14th Annual Photo Contest March 16-27
This year’s contest will run from March 16 to 27, and the theme this year is “Discovery, Education and Human Connection.” We look forward to seeing your dramatic images of discovery, education, and human connection from around the world and around BU!
All students, faculty, staff and alumni are eligible to submit up to three photos.
Previous Photo Contests
Launched in 2013, BU Global Programs Photo Contest invites students, faculty, staff, and alumni to share the world through their lens. Each year, members of the BU community—throughout Boston and the world—submit images often tied to a theme, like Global Engagement or "I am Global BU." Over the years the number of finalists chosen and winners have changed, currently we have 16 finalists with two winners. One in a Judged category and the other winner chosen by "People's Choice".
The first year of the contest we had 420 photos submitted by 150 individuals, an impressive start. In 2025 we had a a record 1087 photos submitted by 439 individuals! We are so happy to see the participation continue to grow after all these years and how popular the People's Choice voting has become with over 1100 Terriers casting votes in the first round in 2025.
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2025 Photo Contest
WOW what a year! 439 of you submitted 1087 photos, a 69% increase in number of submissions and an 80% increase in the number of... -
2024 Photo Contest
258 terriers (including students, faculty, staff, alumni, a retiree, and a participant in the MET evergreen program!) submitted 603 photos, taken in 92 countries, territories,... -
2023 Photo Contest
The Global Programs Photo Contest entered its second decade with an impressive showing! 294 terriers submitted 668 photos, taken in 81 countries, territories, island nations... -
2022 Photo Contest
What a fascinating year our 10th Anniversary has been! The theme of Joy presented some of our most interesting interpretations. One thing is clear, children... -
2021 Photo Contest
This year we received 632 photos through 238 submissions from 108 undergraduate and 131 graduate students, 19 faculty, 23 staff, one alumni and one exchange... -
2020 Photo Contest
After 8 years we are still in awe of the incredible experiences and images captured by the BU community and shared with us for the... -
2019 Photo Contest
We want to thank our two guest judges for their expertise and perspectives. Photojournalist and College of Communications Professor, Peter Smith, and Boston Red Sox... -
2018 Photo Contest
We want to thank the over 335 students, faculty, staff and alumni who shared nearly 800 photos of their adventures across 69 countries and 23... -
2017 Photo Contest
We want to thank the over 400 students, faculty, staff and alumni who have shared nearly 1000 photos of their adventures near and far. Every... -
2016 Photo Contest
Once again we were overwhelmed by the amazing images submitted for the Global Programs Photo Contest. We had great participation by students, alumni, faculty and... -
2015 Photo Contest
2015 has proven another record-breaking year: More than 800 photos were submitted by 311 students, faculty, staff, and alumni from over 20 schools/colleges and offices,... -
2014 Photo Contest
The response to Global Programs’ photo contest last year was so fantastic, we wanted to find out: Could we replicate the results? So in April,... -
2013 Photo Contest
Thanks to the talented globetrotting BU community, we could not have been happier with our inaugural global photo contest. We received over 420 photos representing...