UPA '25

Eligibility

1. UPA is open to students and professionals of all institutions, organizations and nationalities in the field of Architecture, Landscape, Planning, Interior Design, Product Design and Urban Design at large. 

2. Portfolios created/updated in the last 5 years till the date of submission of this brief are eligible for this award. The projects in the portfolio can be older than this.

3. There is no maximum number of pages; however, the only limitation is the size of the file stated in the submission guide page. 

4. Plagiarizing content from different projects/portfolios/images online without credits is solely the author’s responsibility. If such a case exists then the portfolio will be disqualified from the awards.

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Voting Rules

• People's Choice Award is applicable to all the participants.
• The People's choice award will be given on the basis of a project (in either student or professional category as per the award list) with the most number of authentic likes.
• You can begin receiving likes on the project as soon as you upload your entry (even before the submission deadlines).
• You can share your project on social media/messaging platforms apart from UNI as well as soon as you upload the project. You do not have to wait for the results. 
• The voting will close as per the date mentioned in the schedule of the competition page. Any likes coming after this date/time will be not counted in the final calculation.
• Creating fraudulent/fake/bot/impersonating accounts to increase public votes will be considered as unfair means and may lead to disqualification with a notice.

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Disqualification

• The participant or teams will be disqualified in case of unethical practices or disregard for any other competition rules. 
• Contacting the jury is strictly prohibited. 
• Plagiarism of any idea/design/image/text will be disqualified with a notice. 

The competition is protected by our disqualification policy to support fair play in a competitive environment like UNI. Participants are requested to stick to the details in the brief and connect with the curatorial committee on contact@uni.xyz in case of doubts or revisions. 

Please check the link above for details. Failure to adherence may lead to soft or hard disqualification based on violation.

 

Submission Guidelines

You have to submit your portfolio on Uni as a publication based on the given outlines. Once you have registered click here to submit or visit ‘my entries’ section.

Minimum requisite submission are: Portfolio in PDF Format (Compulsory)

• Submit your portfolio in PDF format (Max size 30MB) - There’s no specified format (portrait/landscape) to make submission convenient for participants around the globe with varying institutional standards. 
• The size of the PDF submitted should not be more than 30MB. Add thumbnails and relevant information like tags to make your project searchable. 

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How to submit?

• Title: <Your Name> - Portfolio - <Year>

• Description: (Describe your portfolio, from which year to year and what kind of works, etc.)

• Cover/Thumbnail - portrait image in 4 : 3 ratio (Minimum 600 x 450 ppi or  larger) 

• Discipline: Architecture, Urban Design, Landscape design etc. as applicable

• Tags: You are free to devise these on your own - relevant to the works in the PDF

Read all the competition rules and details from the left sidebar, and hit register. You can pay the entry fee and book your registration right away. 

The submission of the entry has to happen on UNI's portal, through the project uploader, by following the process mentioned below.

No other mode of submissions will be accepted. 

In order to avoid a last-minute rush, plan and try uploading your entry prior to the submission deadline. 

Check the full tutorial below on how to make the submission: 

You can also watch it fullscreen here: Upload Tutorial