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The School of Science Teaching Award, listed at the link below with other teaching awards, is established to recognize excellence in teaching and to express appreciation for faculty's exceptional contributions in the area. Up to 3% of the School’s total faculty number will be given the award every academic year. The selection will be based on evidence of excellence in teaching, contributions to student learning/teaching development, and other related activities.
(known as Bechtel Foundation Engineering Teaching Excellence Award during 2002-2004)
The School of Engineering Teaching Excellence Appreciation Award was established in 1994-95 to recognize the outstanding teaching performance of engineering faculty. In the early years, up to 10 awards were presented each year. Beginning from 2004-05, the number of awards was limited to a maximum of 4 awards. There is a maximum of 3 awards (The School of Engineering Teaching Awards) plus 1 School-level award (The School of Engineering Distinguished Teaching Award) presented annually.
The Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence was established in 2000 with donations from the Larry and Mei Kwong Franklin Endowment Fund to recognize business faculty contributions in the form of teaching excellence in the undergraduate and graduate degree programs. In the early years, 5 awards were presented each semester, one each for an undergraduate year, one for MBA required courses and one for MBA non-required/MSc courses.) Starting from Winter 06 Semester, the award was presented once a year and the number of award was reduced to 6 (1 for each of the 3 undergraduate years, 2 for MBA required courses and 1 for MBA non-required courses/ MSc teaching).
The School of Humanities and Social Science Award for Teaching Excellence was established in 1998-99 to recognize excellence in teaching of faculty members. Up to 3 awards are presented each academic year.