On June 11, Rey Juan Carlos University held the final of the 10th edition of the Three Minute Thesis Competition, an event that brought together pre-doctoral researchers from various public universities in Madrid at the Móstoles Campus with a common challenge: to explain years of scientific work in just three minutes.

The competition included representatives from the University of Alcalá, the Autonomous University of Madrid, the Complutense University of Madrid, the Polytechnic University of Madrid, and the Rey Juan Carlos University. Each university had previously selected its finalists in the five branches of knowledge: Arts and Humanities, Sciences, Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Law, and Engineering and Architecture.

During the event, participants presented their research to a multidisciplinary jury, demonstrating not only the scientific value of their work but also their ability to communicate clearly, engagingly, and effectively. The competition's format, limited to three minutes per presentation, required doctoral students to synthesize their projects and convey the social relevance of their research to the audience.

The jury for this edition was composed of Carmen Hernando de Larramendi Martínez, vice president of the Ignacio Larramendi Foundation; Jalís de la Serna, reporter for Atresmedia; Ana Hernando, head of the innovation section at the SINC Agency; Laura Chaparro, head of the Science Media Centre Spain and specializing in scientific information; David Jiménez Casas, journalist at Informativos Telecinco; and Pablo Hernández, coordinator of Academic Research at Maldita.es.

In this edition, the winners by branch of knowledge were Laura Pastor Cabanillas, from the University of Alcalá, in Health Sciences; Lorena Bermejo Santos, from the Rey Juan Carlos University, in Sciences; Sara Mohammad Mollabashi, from the University of Alcalá, in Engineering and Architecture; Julia de las Obras-Loscertales Sampériz, from the Complutense University of Madrid, in Social and Legal Sciences; and José Alejandro Fernández, from the Complutense University of Madrid, in Arts and Humanities.

The initiative, organized by the Doctoral Schools of the participating universities with the support of the Ignacio Larramendi Foundation, aims to promote scientific outreach among researchers in training and bring research activity closer to society. In addition, the competition includes cash prizes for the winners in each field of knowledge and recognition for the other finalists.

With this final, URJC once again became a meeting point for young research talent, reinforcing the university's role as a space for generating, transmitting, and disseminating knowledge. The Three-Minute Thesis Competition thus consolidates its position as a benchmark activity for showcasing doctoral research and promoting new forms of scientific communication.