Awards

Medals

Medals are awarded to the top students in each year, based on performance in all modules.  The list of medal winners will be published in Data Warehouse and printed in the graduation programme.  Medals are also recorded on student’s transcript.

Prizes

The Prizes awarded by the school are listed in the prizes policy

Awards for academic excellence

Phase 1: The Deans’ List
See university webpage This is an annual award for academic excellence, promoted by the Deans of the University. Undergraduate students who achieve an outstanding overall result in the course of an academic year have their names inscribed on the Deans’ List, an honour which will also appear on the University transcript. The criteria for the award are strict.  Any student who meets all the criteria and who obtains a credit-weighted mean grade of 16.5 or above for the year will be recorded on the Deans’ List. The rules will be adapted for part-time students, who must achieve the minimum credit-weighted mean of 16.5 in 120 credits taken part-time over no more than three academic sessions.  Being on the Dean’s list for an academic year does not automatically mean the student has been in the top 20% of students for that year. Typically a mean of 17.5 is required to be the top 20% of students.

Phase 2: Dean of Medicine’s List for Academic Excellence – MBChB

Year 3: to be awarded to top 20% of students in credit weighted average of MD4001 (% score not 20 point scale) and MD4004 overall module performance (ie 40% knowledge, 40% skills, 20% professional values and behaviours in 2025-26, 45% knowledge, 45% skills, 10% professional values and behaviours in 2026 and beyond).
Note- if a student is on the MBChB+BSc route they may receive either the Deans’ list in year 3 OR Dean of Medicine’s List for Academic Excellence – MBChB. A strong performance in MD4001 may not be used twice.

Year 4: to be awarded to top 20% of students in MD4005 overall module performance (ie 45% knowledge, 45% skills, 10% professional values and behaviours)

Year 5: to be awarded to top 20% of students with credit weighted average of MD5011 and MD5012 (where % grade for MD5011 is 45% knowledge, 45% skills, 10% professional values and behaviours and % grade for MD5012 is 30% project proposal, 30% oral presentation, 30% poster and 10% reflective piece).

Allocation

The  Head of School and Director of Teaching decide who is to be awarded the prizes and medals, normally 2 weeks before graduation.  Prize and Medal winners will be informed by letter from Head of School.  The Head of School’s PA will upload the prize and medal winners on an on-line system.  Prize and Medal winners’ names then appear on the students’ transcripts.  Finance office discusses what prizes are to be paid and from what accounts.

Other Transcript entries

In addition to prizes, medals and Deans’ List the winners of the Wolfson Intercalated Degree Award, the Medical Research Scotland Scholarship, the Melville Trust Scholarship and the School of Medicine Vacation Scholarships will be listed in students’ transcripts.