Una Europa Student Award 2026 | Imagine it, film it, shape it - and win a trip to the Netherlands!

How might life as a student look in 2040? Will there still be classrooms? Or entirely new ways of working together?

We invite you to reflect in a form of short video on what universities should stand for, how student voices should be heard and involved, and how education can prepare us for an unknown future. 

The 2026 edition of the Student Award invites submissions in the form of a short video. The format is open and flexible: your submission does not need to be a traditional recording of yourself speaking to a camera. You can combine visuals, text, audio, narration, images, slides, animation, or spoken word, whatever best supports your idea. Through storytelling and speculative imagination, show us your vision of the future of university life.

Winners of the Una Europa Student Award have the opportunity to win a fully funded trip to Una Europa Student Congress in the The Hague in June 2026. 

Read more on Una Europa website and submit your video by 8 March!