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The clock is ticking – you’ve only got three minutes to tell an audience about your research. Are you up for the challenge? What if I told you there was $6,000 in prize money up for grabs? Throw your hat in the ring and sign up for UBCO’s seventh annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition!

What is 3MT?

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a global academic competition started by The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia in 2008. Since then, the competition has spread throughout universities across the globe.

The competition showcases students’ innovative research while helping students develop effective presentation and communication skills. Research-based master’s and doctoral students are challenged to present their research in a mere 180 seconds using just one static slide.

The judges look for clear language, a well-structured presentation that engages the audience, and a slide that is designed to support the speaker’s points.

How do I participate?

All UBC Okanagan graduate students in a thesis-based program are eligible to compete in 3MT at UBC Okanagan.

Students compete against others from their Faculty in qualifying heats. The winners from each faculty then advance to the UBC Okanagan final event. Details about the Faculty heats can be found below.

The winner of the UBC Okanagan final qualifies to move on to the Western Regional competition.

The next competition will be held in 2025.

why participate?

Prepare your elevator pitch:  Whether it’s for a job interview, or explaining to your relatives at the dinner table, being able to concisely explain your research will help you throughout your studies and into your future career.

Develop important skills:  3MT provides you with the opportunity to develop effective presentation and communication skills.

Win prize money:  $6,000 dollars in prize money is up for grabs with first place taking home $3,000, $2,000 for the runner-up, and $1,000 for People’s Choice.

Gain exposure in the community:  The 3MT Final is an opportunity for you to showcase your research to a broad public audience, gain exposure, and build connections with the community.

Participant testimonials

Portiaa McGonigal, Biology, 2020 Winner

In doing 3MT, I gained a better appreciation for how I should portray my project even to a group of experts in the same field. Competing against other students with vastly different projects than mine was intimidating at first, but going through with it and being successful allowed me to prove to myself that I am capable of doing difficult things, and it gave me much more confidence coming out of the competition than I had going in. I would highly recommend students to participate in the 3MT Competition to not only push your boundaries as a student researcher and communicator but to also challenge yourself and build up your confidence in your abilities.

Cassidy Wallis, Psychology, 2019 Winner

While conducting research we often find ourselves hidden away in our own little corner of the world. But what we are all doing is so important and it needs to be shared. The 3MT gave me a platform in which I could spread the important findings of my research to the community to which it referred. While most of us hope our research will have real applicable findings, there is often a disconnect between research and practice. The 3MT allowed me to bridge that gap and has since led to other opportunities to engage my community with my research. Further, while writing my 3MT it taught me how to find the right narrative that will capture an audience’s attention. This was a valuable skill that I have utilized since then in following speeches. I recommend that everyone take advantage of this amazing opportunity to engage their community and learn/improve valuable communication skills.

Sydney Morgan, Biology, 2018 Winner

I have found the 3MT to be an extremely rewarding experience. Making our research accessible to the public is an integral part of academia, but it so often gets overlooked. In the age of social media, combatting the “fake news” with real, exciting, and scientifically-backed facts is all-important. For me, the 3MT was an exercise in stepping outside the comfort of my own narrow research field and taking a hard look at it from an outsider’s perspective: how does my research fit into the big picture, and what makes it important? These are questions that graduate students and researchers should be asking themselves every day because it keeps our goals grounded but also gives our research purpose and direction. The 3MT competition was an excellent opportunity to highlight my research but was also an opportunity for me to practice my public speaking skills and receive valuable feedback from the coaches and judges. This was my first 3MT experience, and I look forward to competing again next year.

John Sasso, Interdisciplinary Studies, 2017 Winner

In academia, we often get lost in the details of our research design and methodologies; but the process of preparing for and refining my 3MT certainly helped me to gain perspective on my PhD project. In today’s fast-paced world, simplifying complexity is a powerful tool. In the words of Albert Einstein, “If you can’t explain it to a six-year-old, you don’t understand it yourself.” Even at the start of my doctoral training, this exercise has been invaluable for me to learn how to better shape my message in teaching, in building collaborations, in applying for funding, and in recalibrating my study objectives. Furthermore, having had the chance to learn about the incredible research, across countless disciplines, from the other participants in the 3MT at UBCO (in a way that even I can understand!) has been so inspiring. I encourage all graduate students to commit to this process, and give the 3MT a try; in our careers, translating research into relevant and engaging communications will undoubtedly be an important skill that I am glad to have had the opportunity to develop.

