Student and Alumni awards
We’re proud to have a community of driven students who make an impact during their time at Monash and long after they graduate. Each year, our scholarships recognise outstanding students and support engagement in meaningful learning opportunities.
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Student Awards for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)
These awards recognise undergraduate and postgraduate coursework students who have demonstrated a significant commitment to advancing the Faculty’s EDI goals which in turn, support the University’s broader framework.
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Sir John Monash Medal for outstanding achievement
The medal is awarded annually in recognition of extraordinary academic achievement by an undergraduate student eligible to graduate or who has completed their course, and who has an outstanding academic record and a demonstrated commitment at Monash University to advancing the University’s goals of social justice, human rights, or a sustainable environment.
Student successes
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- 2020 winners (Awarded in 2021):
- Nicholas Keng Loong Wong, SAP user group prize, SAP
- Lachlan David Shewring, Commbank Cyber Prize, Commonwealth Bank
- Rochelle Maree Quigley, Knowledge Management Excellence Award, Faculty of IT and Knowledge Management
- Draga Doncila Pop, Mengyu Li and Timothy David Purcell, Australian Computer Society Student Award, Australian Computer Society
- 2019 winners (Awarded in 2020):
- Dinithi Sumanaweera, Ian Lawson Van Toch Memorial Award for Outstanding Student Paper, Intelligence Systems for Molecular Biology and the European Conference on Computational Biology (ISMB-ECCB)
- 2018 winners (Awarded in 2019):
- Adrian Kristanto and Draga Doncila Pop, Commbank Cyber Prize, Commonwealth Bank
- Anthony Adams, Knowledge Management Award, Faculty of IT and Knowledge Management
- 2017 winners (Awarded in 2018):
- Alexander Maxwell Knight and Kenneth Cheng Onn Ng, Commbank Cyber Prize, Commonwealth Bank
- Kieran Corneilus Hegarty, Knowledge Management Award, Faculty of IT and Knowledge Management
- 2016 winners (Awarded in 2017):
- Bin Monsters team, Telstra University Challenge, Telstra and Keep Australia Beautiful
- Isabel Suizi Mai, CommBank Cyber Prize
- Lorraine Rose, Knowledge Management Excellence Award
- Sneha Bajaj, SAP User Group Prize
- 2015 winners (Awarded in 2016):
- Steven David Graham, Knowledge Management Excellence Award, Faculty of IT and Knowledge Management
- 2014 winners (Awarded in 2015):
- Team Monash, M2M Team challenge winner: OnTrack app, Telstra
- 2013 winners (Awarded in 2014):
- Daniel Dalton, Vision Australia bursary and Fairhall Memorial Scholarship, Vision Australia
- 2012 winners (Awarded in 2013):
- MAD team, Second place in Practical Training Competition for ComicPainter app, Southeast University and BroadenGate Technologies Co Ltd
- 2011 winners (Awarded in 2012):
- Jun Zhu, Shaila Pervin and Sheng Cheng, Pacific Climate Challenge game, UNICEF Pacific
- 2020 winners (Awarded in 2021):
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Offered annually to the highest-achieving undergraduate students in the Faculty of IT. The award recognises outstanding academic results in first, second, and third-year study. Eligible students must have completed at least 24 points of undergraduate study in the relevant calendar year. The award is granted at the discretion of the Faculty.
- 2025 winners (Awarded in 2026):
- First-year: Sung Hei Ian Ko
- Second-year: Hang Lam Edward Yeung
- Third-year: Jiarui Liao
- 2024 winners (Awarded in 2025):
- First-year: Ying Zheng
- Second-year: Arya Sadeghi
- Third-year: Jun Jian Woo
- 2023 winners (Awarded in 2024):
- First-year: Arya Sadeghi
- Second-year: Emily Kha
- Third-year: Dasun Nadeera Mahamadachchi
- 2022 winners (Awarded in 2023):
- First-year: Yu Kogure
- Second-year: Freya Jasmine Dennis Solnordal
- Third-year: Alejandro Stuckey De La Banda
- 2021 winners (Awarded in 2022):
- First-year: Michelle Adeline
- Second-year: Chong Ern Tan
- Third-year: Henri Edgar Urpani
- 2020 winners (Awarded in 2021):
- First-year: Bryan Chow
- Second-year: Jin Heng Yap
- Third-year: Draga Doncila Pop
- 2019 winners (Awarded in 2020):
- First-year: Thanh Dat Tran
- Second-year: Kah Xuan Lim
- Third-year: Draga Doncila Pop
- 2018 winners (Awarded in 2019):
- First-year: Yuan Ai Ho
- Second-year: Yisong Yu
- 2017 winners (Awarded in 2018):
- First-year: Draga Doncila Pop
- Second-year: Michael Louyao Cui
- Third-year: David Lei
- 2016 winners (Awared in 2017):
- First-year: Michael Louyao Cui
- Second-year: Alexander Maxwell Knight
- Third-year: Arvin
- 2015 winners (Awarded in 2016):
- First-year: Alexander Maxwell Knight and Andrew John Ioannou
- Second-year: Chenyang Wang
- 2025 winners (Awarded in 2026):
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Recognises students who have achieved a 90% average or higher across all units studied in a specific year.
