At a glance

• Value: Medal
• You must be a current UCC Student to be eligible for this scholarship
• Questions about this scholarship can be directed to comh@ucc.ie

This award is currently under review!

The University is reviewing the format of this award. Full details in relation to the description of medals will be published when confirmed.

In the College of Medicine & Health, Quercus College Medals are offered for competition, based on the results of each of the Summer First, Second, Third and, where applicable, Fourth year University Examinations in undergraduate degree programmes offered by the College of Medicine & Health.

General

1. Quercus Scholarship Medals will be awarded for each year of the programme except the final year. For the Graduate Entry to Medicine (GEM) programme it is applicable for results in Years 1,2 and 3 only;
2. Second Year Quercus College Scholarship Medals may be awarded on the results of the Summer First University Examinations. Similarly, Third Year scholarship Medals may be awarded on the results of the Second Year Examinations, and so on. Further details are given below;
3. To be eligible for the award of a Quercus College Scholarship Medal in any year a student must have completed the programme of the preceding year, and passed the relevant examination thereon, in the minimum time;
4. The standard must have been achieved at the first attempt in the summer examinations unless permission has been given by the University Mitigation Committee to sit the examinations in the autumn or to split them between summer and autumn;
5. A Quercus College Scholarship Medal will be awarded to the student who has obtained the highest overall aggregate score in the summer exams of the previous year. This must be an overall grade of first class honours or equivalent grade;
6. When, at any examination on which Quercus College Scholarships are awarded, the results of more than one candidate are equal, each eligible student will be granted the award;
7. This is not a financial prize but a recognition of achievement through presentation of a medal and a parchment. All Scholars are liable for tuition (if applicable), registration and capitation fees.
8. The Quercus College Scholarship medals and parchments will be awarded at a College prize giving ceremony.
9. Quercus College Scholarship medals are only available for the undergraduate degree programmes offered in the College of Medicine and Health. Not included are programmes at Diploma level, or degree programmes of less than four years’ duration, programmes taught as distance learning or where the students spend only one year at UCC.

The Quercus College Scholarship Medals are awarded on the basis of the previous year's Examination results i.e. in 2025/2026, the medals will be awarded based on the Summer Examination 2025 results.