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Education Abroad Photo Contest

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

The 2025 contest is closed for submissions. Check back in Fall 2026 to enter next year's contest!

Vote for Your Favorite Photos

During International Education Week, you can vote for the 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 five winners.

Voting for the 2025 contest has been finalized. Check back in Fall 2026 for the next photo contest!

Contest Categories

Artistic Eye

Capture the world through your lens, whether it’s a tiny detail or a sweeping landscape. Share a photo that reflects the mood, feeling, or idea behind your unique study abroad experience.

Once-In-a-Lifetime

Show us the unforgettable moments you never thought you’d experience until you studied abroad. Think bucket-list adventures, breathtaking views, or memories you’ll carry forever.

Longhorn Pride

Take your burnt orange spirit abroad! Snap a photo of you and your friends exploring, throwing up a Hook ’em, or repping UT gear in front of landmarks and hidden gems.

Animals Abroad

From street cats to safari sightings, we want to see the furry, feathered, and scaly friends you’ve met during your travels.

Learning Worldwide

Show us what learning looks like outside the Forty Acres. Whether you’re in the classroom, at an internship, on a research trip, or studying in the field, highlight how academics come alive abroad.

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, drugs, and activities that go against UT travel insurance.
  • 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.