- 2025 winners (Awarded in 2026):
- Undergraduate: Shang Kheat Ong, Zein Henson, Benjamin Chin Yeong Lim, Raghav Senthil Kumar, Tiancheng Cai, Ying Bin Tan, Lauren Yim, Khanh Linh Tran, Matthew (Ash) Doyle and Abbey May Threadgate
- Postgraduate: Shuang Jie Zhu, Nicholas James Battle, Hugo Roderick Robinson Mainland, Tristan Yook Min Sim and Simone Bellandi
- 2024 winners (Awarded in 2025):
- Undergraduate: Kai Zhe Chang, Kian Lok Chin, Benjamin Chin Yeong Lim, Jonah Yip Mathivanan, Khai Wei Yee, Yen Tung Chin, Heath Aaron Corbett, Ryan Zhi Yin Hii, Jiarui Liao and Lauren Yim
- Postgraduate: Esteban Gabriel Larach Kaschel, Sean Thomas Murphy, Argens Ng, Fillip Helmut Prager and Cao Ba Tri (Jacob) Truong
- 2023 winners (Awarded in 2024):
- Undergraduate: Yu Kogure, Lauren Yim, Tyler Tan Chek Li, Jiarui Liao, Chew Chee Lel, Benjamin Chin Yeong Lim, Keng Yik Lok, Sarviin Hari, Yi Harn Goh, Jun Jian Woo, Ethan Thomas Sporton
- Postgraduate: Shuang Jie Zhu, Scott Xu, Jessica Yeung, Gary Scott Monson and Hou (Kent) Man
- 2022 winners (Awarded in 2023):
- Undergraduate: Michelle Adeline, Wai Jin Chai, Kerk Han Chin, Jensen Kau, Ilkyu Kim, Yi Xuan Lim, Chin Boon Low, Amish Mishra, Kai Xen Quek and Dennis Rigon
- Postgraduate: Chi Leung Kwok, Nitchakarn Suppattarachai, Ethan Wills, Kevin Jonathan Giam and Yi-Ching Hung
- 2021 winners (Awarded in 2022):
- Undergraduate: Jia Chen Kuah, Chin Boon Low, Alistair David Mccutcheon, Di Sheng Ong, Quan Bi Pay, Dhamsara Samarapathi, Mariusz Adrian Skoneczko, Thanh Dat Tran, Timothy Xian Ming Ooi and Jin Heng Yap
- Postgraduate: Ruibin Chen, Matthew Coleman, Tran Ha Vy Vo and Scott Kwong Hin Yip
- 2020 winners (Awarded in 2021):
- Undergraduate: Pei Jiin Kee, Mariusz Skoneczko, Chong Ern Tan, Thanh Dat Tran, Henri Urpani and Darian Visser
- Postgraduate: Patrick Cleeve and Xiaoyun Zhao
- 2019 winners (Awarded in 2020):
- Undergraduate: Dean Weistevens, Mengyu Li, Amit Harim, Mariusz Skoneczko, David Spry, Zhi Lim, Chin Tan, Minsoo Kim, Pei Kii and Yisong Yu
- Postgraduate: Elliot Freeman, Arth Patel, Cristiana Gewerc, Yueyang Liu and Thong Zhu
- 2018 winners (Awarded in 2019):
- Undergraduate: Caleb Joseph, Joshua Nelsson-Smith, Bojie Shen, Andrew Kallasmae, Shi Hui Ng, Ying Zheng, Adrian Kristanto, Chin Huan Tan, Billy Phan and Mengyu Li
- Postgraduate: Linda Woodburn, Robert, Thi Bich Ngoc Hoang, Xiuzhi Chen and Lyndsey O’Brien
- 2017 winners (Awarded in 2018):
