Regional Winners 2023

There are currently seven UA Regions: Africa & Middle East, Asia, Europe, Island of Ireland, Latin America, Oceania, US & Canada. A Regional Winner is the highest-performing Highly Commended Entrant from a UA region in their category.

Africa & Middle East

Architecture & Design Tala Akhal** | American University of Sharjah,UAE

Architecture & Design Zartaj Kamran Khan** | American University of Sharjah,UAE

Architecture & Design Hajer Ali** | American University of Sharjah,UAE

Earth & Environmental Sciences - Rachel Haupt | University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Asia

Economics – Ulugbek Ismoilov | Westminster International University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Engineering - Chua Wei Yi | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Mathematics & Physics - Elton Mah | Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia

Social Science: Anthropology & Cultural Studies - Joshua Rommel Vargas | Yale-NUS College, Singapore

Social Science: Sociology & Social Policy - Sakinah Safiee | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Visual Arts - Chia Hui Toh | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Europe

Art History & Theory – Maria Christodoulou | University of Sheffield, UK

Computer Sciences Yufei Liu | École Polytechnique, France

Law – Saoirse Hunt | University of Birmingham, UK

Life SciencesLinnea Luoma-aho | Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Linguistics – Chloe Cheung | Bangor University, UK

Music, Film & Theatre – Harry Bedder | University of Leeds, UK

Philosophy – Alex Mortimer | Durham University, UK

Politics & International Relations Heechan Ahn | Aberystwyth University, UK

Island of Ireland

Business - Kerry-Lynn Steyn | National College of Ireland

Education - Bethany Young | Stranmillis University College, Belfast

History – Ella Mae Cromie | Trinity College, University of Dublin

Literature - Dylan Kelly | Queen's University, Belfast

Philosophy - Claudia Burgazzi | NUI Galway

Visual Arts - Siobhán Curtis | The National College of Art and Design

USA & Canada

Earth & Environmental Sciences – Lance Javier | Western University, Canada

Economics
- Neha Narayan | Brown University, USA

Engineering - Samuel Osorio Marino | Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada

History - Jocelyn Carr | Queen's University at Kingston, Canada

Law - Rayane Belateche | Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada

Medical Sciences - Rafeh Shahid | Western University, Canada

Nursing, Midwifery & Allied Healthcare - Kayla Gauthier | Western University, Canada

Politics & International Relations - Ganiyat Sadiq | University of Calgary, Canada

Psychology - Jason Burns | Queen's University at Kingston, Canada

Social Science: Sociology & Social Policy - Kamron Zahedi | Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada