A project is a page you build on UNI out of images and media. A publication is a PDF you upload and readers page through. They are separate kinds of content, and you cannot turn one into the other by uploading it.
A project is a page you build
You build a project in the project builder, adding media items one at a time until the page reads the way you want. Media items are uploaded files, mostly images, and embedded content such as a video or an interactive model.
Start one from Create Project on the Projects page of your profile.
A project will not publish until it has all of these:
- A title.
- A brief description.
- A cover image.
- At least one discipline.
- A licence.
- At least one media item.
If the Publish button is greyed out, the builder lists which of the six is missing and which page to fix it on.
A publication is a PDF you upload
A publication is a document you already have laid out: a dissertation, a research paper, a portfolio book, a magazine spread, a report. UNI processes the file so readers can page through it in a viewer on the publication page.
Start one from Create Publication on the Publications page of your profile.
A publication will not publish until it has all of these:
- A PDF file, up to 50 MB.
- A title.
- A thumbnail.
- A publication type.
- At least one discipline.
Which one a competition wants
Each competition accepts exactly one kind of entry. It is set by the organiser and it does not change, so a competition that wants publications will not take a project, and the reverse is also true.
You do not have to guess. When you attach work to your entry, the picker only offers the kind that competition accepts, and it offers you a shortcut to create one if you have none. Most competitions on UNI take projects.
Which one to choose for your own work
If the work already exists as a designed PDF and the layout matters, make a publication. If you want a scrolling page with large images that people can browse on UNI, make a project. If you want to write rather than show, see Journals vs publications.