One of them aims to represent the University of Granada in the international final of this competition, organised by the Coimbra Group, which will be held in Granada.
One of the finalists is Juan José Herrera Aranda, a predoctoral researcher at our institute and one of the young scientists who best represents the new generation of AI researchers.
UGR FINAL PHASE to select the international finalist – Thursday, March 19th at 5:00 PM. Triunfo Room, Triunfo Administrative Complex.
In the 2026 edition, the European final will take place from June 16th to 19th at the University of Granada (UGR), during the Coimbra Group of Universities’ Annual Conference and Assembly.
The Conference Hall of the Triunfo Administrative Complex hosted the UGR semifinal of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT), a university competition in which young researchers present their doctoral thesis in a maximum of three minutes, delivering their talk in English and using only a single slide. The event was chaired by the UGR Vice-Rector for Postgraduate Studies and Lifelong Learning, Ana María García Campaña, while Professor Dorothy Kelly, from the Department of Translation and Interpreting, served as chair of the jury.
Following the semifinal, eight doctoral students from the University of Granada have qualified for the final UGR round, which will determine who will represent the University of Granada in the international final of the competition.
The finalists are:
Vicente Bru García, del Programa de Doctorado en Lenguas, Textos y Contextos, con su intervención «Please, listen».
José María Gálvez Navas, Programa de Doctorado en Nutrición y Ciencias de los Alimentos, con «Two sides of the same coin»
Juan José Herrera Aranda, Programa de Doctorado en Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación, con “Learning without data”
Rodrigo Lecanda Rodríguez, Programa de Doctorado en Física y Ciencias del Espacio, con “Tailoring Color for the Individual”
Eliska Mackova, Programa de Doctorado en Lenguas, Textos y Contextos, con “»Filling» the recordings”
Marcos Molina Fernández, Programa de Doctorado en Biomedicina, con “Not just what, but when”
Irati Ortiz Romero, Programa de Doctorado en Química, con “On pink rivers…”
Juan Manuel Toledano Dueñas, Programa de Doctorado en Nutrición y Ciencias de los Alimentos, con «Factories at the limit»
The competition is organised by the Vice-Rectorate for Postgraduate Studies and Lifelong Learning and the International School for Postgraduate Studies at the University of Granada. The contest is international in scope and has reached its tenth edition this year. It is promoted by the Coimbra Group university alliance. 3MT is based on an idea developed by the University of Queensland, Australia, which has since spread to many other universities around the world. Its aim is to develop the communication and science‑outreach skills of early‑career researchers.
To help students prepare their talk, the International School for Postgraduate Studies and the UGR Communication Management Office organised a one‑month communication workshop, where participants learned key strategies for effectively disseminating their work. An English enhancement course was also offered in collaboration with staff from the UGR’s Modern Languages Centre (CLM).
A jury made up of professionals linked to the fields of communication and scientific outreach will select the winner of the UGR final, who will then be submitted to the Coimbra Group jury and compete representing the University of Granada alongside the finalists from the rest of the European universities.