- Undergraduate: Joshi Saurabh, Benjamin Geoffrey Parker, Jackson Goerner, Cameron Stollery, Kenneth Cheng Onn Ng, Zhihao Pei, Adrian Kristanto, Joshua Xavier Nelsson-Smith and Lee Loong Kuan
- Postgraduate: Angus Dempster, Lynn Miller, Nassar Islam Hany Abbas, Letian Wang and Linda Woodburn
- 2016 winners (Awarded in 2017):
- Undergraduate: Ryan Chenxi Ling, Taylor James, Samuel Peter Esler, Apoorv Kansal, Priyal Rajiv Rajgor, Weiwei Lin, Andrew John Ioannou and Saurabh Joshi
- Postgraduate: Angus Dempster, Lynn Miller, Trevor Douglas Yann, Andrew Lau and Lorraine Rose
- 2015 winners (Awarded in 2016):
- Undergraduate: Daniel Liam Anderson, Zhanhui Bian, Peter Michael Capon, Vijay-Luxmi Maistry, Terence Long Huynh, Taylor James Kearney, Royce Xin Yi Lim, Norman Jia Kai Chen, Ryan Chenxi Ling, Benjamin Wing Bun Yap, Loong Kuan Lee, Daniel Benjamin Stanhope and Kevin Vo
- Postgraduate: Michael Ted Hian Bong, Steven David Graham, Yunlong Wang, Monika Magdalena Schwarz and Andi Aulia Sabri
- 2025 winners (Awarded in 2026):
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- 2025 winners (awarded in 2026):
- Undergraduate: Patrick Andrew Sinicki, Tsun Ming Law, Austin Quereshi and Saachi Rajpal
- Postgraduate: Avinash Sridhar, Wing Yi Grace Chung, Pei-Jiun Chuang, Sirui Huang, Tujian Wang and Adhavraj Nagarajan
- 2024 winners (awarded in 2025):
- Undergraduate: Zekun Chen, Charlotte Lily Cuthbert, Thomas Liam Quill Post, Aakhyaan Sitoula and Lenie Tan
- Postgraduate: William Catt, Haritha Mannava, Declan Andrew Othen, Jake Andrew Taylor and Tarunika Ujlain
- 2023 winners (awarded in 2024):
- Undergraduate: Ming Yin Chan, Lianqi Ren, Anish Kapse, Kayla Margaret Bennett Skafte and Edwin Yu
- Postgraduate: Kaijia Yu, Sonia Prakash Lakhani, Navrattan Singh Dhillon, Ridong Jiang and Shiyu Wu
- 2022 winners (awarded in 2023):
- Undergraduate: Junjie Chen, Bridget Lily Lansell, Thomas Minh Nguyen, Gia Huy Tran and Bertrand Wee
- Postgraduate: Matthew Blake, Matthew Elias, Teng Jie Gan, Shuda Wang and Yuanyuan Wang
- 2025 winners (awarded in 2026):
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Dux awards recognise the highest-achieving graduating students across the Faculty’s undergraduate and postgraduate programs.
They are awarded to the top graduating student in each undergraduate degree, including honours programs, and the top graduating student in each postgraduate degree, including honours programs.
A list of past recipients is available below.
