RULES

Eligible

• Entrants must be 18 or older.
• Entrants must be currently enrolled in an undergraduate university programme, graduate programme, portfolio programme* or recently graduated no earlier than June 2024.
• Work must have been created during your student career – this includes coursework or personal projects.
• Participants do not have to be a member of the Art Directors Club of Europe in order to participate in the ADCE Student Awards.

* If you are part of a non-traditional portfolio programme or short-course, please reach out to ADCE Team to confirm your eligibility.

Team Information

Teams may apply for the competition. There is no limit on the number of students per team. All team members should meet the above criteria (excluding any faculty advisors).

Team members may be from different schools or programs, but only one school can be listed as the Primary Credit. Additional schools should be listed under “Secondary Credits”. Primary and Secondary schools will split points in the Global Creative College Rankings.

Non-Eligible

• PhD Candidates are not eligible.
• Students with more than two years of professional experience in the advertising, marketing, design, or communications industry are not eligible.

Awards Entry Guideline

All information regarding eligibility, rules, categories, and more is available in the downloadable Entry Kit.

Prizes and Benefits

• Trophy
  • All Golds, Silvers, Bronzes and YoungStar winners will get an ADCE Student Awards trophy.
• Visibility
  • Visibility of the winning project on ADCE’s and The One Club for Creativity showcase and international media.
• Global Rankings
  • All winners and shortlists will sum up points in The One Club’s Global Creative College Rankings.
• Portfolio Review Access + Gala Access
  • Finalists receive special discounts for the Students Gala and Portfolio Review on November 19th during ADCE Creative Week in Barcelona.
• ADCE Student Awards Jury
  • The YoungStar will be invited to participate as Juror for the next edition of ADCE Student Awards.
• ADCE Student Awards Campaign
  • All winners (Gold, Silver, Bronze) will have the chance to be selected to design next year’s ADCE Student Campaign*.

* This year’s campaign was created by Ilu Shilpakar, 2024 ADCE Student Awards Silver winner in the Typography category.

1 – Registration

Registration online only at:
adceuropestudent.awardhub.org

User & Password. Please create a new user to log into the platform.

2 – Create your Profile

Please include the School / university as a credit.

Very Important: Please make sure that your ID or Passport nº are correct in order to generate the invoice for your submitted works.

3 – Start Submitting

Each entry form will be assigned an Entry ID number (automatically generated by the system).

You can fill in the online entry form and make any changes you consider necessary up to the final registration deadline. No modification will be allowed after that date.

Works submitted for judging in more than one category must be individually entered in each category.

In order to facilitate the submitting process, the online platform will offer the option to duplicate the basic information (title, description, credits, images, videos).

3.1 – Start Submitting: Images & Videos

All necessary images, video or sound files for the submitted works must be uploaded on the online entry platform.

Depending on the category, entries may only be required to upload digital material on the online entry platform.

4 – Checking Process

As soon as the work is submitted it will have access to the “Approval pending” status.

The ADCE will review all works and check their eligibility.

When approved, you’ll receive an email to allow you to start the payment process.

5 – Payment

Payment has to be done before the payment deadline.

Note

Entry forms and work descriptions must be clear and correctly spelled in English, as this information will come from the form and used for promotional purposes (annual, exhibition, etc.).