Three Minutes Thesis

Three Minute Thesis Competition 2024

For the first time, the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition will be organized at the Warsaw University of Technology! The event is aimed at PhD students who are going to talk about their research on stage –all in just three minutes and without using additional multimedia such as PowerPoint presentations, etc.

3MT was created by the University of Queensland in 2008, and is currently organized in 900 universities in 85 countries. In Poland, the competition has so far been organized only in the Silesian Voivodeship by the Center for the Popularization of Science of the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, which is currently preparing its seventh edition: https://www.polsl.pl/rjo7-cpn/ps_aktualnosci/rusza-rejestracja-do-slaskiej-edycji-konkursu-3mt-2024/.

We invite all PhD students to take part in this unique competition! Finalists will receive cash awards, and participants will also receive additional benefits in the form of ECTS points and recognition of individual learning outcomes, not forgetting the opportunity to expand your presentation skills and abilities, including communication and self-confidence.

Competition Regulations:

English version:

Polish version: 

https://www.bip.pw.edu.pl/var/pw/storage/original/application/492efa1aae2d8873fa80f763da4d0b1d.pdf 

Link to the registration form (Registrations until 13.11.2024, 13:00):

https://forms.office.com/e/xSsFjHNJCR

Contact with organizers: projekty.sd@pw.edu.pl 

Awards for finalists and participants:

• Award for the 1st place – 5 000 zł;
• Award for the 2nd place – 4 000 zł;
• Award for the 3rd place – 3 000 zł;
• Audience award – 1 500 zł;
• Special award – 1500 zł;
• PhD students who enter the second stage (eliminations) and the third stage (finals) will receive credit for classes at the PW Doctoral School as a researcher's workshop for 1 ECTS and will be awarded learning outcomes:
  • SD_U4
  • SD_U6
  • SD_U7
  • SD_K3
  • SD_K5
  • PhD students who take part in the final event (after signing up) will receive credit for 2 hours of participation in an interdisciplinary seminar.

Event schedule:

• Until November 13, 2024, until 13:00 – Stage I, participant applications
• Until November 18, 2024 – Participants are notified of acceptance and details of the elimination stage;
• November 22, 2024 – Stage II, eliminations;
• December 13, 2024 – Stage III, 3MT competition finals

The Finals will take place in the Rektorska 4 Building, by Rektorska 4 street, in the hall on the first floor. 

Organizers:

• WUT Doctoral School
• IDUB Team for Research Dissemination
• Office of Communication and Promotion
• WUT PhD Students Council