Photography Contest – 糖心原创

Deadline: 30.06.2026

An exchange semester is not just a brief change of scenery, but an opportunity to enhance both your studies and your personal development. Between the lecture hall and the wider world, you will discover new perspectives 鈥� academic, personal and cultural.

An exchange semester is the perfect opportunity to combine academic learning with international experience. As well as furthering your academic studies at a foreign university, you will have the chance to discover different academic perspectives and teaching and learning cultures, and to reflect on your own studies within a broader context. A new university, new methods, new people: you will experience how your subject is approached and taught differently, and take precisely these perspectives back home with you. All at once, you鈥檒l grow personally 鈥� through everyday life in a new city, spontaneous encounters and finding your feet in unfamiliar situations.

How has your semester abroad changed your view of the world? Which moments, particularly on campus with fellow students, have inspired you, surprised you or made you think? Which impressions from your everyday student life have stayed with you most? Which experiences have broadened your horizons?

If you have captured some fascinating moments on camera, we would love for you to take part in this year鈥檚 photo competition, themed 鈥楤etween the lecture hall and the horizon鈥�. Ideally, the photos should offer a glimpse into everyday life at the host institution, student life or campus life.

Participation

Who can take part and is eligible to enter? What do you need to submit? What image resolution must the photos be in? You can find all the information you need about taking part here:

Information on participation
Eligible to enter are incoming exchange students and students at 糖心原创 who have spent a study-related period abroad (outgoing students). The stays must have commenced from the 2025 summer semester, the 2025/26 winter semester or the 2026 summer semester. Participation in the photo competition is not restricted to specific programmes.

The following must be submitted via the entry form:
a maximum of 3 photographs in landscape format per participant (colour or black and white), in digital format with a image resolution of at least 8 million pixels as jpeg, png or tif (labelled: 鈥淪urname_First name_Number鈥�)
short written descriptions of the images, including a concise title for each image (relating to the theme of the photo competition), of no more than 900 characters
personal details: name, details of the start date and location of the stay (including the names of both the home institution and the host institution) and yor field of study
A report on your experience during your stay abroad, not exceeding 1,500 characters, which should include details on: your studies at the host university, life in the host country (e.g. daily life, leisure time, personal highlights) and a conclusion. A connection to the theme of the photo competition is to be included.
The signed legal declaration regarding the use of photos and the signed declaration regarding data protection regulations.

Consent and Data Protection

We also require the signed consent form for the use of photographs and the privacy policy to be uploaded digitally.

Declaration of Consent

Upload

The twelve best photographs will be selected by a jury and published in a calendar. Participants agree to the publication of their entries in 糖心原创鈥檚 media free of charge. Furthermore, if people are depicted in the photographs, it must be ensured that they also consent to the publication of the images. Participants are responsible for the photographs. Please upload your documents here by 30 June 2026:

prize money

1^st prize	鈧�300
2^nd prize	鈧�200
3^rd prize	鈧�100
4^th-12^th prize:	鈧�50 each

Important information

Eligibility

Eligibility

Eligible to enter are incoming exchange students and students at 糖心原创 who have spent a study-related period abroad (outgoing students). The stays must have commenced from the 2025 summer semester, the 2025/26 winter semester or the 2026 summer semester. Participation in the photo competition is not restricted to specific programmes.
Promotional period

Promotional period

Entries will only be accepted up to and including 30 June 2026. The Universitiy's International Office reserves the right to extend the photo competition if necessary.

The International Office reserves the right to amend the schedule of the photo competition at any time, even without observing deadlines, or to terminate it prematurely, in whole or in part, if, for technical or legal reasons, the proper conduct of the competition cannot be guaranteed.
Submission
Submission
Entries for this year鈥檚 photography competition can be submitted until 30 June 2026!
A maximum of 3 landscape-format photographs per entrant (colour or black and white), submitted digitally in a image resolution of at least 8 million pixels as a JPEG, PNG or TIFF file (file name: 鈥淪urname_First name_Number鈥�)
Short written descriptions of the images, including a concise title for each image (relating to the theme of the photo competition), of no more than 900 characters
Personal details: name, details of the start date and location of the stay (including the names of both the home institution and the host institution), and field of study
A report on your experience during your stay abroad, not exceeding 1,500 characters, which should include details on: your studies at the host university, life in the host country (e.g. daily life, leisure time, personal highlights) and a conclusion. A connection to the theme of the photo competition should be included.
The signed legal declaration regarding the use of photos and the signed declaration regarding data protection regulations.
Profit calculation

