Send in your best photos from this year's summer school and participate in this year's Photo Competition!
There will be 4 categories/ themes in this competition:
- People
- Student life
- Norwegian experiences
- Activities recommended by an Oslo local
A winner will be selected in each category. You assign your picture to the different categories in the form when you submit the photos.
The criteria for the winners are: technical quality, composition, creativity, and the story it tells. One tip: Keep your images simple and most of all, intentional.
The deadline for submitting photos is: July 21 at 11:59 pm.
It is the responsibility of the entrants to acquaint themselves with the contest rules before submitting photos. All entries not complying with the contest rules will be excluded from the contest.
The winners will receive a symbolic reward at the Farewell Gathering. The jury will consist of 3-5 members of randomly selected students.
How to send in photos to the competition?
Upload your photos through this form (Maximum 5 photos per student): https://airtable.com/app9J0PIDxDNGDrsK/pagI9jO6HdenWVRGJ/form
Remember: The form will ask you to include a name for each photo and a category. It is important that you write your full name and which course you are taking where the form asks for it.
The rules for the Photo Competition:
- Competitors must be students at ISS summer 2026.
- You can only send in photos that you have taken yourself during your student period at ISS summer 2026.
- Obtain consent from individuals in the photos: You need to ask permission from the people who are in focus on the photos. Read more.
- No photos generated or edited with artificial intelligence (AI) are allowed.
- Ethical guidelines: Respect privacy, avoid exploitation of subjects and treat photo subjects with respect and dignity.
- When sending in photos, the contestants permit ISS to use their photos for marketing and on the UiO and ISS social media accounts.
- Please do not send any pictures taken i panorama mode or with a frame.
- You can be disqualified from the competition if you break the competition rules concerning AI, ethical guidelines, or manipulation of photos.
- By submitting photos to the Photo Competition, you permit ISS to use the photos for marketing and on the UiO and ISS social media accounts.
- Each student can submitt a maximum of 5 photos.
Tag ISS and share your photos on SoMe
Throughout the summer weeks, students are also encouraged to tag unioslo_iss on photo posts on their own Instagram accounts, and also to invite unioslo_iss (ISS Instagram) to "collaborate" on their posts. If you prefer Facebook, feel free to tag ISS: @International Summer School at UIO
OBS: this sharing is NOT the same as participating in the photo competition. Please be considerate to your fellow students, and post only the photos when you have asked fellow students on the photos have agreed to having the photos published on SoMe (social media).
