The competition will be held on 25 February 2026 at 4.30 PM.

 

Register to participate as in-person voting audience.
Registration will close at 1PM on Monday, 23 February 2026.

or

Watch the live streaming on YouTube!

 

The Three-Minute-Thesis Competition (3MT) is an academic competition challenging PhD students to present their research in under three minutes to a general audience, in English.

The 3MT celebrates research discoveries and encourages you to share the significance of your PhD project with a broader community in an engaging, audience-friendly way.

Eligibility: PhD students in their final year with tangible results in their research are eligible. Participants must still be enrolled as PhD students as of February 2026. 

 

This year's jury will include:

Prof. Marco Carricato, Delegate for PhD Progamme Degrees
Prof. Maria Letizia Guerra, Delegate for Public Engagement

  • Prof. Eugenio Bertozzi, Department of Physics and Astronomy "Augusto Righi"
  • Prof. Maria Conte, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences 
  • Prof. Alessandra Costanzo, Department of Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering "Guglielmo Marconi" 
  • Prof. Michael Lodi, Department of Computer Science and Engineering 
  • Prof. Matteo Minelli, Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering 
  • Prof. Alessio Mucciarelli, Department of Physics and Astronomy “Augusto Righi” 
  • Prof. Silvio Peroni, Department of Classical Philology and Italian Studies
  • Prof. Rosa Pugliese, Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures 

 

This year finalists include:

  • Giulia De Luca, PhD programme in Health and Technologies
  • Davide Domini, PhD programme in Computer Science and Engineering
  • Rebecca Ghidoni, PhD programme in Future Earth, Climate Change and Societal Challenges
  • Emanuela Maiorano, PhD programme in Nanoscience for Medicine and the Environment
  • Lucia Mazzotti, PhD programme in Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences
  • Agata Morelli, PhD programme in Agricultural, Environmental and Food Science and Technology
  • Andrei Cosmin Siea, PhD programme in General Medical and Services Sciences
  • Koushika Sri Lakshmi Srikanth, PhD programme in Astrophysics
  • Patrycja Lidia Stempniewicz, PhD programme in Translation Interpreting and Intercultural Studies
  • Simona Zaccaria, PhD programme in Electronics, Telecommunications, and Information Technologies Engineering