Published on 19 Sep 2025

LMS Student Rachel Wee's Paper Tops Linguistics Category in Global Undergraduate Awards 2025

2025-09-19 Global Undergraduate Awards Rachel

We are happy to share that Rachel Wee Hui Ying, from the LMS Class of 2025, has been awarded the Global Winner in the Linguistics category of the Global Undergraduate Awards 2025.

Rachel's submission was an adaptation of her final year thesis on the documentation of the tones of Sarawak Hokkien. Her supervisor was Associate Professor Alec Coupe.

Congratulations on your achievement!


The Global Undergraduate Awards is the world’s leading undergraduate awards programme which recognises top undergraduate work, shares this work with a global audience and connects students across cultures and disciplines. Its values are innovation, collaboration, ambition, impartiality and celebrate the passion and excellence of undergraduate students in their chosen field, and help them to explore how that passion can be deployed in making the world a better place for all. The organisation is a non-profit establishment and is under the patronage of the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins. Learn more: https://undergraduateawards.com/2025-winners/