Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) celebrates the exciting research conducted by PhD students. Developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), the exercise cultivates students’ academic, presentation, and research communication skills. The competition supports their capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience.
Tesis en Tres Minutos es un homenaje a la emocionante tarea de investigar que llevan a cabo los estudiantes de doctorado. Esta iniciativa, desarrollada por la Universidad de Queensland (UQ), pretende potenciar habilidades para la presentación, comunicación e investigación académica de los estudiantes. Participar en este tipo de competición ayuda a los alumnos a explicar de forma efectiva sus investigaciones en tres minutos, en un lenguaje apropiado para un público no especializado.
Winner of the 2014 UQ Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Dr Megan Rossi talks about the benefits of participating in the competition.
The first 3MT competition was held at UQ in 2008 with 160 Research Higher Degree students competing. In 2009 and 2010 the 3MT competition was promoted to other Australian and New Zealand universities and enthusiasm for the concept grew. Due to its adoption in numerous universities, a multi-national event was developed, and the Inaugural Trans-Tasman 3MT competition was held at UQ in 2010. Since 2011, the popularity of the competition has increased and 3MT competitions are now held in over 350 universities across more than 18 countries worldwide.
In November 2013, the first Universitas 21 (U21) 3MT competition was held with several universities from around the world competing in a virtual competition.
2016 brings an expansion of the Trans-Tasman 3MT competition to include a select number of Asian universities. The competition has now been renamed to the Asia-Pacific 3MT competition.
La primera competición 3MT se celebró en UQ en 2008, en la que participaron 160 estudiantes de investigación doctoral. En 2009 y 2010 el concurso 3MT se fue extendiendo a otras universidades de Australia y Nueva Zelanda y el interés por este formato fue creciendo. Debido a su adopción en numerosas universidades, se creó un evento multinacional; la competición inaugural Trans-Tasman 3MT se celebró en UQ en 2010. Desde 2011, la popularidad de este concurso ha seguido aumentando y las competiciones 3MT ahora se llevan a cabo en más de 350 universidades de más de 18 países de todo el mundo.
En noviembre de 2013 se organizó la primera competición Universitas 21 (U21) 3MT, en la que participaron varias universidades de todo el mundo de forma virtual.
En 2016 el Concurso Trans-Tasman 3MT sigue creciendo y acaban de sumarse un número selecto de universidades asiáticas. Por esta razón, ha pasado a llamarse Competición 3MT Asia y Pacífico.
The exercise develops academic, presentation and research communication skills, while developing research candidates’ ability to effectively explain their research in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience.
3MT provides a valuable opportunity for research higher degree candidates to come together, get to know one another and talk about their research. It also provides a supportive environment in which Schools and Institutes can provide presentation skills training.
3MT winners may go on to represent their university at national and international 3MT competitions which provides an excellent networking and professional development opportunity. Previous 3MT finalists have benefited from invitations to a variety of other networking events following their participation in the competition.
The presentation by the finalists and the award ceremony for the 3MT competition will take place at the General Assembly of the 2020 GG Annual Conference (10-12 June) in Montpellier. The three top placed presentations will be awarded by the Executive Board with €3000 to the winner, €2000 as second prize and €1000 for the third place.
The three universities, whose doctoral candidates will be in the final, should cover the travel and accommodation costs for their candidates.
The prize for the best presentation at USAL will be €500