At a glance

• The award is the title of SEFS Quercus Scholar
• Only 21 students are eligible for this title.
• Students must be a current registered student in the College to be eligible for this title.
• Queries about this award can be directed to sefstlse@ucc.ie

This award is currently under review!

In the College of Science, Engineering and Food Science, the title of SEFS Quercus Scholar is awarded, based on the results of each of the End of Year First, Second and Third year University Examinations in programmes offered by the College of Science, Food Science and Engineering and are distributed as follows:

• Seven Quercus College Scholarships will be awarded in each of first, second and third years.
• The top three in each subject group (detailed below) in first, second and third years are chosen (based on the highest percentage marks).
• The results of the students ranked fourth in each subject group (detailed below) in each year are compared and the student with the smallest gap in percentage point between 3rd and 4th ranked in their group is awarded the seventh scholarship in each of the three years.

Subject Groups

(1) Engineering/Mathematical Sciences/Computer Science/Physics

(2) Life Sciences/ Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences/Food and Nutritional Sciences/Chemistry.

General

1. Second Year Quercus College scholarships may be awarded on the results of the End of Year First University Examinations. Similarly, Third Year scholarships may be awarded on the results of the Second End of Year Examinations, and so on. Further details are given below;

2. Such awards are tenable only in University College Cork, and for the session immediately following their award;

3. To be eligible for the award of a Quercus College Scholarship in any year a student must have completed the programme of the preceding year, and passed the relevant examination thereon, in the minimum time. Exemption from this regulation will be granted by the Academic Council only in the case of serious and prolonged illness.

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. The title of SEFS Quercus Scholar will be awarded only to a student who has (a) taken the examination concerned as a whole, (b) obtained marks of a standard considered adequate by the College of Science, Food Science and Engineering (minimum first class honours);

6. No student from another University or College is eligible to compete for any such title in this University except in an academic grade higher than that held by him/her in the University or College from which he/she came;

These awards are determined on the basis of the previous year's examination results, i.e. on the End of Year Examination results for the preceding year.