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April 1, 2025
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03:00 PM
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April 1, 2025
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05:00 PM
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A246 (Nipissing Small Cafeteria)
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Add to Calendar 2025-04-01 15:00:00 2025-04-01 17:00:00 3MT Competition The three minute thesis competition provides graduate students with an opportunity to refine skills that can be transferred after graduation to diverse career paths. Distilling research into a clear form, without over-simplifying or making it overly-complex, and highlighting the wider implications of this research are important skills to carry into post-graduate employment and public service. A246 (Nipissing Small Cafeteria) Nipissing University test@test.ca America/Toronto public
3MT

Three Minute Thesis Competition

3MT® was initially developed by The University of Queensland in 2008 to promote effective communication of research. What started with only a few institutions has evolved into a huge success for Canadian institutions, having over 42 of Canada’s graduate schools participate.  

The challenge is to present complex research material in an engaging, compelling way, using only one slide. The three minute thesis competition provides graduate students with an opportunity to refine skills that can be transferred after graduation to diverse career paths. Distilling research into a clear form, without over-simplifying or making it overly-complex, and highlighting the wider implications of this research are important skills to carry into post-graduate employment and public service.

Eligibility

  • Students must currently be registered in a Masters or PhD program at Nipissing at the time of the 3MT® competition.
  • Presentations must be based on research that is directly related to the student's graduate program thesis, major research paper, or dissertation. Course based Masters students are ineligible.
  • Students who have defended but have not yet graduated are eligible.
  • Presenters must agree to be video-recorded, and to allow those recordings to be made public.
  • Presenters must have registered and received confirmation from the School of Graduate Studies.

Rules

  • A single static PowerPoint slide is permitted (no slide transitions, animations or “movement” of any kind), and the slide is to be presented from the beginning of the oration and remain in view for the duration of the oration.
  • No additional electronic media (sound or video files) are permitted.
  • No props (costumes, instruments, laboratory equipment...) are permitted.
  • Presentations are limited to 3 minutes maximum, and competitors exceeding 3 minutes will be disqualified.
  • Presentations are to be spoken in standard oratory prose. (i.e., no poems, raps, or songs, other than those that may be the target of research)
  • Presentations must be made by memory; notes may not be used.
  • Decisions of the judging panel are final.
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