ScanStar Student
ScanStar Student is a Nordic packaging competition organized by the Scandinavian Packaging Association (SPA). Each year, the competition is hosted by one of the national packaging associations in rotation, alongside the main ScanStar competition.
Winning the ScanStar Student competition grants the recipient an official award certificate and qualifies student winners to participate in the WorldStar Student Packaging Competition. The latest rules for WorldStar Student are available on the official competition website.
Please note that SPA itself does not submit entries to the WorldStar Student competition. Instead, the national SPA member organization from the entrant’s country is responsible for submitting the entry and covering the application fee.
Important dates
| Online entries close | June 1st 2026 |
| Evaluation round | June 2026 |
| Judging the entries | August 2026 |
| Results announced | August 2026 |
Ready to register your project for the competition?
Please contact Terhi Varonen, terhi.varonen@pakkaus.com
The registration email should include the following information:
- A short description of the advantage of the entry vs. current solutions (which of the judging criteria above is met and how)
- Name of the designers and/or group
- Addresses of the designers (post addresses and e-mail addresses)
- Phone number
- Name of the school/education affiliation the entrants are enrolled
- High resolution photos of the packaging project
- Other possible presentation materials, ie. links to the videos
WorldStar Student
Succeeding in the ScanStar Student competition entitles to an award certificate and will give access for student winners to take part in the WorldStar Student Packaging Competition. Updated rules for the WorldStar Student are published on the competition website.
The Scandinavian Packaging Association will not place the entry to the WorldStar Student Packaging Competition, but the entrant(s) country member of the SPA will do it. The application fee of the WorldStar Student Competition will also be paid by the SPA country member.