In 2023, 488 judges representing 192 institutions from 40 countries took part in the Judging Process. The Global Undergraduate Awards would like to extend our most sincere thank you to the academics, alumni and industry representatives listed below.
Architecture & Design
- Professor Goffredo (chair) Puccetti | NYU Abu Dhabi
- Professor Aram Yeretzian | American University of Beruit
- Mr Camilo Cerro | American University of Sharjah
- Professor George Katodrytis | American University of Sharjah
- Ms. Hala Al-Ani | American University of Sharjah
- Dr Igor Peraza | American University of Sharjah
- Ms. Maria Isabel Oliver | American University of Sharjah
- Dr Michael Hughes | American University of Sharjah
- Professor Panch Suntharalingam | Birmingham City University
- Professor Kate O'Connor | Ferris State University
- Mr Sergio Gallardo | ITESM
- Dr Isabella Trindade | Rochester Institute of Technology
- Professor Simon Twose | Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Viviana Barquero | Tecnologico de Monterrey
- Professor Emanuel Giorgi | Tecnológico de Monterrey
- Dr Martijn De Geus | Tsinghua University
- Dr Lucia Santa Ana | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Ms. Ka Wing Ho | University of Hong Kong
Art History & Theory
- Dr. Pilar(chair) Irala | Universidad San Jorge
- Dr. Andrea Bubenik | University of Queensland
- Professor Barbara McCloskey | University of Pittsburgh
- Ms. Brandi Goddard | University of Alberta
- Dr. Johannes Wieninger | University of Vienna
- Ms. Parisa Zandbaf | University of Amsterdam
- Mrs. Penny Ferguson | The Open University
- Ms. Razieh Alba | Univerisity of Calgary
- Professor Rhodri Windsor-Liscombe | University of British Columbia
- Dr. Xavier Dectot| Qatar Museums
Business
- Dr. Shirley-Ann Hazlett (Chair) | Queen's University Belfast
- Dr. Milena Bobeva | Bournemouth University
- Ms. Lindsay Karchin | DonorsChoose
- Mark Crowder | Manchester Met
- Dr. Zinan Zhu | Nanyang Technological University
- Mr Ng Yi Ming | Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
- Professor Chrystal Zhang | RMIT University
- Ms. Fardus Sultan | Technological University Dublin
- Dr. Oralia De la Peña-Aguirre | Tecnologico de Monterrey
- Dr. Sidney Ornelas | Tecnologico de Monterrey
- Dr. Yazkhiruni Yahya | Universiti Malaya
- Professor Cindy Milliman | University for the Creative Arts
- Dr. Sotiris Lalaounis | University of Bristol
- Dr. Lisa Grover | University of Exeter
- Dr. Azlina Abdul Jalil | University of Malaya
- Dr. Suria Zainuddin | University of Malaya
- Professor Yusniza Kamarulzaman | University of Malaya
- Dr. Andreea Avramescu | University of Manchester
- Suzanne Taylor | Queensland University of Technology
- Zalfa Laili Hamzah | University of Malaya
Chemical & Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Assoc. Prof. Astrid Sasse (Chair) | Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin
- Professor Md. Iqbal Hossain | Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
- Professor Brooke Van Horn | College of Charleston
- Dr. Otome Elisha Okoromoba | Malvern Pharmaceuticals
- Dr. Mohammad Chaudhry | Merck Research Labs
- Dr. Chencheng Le | Nanyang Technological University
- Dr. Mukta Bansal | Nanyang Technological University
- Dr. Kunn Hadinoto Ong | Nanyang Technological University Singapore
- Dr. Andrea Del Campo | Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
- Dr. Florence Mc Carthy | University College Cork
- Dr. Jesus Tejero | University of Pittsburgh
- Dr. Jason McNulty | University of St Andrews
- Dr. Poornima Ramburrun | University of the Witwatersrand
