“3 Minutes of Inspiration for Sustainable Development” Student Video Contest
How can we contribute to solving social issues and help achieve the SDGs? This video contest may become your first step in taking action and making a difference in your locality, community, society, and the world by sharing your ideas from wherever you are. We launched this Student Video Contest in 2021, and since then we received 256 videos from 23 countries and regions.
This year we are excited to host the Student Video Contest 2024! We invite all students at Osaka University and our partner universities worldwide to join us and actively participate in this contest.
- Share your ideas about how you can make a difference in your locality, community, society, and the world from the perspectives of the SDGs—in a 3-minute video!
- Engage in a dialogue with other students from all around the world with contest winners at the “Student Forum 2024”!
- Let’s act proactively to achieve the SDGs—together, we can construct a better future!
Prizes
- Grand Prize: Osaka University President’s Prize: 100,000 JPY
- “Best SDGs Idea Prize”
- “Best Production Prize”
- “Encouragement Award”
- Nomination prize
- All eligible videos will receive Osaka University Certificate (digital)
- The shortlisted videos will be screened at the Awards Ceremony and the Student Forum.
Eligibility
- Any student at Osaka University and its over 600 partner universities around the world (https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/international/action/index.html), and students from the member universities of Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), HeKKSaGOn German-Japanese University Alliance, RENKEI, U7+.
- Must be able to participate in the Awards Ceremony and Student Forum (to be held online) on December 16, 2024 (tentative)
- Individual or group entry are both welcome. Please note that only one entry per individual or group can be submitted. In the case of a group, students from other non-partner universities can participate as long as the group representative is from Osaka University or one of the partner universities. One group may include up to 6 members.
Detailed instructions on video preparation, submission, selection criteria, terms and submissions will be published at a later date.
For more information on Student Video Contest in previous years, please read the news releases:
2021: https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/news/topics/2021/6/20210702001
2022: https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/news/topics/2023/01/27001
2023: https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/news/topics/2024/02/09001
Videos from previous years: https://www.youtube.com/@OUStudentVideoContest/featured
Contact information:
OU SDGs Student Exchange, Center for Global Initiatives
Osaka University
Email: sdgs@cgin.osaka-u.ac.jp
Please check our social media for updates:
Facebook (English 日本語)
www.facebook.com/OUSDGsExchange
Weibo (中文)
www.weibo.com/uosaka
YouTube Channel
www.youtube.com/OUStudentVideoContest