3-Minute-Thesis Competition 2023 - Unibo Edition

23 February, 4:30 PM. Watch the live streaming on YouTube!


The 3MT is an academic competition that challenges PhD students to describe their research to a general audience in English in less than three minutes.

The 3MT celebrates the discoveries made by research students: it encourages you to communicate the importance of your research to the broader community by talking about your PhD project in an informative and audience-oriented way.

If you are enrolled in your second or third year of doctoral programmes you are eligible to participate.

1st Round at Unibo

The competition will take place on 23 February 2023 at 4.30 PM. The event will be held in person at the Sala VIII Centenario, Via Zamboni 33, Bologna.

A jury supported by the voting audience will select the three best presentations among 14 finalists.

The jury will be composed of:

  • Professor Maria Letizia Guerra, Rector's Delegate for Public Engagement
  • Professor Anna Chiara Fariselli, Rector's Delegate for Interdisciplinarity, Head of the Institute of Advanced Studies - ISA
  • Professor Susi Pelotti, Member of the Scientific Board of the Institute of Advanced Studies
  • Professor Maria Letizia Focarete, Member of the Scientific Board of the Institute of Advanced Studies
  • Professor Maria Luisa Dindo, Member of the Scientific Board of the Institute of Advanced Studies
  • Professor Cesare Biserni, Member of the Scientific Board of the Institute of Advanced Studies
  • Three students from the Collegio Superiore: Gabriele Carosi, Francesco Montagno, and Elia Pilati


2nd Round

The video of the winning presentation will be sent to an independent Coimbra Group jury. This jury nominates three contestants for the international Coimbra Group Three-Minute-Thesis Competition Final that will take place on 31 May - 2 June 2023 at the University of Cologne.

More info on the Coimbra Group 2023 3MT Competition here.