未来博士３分間コンペティション2025 プレゼンテーション審査員会

 As of November 11, 2025 - Finalists and Judging Panel Information Released!

Registration to Join the Audience

Please register using the form below.

Audience Pre-registration Form

The deadline for this pre-registration is Monday, November 17, 2025.

You can choose to participate in person at the venue (Hiroshima Convention Hall) or via live streaming.

We will present the competition booklet and other special gifts to attendees in person.
(Seats are limited, so please pre-register.)

Whether you participate in person or via live streaming, only those who have applied in advance will be given the right to vote for the People’s Choice Awards.
Your votes will decide the People's Choice Awards (Japanese and English Divisions).

To vote for the People's Choice Awards, you will need to access Google Forms on your device.
(Your Google account is not required for pre-registraion or votings.)

What’s the HIRAKU Three Minutes Competition?

The HIRAKU Three Minutes Competition (Former:HIRAKU 3MT Competition) is an exciting opportunity for doctoral students to effectively explain their research within a limited time-span of three minutes, in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. The Competition aims to develop the doctorates’ presentation and research communication skills, while leading to broader society (as the audience) further enhancing their positive understanding of doctorate resources and researches.

The Competition is held as a part of the initiatives of the consortium program, “Home for Innovative Researchers and Academic Knowledge Users (HIRAKU)” , with the cooperation of national, public and private universities in Western Japan (mainly in the Chugoku/Shikoku regions), as well as various companies and public institutions.
This Competition has been held annually since 2015, with this year being the 11th edition of the Competition.

Members of the audience who pre-register for the event will have the opportunity to vote and decide the recipient of the People’s Choice Award for the both of the divisions. We are looking forward to your participation.

Competition Booklet

Scheduled for release in November

Date & Time

November 22 (Sat.), 2025 / 13:00～17:30

Venue

HIROSHIMA Convention Hall - 2F MAIN HALL (Hiroshima City) (Access)

Eligibility

Open to the public. All are welcome!

Program

12:15	Opening
13:00	Opening Session Opening Remarks: OCHI Mitsuo, President, Hiroshima University
13:05	The Three-Minute Presentations (Japanese Division)
14:00	Panel Talk (Japanese Division) Moderator: HONDA Takayuki, Freelance Science Communicator
14:45	Break
15:00	The Three-Minute Presentations (English Division)
15:55	Panel Talk (English Division) Moderator: David Hajime KORNHAUSER, Director, Office of Global Communications, Kyoto University
16:45	Closing Session Award Ceremony Closing Remarks: SUZUKI Yumiko, Executive Vice President, Hiroshima University
17:30	End

※ Details of the Program are subject to change.

References

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition was developed by the University of Queensland (UQ).
Nowadays, the 3MT Competition is held at over 900 universities across more than 85 countries worldwide.
To find out more about the 3MT Competition, please refer to UQ’s official website.

【Related Videos & Links】
>> HIRAKU 3MT Competition 2024 - Report
>> HIRAKU 3MT Competition 2023 - Report
>> HIRAKU 3MT Competition 2022 - Report
>> HIRAKU 3MT Videos of the Former Winners
>> Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) – APAC 3MT Finalists from previous years

Inquiries/Contacts

HIRAKU Three Minutes Competition 2025 Operating Office
 082-424-6213
 info■3mt.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
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Host Organization

“Home for Innovative Researchers and Academic Knowledge Users (HIRAKU)”
(Lead Partner Organization: Hiroshima University)
 082-424-6213
 info■3mt.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
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Co-Host Organizations

>> “Program for Developing and Supporting the Next-Generation of Innovative Researchers at Hiroshima University”
>> “Vigorous Development of the Next-Generation by Establishment of the Hiroshima University Fellowship for Female Graduate Students in Science and Technology”

Special Sponsors

Sponsors

Cooperators

>> Acaric Co., Ltd.

>> Springer Nature Japan K.K.

This Competition is held with the comprehensive support of Acaric Co., Ltd. and Springer Nature Japan K.K., especially in regard to promotional activities.
This support is a result of them being in agreement with the purpose of the Competition, which is to develop the doctorates’ presentation and research communication skills, while leading to broader society (as the audience) further enhancing their understanding of doctorate resources and researches.