- Professor Pradeep Kumar | University of the Witwatersrand
- Ms Shivani Ramburrun | University of the Witwatersrand
Classical Studies & Archaeology
- Dr. Giustina Monti (Chair) | University of Lincoln
- Ms. Danielle Silverman | University of Illinois
- Mr. Edward Foster| Galway University
- Mr. Joe Thompson | Freelance
- Dr. Katja Winger | Heinrich Schliemann-Gedenkstätte
- Ms. Maggie Tighe | Trinity College Dublin
- Mrs. Maiken Mosleth King | University of Bristol
- Mr. Merlijn Veltman | Leiden University
- Mr. Tejas Aralere | University of California Santa Barbra
- Dr. Wei Chu | Leiden University
Computer Science
- Professor Tahar Kechadi (Chair) | University College Dublin
- Mr. Sunil Kamarajugadda | Freelance
- Mr. Harry She | LeoLabs
- Mr. Amirhossein Ahmadian | Linköping University
- Mr. Ameya Shastri Pothukuchi | Microsoft
- Professor Jun Zhao | Nanyang Technological University
- Asst Prof. Siqiang Luo | Nanyang Technological University
- Vidya Sudarshan | Nanyang Technological University
- Dr. Zhiqi Shen | Nanyang Technological University
- Dr. Jorge Ramirez Uresti | Tecnologico de Monterrey
- Associate Prof. Azah Anir Norman | Universiti Malaya
- Dr. Shier Nee Saw | Universiti Malaya
- Dr. Shyamala Doraisamy | Universiti Putra Malaysia
- Dr. Azizul Azizan | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
- Dr. John O'Donoghue | University College Cork
- Professor Michael Beyeler | University of California
- Dr. Floriana Grasso | University of Liverpool
- Mr. Bryan Raj | University of Malaya
- Dr. Kasturi Dewi Varathan | University of Malaya
- Professor Ljiljana Brankovic | University of New England
- Professor Wonsun Ahn | University of Pittsburgh
- Dr. Joao Batista Neto | University of Sao Paulo
- Ms. Nagini Reddy | Western Governors university
Earth & Environmental Sciences
- Dr. Rossana Henriques (Chair) | University College Cork
- Ms. Ana Amaral Wasielesky | Cà Foscari University of Venice
- Ms. Heloisa Fonseca | Cà Foscari University of Venice
- Mr. Asrat Tekle Asresu | Ca' Foscari University of Venice
- Dr. Hung Vuong Pham | Ca' Foscari University of Venice
- Dr. Jilian Pearse | California State University
- Dr. Andre Nakhavali | IIASA
- Associate Professor Chui Wei Bong | Institute of Biological Sciences
- Professor Jingyu Wang | Nanyang Technological University
- Dr. Nayeem Mullungal | Qatar University
- Ms. Eleonora Cusinato | Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
- Dr Choon Weng Lee | Universiti Malaya
- Thuy Ha | University of Architecture Ho Chi Minh City
- Professor Paul Glover | University of Leeds
- Dr. James Orr | University of Oxford
- Dr. Anna de Jager | University of South Africa
- Dr. Mary Evans | University of the Witwatersrand
- Professor Akhtar Ali | University of Tusla
- Dr. Marie Vaganay Miller | University of Ulster
- Dr John Abubakar| Villanova University
Economics
- Dr. Noluntu Dyubhele (Chair) | Nelson Mandela University
- Dr. Mohamad Hussein Mansour | American University of Beirut
- Mr. Victor Sosanya | Credit Suisse
- Mrs. Ariana Costa | Escola de Relações Internacionais - Fundação Getulio Vargas
- Prof. B Suresh Lal | Kakatiya University
- Mr. Eugene Or | Nanyang Technological University
- Dr. Swati Sharma | Nanyang Technological University
- Mr Shakhzod Yakhshiev | Tashkent State Transport University
- Prof. Carlos Cortinhas | The University of Exeter
- Dr. Elya Nabila Abdul Bahri | Universiti Malaya
- Dr. Rashmi Arora | University of Bradford
- Dr. Eric Amoo Bondzie | University of Cape Coast
- Dr. Arpita Ghosh | University of Exeter
- Mr. Stefan Pricopie | University of Manchester
- Dr. Mary Kelly | Villanova University
