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Thesis Talk 2019 at the UC3M

How to present a doctoral thesis in less than three minutes

7/15/19

The Doctoral School of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has held the fourth edition of Thesis Talk, a competition in which doctoral students have to present their research project in less than three minutes. This presentation, aimed at an audience that is not specialised in the subjects being discussed, puts participants’ summation and communication skills to the test.

Cómo exponer una tesis doctoral en tres minutos

Image caption: The winners of Thesis Talk 2019. From left to right: Alejandra Jacobo Martín, Patricia Vives Velo de Antelo and José Bonafont Aragó.

The final, which was held last Friday, July the 12th, at the UC3M Leganés campus, featured 18 participants selected in several previous rounds from among the 45 doctoral students who participated this year. During the session, the finalists presented their research projects in areas as diverse as materials science, social sciences, law, biomedical, electrical, electronic and automatic engineering, telematics and media, for example.

This year's winners, who received prizes of €900, €600 and €300, were the following: Patricia Vives Velo de Antelo, from the doctoral programme in Law, with her project "Freedom to test: a pending legislative reform"; José Bonafont Aragó, from the doctoral programme in Biomedical Science and Technology, with his project "Epidermolysis bullosa: fragile as the wings of a butterfly"; and Alejandra Jacobo Martín, from the doctoral programme in Materials Science and Engineering, with her project: "Evolution chooses nanoscience".

Those taking part in Thesis Talk must make a presentation in less than three minutes, in Spanish or English, using no support materials apart from one slide or transparency. The jury, made up of lecturers from the UC3M and external professionals, assesses ​​the ability of the doctoral students to present their theses, their clarity of expression and their ability to present ideas and attract the attention of a non-specialist audience.

This presentation format – the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) - developed by the University of Queensland (Australia), has been adopted by more than two hundred universities around the world.

More information: Thesis Talk 2019 website