Student prizes and awards
Each year, Waikato Management School awards a number of academic prizes to students who have achieved top marks in specific papers, which are generously supported by our sponsors.
(Note: Prizes are subject to change and may not be offered every year).
Accounting
- ACCTN102 Cengage Learning Prize for Introductory Financial Accounting
- ACCTN202 Chartered Accountants Australia + New Zealand Prize in Intermediate Financial Accounting
- ACCTN209 Cengage Learning Prize for Accounting and Managerial Decision-Making
- ACCTN231 Staples Rodway Award in Management Accounting for Organisational Control
- ACCTN301 CPA Australia Prize for Capstone in Accounting
- ACCTN302 PwC Prize in Financial Accounting
- ACCTN313 PwC Prize in Accounting Information Technology and Systems
- ACCTN331/431 Chartered Accountants Australia + New Zealand Prize in Accounting for Management
- ACCTN322 Governance New Zealand Prize in Business Law
- ACCTN341 EY Scholarship
- ACCTN341 PwC Prize in Auditing
- ACCTN351 Jerrry Rickman Prize in Taxation
- ACCT422 Governance New Zealand Prize in Business Law Research
- ACCT581 Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Professional Development Capstone - Top International Student
- Chartered Accountants Australia + New Zealand Prize for the Top Graduating Student in Accounting
- CPA Australia Prize for the Top Graduating Student in the Master of Professional Accounting
Economics
- ECONS100 Foundation Professor's Prize in Economics: Business Economics and the New Zealand Economy
- ECONS200 Bill and Joan Flower Trust Prize in Global Economics: Macroeconomics and the Global Economy
- ECONS202/302 JT Ward Prize in Economics: Microeconomics and Business Economics
- ECONS204 Market Economics Prize in Quantitative Economics
- ECONS306/406 Brendan Thompson Prize in Economics: International Trade and Finance
- ECONS315/415 Bill and Joan Flower Trust Prize in Environmental Economics: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
- ECON503/505 Brian Silverstone Prize in Macroeconomics: Macroeconomic Analysis
Cengage Learning Excellence Awards in Economics
- First in ECONS100 Business Economics and the New Zealand Economy
- Excellence in ECONS100 Business Economics and the New Zealand Economy
- First in ECONS110 Economics and Society
- First in ECONS200 Macroeconomics and the Global Economy
- Excellence in ECONS200 Macroeconomics and the Global Economy
- First in ECONS306/406 International Trade and Finance
- First in ECONS415 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Finance
- FINAN306 Cengage Publishers Award for Excellence in Personal Financial Planning
- FINAN311 PwC Prize in Corporate Finance
- FINAN507 Cengage Publishers Award for Excellence in Corporate Restructuring and Governance
Human Resource Management
- HRMGT342 Alfred Marshall Prize in Human Resource Management
Marketing
- MRKTG101 Westpac Prize in Marketing and International Management
Strategic Management
- STMGT391 Dean's Prize in Strategic Management
- STMG512 G.J.Schmitt Prize in Strategic Innovation
Waikato Management School Medals for Academic Excellence
- Only a small number of Academic Excellence Medals are awarded each year to some of our top management graduates, based on their overall grade point average (GPA).
- The final list of recipients is chosen through a rigorous and confidential selection process involving the Associate Dean Academic & Operations, the Manager of Programmes and Accreditation, the Qualifications Convenors, and the Director of Professional Programmes.
- See here for the list of previous recipients of Medals for Academic Excellence.