- Dr. Pavlos Gkasis | Yorkville University
Education
- Prof. Sana Sayed (Chair) | American University of Sharjah
- Professor Randa Bou Mehdi | American University of Sharjah
- Mr. Matthew Gover | Elevate Education
- Mr. Haitham Ahmed | Freelance
- Ms. Pascalia Pamba | JFK Special School
- Mr. Emmanuel Tan | Nanyang Technological University
- Dr. Irda Nalls | Nanyang Technological University
- Dr. Preman Rajalingam | Nanyang Technological University
- Dr. Qianqian Pan | Nanyang Technological University
- Dr. Yun Wen | Nanyang Technological University
- Dr. Melvin Chan | National Institute of Education
- Ms. Sylvia Lee | National Institute of Education, Singapore
- Dr. Hock Huan Goh | OER, NIE, NTU
- Professor Abdel-Salam G | Qatar University
- Dr. Rabab Almuqahwi | RCSI-Bahrain
- Dr. Kathryn McSweeney | St Angela's College
- Dr. Jose Carlos Vázquez-Parra | Tecnologico de Monterrey
- Dr. Sandra Gudino Paredes | Tecnologico de Monterrey
- Dr. Thi Phuong Lan Nguyen | The University of Newcastle
- Mr. Wing Wu | Tsuen Wan Government Secondary School
- Ms. Chang Liu | University of Cambridge
- Dr. Stuart Perrin | Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University
- Dr. Anisa Vahed | Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University
Engineering
- Professor Vijayavenkataraman Sanjairaj (Chair) | New York University Abu Dhabi
- Ms. Jennifer Bruton | Dublin City University
- Mr. Medad Monu | Dublin City University
- Dr. Brian Hand | Munster Technological University
- Dr. Vesna Jaksic | Munster Technological University
- Prof. Ming Xie | Nanyang Technological University
- Dr. Poernomo Gunawan | Nanyang Technological University
- Dr. Tze Sian Pui | Nanyang Technological University
- Ms. Febby Krisnadi | NC State University
- Dr. Nkosinathi Gule | Stellenbosch University
- Dr. Leonardo Farfan Cabrera | Tecnologico de Monterrey
- Professor Nima Gorji | TU Dublin
- Assoc. Prof. Ts Dr Kah Hon Leong | Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
- Ms. Shahrzad Sajjadivand | University College Dublin
- Dr. Kazi Fattah | University of Kansas
- Dr. Ahmad Saifizul Abdullah | University of Malaya
- Dr. Chee-Onn Chow | University of Malaya
- Dr. Binti Tuan Zahari | University of Malaya
- Assoc. Prof. Yern Chee Ching | University of Malaya
- Mr. Youssef Maharem | University of Sheffield
- Mr. Junwei Zhang | Yale University
- Phani Barla | Freelance
History
- Andreas Leutzsch (Chair) | DAAD at Babeș-Bolyai University
- Dr. George Njung | Baylor University
- Ms. Hannah Kern-Cheng | Dalhousie University
- Ms. Paige Gulley | Independent
- Dr. Rinata Kazak | Linköping University
- Mr. Keith Ó Riain | Mary Immaculate College, UL
- Mr. Miguel Martinez | Northwest Early College High School
- Ms. Kunyan Zheng | Trinity College Dublin
- Ms. Sophia Chapple | Trinity College Dublin
- Mx. Maija Absetz | University of Helsinki
- Mr. Risto Marjomaa | University of Helsinki
- Professor Donal McCracken | University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Dr. Sean Brennan | University of Scranton
- Ms. Emelia Lehmann | University of Virginia
- Dr. Joseph Ryan | Villanova University
- Jessica Cammarert | Toronto Metropolitan University
Law
- Associate Professor. Alan Brener (Chair) | University College London
- Dr. Andrew Ray | Australian National University
- Dr. Hanin Abou Salem | Cardiff University
- Mr. Ivan Mugabi | Kabale University
- Dr. Ilias Kapis | University of Bradford
- Miss. Amrita Deshmukh | Queen Mary University of London
- Dr. John Taggart | Queen's University, Belfast
- Dr. Liam Sunner | Queens University Belfast
- Mr. Ben Chester Cheong | Singapore University of Social Sciences
