
About the competition

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an academic research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia.
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an academic research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia.
Three Minute Thesis heats are held across the University of Canberra’s faculties in June and July each year. The finalists progress to the UC 3MT Finals where they will present their thesis at a livestreamed event in front of a panel of judges.
Competitors needed to convince the judges and audience of their research significance in no more than three minutes, for a chance to win the $4,000 first place prize, $2,000 for the runner up, and $1,000 people’s choice prize.

Faculty heats will be held across two combined heats on Tuesday 6 June during our Research Festival week. The winner, runner-up, and people’s choice wildcard from each heat will move on to the Final.
Heat 1
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Arts & Design
- Faculty of Business, Government and Law
Heat 2
- Faculty of Health
- Faculty of Science and Technology
Register to attend the UC 3MT Final
Registrations are open now to attend the 2023 #UC3MT Final.
- When: 5:30pm, Thursday 31 August
- Where: Ann Harding Conference Centre

Past finalists

2021 3MT finalists
View the finalists’ profiles and video pitches and watch the 2021 UC 3MT livestreamed final.
- Winner: Dua’a Ahmad, Faculty of Science and Technology
- Runner-Up: Alex Lascu, Faculty of Health
- People’s Choice Award: Jane Phuong, Faculty of Business, Government and Law

2022 3MT finalists
View the finalists’ profiles and video pitches and watch the 2022 UC 3MT livestreamed final.
- Winner: David Hinwood, Faculty of Science and Technology
- Runner-Up: Natalie Downes, Faculty of Education
- People’s Choice Award: Natalie Downes, Faculty of Education


2021 3MT finalists
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2022 3MT finalists
The jewel in the crown of our physical collection is our outstanding collection of heritage school textbooks and readers. Items date from the colonial and Federation (early 20th century) periods. The collection includes many rare items and is both representative and historically significant.


















Want to compete?
Our HDR Candidate Development team explain the Three Minute Thesis competition and how it will be run at UC in 2023.
2022 Runner-Up and People's Choice winner, Natalie Downes, shares how the experience of participating in the 3MT® training and competing has benefitted her research.

Contact the HDR Development team to learn more about this year’s 3MT® competition.
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