Three-Minute-Thesis Competition - PhD theses explained in three minutes
We are happy to announce the 2024 Three Minute Thesis Competition of the Georg-August-University. The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an academic research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia.
Together with Alumni Göttingen, the The Graduate Schools host a Göttingen version of the event and invite you to join on 16th November 15:00 at the Hannah-Vogt-Hall/Emmy-Noether-Hall, Wilhelmsplatz 3, to watch the competition.
Haven’t heard about it so far?
Göttingen’s PhD students already participated four times at the international Coimbra Group 3MT competition and three times they made it to the finals:- 2017 Tanvi Butola (second prize in Edinburgh, GAUSS)
- 2019 Claudia Schmidt (winner in Krakow, GAUSS)
- 2020 Selina Bruns (runner-up virtually in Montpellier, GFA)
In 2024 the Graduate Schools and Alumni Göttingen are hosting their own Three-Minute-Thesis format in the course of the universities alumni day according to the rules and judging criteria of the University of Queensland, inventor of the 3MT format.
How does it work?
The competition will be held on 16th November 2024 at the Hannah-Vogt-Hall/Emmy-Noether-Hall on the Wilhelmsplatz 3 starting at 15:00.The competitors will present their research within three minutes with a single static slide. A jury of one representative of the Public Relations Department, Alumni Göttingen and each Graduate School will decide on the ranking of all presentations. In addition, the audience will vote for their own favourite. So don’t forget to bring your colleagues and friends.
Thanks to Alumni Göttingen prizes of in sum 850 € will be awarded for the two best ranked competitors and the audience's candidate or the three best ranked competitors if audience and jury vote for the same person.
If you want to come as a guest to join this vibrant and cross-disciplinary event, mark it in your schedule.
