Student Prizes

Bowley Prize

Awarded to the best third year undergraduate project in Applied Statistics (ST312). Prize: £350.

Cyril Offord Prize

Awarded for outstanding performance in BSc Mathematics and Economics or BSc Mathematics, Statistics and Business. The prize is awarded by the Departments of Mathematics and Statistics and the winners decided jointly between the two Departments. Prize: £250.

Farr Prize

Awarded for the best performance in final examinations for a BSc student in the Departments of Mathematics or Statistics. The winner is decided jointly between the two Departments. Prize: There is a prize fund of £500, the prize will be split between two winners.

IMA Prizes

Two prizes are awarded for outstanding performance in the final year of an institute of mathematics and its applications (IMA) approved course. All degrees within the Departments of Mathematics and Statistics are IMA approved so this is a joint decision. Prize: A year’s free membership of the IMA.

Winton Prizes for Academic Excellence in Statistics with Financial Applications 

This prize will be awarded to two undergraduate Statistics students who have taken the Stochastics and Actuarial Methods in Finance course (ST330) and achieved the highest weighted average marks. Prize: Two prizes of £500.

Worshipful Company of Actuaries

This prize is for a BSc Actuarial Science student entering either their 2nd or 3rd year of study. This is not a school prize and the cheques are raised by the WCA themselves and a presentation is arranged (by the UG Manager) where the students are awarded the cheques and members of the WCA attend too. Prize: Usually a £300 given to one student or £150 to two students.

Winton Prize for Academic Excellence in MSc Statistics/MSc Statistics (Financial Statistics) and MSc Statistics (Social Statistics)

This prize will be awarded to the student with the highest overall mark in their assessments. Prize: £500.

Winton Prize for Best Dissertation in MSc Statistics/MSc Statistics (Financial Statistics)/MSc Statistics (Social Statistics)

This prize will be awarded to the student with the highest mark in their dissertation. Prize: £500. 

Winton Prize for Academic Excellence in MSc Data Science

This prize will be awarded to the MSc Data Science student with the highest overall marks in their assessments. Prize: £500.

Winton Prize for Best Capstone Project in MSc Data Science

This prize will be awarded to the group of MSc Data Science students with the highest overall mark in their Capstone Project. Prize: £500 (divided equally between the group members).

Rajendra Bhansali Prize

This Prize is made possible by a generous donation from Rajendra Bhansali, graduate (BSc Econ), 1967 and PhD, 1971) and former member of staff (1967-68) of LSE and now Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Liverpool. The prize is awarded to a MSc Quantitative Methods for Risk Management student with the best overall performance. Prize: £200.