Student of the Year nomination
Here everyone with a connection to Halmstad University – students, employees, alumni, and friends of the University – may submit a nomination for the Student of the Year award. The last day to submit nominations is 18 April, 2025.
Nomination criteria
The nomination must contain the name of the nominee as well as a reason for the nomination based on one or several of the following criteria. Please note that the candidate must be a graduating student.
The student has:
- been noticed for their creative efforts and innovative activities,
- actively been involved in the Student Union or other aspects of student life,
- made special efforts to support other students,
- achieved good academic results during their time at Halmstad University.
Submit your nomination below
Describe, as detailed as you can, how the candidate fulfilles the criteria. If all four nomination criteria are fulfilled and strong, it is considered a merit for the candidate.
The nomination process
- Name and reason for the nomination is submitted through a form. The nomination opportunity opens in mid-November each year, when there are 200 days left until the graduation ceremony.
- The form is administered by the project group for the graduation ceremony, which after the end of the nomination period compiles all nominations based on program affiliation.
- The summary is sent to the programme directors concerned.
- Based on the nominations received, the programme director appoints the student of the year for his or her program.
- The project group collects the candidates' names and reasons for nomination and sends these to the decision making comittee.
- Based on received nominations the decision making comittee will suggest a candidate for the Student of the Year award (one per School), then a decision is made by the Vice-Chancellor.
The decision making comittee consists of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor with specific responsibility for education (chairman), a representative from the Student Union and the Head of Education from each School.