- 2025 winners (awarded in 2026):
- Undergraduate: Lauren Yim, Ari Shimon Feldman, Nathaniel Du, Zekai Shi (Honours) and Yujin Lin (Honours)
- Postgraduate: Zhenran Xu, Leong Aun Loh, Cao Ba Tri (Jacob) Truong, Huu Ngoc Duc Nguyen, Vu Hiep Dang, Alson Porhoe Lee and Richard James Orlowski
- 2024 winners (awarded in 2025):
- Undergraduate: Yu Kogure, Michelle Adeline (Honours), Henri Edgar Urpani (Honours), Ting Hin Andrew Li and Gavin Dongqi Qian
- Postgraduate: Jordan Marcus Shyu, Ryan Lyons, Qiheng (Josie) Song, Nguyen Duy Hieu, Adhiraaj Pratap Singh, Viet Hoang Luu and Kent Hou Man
- 2023 winners (awarded in 2024):
- Undergraduate: Michelle Adeline, Andre Ky Pham, Jonathan Adisatya Jolie, Alejandro Stuckey De La Banda and Chantelle Yi Wei Loh (Honours)
- Postgraduate: Chi Leung Kwok, Lyndsey Ellen O'Brien, Haocheng Luo, Bahadir Kagan Kuzay, Devni Suhara Batawala Batawala Acharige and William Bosler
- 2022 winners (awarded in 2023):
- Undergraduate: Yue Zhuo, Jin Heng Yap, Bertrand Wee, Keith Jin Kang Pang and Isobel Kara Nixon
- Postgraduate: Scott Kwong Hin Yip, Muniera Mohamed Dubery, Matthew Coleman, Ru Ray Raymond Chao and Ishwari Manoj Bhade
- 2021 winners (awarded in 2022):
- Undergraduate: Darian David Visser, Benjamin Koh, Ang Li, Shi Hui Ng, Kaveesha Pathirannahalage and Yisong Yu
- Postgraduate: Ruibin Chen, Jin Chun Du, Neha Aerya Marla, Eric Dongqi Shi and Rory Charles Campbell
- 2020 winners (awarded in 2021):
- Undergraduate: Draga Doncila Pop, Mengyu Li, Simone Matsukis, Timothy David Purcell and Chin Huan Tan
- Postgraduate: Cristiana Garcia Gewerc, Jason Morris Franks, Hoai An Nguyen, Liue Serena Xue and Yizhen Zhang
- 2019 winners (awarded in 2020):
- Undergraduate: Benjamin Parker, Samuel Esler, Adrian Kristanto, Christine Chow and Benjamin Yap
- Postgraduate: Thi Bich Ngoc Hoang, Bharat Sharma, Xiuzhi Chen and Konstantin Rebrin
- 2018 winners (Awarded in 2019):
- Undergraduate: Biondi Wiyono, Daniel Rosenberg, Saurabh Joshi, Michael Cui, Shannon Malone, Caleb Joseph, Mustafa Mansour and Loong Lee
- Postgraduate: Angus Dempster, Yuanjun Liu, Mona Shahrasbi and Anshuman Acharya
- 2017 winners (Awarded in 2018):
- Undergraduate: Brendan Daron Kotzen, Vijay-Luxmi Maistry, Isabel Suizi Mai, Alexander Maxwell Knight, Chenyang Wang and Arvin Wiyono
- Postgraduate: Lynn Miller, Kuo Zhao, Yingchen Liu and Lorraine Rose
- 2016 winners (Awarded in 2017):
- Undergraduate: Chenyang Wang, Calvin Christian, Gregory Paul Zdunek, Samuel Geoffrey Pinkus, Paul Michael Jennings and Joel Pagliuca
- Postgraduate: Yu Zhang, Monika Magdalena Schwarz, Juan Fernando Balarezo Serrano and Orcun Bahadir
- 2015 winners (Awarded in 2016):
- Undergraduate: Zhanhui Bian, Daniel Liam Anderson, Peter Michael Capon, James Edward Georgeson and James Stewart Macindoe (Honours)
- Postgraduate: Yue Xu, Graham Barber, Thomas Alva Seel, Sean Bly and Adel Mohammed I K Al-Maraghi (Honours)
- 2025 winners (awarded in 2026):
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Recognises the highest achievers in our databases units.
- 2020 winner (Awarded in 2021):
- Jin Heng Yap
- 2019 winners (Awarded in 2020):
- Pei Jiin Kee and Sayuj Datey
- 2018 winners (Awarded in 2019):
- Nam Lu, Fengze Sun and Damon Cai
- 2017 winners (Awarded in 2018):
- Nicholas Aladar Young and Lim Hang Yang
- 2016 winner (Awarded in 2017):
- Xiaotian Wang
- 2015 winners (Awarded in 2016):
- Charles Kusuma Wijaya and Meng Pao Siow
- 2020 winner (Awarded in 2021):
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First awarded in 2009, the Sir John Monash Medal recognises extraordinary academic achievement by an undergraduate degree student.
