Community
Over 5,000 Picteists, across a hundred countries
Taking part in the Competition means joining its alumni community for good — the “Picteists”: lawyers, diplomats, academics, humanitarian actors and military officers among others, all over the world.
The network.
The Picteist network carries from edition to edition: the volunteers who run the Competition all come from it, and the directory of Picteists keeps alumni in touch.
Since 2026, community life — the directory, messaging, edition memories — happens on PictetTime, the Competition’s platform: you file your application there, then find your edition, its teams and its volunteers there, edition after edition.
The countries on the honours list.
The network is stated in figures; the honours list can be counted. These are the countries whose universities have already reached a podium — winning team, finalist or semi-finalist — ranked by placements.
| Country | Podium placements | |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 21 | |
| Switzerland | 19 | |
| France | 17 | |
| United Kingdom | 11 | |
| Canada | 10 | |
| United States | 10 | |
| Australia | 9 | |
| Singapore | 8 | |
| Argentina | 7 | |
| Israel | 5 | |
| Philippines | 5 | |
| Georgia | 4 |
Kenya · Pakistan · Ecuador · Netherlands · Peru · South Africa · Sri Lanka · Armenia · Brazil · Côte d’Ivoire · Ethiopia · Germany · India · Indonesia · Mexico · Slovenia · Sweden · Togo
This is a subset: many countries have sent teams without ever reaching a semi-final. The full count of countries represented will come with the directory.
In their words.
“A week at the Competition is worth a semester of classes” — the phrase keeps coming back among alumni. For many, the Competition was the starting point of a career in humanitarian action, international justice or diplomacy.