The 3MT - Three Minute Thesis competition, organized by the ITU Graduate School, was held with great enthusiasm as part of IGRS’25.

Held at the Süleyman Demirel Cultural Center Senate Hall, the competition was simultaneously livestreamed on ITU's YouTube channel. Twenty-four participating PhD students presented their thesis topics to a non-specialist audience in a clear, engaging, and impressive manner within just three minutes.

Winners
* First Prize: Atakan Şurdum Avcı – Environmental Engineering
* Second Prize: Neslihan Turhan Çakır – Chemistry
* People's Choice Award: Çağatay Gümüş – Textile Engineering

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to our Vice-Rector, Prof. Dr. İpek Akın Karadayı, for honoring us with her presence at this meaningful event; to Ali Rıza Arslan, Chairman of the Board at Hydrogenix, for sponsoring the competition awards; and to our esteemed jury members for their contributions to the evaluation process.

We wholeheartedly congratulate all our PhD students who shared their theses and wish them continued success in their academic studies.