- Mr. Paul Cheong | Singapore University of Social Sciences
- Ms. Kona Keast-O'Donovan | Trinity College Dublin
- Dr. Sheila Ramalingam | Universiti Malaya
- Dr. Pedi Obani | University of Bradford
- Professor Peter Whelan | University of Leeds
- Dr. Andra le Roux-Kemp | University of Lincoln
- Ms. Rebecca Meharchand - York University
- Dr. Richard Lang | University of Brighton
Life Sciences
- Dr. Craig Murphy (Chair) | Munster Technological University
- Professor Mandeep Kaur | University of the Witwatersrand
- Dr. Jennifer Ann Harikrishna | University of Malaya
- Dr. Jogeswar Purohit | Delhi University
- Professor Maurice van Steensel | Nanyang Technological University
- Asst. Prof. Navin Kumar Verma | Nanyang Technological University
- Professor Nazia Abdul Majid | Universiti Malaya
- Dr. Tin Yan Emily Tong | Hong Kong Hospital
- Dr Yan Hong | Nanyang Technological University
- Ms. Bronwyn Berkeley | The University of Edinburgh
- Dr. Gemma Wattret | University of Liverpool
- Dr. Orla O'Donovan | SETU/WIT
- Sean Goodman | University of Liverpool
- Ms. Daina Yesuraj | University of Dubai
- Dr. Jiangang Chen | The University of Tennessee
- Dr. Joseph Flaherty | Coker University
- Mr. Alex Qin | Australian National University
- Professor Andre Ng | University of Leicester
Linguistics
- Dr. Francesco Perono Cacciafoco (Chair) | Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
- Dr. Adnan Ajsic | American University of Sharjah
- Ms. Masuda Khan | Brac University
- Professor Brian Strong | Carleton University
- Dr. Duoduo Xu | Independent
- Ms. Nadine Nasef | Misr International University
- Ms. Elaine Mok | Nanyang Technological University
- Mr. Jean Ghesquiere | Nanyang Technological University
- Professor Luke Kang Kwong | Nanyang Technological University
- Dr. Qizhong Chang | National Institute of Education Singapore
- Dr. Ng Chiew Hong | National Institute of Education, Singapore
- Dr. Suryani Atan | National Institute of Education/NTU
- Ms Chau Yi Cheung Allison | Oxford University Press
- Professor Jose Manuel Pagan Rodriguez | The University of Tulsa
- Professor Wendy Anderson | University of Glasgow
- Dr. Connie Mitchell | Prince Sultan University
Literature
- Prof. Jan Jedrzejewski (Chair) | Ulster University
- Ms. Shaden Khoury | Columbia University
- Professor Tom Ue | Dalhousie University
- Dr. Alyson Miller | Deakin University
- Ms. Sarah Upton | Freelance
- Dr. Martin Rosenstock | Gulf University for Science and Technology
- Professor Noriyuki Harada | Keio University
- Dr. Gül Bilge Han | Mälardalen University
- Dr. Claudine van Hensbergen | Northumbria Universit
- Dr. Jana Fedtke | Northwestern University in Qatar
- Dr. Kevin De Ornellas | Ulster University
- Dr. Swetha Antony | University of Delhi
- Dr. Karl Simms | University of Liverpool
- Dr. Debadrita Chakraborty | University of Petroleum & Energy Studies
- Professor Michael West | University of Pittsburgh
- Dr. Emily Rendek | University of Rochester
- Dr. Dominic O'Key | University of Sheffield
Mathematics & Physics
- Prof. Azwinndini Muronga (Chair) | Nelson Mandela University
- Dr. Issam Louhichi | American University of Sharjah
- Dr. James Griffin | American University of Sharjah
- Dr. Luis Neri | Tecnologico de Monterrey
- Dr. Micholas Smith | The University of Tennessee
- Associate Professor Azzuliani Supangat | Universiti Malaya
- Dr. Sanjeeva Balasuriya | University of Adelaide
- Dr. Nhyira Adom-Konadu | University of Cape Coast
- Professor Wan Haliza Abd Majid | University of Malaya
- Professor Thomas Koberda | University of Virginia
