Enabling institutions to push beyond academic challenges!

A first-of-its-kind platform enabling knowledge exchange for universities globally.

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200+  Universities
Institutions partnered globally.
50K+  Students
Students engaged through institutional access.
500+  Competitions
Competitions hosted on the platform.

What is Institutional Access (IA)?

IA is designed to allow students to participate in larger groups, along with mentor(s), to solve some of the most challenging problems across the globe, thus, expanding their reach beyond the studio.

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World-class design challenges

IA offers a chance to push beyond limited classroom environments and work on anything from real to idea-based problems on the global level.

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Gain international industry experience

As the gaps between the borders reduce, the design is no more a local profession. Problems like these propel your work from local to global.

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Exchange ideas & inspiration

Gauge your skills on an international level. Get engaged in discussions with our designer community from all across the globe.

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Flexible participation modes

Institutional access gives an exclusive right to participate in a group or as an individual for up to 15 entries from your institution.

How it works?

Book your spot

Registration process for Institutional Access is similar to individual/ team registration. Registration should ideally be done by the mentor on behalf of entire class. You will receive a confirmation upon registration.

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Add entries for the competition

Mentor can add up to 15 entries across one or more competitions on UNI. Students can create projects from their account and invite mentors to their team. Mentor can then review the published project and submit them to the respective registered entries.

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Meet your partner institution

As soon as we match you with your partner institution, you will get notified and we will open a discussion channel between all the participating members. Everyone can discuss ideas and exchange resources related to the competition. Faculty members/mentors can explore the entry of their partner institutions and evaluate other entries as well.

Step 3

Achievement and Awards

Once the competition period is over, we declare the result openly with one winner for every institutional access and an international winner of the competition.

Step 4

Plans & Pricing

Choose the plan that fits your institution's size and goals

Department

For a single course or studio
$499
per semester
  • 15 entries across 3 competitions
  • 1 mentor seat
  • Basic institutional matching
  • Group discussion channel
  • Entry submission management
  • Post-competition certificates
  • Basic analytics dashboard

School

For a design school or faculty
$1,499
per year
  • Everything in Department plus
  • 50 entries across 6 competitions
  • 3 mentor seats
  • Priority partner matching
  • Cross-institution peer review
  • Faculty evaluation tools
  • Detailed analytics & reporting
  • Dedicated support contact

University

For multi-department institutions
$3,999
per year
  • Everything in School plus
  • 150 entries across unlimited competitions
  • 10 mentor seats
  • Custom award categories
  • Inter-departmental collaboration
  • Guest jury participation
  • White-label certificates
  • API access for LMS integration
  • Quarterly strategy reviews

Network

For consortiums & multi-campus
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annual partnership
  • Everything in University plus
  • Unlimited entries & competitions
  • Unlimited mentor seats
  • Co-branded competition hosting
  • Dedicated account manager
  • Custom onboarding & training
  • Multi-campus dashboard & analytics
  • Priority feature development
  • SLA-backed support

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