With over 30 years of experience certifying standards of excellence in the field of design across more than 30 countries, the Veredictas International Foundation announces the VEREDICTAS CUM LAUDE Honor to recognize and promote the excellence of the best design students and the leading design schools worldwide.

THE FIRST TWO WORKS SUBMITTED BY EACH STUDENT ARE FREE OF CHARGE.

Neither the student nor the school or university is required to pay any entry fees.

The VEREDICTAS CUM LAUDE Honor does not imply any subsequent payments to receive the awards, nor any additional costs.

The student is the protagonist. Students wishing to participate must do so in their own name and from their personal user profile, always citing the school or university where they study design.

Excellence in a student's work is a shared success with their school or university, and the VEREDICTAS CUM LAUDE Honor recognizes this by granting the distinction jointly to both the student and their school or university.

The VEREDICTAS CUM LAUDE Honor is established with three main objectives:

1. International Promotion of Emerging Talent
To internationally promote the emerging talent of the best design students and help them build their early professional reputation, ensuring that their entry into the professional world is supported by a recognized endorsement.

2. Recognition of Leading Design Schools and Universities
To recognize and give visibility to the work of the best design schools and universities. For VEREDICTAS, it would make no sense to grant recognition to a student without giving equal visibility to their school or university. A student's excellence is a shared success between the student and their institution. The aim is to highlight, recognize, and internationally promote the work of leading design schools and universities.

3. Promotion of Design Culture
To foster design culture among students, introduce them into an ecosystem of personal and professional excellence, and strengthen their sense of belonging to a cultural and professional community through leadership.

The VEREDICTAS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION is an independent organization that neither seeks nor receives public funding. At VEREDICTAS, we believe that public funds allocated to the promotion of design should go to organizations and to schools or universities. This condition of independence guarantees the objectivity of VEREDICTAS standards of excellence, such as the VEREDICTAS CUM LAUDE Honor.

BENEFITS

All works that are selected or honored will receive the following:

VEREDICTAS CUM LAUDE HONOR

• Inclusion in the commemorative VEREDICTAS CUM LAUDE Yearbook of the edition, citing the honored student and their school or university.
• Digital version of the VEREDICTAS CUM LAUDE Yearbook.
• Official VEREDICTAS CUM LAUDE Diploma, certified by the Veredictas International Foundation.
• Right to obtain original duplicate certified Diplomas for collaborators, professors, or the school.
• Exclusive eligibility for the “ANGEL DE ORO” distinction, awarded to the Best Design Student of the Year. This is a unique, gold-plated, numbered piece reproducing the original sculpture representing the VEREDICTAS CUM LAUDE Honor.
• Publication of the awarded work with the VEREDICTAS CUM LAUDE distinction in the Veredictas International gallery, including a link to the student's gallery.
• Publication of the awarded work on Veredictas International social media, including links to the student and their school or university.
• Distribution of an exclusive press release about the student's achievement to the media, individuals, schools, or companies indicated in the student's application.
• Inclusion of the awarded work in the organization's official press release.
• Granting of the right to use the VEREDICTAS CUM LAUDE mark, indicating the year and recognition obtained.
• Opportunity to participate free of charge in other awards certified by the Veredictas Foundation. (Occasionally, Veredictas invites works to participate in awards that are in a consolidation phase. Only works previously submitted to a Veredictas-certified award are invited.)

VEREDICTAS CUM LAUDE SELECTION

• Official VEREDICTAS CUM LAUDE Diploma, certified by the Veredictas International Foundation.
• Right to obtain original duplicate certified Diplomas for collaborators, professors, or the school.
• Publication of the selected work with the VEREDICTAS CUM LAUDE distinction in the Veredictas International gallery, including a link to the student's gallery.
• Publication of the selected work on Veredictas International social media, including links to the student and their school or university.
• Distribution of an exclusive press release about the student's achievement to the media, individuals, schools, or companies indicated in the student's application.
• Granting of the right to use the VEREDICTAS CUM LAUDE mark, indicating the year and recognition obtained.
• Opportunity to participate free of charge in other awards certified by the Veredictas Foundation. (Occasionally, Veredictas invites works to participate in awards that are in a consolidation phase. Only works previously submitted to a Veredictas-certified award are invited.)

Additional Motivations for Students and for Schools and Universities

Certification of Creative Potential

Recognition is the ultimate confirmation of excellent educational guidance by the school or university and outstanding design work by the student.

Public Relations Opportunities

Recognition of excellence is the best reason for a school or university and a student to gain visibility, both within the educational ecosystem and in the professional design environment.

Differentiation

Benchmarking against other schools and universities with an international endorsement provides a qualitative advantage to the recognized institution.

For students, entering the professional world—whether as independent professionals or in seeking employment—is easier with a certified standard of excellence.

The VEREDICTAS CUM LAUDE Honor is a standard of excellence certified by the VEREDICTAS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION.

Rights and Responsibility

March 2026.