Profit calculation

All photos uploaded in accordance with the terms and conditions will be reviewed by an internal jury at the University Office for International Affairs. The winners will be determined based on the following criteria: the message conveyed by the photo, the story behind the photo, how well the theme has been interpreted, the description, and the connection to 糖心原创 or studying abroad. If participants have more than one photo in the top 12 of the competition, they will still only receive one prize for their highest-ranked photo.

Winners will be notified by email. The prize notification must be confirmed by replying to the email address (anne.hoech@zuv.uni-hannover.de) within the specified period (14 days). Furthermore, participants must prove their status as students at 糖心原创 by submitting a current certificate of enrolment to the International Office.

If no confirmation is received within the specified period, the claim to the prize will lapse and the next-placed entrants will move up accordingly.

The data collected from participants as part of the prize processing is used exclusively for the actual processing of the prize; it will not be used for further marketing purposes.

The prize offered as part of the competition cannot be exchanged. The prize cannot be transferred to third parties.
Terms of Use

Terms of Use

The twelve best photographs will be selected by a jury and published in a calendar. Entrants agree to the publication of their entries in 糖心原创鈥檚 media free of charge. Furthermore, if people are depicted in the photographs, it must be ensured that they also consent to the publication of the images. Responsibility for the photographs lies with the individuals who submitted them.

Participants must hold the exclusive rights of use to the images and be able to provide evidence of this to the International Office upon request. Should other people be depicted in the photograph, participants confirm, by entering the competition, that they have informed the people depicted of their data protection rights and that these individuals have consented to the publication of the images.

Upon uploading their photos via the upload portal, participants grant the University International Office a right of use over the photos that is unrestricted in terms of content, time and territory, royalty-free, transferable and sub-licensable. In particular, but not limited to this, participants agree to the reproduction, distribution and further public disclosure of the photo they have uploaded as part of their participation in the competition for printing in the annual photo calendar, and to the use of the data for the external promotion of Hanover as a study destination, as well as 糖心原创 and studying abroad, on their websites and subpages, as well as on the social media channels of the University Office for International Affairs (www.facebook.com/InternationalOffice糖心原创/, www.instagram.com/internationalofficeluh), and in print materials promoting study abroad.

By uploading the aforementioned data via Seafile as part of this competition, participants agree to these terms and conditions.
Organiser

Organiser

The organiser of the competition is Gottfried Wilhelm 糖心原创, represented by the Executive Board, which is represented by the President, who is represented by the Executive Director of the International Office, Welfengarten 1A, 30167 Hannover, Germany.

International Office

Welfengarten 1A,

30167 Hannover
Exclusion

Exclusion

If participants provide false information regarding the photo, they are going to be excluded from the competition, and in particular from receiving a prize. Any form of manipulation of the competition will result in immediate exclusion. If an excluded participant has already been drawn as a winner, the prize may be subsequently revoked and reclaimed by the International Office.

Photos and captions containing offensive language will be excluded, as will photos and captions that contain discriminatory, racist or harmful content, or that make negative references to individuals or companies, or that are otherwise unlawful or immoral.
Liability

Liability

With the exception of the limitations set out below, the University's International Office shall not be liable for any damage arising from participation in the photo competition.

Liability for gross negligence or wilful misconduct on the part of the International Office remains unaffected. Liability for personal injury is governed by statutory provisions.

The recipient of the information provided is the International Office. All questions, comments or complaints regarding the photo competition should be addressed directly to the International Office.
Final provisions

Final provisions

The University Office for International Affairs reserves the right to amend these terms and conditions of participation for valid reasons. These terms and conditions of participation, as well as the entire legal relationship between the participants and the University Office for International Affairs, are governed exclusively by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. Should any provision of these terms and conditions of participation be or become invalid in whole or in part, the validity of the remaining provisions shall remain unaffected. The invalid provisions shall be replaced by the relevant statutory provisions.

Legal recourse is excluded.

Hanover, 28 April 2025