Freshers awarded £81,000 in
pre-admissions prizes

"These prizes honour some of our outstanding new students as they arrive at St John’s and they would not be possible without the unfaltering generosity of our alumni"

A group of 15 new undergraduates at St John’s College have been awarded up to £8000 each on the day they arrived in Cambridge to begin their studies.

Prize-winners were selected on the basis of their academic track record, potential and broader financial need.  The exceptional new students were invited with their families to a special ceremony at St John’s to mark their achievements.

A total of 13 different prizes were awarded at the ceremony. Most of them were one-off £5000 awards apart from two that were £8000 – the Dirac Prize in Natural Sciences,  named after Paul Dirac, the Nobel prize-winning physicist who did his PhD at St John’s, and The Sanger Prize, named after Frederick Sanger, the Nobel prize-winning biochemist who studied Natural Sciences at St John’s.

Dr Annis May Timpson, Director of Education & Senior Tutor at St John’s, said: “At St John’s, we believe passionately in academic excellence and creating opportunities so that a wide range of students can benefit from a Cambridge education. These prizes honour some of our outstanding new students as they arrive at St John’s and they would not be possible without the unfaltering generosity of our alumni.”

Students receiving pre-admission prizes

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