2026.04.17
2026 Taiwan International Student Creative Design Competition
**Event Objectives:** To encourage international exchange in student creative design and to discover emerging creative design talent.
**Event Theme:** Resilience
**Event Features:**
● Total prize money of NT$4 million ● The world's largest international student design competition ● Awards authorized by international design organizations ● No registration or exhibition fees
**Eligibility:** Limited to current students of senior high schools or above in Taiwan and abroad (born after April 27, 1996, and under 30 years old, based on the online registration deadline. Female applicants who have given birth before the application period may have their eligibility extended by two years for each birth). *Graduates and new students in 2026 are also eligible to participate.
**Submission Requirements:** Looking to the future, the Taiwan International Student Creative Design Competition will continue to align with international trends and promote the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The 2026 competition theme is "Resilience," encouraging students to respond to the world's vicissitudes with creativity and design, reflecting on how humanity, the environment, society, and technology can maintain balance, demonstrate adaptation and inclusion amidst challenges, and collectively create more possibilities.
Competition Categories:
Product Design, Visual Design, Digital Animation, Architecture and Landscape Design, and Fashion Design (five categories in total). Registration Fee: No registration fee required.
Competition Period: Online registration and submission deadline: April 27, 2026 to July 6, 2026, 23:59 Taipei time (GMT+08:00)
Preliminary Selection: July 26, 2026 to August 2, 2026
Shortlist Announcement: Mid-September 2026 (tentative)
Final Selection: September to October 2026
Awards Ceremony and Exhibition of Winning Works: November to December 2026
Official Website: https://www.tisdc.org/news/
**Event Theme:** Resilience
**Event Features:**
● Total prize money of NT$4 million ● The world's largest international student design competition ● Awards authorized by international design organizations ● No registration or exhibition fees
**Eligibility:** Limited to current students of senior high schools or above in Taiwan and abroad (born after April 27, 1996, and under 30 years old, based on the online registration deadline. Female applicants who have given birth before the application period may have their eligibility extended by two years for each birth). *Graduates and new students in 2026 are also eligible to participate.
**Submission Requirements:** Looking to the future, the Taiwan International Student Creative Design Competition will continue to align with international trends and promote the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The 2026 competition theme is "Resilience," encouraging students to respond to the world's vicissitudes with creativity and design, reflecting on how humanity, the environment, society, and technology can maintain balance, demonstrate adaptation and inclusion amidst challenges, and collectively create more possibilities.
Competition Categories:
Product Design, Visual Design, Digital Animation, Architecture and Landscape Design, and Fashion Design (five categories in total). Registration Fee: No registration fee required.
Competition Period: Online registration and submission deadline: April 27, 2026 to July 6, 2026, 23:59 Taipei time (GMT+08:00)
Preliminary Selection: July 26, 2026 to August 2, 2026
Shortlist Announcement: Mid-September 2026 (tentative)
Final Selection: September to October 2026
Awards Ceremony and Exhibition of Winning Works: November to December 2026
Official Website: https://www.tisdc.org/news/