The Sir Joseph Burn Prize was established in 1952 by a legacy from the family of Sir Joseph Burn KBE to be awarded to the UK & Ireland student(s) showing special merit in completing all exams and becoming eligible to transfer to the class of Fellow.
| Year | April | September |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | No award | |
| 2024 | No award | No award |
| 2023 | Ben Phillips and Rebecca Weare | |
| 2022 | Ewan Clementson | Cathal Ó Cléirigh |
| 2021 |
Niall Mc Groarty |
Patrick Hughes |
| 2020 | Hannah Louise Glanville | Craig Hornby |
| 2019 | James Gillespie | Richard Tunnard |
| 2018 |
Christopher Bewley (joint) Farhaan Keshani (joint) |
Ruolin Wang |
| 2017 | George Bignall | Claire Briggs |
| 2016 | Marie-Lise Tassoni | Angharad Williams |
| 2015 | Peter Lowth | Pui Shan Mok |
| 2014 | Adam Gayton | Thomas Pickup |
| 2013 | Duncan Morris | James Wilson |
| 2012 | Emma Laithwaite Edward Oliver |
Daniel Peter Kendrick |
| 2011 | Andrew James Llewellyn | Katherine Watkin |
| 2010 | Anne Rebecca Middleton | Ross Bland |
| 2009 | Ian David Mitchell | Matthew Alexander Simms |
| 2008 | Robert Michael Breeze | Jonathan Paul Lewis Hatchett |