InstituteQ hosts annually the Three Minute Thesis competition during the Finnish Quantum Days.
Now it its third iteration, the 3MT 2026 competition will be held at the Finnish Quantum Days, hosted by the University of Jyväskylä on September 9-10, 2026.
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an academic research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland, Australia.
More information about 3MT 2026 coming soon…
Previous InstituteQ 3MT Competitions
2025 3MT Competition
InstituteQ’s second 3MT competition was held at the Finnish Quantum Days 2025 in Helsinki. The winners were:
Christa Schauman (Overall winner)
Aalto University
Managing hype in quantum computing
Alina Helena Sánchez Gallardo (People’s choice award)
University of Oulu
NV- centres in diamond. The power of one missing atom.
2024 3MT Competition
InstituteQ’s first 3MT competition was held at the Finnish Quantum Days 2024 in Espoo. The winners were:
Rahinatou Yuh Njah epouse Nchiwo (Winner)
Aalto University
Cryptanalysis of polynomial learning with errors
Valter Uotila (Runner-up)
University of Helsinki
Should we optimize data management with quantum computing?
Tomas Fernández Bouvier (People’s choice award)
University of Helsinki
Heat, cannons and computers