UBC Okanagan 3MT Final 2024

April 9, 2024 l 5:00 pm l mary irwin theatre.

Thank you for coming out to support our graduate students. Come cheer on our UBCO winner Pawanjit Kaur Sandhu at the Western Regional 3MT Competition! Read more about this year’s competition

Western regional 3MT competition 2024

May 8, 2024 l 2:00 pm l university of british columbia okanagan.

UBC Okanagan is excited to host the Western Regional 3MT® Competition at on May 8, 2024. Our campus will welcome participants from across Western Canada who will share their research in three minutes using non-specialist language.

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February 19, 2021

3 Minute Thesis

Okanagan Campus | 12:00pm–1:30pm

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an academic competition that assists current graduate students with fostering effective presentation and communication skills. Participants have just three minutes to explain the breadth and significance of their research project to a non-specialist audience.

Founded by the University of Queensland in 2008, the popularity of the competition has steadily increased and 3MT competitions are now held in over 350 universities across 59 countries worldwide. UBC, one of the first universities in North America to host a 3MT competition, has been presenting 3MT since 2011. Competitors present a three-minute maximum presentation to a single, static PowerPoint slide based on research directly related to the student’s current graduate program thesis. All competitors from both campuses will be eligible to win the $200 cash prize during the physical activity heat.

For a full list of the rules please visit the  UBC 3MT website . Competitors will be judged based on the following  judging criteria .

We invite members of the community to attend the physical activity heat virtually! Audience members will be able to vote for their favourite presentation to dictate who receives recognition for “Audience Choice.”  RSVP for the Event  

Register as a Competitor  by Feb 7 (check eligibility )

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The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an academic competition that assists current graduate students with fostering effective presentation and communication skills. Participants have just three minutes to explain the breadth and significance of their research project to a non-specialist audience.

The competition was developed by the University of Queensland in 2008, and is now held at many countries around the world. Every year heats are held across campus beginning in February, with winners moving on to the UBC-wide semi-Finals and finals in March.

UBC’s winner will be invited to participate in the western Canadian regional final from which 3 presenters move on to the Canadian nationals. They will also participate in the virtual Universitas 21 (U21) 3MT® international competition held each October

Prize Winners

Cash prizes will be awarded to the winners. Details to be announced. Gift card prizes will also be available for all contestants! 

How To Register

When you register for CHBE Research Day,  indicate that you will be participating in 3MT by making sure you have the 3MT box checked before clicking submit. 

Graduate* 3MT Event:

Department heats will take place on February 26, 2021. Winners of the CHBE 3MT Heat will advance to the UBC Semi-Finals (March 12) and UBC Finals (March 31st). The finalist will have the opportunity to represent UBC at the Western Regional 3MT competition. Info on the UBC 3MT competition can be found here .

*Note that there will be a 3MT Competition for UBC engineering graduate and undergraduate students. These two events are separate. 

Preparation workshop: TBD

• A  single, static PowerPoint slide  is permitted (no slide transitions, animations or ‘movement’ of any description, the slide is to be presented from the beginning of the oration).  Images used in the slide must be your own, or you must have permission from the owner of the photo(s) and provide proper credit(s).
• No additional electronic media  (e.g. sound and video files) are permitted.
• No additional props  (e.g. laser pointers, costumes, laboratory equipment or musical instruments) are permitted.
• No notes allowed . Presentations are to be memorized.
• Presentations are limited to  3 minutes maximum . Judges are recommended to deduct marks from presentations that exceed 3 minutes.
• Presentations are to be  spoken word  (e.g. no poems, raps or songs).
• Presentations must be  based on research directly related to the student’s current graduate program thesis . Research performed for employment should not be present.
• Presentations are considered to have commenced when a presenter  starts their presentation through movement or speech .
• *The video presentation will  focus on the presenter in the centre of the screen, from about waist up . The presenter and camera will not move during the presentation (i.e. you will remain seated or standing in one place for the full duration of the presentation).
• *The 3 minute audio must be continuous – no edits, breaks etc.
• *Presentations will be videotaped  inside,  with a  minimalist background  (i.e. a blank wall).
• *Presenters must agree to have their video streamed live to participate in the 3MT final.
• The decision of the adjudicating panel is final.

