A large number of European university representatives meet in Turku at the beginning of June for the Coimbra Group's Annual Conference and General Assembly. The event is hosted by the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, both of which are long-standing members of the Group.
The two-day visit included meetings on topical issues, preparations for the Annual Conference which is organised in Turku in the summer of 2024, and participation in the Europe Forum.
The Annual Conference and General Assembly of the Coimbra Group took place in Cologne, Germany on 31 May - 2 June 2023. During the event, the General Assembly elected Vice Rector Piia Björn as one of the members of the Coimbra Group’s Executive Board.
The Annual Conference and General Assembly of the Coimbra Group was held in Padua, Italy on 8-10 June 2022. The theme of the Annual Conference of 2022 was Academic Freedom in a Transforming World. The conference was arranged at the University of Padua, which currently celebrates its 800-year anniversary.
The Coimbra Group, an association of long-established European multidisciplinary universities of high international standard, appointed a new Executive Board and Rectors’ Advisory Group in its General Assembly.
Who can summarise their research in the most compelling way in only three minutes? Come and find out in the University’s fourth Three Minute Thesis competition on Thursday 5 March. The competition is held at Turku School Economics in the OP lecture hall at 12.15pm, and the event is open for the public.
Who can summarise their research in the most compelling way in only three minutes? Come and find out in the University’s third Three Minute Thesis competition on Wednesday, 27 February. The competition is held at Turku School Economics in the OP lecture hall at 12.15pm, and the event is open for the public.
Doctoral Candidate Khalil Shahramian from the Institute of Dentistry of the University of Turku won the Three Minute Thesis competition for European universities. Shahramian and three other doctoral candidates competed to win the 3MT Competition at the Annual Conference of Coimbra Group in Salamanca on 1 June.
In the Turku competition, Shahramian won both the votes of the judges and the audience.
All the presentations that were held in the Three Minute Thesis competition 2018 of the University of Turku are available on YouTube. Khalil Shahramian won the competition and he will represent the University of Turku in the 3MT competition of the Coimbra Group.
Winner Khalil Shahramian represents the University of Turku in the 3MT competition of the Coimbra Group.
How can a doctoral candidate summarise their doctoral dissertation research in just three minutes? Come and see for yourself at the Three Minute Thesis final of the University of Turku! Ten competitors try to win over both the judges and the audience with their presentation. The event is held in English and it is open to everyone.
