2026-02 My 3min PhD Thesis (2)

From 3 Feb to 16 Mar 2026

UPPA PhD students, take up the challenge of UNITA “My 3-min PhD Thesis”!

The challenge is the following: summarise your research work in 3 minutes, in English, so that everyone can understand it, regardless of their background.

This competition offers an exceptional opportunity to present your research in a concise and captivating way to a non-specialist audience.

Why participate?

• To improve your scientific communication skills through intensive training.
• To represent UPPA in an international UNITA competition.
• To learn how to captivate the attention of a diverse, non-expert audience.

A complete programme to support you:

To help you meet this challenge, a dedicated 10-hour training course is available:

1. Online (7 hours) : between March 30 and April 30, to develop your scientific communication skills with experienced trainers.
2. Local final (3 hours) : on May 12 in Pau in front of a local jury. Two finalists will then be selected to represent UPPA.
3. UNITA final : between June 29 and July 3, compete against finalists from our European partner universities in Brescia, Italy.

The benefits of the training:

• Learn to control your voice, gestures and stress for impactful presentations.
• Work in teams with doctoral students from various disciplines and countries.
• Develop transferable skills: adaptability, creativity, resilience and change management.

Practical details:

• Registrations open on Adum
• Registration deadline : 16 March 2026
• Target audience : all UPPA doctoral students

Find out more:

Feel free to contact us : ced @ univ-pau.fr