3MT rules can be found on the G+PS 3MT webpage.

Files for contestants:

• Powerpoint template: you MUST download this template and use it to create your SINGLE, STATIC (aka no animations) slide to augment your 3MT presentation.  3MT Presenter Slide PPT template 2021
• 3MT judging criteria: for your information, to consider who your presentation will be assessed. 3MT Judging criteria

3MT Workshop: Strategies for Presenting your Research in 3 Minutes 

Tips for creating a 3MT presentation: https://3mt.grad.ubc.ca/participate/resources-for-participants/

For additional information on how to prepare, rules, and guidelines visit UBC 3MT Home Page

Watch the 2021 winners of the CHBE Heat

Watch CHBE Grad Council President Karl Zimmermann in the UBC 3MT final from 2019.

Watch the UBC finalists from prior 3MT presentations.

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Participate, share, and learn in the Three Minute Thesis Competition this year! 

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is a competition that supports graduate students in communicating and presenting their research in succinct and engaging ways. Participants have just three minutes to explain the significance of their research project to a non-specialist audience. It's not only a crucial skill, it's also a lot of fun and a great experience!

In 2011, then-SCARP student Ren Thomas presented for 3MT. Take a look!

'Practicality and Flexibility: A case study of Filipino immigrants in Toronto' is Ren's thesis pitch:

This could be your year to shine! Reach out to your department to participate in one of the departmental heats, or register for one of the campus-wide open heats. Students participating can sign up to receive coaching sessions, tips on communicating their research and have their slide reviewed in advance of their presentation.  

Visit 3mt.grad.ubc.ca for more information and to sign-up!

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The Three Minute Thesis (3MT)

By Allan Cho on February 13, 2020

The  Three Minute Thesis (3MT)  is an academic competition that assists current graduate students with fostering effective presentation and communication skills. Participants have just three minutes to explain the breadth and significance of their research project to a non-specialist audience.

3MT was developed by The University of Queensland in 2008, and is now held at many countries around the world.

UBC was one of the first universities in North America to host a 3MT competition, when it held the inaugural 3MT @UBC in 2011. Every year heats are held across campus beginning in February, with winners moving on to the UBC-wide Semi-Finals and Finals in March.

The Research Commons is hosting the Multidisciplinary Heat featuring (Arts/Education/Law/All Faculties)

• Julie McNutt, PhD in Chemistry
• Sarah Smith-Tripp,  MSc in Geography
• Ziyi Yang,  LLM in Law
• Anoosha Pai S, MASc in Biomedical Engineering
• Shannon Russell,  LLM in Law
• Daniel He,  PhD in Experimental Medicine
• Kristina Chang,  MSc in Speech-Language Pathology
• Aruni Mitra,  PhD in Economics
• Fabian Froehlich,  MA in Curriculum and Pedagogy
• Sandeep Pai, PhD in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
• Manideep Pachva, PhD in Interdisciplinary Oncology
• Sarah Park, MSc in Rehabilitation Science
• Michelle Chakraborti, PhD in Experimental Medicine

Date: Wednesday, Mar 04, 2020 | 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Location: Presentation Room (Room 548, Walter C. Koerner Library) Register  here

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If you are a UBC graduate student and would like to compete in  3MT @UBC 2020 , please e-mail us at  [email protected]  with your name and program.  You can also directly register for departmental heats listed on the  schedule.

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March 4, 2021

On February 25, five graduate students from the Department of Mechanical Engineering faced off on Zoom to see who could best explain their thesis research in three minutes or less. The Department’s second annual 3 Minute Thesis heat challenged graduate students to hone their communication skills by packing their complex research projects into a quick presentation that effectively communicated their work and its importance using only one slide, no audio or video, and no props.

Participants included both master’s-level and PhD students, researching a range of topics:

Nikoo Soltan  |  MASc Student, Supervisors: Dr. Peter Cripton & Dr. Gunter Siegmund Soltan discussed the difficulty in detecting soft tissue and nerve damage caused by whiplash due to its invisibility in imaging technologies like X-ray. By studying the way different kinds of collisions affect the head and neck on animal models, Soltan hopes to shed light on how soft-tissue injury is caused.

