Camborne School of Mines - Prizes

Prizes and Awards are a key part of the University and the College. They give students a great form of recognition for their work over the Academic Year and create a lasting connection between Alumni donors and the current student body. The prizes often have cash rewards, establish networks between the College and graduate employers, and look great on any CV come graduation.

PrizeRewardDetails
Ball Memorial Mining Economics Prize £50 Covering second and third-year results in subjects related to management and Mineral Economics. For those taking any Mining Engineering degree at CSM.
Camborne School of Mines Trust Prize £50 Awarded to the best first-year student, based on overall academic results, taking the MSc in Mining Geology/Industrial Rocks & Minerals.
Camborne School of Mines Trust Gold Medal Medal Awarded to the best final-year students, for best academic performance primarily based on degree classification, taking an undergraduate course in Geology.
ICES Prize £150 Awarded to the student with the best project studying on the MSc SLEM programme.  Successful winner must be a member of ICES to receive this award.
Imerys Prize £50 Awarded to the best first-year BEng Mining or Minerals Engineering or Mine & Quarry Enigneering student, based on overall academic results.
Institute of Explosives Engineers £50 Awarded to the best final year student, based on overall academic results, taking the BEng Mining programme.
The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining £200 Awarded to third year finalist student on the BEng Mining programme for being the most successful student.
Ivor de Beer General Merit Prize £50 Awarded to an undergraduate or postgraduate student on any programme any year for general merit and public spiritedness at CSM.
Jackson Financial Services Merit Award £75 Awarded to any undergraduate or postgraduate students on any programme in CSM and in any year for above average results, sportsmanship and public spiritedness.
JC Davey Industrial Geology Prize £100 Awarded for the best summer vacation report by a final-year student taking an undergraduate course in Geology at CSM.
John Brock Prize £50 Awarded for the best performance in the Management Modules of the MSc in Mining Engineering, Minerals Engineering or Applied Geotechnics at CSM
John Trounson Prize £200 Awarded to the best student, based on overall academic results, taking the MSc in Mining/Minerals Engineering at CSM.
Martyn Nicholas Costello Memorial Prize £75 Awarded for the best Mining Report, for a student taking BEng Mining Engineering.
Martyn Nicholls Costello Memorial Prize £75 Awarded to the best second-year student, based on overall academic results, taking an undergraduate course in Geology.
Mineralogical Society Student Award Award Awarded to the best second-year aggregate mark in specified modules in mineralogical subjects in an undergraduate course in Geology.
MO Feyide Prize £50 Awarded for the best Mining and Geotechnical Engineering module marks, for a student taking BEng Mining Engineering.
Paul Chick Memorial Prize £50 Awarded to a final-year student, for the best individual performance in the feasibility study, taking the BEng Mining Engineering/Mine & Quarry Engineering/Minerals Surveying & Resource Management.
RCA Hooper Surveying Prize £50 Awarded to the best first-year student, based on general merit and public spiritedness taking any programme at CSM.
Richard Pearce Gold Medal Medal Awarded to the best third-year BEng Mining Engineering or BEng Mining and Quarry Engineering student, for best academic performance primarily based on degree classification.
RICS Prize Certificate and voucher Awarded to the highest achieving student on the MSc SLEM programme.
William K Brown Award £1000 Awarded to the highest achieving final year student taking BEng Mining Engineering.
William K Brown Award £50 Awarded to the highest achieving second year student taking BEng Mining Engineering or BEng Mine and Quarry Engineering.