- Dr Nnditshedzeni Eric Maluta | University of Venda
Medical Sciences
- Prof. Ursula Fearon (Chair) | Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin
- Dr. Mode Al Ojaimi | American University of Sharjah
- Dr. V K Sashindran | K S Hegde Medical Academy
- Ms Delia-Denisa Dunca | Karolinska Institutet
- Dr. Chee Peng Hor | Kepala Batas Hospital, Ministry of Health
- Dr. Angela Kim | McGill University
- Dr. Chee Yuen Yin Joyce | Nanyang Technological University
- Assoc Prof Joanne Ngeow| Nanyang Technological University
- Dr. Linda Zhong | Nanyang Technological University
- Professor Marie Loh | Nanyang Technological University
- Dr. Siew Keah Lee | Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
- Dr. Joanne O'Dwyer | University of Galway
- Dr. Declan McKernan | University of Galway
- Dr. Rex Wan-Hin Hui | University of Hong Kong
- Dr. Michelle Keown | University of Manchester
- Mr. Jeremy Flanagan | University of Melbourne
- Dr. Lori Delaney | University of Queensland
- Dr. Tamiraa Naidoo | University of the Witwatersrand
- Paula Carvalho | University of Washington
- Dr. Dana Vackova | University of Hong Kong
- Professor Youssef Mohamed Salem | Zagazig University
Music, Film & Theatre
- Prof. Pavlo Bosyy (Chair) | Toronto Metropolitan University
- Dr. Sreya Mitra | American University of Sharjah
- Ms. Filicia Cucuta | Harvard University
- Dr. Anna Varadi | Higher Education Consultant
- Mr. Brian Manker | McGill University
- Professor Jacqueline Leclair | McGill University
- Mr Christopher James | McGill University
- Mr. Benjamin Slater | Nanyang Technological University
- Ms Faezah Zulkifli | Nanyang Technological University
- Asst. Prof. Marcus Tan | Nanyang Technological University
- Dr. Peggy Shannon | NSCAD University
- Mr. Adam Weizer | The University of Melbourne
- Professor Wolfgang Marx | University College Dublin
- Dr. Vitus Nanbigne | University of Cape Coast
- Dr. Priyanka Singh | University of Leeds
- Miss Laura Turner | University of Lincoln
- Dr. Sophie Louise Chantal Roland | Western University
Nursing, Midwifery & Allied Healthcare
- Dr. Kelly Massey (Chair) | Georgia College & State University
- Dr. Maggie Wood | Atlantic Technological University
- Ms. Catherine Mui Hua Toh | James Cook University
- Dr. Fiona McCullough | Nottingham University
- Dr. Nicole Adams | Purdue University
- Dr. Karen Theobald | Queensland University of Technology
- Professor Declan Patton | RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Dr. Deborah Mansell | St. Francis Xavier University
- Ms. Mari Mc Peake | Ulster University
- Dr. Wendy Cousins | Ulster University
- Dr. Lai Kuan Lee | Universiti Sains Malaysia
- Dr. Ciara O'Toole | University College Cork
- Dr. John Goodwin | University College Cork
- Ms. Melissa Arnold-Ujvari | University of Adelaide
- Professor Ian Kenny | University of Limerick
- Dr. Ntombifikile Klaas | University of the Witwatersrand
- Professor Earle Abrehamson | University of Hertfordshire
- Dr. Tamara Page | University of Adelaide
Philosophy
- Professor Kirstie Miller (Chair) | University of Sydney
- Dr. Francis Caponi | Villanova University
- Ms. Harriet Yates | Radboud University
- Mr. Koray Akçagüner | University of Calgary
- Associate Professor Lilith Lee | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Politics & International Relations
- Dr. Boyka Stefanova (Chair) | University of Texas
- Dr. Edmund Handby | Australian National University
- Dr. Marco Marsili | Cà Foscari University of Venice
- Dr. June Wang | City University of Hong Kong
- Ms. Janet McParland | Government of Canada
- Ms. Laura Trad | Maison Dulac Cinéma
