iF Design Student Award 2026

Benefits at a glance

• Participation free of charge
• Chance to win prize money totaling 50,000 euros
• Categories of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Physical Final Jury in Berlin on 24 April 2026
• Two-day Awards Ceremony in the World Design Capital Frankfurt RheinMain 2026, Germany on 10 and 11 June 2026
• International PR and social media campaign for the winners and their universities

Who can participate
If you are currently enrolled at a university or graduated no more than 2 years ago, you can participate.

Submission
Submission deadline ends on 28 January 2026 at 23:59 CET.

1. You can register online via the my iF section of our website. As new participant you must first create a user account.
2.  Entry name, selection of category, entry type.
3.  Add 2 images of your entry. One image in landscape format and one in portrait format. (File types: JPG, PNG, max. width: 4,750 px, max. file size: 5 MB, color mode: RGB)
4. Naming of the image: Entry-ID – name of entry – no. of picture e.g. 1
5. Add your presentation poster as the core piece of your application
6. Use our example template for creating the poster! (File type: PDF, max. file size: 5 MB)
7. Additional optional media: video link presenting your entry in more detail.
8. Design statement (= short description of your concept with max. 650 characters) Section credits: Enter your name (and that of your teammates) and your university (up to 4 team members possible) and add your student ID. If you are submitting the application as a team, please upload a photo showing all student IDs together.

Contact
For further information regarding the conference and submission please visit the website.

Andrea van Velzen 
phone +49.511.54224-217 
andrea.van-velzen@ifdesign.com

Heike Meier 
phone +49.511.54224-203 
heike.meier@ifdesign.com