Three Minute Thesis competition

Discover the Three Minute Thesis Competition with the �鶹�ƽ��

Three Minute Thesis competition

Discover the Three Minute Thesis Competition with the �鶹�ƽ��

Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an academic competition developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia, and its success has established a range of local and national competitions in several countries.

About the competition

The competition challenges doctoral students from any discipline to give a compelling spoken presentation about their research and its significance – in just three minutes.

One single, static PowerPoint slide is permitted. No additional electronic media or props are allowed. Competitors exceeding three minutes will be disqualified. The decision of the adjudicating panel is final.

A panel of judges assesses each presentation against the below criteria, giving each one a score out of 30 points (ten points per section):

Communication style: was the thesis topic and its significance communicated in language appropriate to an intelligent but non-specialist audience?
Comprehension: did the presentation help the audience understand the research?
Engagement: did the oration make the audience want to know more?

3MT at the �鶹�ƽ��

The competition is now closed.

Take a look at our previous winners' entries below. Enquiries can be emailed to researchskills@plymouth.ac.uk.

Details and eligibility
How to enter

Eligibility requirements

Current �鶹�ƽ�� research students (PhD, Professional Doctorate, MPhil and Research Masters). Please note: The best 3MT presentation by a �鶹�ƽ�� PhD or Professional Doctorate student will be entered into the UK 3MT competition. MPhil and Research Master's students are eligible only for the �鶹�ƽ�� competition.

Entry details

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 speech).
No additional electronic media (e.g. sound and video files) are permitted.
No additional props (e.g. costumes, musical instruments, laboratory equipment) are permitted.
Presentations are limited to 3 minutes maximum and competitors exceeding 3 minutes are disqualified.
Presentations are to be spoken word (e.g. no poems, raps or songs).
Presentations are considered to have commenced when a presenter starts their presentation through movement or speech.
The decision of the adjudicating panel and audience vote is final.

Competition voting

�鶹�ƽ�� postgraduate research students and staff will be invited by email to vote for the Three Minute Thesis competition (3MT).

To enter please share via email your pre-recorded video together with your name, school, presentation title and 1 PowerPoint slide to the Research Skills team.