Each year The Royal Society of Western Australia presents a Student Medal to the most outstanding graduating science student in the Physical and Biological Sciences in each of Western Australia’s five universities. Students completing Honours or an undergraduate degree are eligible. Students are nominated by their university.  

The disciplines from which the recipient of the Student Medal would be selected may include Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Geology, Marine Science, Physics, Geography, Soil Science and Zoology; but excluding Medicine, Computer Science and Engineering.