iF Design Student Award 2026 (EUR 50,000 prize) – YOA

Deadline: January 28, 2026

Applications are open for the iF Design Student Award 2026. This is without doubt one of the world’s premier design awards for college students, receiving greater than 7,000 entries yearly from all around the world. iF Design, along with their Sponsors gives a platform for revolutionary pupil ideas. Winners acquire international recognition and a portion of the 50,000 EUR prize cash.

The classes for the Prize are the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations (Goal 1-15):

• End Poverty
• End Hunger
• Healthy Lives
• Quality Education
• Gender Equality
• Water & Sanitation
• Clean Energy
• Economic Growth
• Resilient Infrastructure
• Reduce Inequality Everywhere
• Sustainable Cities & Communities
• Sustainable Consumption
• Climate Action
• Life beneath Water
• Life on Land

Benefits

• Recognition: Winning a design award is a reward on your nice work throughout college.
• Networking and PR: Get your identify out within the wider design group! Winning an award can open doorways to future jobs and extra.
• Funding: All winners are thought of for part of EUR 50,000 in prize cash.
• Challenge Yourself: See how effectively your design stacks as much as different college students around the globe.

Eligibility

• Open to college students from all around the world;
• Students and up to date graduates of all design-associated programs and programmes are welcome to register their ideas;
• If you’re presently enrolled at a college or graduated not more than 2 years in the past, you may take part.

Evaluation Criteria

The 5 standards will likely be utilized by the jurors to provide scores to particular person points of every entry:

• Problem-solving: Does it remedy an issue?
  • Degree of innovation
  • Degree of elaboration
  • Uniqueness
  • Use worth and usefulness
• Moral-ethical requirements: Does it replicate or promote excessive ethical-moral requirements?
  • Human dignity
  • Respect for the person justice and equity
  • Awareness of environmental requirements
  • Social accountability
• Solidarity: Does it strengthen group relations?
  • Sensivity for cultural traditions and energy relations
  • Concern for frequent objectives and the collective
  • Addressing social battle via dialogue
• Economic Calculation: Does it make financial sense?
  • Efficient use of assets
  • Feasibility and ease of implementation
  • Long-term perspective
  • Profitability
• Beneficial experiences: Does it create a optimistic expertise?
  • Respect for the person, justice + equity, optimistic expertise and enjoyable
  • Aesthetic potential, spatial atmosphere
  • Social accountability, consolation and pleasure

Application

Submit your ahead-considering idea to the iF DESIGN STUDENT AWARD 2026 by 28 January 2026 at 23:59 CET.

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to iF Design Student Award.