U.Porto 3MT® – Three Minute Thesis (3MT®)

U.Porto Three Minute Thesis (3MT®)

The U.Porto 3MT® is an academic competition for doctoral research students developed and patented by the University of Queensland (UQ) that challenges Ph.D. students to explain, to a non-specialist audience, the importance and significance of their research, in just 3 minutes, and using no more than a single PowerPoint slide as an aid.

In the school year of 2021/2022, the University of Porto (U.Porto) joined this competition to offer its Ph.D. students the opportunity to practice their public communication and engagement skills. It is also an opportunity for Ph.D. candidates to come together, get to know one another, and talk about their research.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?

Why participate?

The U.Porto 3MT® competition allows Ph.D. students to acquire transferable skills necessary within academia and outside, such as:

Speaking in front of an audience

Communicate complex ideas in a clear and understandable way

Time and content management to deliver an engaging presentation

Provides participants with an opportunity to think creatively about how to communicate their research

Prizes

The winner of the competition wins 1200€. The runner up wins 800€.

Winner

1200€

MORE INFORMATION IN THE COMPETITION HANDBOOK

Runner up

800€

BECOME A BETTER COMMUNICATOR

Establish a connection with your listeners

Give more persuasive presentations

Explain complex ideas

Key dates

Phase 1

1 Novembro 2022
Application and video presentation submission opens
6 January 2023
Closing of the form filling phase
31 January 2023
Closing of the video submission phase by the candidates registered in the previous phase
27 March 2023

Announcement of 20 best presentations

Phase 2

28 April 2023
Training of 20 candidates

Final competition U.Porto 3MT®

19 May 2023
U.Porto 3MT® Final (live)

Reviews

“The idea of presenting something as complex and long as a doctoral project in three minutes seemed almost impossible, so I decided to try the challenge. In addition, it was a good opportunity to get out of my comfort zone and improve my communication skills”.

Joana Oliveira

Winner edition 21/22

“It was an interesting experience, which made us to put in simple words what we do in our doctoral projects and to practice the best way to briefly present our work”.