- Dr. Abraham Jatto | The University of Lincoln
- Mr. Michael Ncube | The University of London
- Ms. Bao-Chau Pham | The University of Vienna
- Ms. Dearbhail O'Callaghan | University College Cork
- Professor David Peter Dolowitz | University of Liverpool
- Miss Kailey Taplin | University of Ottawa
- Ms. Lohana Capanema Queiroz | University of Toronto
- Dr. Ariel Reichard | Tel-Aviv University
- Sophia Rommel | University of Cambridge
- Yolanda Sadie | University of Johannesburg
Psychology
- Associate Professor Mei-Hua Lin (Chair) | Sunway University
- Ms. Mitali Kothari | James Cook University
- Dr. Juana Park | American University of Sharjah
- Professor Fay Short | Bangor University
- Dr. Cecilia Ma | Independent
- Professor Michael Hast | IU International University of Applied Sciences
- Ms. Maleeha Khan | Mc Gill University
- Dr Darlina Fadil Azim | Perdana University
- Nur Arfah Zaini | Perdana University Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (PURCSI
- Elaine Yong | Sunway University
- Dr. Koong Foo | The School of Positive Psychology
- Ms. Anna Wen Huey Ong | Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology
- Ms. Prisca Hsu | University of Toronto
Social Sciences: Anthropology & Cultural Studies
- Dr. Stan Frankland (Chair) | St Andrews University
- Mr. Israr Hasan | BRAC University
- Ms. Alejandra Sonja de Bárcena Myrsep | Independant
- Dr. Josephine Gitome | Kenyatta University
- Dr. Ana Ivasiuc | Maynooth University
- Dr. J.J Zhang | Nanyang Technological University
- Miss. Lu Qiao | SOAS, University of London
- Mr. Gerardo Rodriguez Solis | University of California Santa Barbara
- Dr. Rachael Root | University of Central Florida
- Dr. Jessica Chandras | University of North Florida
- Ms. Sonia Chinn | University of Texas
- Dr. Catherine Namono | University of the Witwatersrand
- Professor Marco Sonzogni | Victoria University of Wellington
Social Sciences: Sociology & Social Policy
- Prof. Nicola Yeates (Chair) | The Open University
- Ahmad Salehin Mohamad Saleh | Public Service
- Professor Medani Bhandari | Akamai University USA / Sumy State University
- Mr. Domenico Bovienzo | Ca’ Foscari University
- Dr. Siu Ming | City University of Hong Kong
- Ms. Julia Martini | Government of Canada
- Dr. Ava Lau | Hong Kong Baptist University
- Ms. Malaika Mikaelsson | Linköping University
- Ms. Maya Bian | Population Services International
- Dr Lee Gregory | University of Nottingham
- Mrs. Libby Steel | University of Nottingham
- Dr. Leah Fox | University of Portsmouth
- Dr. Elizabeth Erlank | University of South Africa
- Professor Marili Williams | University of South Africa
- Prof. Melanie White | UNSW Sydney
- Mr. Riley Fisher | Western University
- Dr. Cynthia Meersohn | York University
- Dr. Rachael Burns | York University
Visual Arts
- Ms. Danne Ojeda (Chair) | Nanyang Technological University
- Leila Musfy | American University of Beirut
- N. Toros Mutlu | American University of Sharjah
- Professor Phil Sheil | American University of Sharjah
- Dr. Zinka Bejtic | American University of Sharjah
- Dr. Galina Mihaleva | Arizona State University
- Ms. Susanne Wawra | Atelier
- Ms. Afnan Albladi | Creative Agency
- Ms. Emily Copeland | Artist
- Ms. Elizabeth Grace Magyar | Freelance/Independent
- Mr. Morgan Wong | Lingnan University
- Mr. Desmond Pang | Nanyang Technological University
- Assistant Professor Lisa Winstanley | Nanyang Technological University
- Dr. Helen Mc Allister | NCAD
- Dr. Louis Netter | University of Portsmouth
- Professor Kenneth Feinstein | Sunway University
- Ms . Dana Leslie | University of Dundee
- Mr. Holger Kalberg | University of Manitoba