jia Yu Wickramisuriya  | Jordan Tilda Skrynka
Social Sciences: Anthropology & Cultural Studies  | Alexander Avila  | Beth Hayes  | Nathaniel Dylan Lim  | Yume Tamiya  | Istifaa Ahmed  | Alex Longson
Social Sciences: Sociology & Social Policy  | Lynda Li  | Arizona Haddon  | Maya Bian  | Madelaine Coelho  | Isobel Howlett  | Sarah McKenna
Visual Arts  | Dana Leslie  | Afnan Albladi  | Benjamin Crocker  | Ying Li Toh  | Yi Xian Issa Sng  | Vivienne Molloy

## References

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9. ^ "Identifying and connecting the world's top students". The Undergraduate Journal. 4: 10–11.
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