Essay Competitions for arts applicants + some sciences

Essay Competitions for arts applicants + some sciences

Cambridge Peterhouse Essay Competitions

https://www.pet.cam.ac.uk/essay-prizes

Kelvin Science Prize

Thomas Campion English Prize

Vellacott History Prize

Open to all "The prizes are open to all students in year 12 or equivalent (i.e. in their penultimate year of school and usually aged 16 or 17), regardless of nationality or school country.”

Awards: Winner, Second Winner, Highly Commended

Deadline: mid March

Cambridge Corpus Christi Essay Competition

http://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/year-12-essay-competitions/

Medicine

Psychology

English

Biological Sciences

Computer Sciences

Open to year 12 students in studying in the UK.

Deadline: Early/Mid February

Oxford

http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/open-days-outreach/events-students-teachers/resources-teachers/academic-competitions-schools-and-colleges

http://www.rpc.ox.ac.uk/staton-essay-prize/

Philosophy (Oriel)

Computer Science

History (Keble)

Biochemistry, Chemistry, Materials Sciences (Corpus Christi)

Classics

Medicine

English

Most are only available to students studying in the UK. A number of individual colleges hold their own competitions which can be easily found on google.

Deadline: All through out check the webpage for specifics.