Ammarah Kaderdina  | MASc Student, Supervisor: Dr. Antony Hodgson If misdiagnosed, developmental hip dysplasia in infants can cause health problems later in life. 3D ultrasound is shown to be a more effective diagnosis tool than the current standard, 2D ultrasound, but it is too expensive for many pediatric practices to provide. Kaderdina is looking to reconstruct 3D ultrasound volumes from 2D ultrasound image frames, with the primary focus on accurately location-tagging the image frames.

Shayan Heydari | MASc Student, Supervisor: Dr. Rajeev Jaiman Rats’ whiskers act as a kind of radar, picking up vibrations in the air which can tell them many things, including the shapes of objects in their vicinity. As air flows past them, whiskers create vortices, and by studying this mechanism Heydari hopes to lay the groundwork for creating whisker-like location sensors which could be used in robotics.

Iraj D Hamani | PhD student, Supervisor: Dr. Thomas Oxland Spinal deformity affects many seniors who once had healthy backs. Hamani is working to understand the role muscles play in this shaping complex skeletal system as the body ages, particularly their mechanical properties. By understanding the specific muscles involved, treatment could be developed to strengthen them, preventing this debilitating condition.

Mrinmoy Chakraborty | PhD student, Supervisors: Dr. Naomi Zimmerman, and Dr. Amanda Giang In many countries, cooking and heating are done by burning solid biomass fuels like firewood and dungcakes, contributing to poor indoor air quality and leading to higher mortality rates. In situations where the transition to cleaner fuel might be slower to achieve due to fuel price and behavioural reasons, Chakraborty seeks to understand if better ventilation design can more quickly alleviate this health impact.

Presenters spoke to a general audience of non-experts and a panel of faculty judges.  Lecturer Adrianna Eyking, Dr. Dana Grecov, and Dr. Lyndia Wu brought expertise in technical communication, fluid mechanics and dynamics, biomedical, and mechatronics subjects to their deliberations, but the audience was also responsible for selecting a People’s Choice winner. In the end, both the experts and the audience agreed: congratulations to Shayan Heydari for winning both the MECH First Place title and People’s Choice award! He will receive a $150 Amazon gift card as a combined prize for winning both titles, and will advance to the UBC 3MT Semi Finals.

Semi-Final competitors will submit their three-minute presentations via video, and after adjudication, and finalists will be announced on March 12 th . The UBC Final will be in live virtual format on March 31 st from 12 – 1:30 PM. Register here to view the competition, and find out more about the UBC 3 Minute Thesis at https://3mt.grad.ubc.ca.

Congratulations to all our presenters for taking part in this challenge!

Photos left to right by Adrian Swancar , zelle duda , Oxana Kuznetsova , Miikka Luotio and MD Duran on Unsplash .

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3MT (3-Minute Thesis) Competition

By Lee on March 1, 2022

Event Details

• Start: 4 March 2022 1:00 pm
• End: 4 March 2022 2:30 pm

The 3-Minute Thesis is a unique competition where the participants have just three minutes to explain the breadth and significance of their research project to a non-specialist audience.

The students winning the competition advance to the UBC-wide semi-final and final events in mid-March. We have exciting prizes for the winners.

Necessary information for the participants regarding the slide templates and the competition can be found on the website https://3mt.grad.ubc.ca/participate/

Interested students are requested to register using this online form https://tinyurl.com/tmpf793p by March 2, 2022. Registered participants will be contacted with further information prior to the event day.

Details of the event are mentioned below: Date: Friday, March 4, 2022 Time: 1:00 PM PST Location: CEME 1203

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Canada’s Best 3-Minute Thesis: UBC in the Running

It’s Canada’s first National Virtual 3 Minute Thesis Competition and UBC’s Stephanie Harvard (PhD, School of Population and Health ) is in the running for the top prize. Vote for your favourite in the People’s Choice category – voting closes June 2. The winners will be announced June 12.

You can see all the national finalist videos here. http://bit.ly/1k2HGfR

Stephanie’s presentation is entitled: Does Quality of Care Influence Health and Costs? A Study in‘Spondylo’-Arthritis .

