Instagram giveaway: Terms and Conditions

We're giving one of our new students a chance to win some Imperial merchandise and kick-start their journey at Imperial.

To enter:  

1. You must be a new student joining us in the 2025–26 academic year for study at undergraduate or postgraduate level.  

2. You must be following @imperialcollege  and @icunion on Instagram

3. You need to tell us what you are most excited about joining Imperial in the comments to our Instagram Reel about this competition.  
 

The prize includes:  

  • Imperial branded tote bag
  • Imperial branded water bottle
  • Imperial branded jacket
  • Imperial branded notepad 
  • Imperial branded T-shirt (various colours, and can be chosen by the student).

Please enter before 23.59 (BST) on Sunday 24 August 2025 for a chance to win the prize. 

The winner will be chosen using a randomising software and contacted via Instagram DM by 31 August 2025.

Your prize will be available for pick-up from our South Kensington Campus from Monday 29 September 2025. Your prize must be collected by 31 October 2025.  

Terms and conditions

  1. The prize draw is only open to new students joining us in the 2025–26 academic year for study at undergraduate or postgraduate level. 
  2. There is no entry fee and no purchase necessary to enter this prize draw.  
  3. The closing date for entries will be 23.59 (BST) on Sunday 24 August 2025. After this date, no further entries to the prize draw will be permitted. 
  4. No responsibility can be accepted for entries not received for whatever reason. 
  5. The prize draw includes an Imperial branded tote bag, Imperial branded water bottle, Imperial branded jacket, Imperial branded notepad, and an Imperial branded T-shirt.
  6. A winner will be selected at random. 
  7. We reserve the right to cancel or amend the prize draw and these terms and conditions without notice if any event occurs that is outside our control. 
  8. No cash alternative to the prize will be offered. The prize is not transferable. 
  9. The winner will be notified via their DMs through the account that posted the comment.
  10. If the winners cannot be contacted or do not confirm acknowledgement of the message by 17.00 (BST) 8 September 2025, we reserve the right to withdraw the prize from the winner and pick a replacement winner. 
  11. Our decision in respect of all matters to do with the prize draw will be final and no correspondence will be entered into. 
  12. By entering the prize draw, an entrant is indicating their agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions. 
  13. Entry into the prize draw will be deemed as acceptance of these terms and conditions. 
  14. Entry data will be processed in line with the Student and Prospective Student Privacy Notice and retained for three months following completion of the competition. Details relating to the winner may be retained longer online owing to the nature of social media.