- 2025 winner: Hsu Myat Wint, Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Business, Clayton
- 2024 winner: Kin Hui Lor, Bachelor of Computer Science, Malaysia
- 2021 winner: Polamraju Lalitha Sri, Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Arts, Clayton
- 2020 winner: Draga Doncila Pop, Bachelor of Computer Science Advanced (Honours), Clayton
- 2018 winner: Benjamin Ramcharan, Bachelor of Computer Science, Clayton
- 2017 winner: Julie Hillel, Bachelor of Business Information Systems, Clayton
- 2016 winner: Nigel Zhi Xin Lim, Bachelor of Computer Science, Malaysia
- 2015 winner: Syin Li Tan, Bachelor of Business Information Systems, Clayton
- 2014 winner: Chantel Garcia, Bachelor of Computer Science, Clayton
- 2013 winner: Nicholas Craig, Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems, Caulfield
- 2012 winner: Rahul Kukreja, Bachelor of Computer Science, Clayton
- 2011 winner: Josh Teichman, Bachelor of Business Information Systems, Clayton
- 2010 winner: Jiun Yee Tan, Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems, Malaysia
- 2009 winner: James Charters, Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems, Caulfield
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- 2025 winners (Awarded in 2026):
- Lauren Yim and Benjamin Chin Yeong Lim, University Medal for Undergraduate Academic Excellence
- Leong Aun Loh, Alson Porhoe Lee, Cao Ba Tri (Jacob) Truong and Sean Thomas Murphy, University Medal for Postgraduate Academic Excellence
- 2024 winners (Awarded in 2025):
- Kogure Yu and Urpani Henri Edgar, University Medal for Undergraduate Academic Excellence
- Man Hou, Yim Kin Kwan, Shyu Jordan Marcus and Lokesh Kumar Aggarwal, University Medal for Postgraduate Academic Excellence
- 2023 winners (Awarded in 2024):
- Michelle Adeline and Alejandro Stuckey De La Banda, University Medal for Undergraduate Academic Excellence
- William Bosler, Chi Leung Kwok and Lyndsey Ellen O'Brien, University Medal for Postgraduate Academic Excellence
- 2022 winners (Awarded in 2023):
- Jin Heng Yap, University Medal for Undergraduate Academic Excellence
- Scott Kwong Hin Yip and Hugh Elder, Academic Medal for Excellence in Graduate and Postgraduate Coursework Study
- 2021 winners (Awarded in 2022):
- Yisong Yu, University Medal for Undergraduate Academic Excellence
- Chen Ruibin, Zhao Xiaoyun and Alexander Burton, Academic Medal for Excellence in Graduate and Postgraduate Coursework Study
- 2019 winners (Awarded in 2020):
- Shu Yu Tew, University Medal for Undergraduate Academic Excellence
- Robert, Joseph Walkenhorst and Thi Bich Ngoc Hoang, Academic Medal for Excellence in Graduate and Postgraduate Coursework Study
- 2018 winners (Awarded in 2019):
- Saurabh Joshi, University Medal for Undergraduate Academic Excellence
- Angus Dempster, Linda Woodburn and Islam Nassar, Academic Medal for Excellence in Graduate and Postgraduate Coursework Study
- 2017 winners (Awarded in 2018):
- Lynn Miller and Trevor Douglas Yann, Academic Medal for Excellence in Graduate and Postgraduate Coursework Study
- Chenyang Wang, University Medal for Undergraduate Academic Excellence
- 2016 winners (Awarded in 2017):
- Joel Pagulica, University Medal for Undergraduate Academic Excellence
- Monika Magdalena Schwarz, Academic Medal for Excellence in Graduate and Postgraduate Coursework Study
- 2015 winners (Awarded in 2016):
- James Stewart Macindoe, University Medal for Undergraduate Academic Excellence
- Graham Barber, Academic Medal for Excellence in Graduate and Postgraduate Coursework Study
- 2025 winners (Awarded in 2026):
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These awards recognise a student's excellence in championing equity, diversity, and inclusion at Monash University.
- 2025 winners (awarded in 2026):
- Undergraduate: Oscar Boulter
- Postgraduate: Viktoriia Ignateva
- 2025 winners (awarded in 2026):
Alumni highlights
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- 2020 winners:
- Joseph Roccisano, Fitcus app initiative, Monash Generator
- Christopher Hoang, Edapt Education platform, Monash Generator
- 2018 winner: Dion Weisler, Doctor of Law honoris causa, Faculty of IT
- 2017 winner: Greg Baxter, Monash University Fellowship
- 2016 winner: Jason Free, Bipolar Chame launches on Steam, Steam
- 2014 winner: Shaila Pervin, Top 40: Samsung Gear App Challenge, Samsung
- 2012 winners: Luke Sayers and Tony Palmer, CEO of PwC and President, Global Brands and Innovation of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, PwC and Kimberly-Clarke Corporation
- 2010 winner: Kee Wong, Monash University Fellowship
- 2004 winner: Gerry Maynard, Doctor of Information Technology honoris causa, Faculty of IT
- 2020 winners:
Distinguished Alumni Awards
Every year, we recognise exceptional graduates with Distinguished Alumni Awards. People who are using the skills they gained at Monash to better our world.