She was awarded the opportunity to have her video compete on the national stage by placing first in UBC’s 3 Minute Thesis completion and then going on to place second at the western regional event hosted by the University of Calgary.

All 11 national finalists were videotaped before live audiences at the regional competitions. They were challenged to explain their research and its impact to a general audience without props and in only one three-minute take. The competition is sponsored by the Canadian Association of Graduate Studies (CAGS) and national winner will be presented at the CAGS annual conference in St. John’s, Newfoundland.

The National Champion will be chosen by the CAGS judges panel: Nobel Laureate Dr John Polanyi, CBC journalist Kady O’Malley and former CAGS president and Dean of Arts at the University of Waterloo, Doug Peers.

This is Canada’s first national 3MT competition. This year 38 schools participated.

The 3MT concept originated at the University of Queensland in 2008.

Videos from UBC’s semi-final and final 3MT rounds can be viewed here.

For more information on 3MT at UBC .

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Watch the UBC 3MT finalists at the alumni centre at 12:30pm on Thursday, March 16.

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It's Time: 3 Minute Thesis Semi-final and Final

Please join the audience - attendance is free - and prepare to be intrigued, amazed and inspired as UBC graduate students deliver a fascinating 3 minute presentation about their graduate student research. Three Minute Thesis @ UBC semi-final and final rounds take place this week at the Ballroom, Graduate Student Centre, 6371 Crescent Road.

Semi-final 1: 1:00 -2:30 PM  Tuesday, March 11th, 2014

1. Greg Owens, Ph.D. in Botany, Seeing adaptation

2. Sandra Meyers , Ph.D. in Medical Physics, Wet brains, dry brains: How can MRI help us learn about multiple sclerosis?

3. Erin Macri, Ph.D. in Experimental Medicine, Standing up for knee arthritis

4. Kelly Graves, M.A.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Water motion in ice-covered lakes

5. Shannon Russell, Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology, The Power of Poop: How the “Good” Gut Bacteria Influence Allergy Development

6. Emma Shelford , Ph.D. in Oceanography, Viruses in the Ocean: An Invisible Universe of Interactions

7. Anita Minh, M.Sc. in Population and Public Health, Young, alienated, and excluded: Youth mental health and the labour force

8. Kunqian(Polo) Zhang, M.Sc. in Wood Science, Structural Bamboo Composite Building Materials From the Giant Bamboo Plants

9. Adam Noel, Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Diffusive Molecular Communication for Nanonetworks

10. Isabelle Lacroix, Ph.D. in Food Science, Milk Proteins as Allies for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes

Semi-final 2: 3:00 – 4:30 PM

1. Payam Zachkani, M.A.Sc in Mechanical Engineering, Minimally Invasive MEMS Drug Delivery Device

2. Ján Burian, Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology, Intrinsic antibiotic resistance; the achilles heel of Mycobacterium tuberculosis?

3. Oliver Dong, Ph.D. in Botany, Sentinels in Plants --- Resistance Proteins

4. Stephanie Harvard, Ph.D. in Population and Public Health, Does Quality of Spondyloarthritis Care Affect Costs and Outcomes?

5. Emily J. Rugel, Ph.D. in Population and Public Health, Ensuring Equitable Access to Natural Space as a Mental Health-Promoting Urban Resource

6. Nathan Evetts, M.Sc. in Experimental Physics, Making Anti-Matter

7. Hazel Hollingdale, Ph.D. in Sociology, Taking Stock: Testing the Lehman Sister’s Hypothesis

8. Sahan Ranamukhaarachchi, Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Microneedles for Pain-Free Vaccination

9. Emma M. Smith, Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Sciences, CoPILOT: Collaborative Power mobility Integrated Learning OpporTunity

10. Paul Pickell, Ph.D. in Forestry, Mapping the Boreal in the Anthropocene

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More information about 3MT: https://3mt.grad.ubc.ca/  

UBC 3MT examples: https://3mt.grad.ubc.ca/participate/resources-for-participants/  

AYSA-Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, Finals-2022: https://youtu.be/7cH2GPF6GyY

AYSA-Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, Semi-Finals-2022: https://youtu.be/IqSf5BdsPMM

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