3 Minute Thesis Competition 2024

“An 80,000 word thesis would take 9 hours to present. Your time limit: 3 minutes…”

Three Minute Thesis®

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition celebrates the exciting research conducted by Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) students. Developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), 3MT cultivates students’ academic, presentation, and research communication skills.

About the UG 3MT The competition

Since its beginnings at the University of Queensland, 3MT competitions are now held at universities all over the world. The University of Groningen (UG) held its bi-annual 3MT competition again on March 14, 2024.

We congratulate Anne-Men Huijzer of the Graduate School of Science and Engineering with her well-deserved win! Not only did she manage to convince our jury that her pitch was the best of the afternoon, but she also received the People's Choice Award. Well done, Anne-Men and we wish you the best of luck in the international Coimbra Group competition!

Runner-up was Brady Rae of the Graduate School of Medical Sciences. Congratulations!

To give you an idea of what to expect, please watch the pitches of our previous winners below!

Here is the winning pitch of 2022

These are our previous winners!

UG prizes

Three prizes are awarded by the jury at the end of the UG 3MT event to the top PhD contestants:

• 1st Prize
  Up to €1,250 travel expenses for an international conference and, if the UG winner will prove to be one of the shortlisted candidates for the Coimbra Group Finals, funded travel and accommodation to represent the University of Groningen at the Coimbra Group Conference in Turku, Finland
• 2nd prize
  Up to €500 travel expenses for a conference/workshop
• People’s choice award (selected by the audience)
  Up to €250 travel expenses for a conference/workshop
  
  Prize winners were announced at the competition. The decision of the judges is final. Videos of all the pitches will be posted on Youtube and the winner will be enrolled in the Coimbra 3MT competition 2024.

Members of the jury in the UG competition

• Dr. Kocku von Stuckrad, Director of the Graduate School of Religion, Culture and Society
• Panagiotis Kelefiotis Stratidakis, PhD candidate and chair of MindMint
• Dr. Charlotte Vlek, science writer and lecturer Science Education and Communication
• Dr. Marjan Koopmans, policy advisor Research & Impact, Project Manager Graduate Schools

Coimbra Group Finals

After the UG competition, a video of the winning pitch is sent to the Coimbra Group. From the submitted video's, their Doctoral Studies Working Group and selected voters from the participating universities will choose the top three entries. The three shortlisted candidates will compete int the live final at the Coimbra Group Annual Conference in Turku, Finland, on 6 June 2024.

More information about 3MT®

• Watch examples
• The rules
• FAQ’s for competitors
• Tips for your 3MT
• Coimbra Group 3MT Competition