Coimbra Group 3MT Competition 2025 shortlisted finalists unveiled
07 May 2025
Coimbra Group is delighted to announce the names of the three finalists for the ninth edition of its annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition:
- Ms Almudena Moreno Borrallo (Trinity College Dublin)
- Ms Bianca Brandl (University of Graz)
- Mr Uffe Kjærgaard (Aarhus University)
Congratulations to all participants and special applause to our 2025 finalists! Almudena, Bianca and Uffe have been shortlisted among 28 talented presenters from 19 countries, following an online vote among all Coimbra Group Universities. Voters (one vote per institution) were asked to assign 3, 2 and 1 point(s) to their preferred top three candidates, all of them PhD students nominated by one of our member universities.
They will now go on to perform LIVE at the eagerly awaited final, taking place this year at the University of Bologna on Thursday, 12 June, from 13h45-14h00 CET (also live streamed – details to be communicated shortly).
The three finalists will have a unique opportunity to pitch their research in 3 minutes to the broader European community forming the Coimbra Group in connection with the network’s 40th Anniversary Annual Conference & General Assembly.
The live final is the second and last phase of the competition, where the three shortlisted candidates are assessed by a judging panel for a first prize of € 2.000 and two runners-up of € 1.500 each. The results will be announced on the same day.
The Coimbra Group launched its 3MT Competition in 2017, as an initiative of its Doctoral Studies Working Group to advance the professional development of PhD candidates.
Founded by The University of Queensland, Australia, 3MT cultivates students’ academic, presentation, and research communication skills. The competition supports their capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience.