National College Design Awards (NCDA)

It’s a competition recognized by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. This annual competition started in 2012 and has been held for consecutive nine times. It is one of the most influential competitions and attracts nearly 1 million students from nearly 1,500 universities every year, including nearly 90% China’s top universities and prestigious design colleges.

Level: National competition recognized by Ministry of Education

ScopeNational-wide

Target groupstudents of art , designing, media, computer science

Impact: 1 million students from over 1,500 universities participate each year; 90% of China's top universities such as Tsinghua University and Peking University participate yearly

Features: focus on technology + art, it requires designing with digital tools

Format: online and offline

Entries Scope: above 100,000 works per year

Resources: maintaining close relationships with thousands of universities

Website: http://www.ncda.org.cn