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Three Minute Thesis® – Polish your English! Invitation to the competition for PhD students

14.04.2025 - 17:24 update 14.04.2025 - 17:30
Editors: dianapasek
Tags: competion, Doctoral Students, Three MinutesThesis

We’ve got it! The first edition of the Three Minute Thesis® competition in English is launching in the Silesian Voivodeship. We invite you to participate in the contest and tell us about your doctoral research in just 3 minutes!

Three Minute Thesis® (3MT®) is a global competition in science communication, licensed by the University of Queensland (Australia). The competition in Polish has been organized by the Science Popularization Centre since 2017, and this year, for the first time, we are introducing its English-language edition.

Who can participate?

Three Minute Thesis® – Polish your English! is open to all PhD students from universities and research institutes in the Silesian Voivodeship.

This is a competition for people who wish to present their PhD thesis in English. Participants must explain their dissertation topics in a clear and engaging way – in just three minutes – for a broad audience.

Competition schedule

  • until April 22 – submit a 3-minute video of presenting the key aspects of your doctoral research,
  • until April 28 – the jury will evaluate the video submissions and select 20 participants for the elimination round,
  • May 10 – elimination in the New Technologies Centre, Konarskiego 22B, Gliwice). The jury will select 10 finalists,
  • June 6 – FINAL.

How to enter?

You must be a PhD student at a university or a branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences in the Silesian Voivodeship.

Register via our online form.

Send a link to your video submission to the following email address: konkurs3mt@polsl.pl.

More information: https://www.polsl.pl/rjo7-cpn/en/three-minute-thesis-competition/

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