Below is a list of undergraduate prizes awarded by the Politics Department:

  • 2025
    • Gibbs Prize (Written Paper) - Heather Li, St Catherine's College
    • Gibbs Thesis Prize - Joseph Stala-Smith, The Queen's College
    • Gibbs Prize (Written Paper) - Aidan Woo, Magdalen College
    • Proxime Accessit Gibbs Thesis Prize - Katherine Graddy, Magdalen College
    • Proxime Accessit Gibbs Prize (Written Paper) - Joshua Williams, Christ Church
    • Proxime Accessit Gibbs Prize (Written Paper) - Ryan Teo, Harris Manchester College
    • Top performance in the FHS Politics core paper - International Relations - Saul Sarne, St Hilda's College
    • Top performance in the FHS Politics core paper - Comparative Government - Yunsi Hou, Lady Margaret Hall
    • Top performance in the FHS Politics core paper - Theory of Politics - Isabel Luetchford, Mansfield College
    • Gibbs Prize for the best performance in the Philosophy papers in the Honour School of Philosophy, Politics and Economics - Adam Arnfield, St John's College
  • 2024
    • Gibbs Prize in Politics (top performance across all Politics papers) - Justas Petrauskas, Oriel College 
    • Gibbs Prize in Politics (Next top performance across all Politics papers) - Joseph Ng, Harris Manchester College 
    • Gibbs Prize in Politics (Next top performance across all Politics papers) - Charlie Mackintosh, New College 
    • Gibbs Prize in Politics (Next top performance across all Politics papers) - Jack Cobb, Christ Church College 
    • Gibbs Prize in Politics (Best performance in International Relations) - Vivian Gu, New College 
    • Gibbs Prize in Politics (Best performance in Comparative Government) - Alek Radsan, Christ Church College 
    • Gibbs Prize in Politics (Best Performance in Theory of Politics) - Ophelia Tavares, Pembroke College 
    • Top Performance in the Thesis in Politics - Tallulah Lefkowitz, Balliol College 
    • Top Performance in the Thesis in Politics – Xilin Fan, Lady Margaret Hall 
  • 2022 - Finals Prizes
    • Gibbs Prize in Politics (Written Paper) - Joanna Neves Teixeira, Merton College 
    • Gibbs Prize in Politics (Written Paper) - Melina Magdelenat, Corpus Christi College 
    • Proxime Accessit Gibbs Prize (Written Paper) - Alfred Mowse, Queen’s College 
    • Proxime Accessit Gibbs Prize (Written Paper) - Calista Chong, Lady Margaret Hall 
    • Proxime Accessit Gibbs Prize (Written Paper) - James Kent, Exeter College 
    • Gibbs Politics Thesis Prize – Henry Roberts, Merton College 
    • Proxime Accessit Gibbs Politics Thesis Prize – Abel Hofflin, St Hugh’s College 
    • Top performance in the FHS Politics core paper International Relations – Melina Magdelenat, Corpus Christi College 
    • Top performance in the FHS Politics core paper International Relations – Timea Iliffe, New College 
    • Top performance in the FHS Politics core paper Comparative Government – Joana Neves Teixeira, Merton College 
    • Top performance in the FHS Politics core paper Theory of Politics – Susannah Ames, Somerville College 
    • Top performance in the FHS Politics core paper Theory of Politics – Jasper Evans, Lady Margaret Hall 
  • 2022 - Prelims Prizes

    Gibbs First Public Examination Prize in Politics – Anna Herold, St Edmund Hall