#RamsAbroad Photo Contest Winners

Every semester, CSU students who have studied abroad submit their photos to the semi-annual Rams Abroad photo contest. Below are the winning submissions from past semesters!

These photos capture more than just beautiful places – they tell stories of adventure, personal growth, and unforgettable experiences around the world. Whether you’re ready to share your own journey or dreaming about studying abroad someday, we hope these images inspire you to take the leap and see where your next adventure can lead.

Spring 2026 WINNERS

two students lean on eachother overlooking a cliff
A silhouette of a person standing atop a peak with their hand in the air
A student holds her hand up to a cherry blossom tree
An empty scenic city street
a misty waterfall
a temple set behind a cherry blossom tree
students doing cartwheels in the desert
A fiery scene with art in the foreground

Fall 2025 Winners

An angular four-story brick building with stone walkways and multiple terraces is surrounded by dense foliage with a cloudy sky in the background.
A large densely packed crowd of people stand in the bright sunshine looking up at a statue of the Virgin Mary in front of a large church. At the base of the statue is a small mound of yellow and orange flowers.
A CSU student holds the #RamsAbroad flag while snorkeling under water
A gray whale peeks above the oceans surface.
A line of five people walk along the water's edge on a beach on a sunny day, examining shells.
The Eiffel Tower is illuminated on a stormy night as lightning flashes in the background.
Two people stand on top of a snow covered mountain in bright sunshine holding a Colorado State University flag
On an ancient looking stone wall are the shadows of people climbing stairs. Behind the wall traditional stone houses with red tiled roofs, and white shutters are juxtaposed against a clear blue sky.

Spring 2025 Winners

A student in roman garb stands overlooking a volcano in Italy
Basilica del a Sagrada in Spain
A woman in traditional Japanese garb walks along a garden path
A full moon rises over the Sydney opera house at dusk
Aerial capture of turquoise water with a bridge running across
A person holds a bicycle above their head in front of a seaside statue
Dolphin jumps out of water
Cherry Blossoms At Fudan

FALL 2024 Winners

4 girls shown from behind looking towards a historical building
A man playing the guitar in a quiet alley
Green and purple flowers in focus with a hazy city in the background

An individual walking on a bone bridge wearing a CSU hat
An old Taiwanese tea house

A large dish of food being cut

Gondolas in a canal at sunset in Venice
A leopard seal resting on an iceberg with water all around

SPRING 2024 Winners

An aerial view of an ocean scene
A giant wave
A photo of a curry dish that is plated to look like a puppy
a table full of food
A sunrise
A woman standing on a train track with a market surrounding her
A student smiling in front of the colosseum in Rome

FALL 2023 Winners

A river with sharp peaks surrounding it
Students holding up a Rams Abroad flag in front of a temple
A herd of elephants walking through tall grasses
A student standing in front of an ivy covered building
A student wearing traditional korean clothing looking off into the distance
An aerial view of a peninsula jutting into the water
A student standing by a cloudy cliff
A dolphin with it's mouth open
Four students overlooking a tropical destination while one plays the guitar
Students kayaking

Spring 2023 Winners

a sun setting over a river
A stuffed animal ram floating through water
a tree outline in a pink sunset
students standing on a rock looking up at the sky
students peering out of a building
a scenic ice capped river
two giraffes with their necks crossing
a student holding up a csu flag at a canal

FAll 2022 Winners

students sit on the steps of a temple
a student standing on the peak of the Dolomites in Italy
A star filled sky at sunset
A winding staircase
students submerged in the water with a boat floating nearby
A student backpacking up a mountain with hiker's poles, a mountain peak in the distance
A student walking through the streets of Leicester england
a white cottge

Past Winners

A straw structure from below
A student in snorkel gear underwater, holding the '#RAMSAbroad" flag
The Northern Lights in Norway
A student look into the distance at Castle Hill, NZ with mountains in the background
A baby deer at the Todaiji Temple in Tokyo
Plaza De Espana (Sevilla, Spain)
A panoramic view of FijordlandNational Park, NZ
A student holds up a polaroid of a Roman uilding, with the same building blurred out in the background
A CSU student does tree pose in the Australian mountains
A person plays trumpet in Cuba, the Cuban flag hanging next to them
CSU students take a selfie in Peru
Mount cook in switzerland
Sunrise on the great wall of china
A student looks at a sea lion in ecuador
A student wearing education abroad gear sits overlooking banff lake
two people carrying fruit in Vietnam
Close-up of a cow with mountains in the background
A student on a camel in the Sahara desert in Morocco
The italian alps at sunset
A horse and a dog in black and white
A skateboard with the city of Barcelona in the background at sunset
A student throws up the Peace sign, with the Himeji Castle in the background
A student standing in the streets of Barcelona at night
A student sitting over a canal in Copenhangen, wrapped in the Danish flag
A student in Ram's gear petting a goat in Ireland