Dear faculty members and students,
To enrich campus cultural life and showcase UCAS students' vitality, the “UCAS Lens” Campus Vlog Competition is now open to all faculty members and students of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS). We invite you to capture your learning, research, and daily activities on campus through the lens and share your wonderful moments at UCAS!
I. Competition Purpose
Use the camera to record the research enthusiasm and youthful vitality of UCAS students, and present a real, diverse, and uplifting campus life integrating education and research. The competition aims to capture the wonderful moments of faculty and students in study, research, culture, sports, and daily life on campus.
II. Competition Themes (Choose One)
1. Learning and ResearchFocus on recording daily laboratory scenes, academic conferences, research practices, group discussions, and other research scenarios. We encourage the display of “the romance of researchers,” such as laboratories in the early morning, the joy of paper publication, and interactions with mentors.
2. Campus LifeRecord daily life at UCAS from a first-person perspective (e.g., discovering excellent courses, documenting the changing seasons, exploring the art of architectural photography, sharing food reviews, and expressing graduation insights). You may incorporate the formats of “unlocking instagrammable experience” to showcase impressive daily moments such as club activities, sports check-ins, food sharing, dormitory discussions, and graduation moments, highlighting the unique charm of the university.
3. Leisure ActivitiesCombine the unique geographical location and natural resources of your training unit to share leisure activities, public welfare & volunteer services, or creative lifestyle, such as outdoor outings, hiking and cycling, cultural performances, and sports events.
4. Creative ConceptUse special effects, animations, plot twists, and other creative forms to deconstruct campus life (e.g., “If the Mentor Were an AI”, “My Magical Campus”, “Traveling to UCAS in 2049”). Fully utilize your imagination and technical skills to create your own UCAS story.
III. Participation Requirements
1. Content Requirements- The theme should be original in concept, with a clear purpose. And the content must be positive, healthy, lively, and original, reflecting UCAS students' vitality.- The video should have clear and stable images, clear sound, and optional subtitles or background music (without copyright disputes).
2. Technical Specifications- Format: Common formats such as MP4 or MOV.- Resolution: Not lower than 1080P (1920×1080).- Duration: ≤5 minutes.- File Naming: “Theme - Affiliation - Name - Work Title” (e.g., “Learning and Research Theme - College of xxx - Zhang San - A Day in the Lab”).
3. EligibilityAll faculty members, staff, and students of UCAS (Individual or team participation is allowed, with a maximum of 5 team members).
IV. Submission Guidelines
1. Upload the work to Baidu Netdisk, generate a permanent sharing link, and name the file as “Theme - Work Title - Name - Affiliation”.
2. Fill in the registration form. Send both the Word version and the scanned copy with an official seal of the registration form to: ucaswenhua@ucas.edu.cn. The email subject should be formatted as: “Vlog Competition Submission - Theme - Name.” (Submissions without the official seal will be disqualified).
3. Submission Deadline: June 5, 2025.
V. Awards
1. Main Awards- 8 First Prizes, 12 Second Prizes, and 20 Third Prizes will be awarded. Winners will receive honorary certificates and UCAS-branded baseball jackets, customized sun-protective clothing, or lighthouse-themed thermal mugs, respectively.
2. Excellence Awards- Several awards (subject to the quality of submissions). Winners will receive honorary certificates and UCAS sand-flow fridge magnets of the Year of the Snake (This year is the year of the snake in the Chinese Zodiac).
3. Popularity award- 5 awards. The popularity award will be selected through online voting from all winning works. Video creators will receive UCAS 3-in-1 jackets.
VI. Other Notes
- The content of the work must comply with national laws, regulations, and campus cultural guidelines.- The work must be original. Plagiarism or unauthorized use of others’ works is strictly prohibited.- The University reserves the right to promote and use the winning works.
Capture your youth with the lens and convey your love through images! We look forward to your wonderful works!
Contact Person: Ms. XingTel: 010-69671031
Editor: GAO Yuan
