Student Focus

Student Focus is the global education programme created by WPO. Student Focus offers an international platform to support and connect the next generation of photographers. Throughout the year Student Focus also engages with academic institutions and organises talks, forums, exhibitions, symposiums, portfolio sessions and of course the largest programme of them all - the annual Student Focus competition. Join this growing network of students worldwide...

With 200 international institutions already participating, become part of the Student Focus community and join this rapidly growing global platform. Is your university signed up for Student Focus yet? If not, get your university registered today!

If your university is already registered on our Participating Institutions list, find out further details from your university for who to submit your image to

THE COMPETITION:

The annual Student Focus competition is a university programme, open to photography students between the ages of 18 - 28. Each year a new theme is chosen and the challenge lies in a student submitting a photograph that will represent their university, if it is shortlisted.

Within each participating university, students submit their image to their tutors. The photographs from each university are then judged by a carefully selected jury of photography industry experts, who select a shortlist of 10 images. The 10 finalist students participate in a live competition at the annual World Photography Festival in London, after which the overall Student Focus winning university is announced at the Sony World Photography Awards Gala Ceremony.

Find out more about the prizes, the rules, the judges and enter the competition here.