The Faculty of Graduate Studies will be hosting a 3MT (3 Minute Thesis) competition on Wednesday, May 7th, 2025, 5-7:00pm in the Fox & Crow (W.A. Murphy Student Centre)

What Is 3 Minute Thesis?

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) is a skills development activity which challenges thesis-based graduate students to explain their research project to a non-specialist audience in just three minutes.

The call for participants is open now - to register, complete the 2025 UPEI 3 Minute Thesis Participant Registration Form
Deadline for registration: Monday, April 21st, 2025 at 4pm

Participants will be supported by 3 optional workshops: 

• Planning your 3MT
• Designing your Visuals
• Presentation Skills & Practice

Eligibility

• Active Master’s or Ph.D. candidates are eligible to participate
• Presentations must be based on the primary research the student has conducted in their graduate program
• Students who have already defended their thesis but have not yet graduated are eligible
• Students with uncompleted projects are eligible to participate
• Students in course-based programs, visiting students, exchange students, and students on leave are not eligible
• Graduates are ineligible for competition
• Students must present in person, agree to be photographed and video-taped, and allow any recordings to be made public.

Why Participate?

To develop presentation and communication skills - Learning to explain complex ideas to non-specialists is a valuable skill. This competition gives students the opportunity to practice making presentations in front of a large audience, without any gimmicks.

To share your research - The competition will present a unique and rare opportunity for the university community (faculty, staff, fellow students) to learn what UPEI's graduate students are working on and for students to actually be able to share the results of their hard work with more than their defence committees.

If you would like to read more about the 3 Minute Thesis competition and previous winners, please go to National 3-MINUTE Thesis Competition | CAGS | ACES

Recent UPEI 3MT Winners:
2024- https://www.upei.ca/communications/news/2024/04/graduate-student-engineering-wins-2024-upei-3-minute-thesis-competition
2023- https://www.upei.ca/communications/news/2023/05/congratulations-2023-upei-three-minute-thesis-participants