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Could you explain your doctoral research to a lay audience in just three minutes?
Our Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition challenges doctoral candidates to present the complexities of their research in a clear, concise and accessible way to a non-specialist audience in just three minutes. It celebrates the exciting research conducted by doctoral candidates across King's College London and gives them the opportunity to develop their academic, presentation, and research communication skills.
The rules are simple:
Each year, the winner of the King's 3MT competition progresses through to the national competition, where they will be considered for a spot at the Vitae Three Minute Thesis UK finals.
More details about the 2025 King's 3MT Competition will be announced later this year.
We're delighted to announce the winners of this year's King's 3MT Competition:
Beth Gallimore will go onto represent the university at the national UK 3MT competition later in the year.
Sean represented the university at the national 3MT competition and was selected as one of the twelve UK national semi-finalists.
You can watch all of our 2023 3MT finalists entries below.
Winner and UK 3MT Finalist: Julia Fajardo-Sanchez, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, 'Seeing the Whole Picture.'
Runner-up: Alex Martin, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, 'The role of the father in reducing the risk of depression within families.'
Julia represented the university at the national 3MT competition and was selected as one of the six UK national finalists.
Read our blog post, King’s 3MT Grand Final 2022, to learn more about the 2022 finalists and their advice for future participants. You can also watch the finalists presentations from this year and previous years below.
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