Thesis in 3 minutes (3MT® 2020)

Objective

Thesis in Three Minutes UC 3MT® Virtual UC is a research communication competition, where doctoral students are challenged to communicate, in just three minutes and in English, the significance of their thesis projects to a non-specialized audience. This implies an oral presentation, in which students must explain – convincingly, concisely, and clearly – their research, in an appropriate language for a non-specialist audience in their subjects.

This contest, in its original name, Three Minutes Thesis 3MT® has been developed by the University of Queensland (UQ) Australia, since 2008, due to its success it has been replicated in several other universities and has given rise to an international version and interinstitutional of the same contest.

Objectives of the contest:

• Strengthen communication skills in research and academic presentation.
• Support the development of the capacity of doctoral students to effectively explain their research in an appropriate language to a non-specialized audience.
• The purpose of the competition is not to evaluate the proficiency of the English language as such, but rather the ability to communicate about the research that the student develops.

Requirements

• Be a regular student of any of the University’s doctoral programs.
• Have passed the Candidacy Exam and/or Doctoral Thesis Project, or be ready to render it, with a date already defined.
• Be studying at most the 8th. semester of his doctoral studies.

Profits

The prizes will be freely available to the winning students.

• Winner: $ 1,400,000.-
• Second place: $ 700,000.-
• Chosen from the public: $ 350,000.-