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Education Abroad Photo Contest

Inspire Longhorns around the world with photos captured during your experience abroad.

Vote for Your Favorite Photos

During International Education Week, November 18-22, you can vote for the 2024 Education Abroad Photo Contest winners on the Texas Global Facebook page. To vote for a photo, all you have to do is "like" it. The photo with the most likes in each category will win the contest, for a total of three winners.

Voting is open through this photo album starting Monday, November 18. Help us spread the word by telling your friends to vote for your photos!

Contest Categories

Artistic Eye

Showcase your creative visions, ranging from small details to large landscapes that capture a thought, feeling, idea, mood or moment of your unique study abroad experience.

Once-In-a-Lifetime

Everyone has that moment when they reflect on their experience studying abroad years later and realize it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Did you capture that moment in a photo? Share it with us! Photo must include you or another Longhorn.

Longhorn Pride

Show us you and your new friends participating in an exciting activity abroad, enjoying international cuisine, doing the Hook ’em hand sign, or wearing a Texas Global T-shirt in front of a historic building, landmark or something fun!

Contest Rules

  • Photos MUST be your original work.
  • Photos must be high-quality resolution, at least 2 MB and up.
  • Photos must be taken while abroad on a UT education abroad program.
  • Photos must be free of inappropriate content, including but not limited to alcohol, cigarettes and drugs.
  • By submitting photos to Texas Global, participants agree to grant Texas Global license to use the photographs in displays related to the contest and in Texas Global’s printed and electronic publications. Photos may be modified, retouched, and used for promotional purposes on the Texas Global website, social media accounts and printed materials. By agreeing to these terms, entrants release all submitted photos from any liability arising from using the images.

NOTE: Please upload all your photos per category in one batch on Image Relay. You may submit as many photos as you wish. However, only one photo per category will be selected for the first round of voting.