Registration forms must be completed by both the student and the supervisor (Course-based students are not permitted to participate). Supervisors are required to approve registration form.
The 3MT registration form will automatically be forwarded to your supervisor once you have entered your supervisor's name and email in the spaces provided (please ensure that you have entered the correct email). If the supervisor confirms your request, the notification will go directly to the Office of Graduate Administration, if they deny your request, you will receive the notification directly. Only supervisor approved forms will be sent to our office.
Please note that at this time we only have the capacity to accept the first ten graduate students that are approved by their supervisors to compete.
2025 registration
The UNBC Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) event is scheduled for Thursday March 27 from 1pm to 5pm in the Canfor Theatre, UNBC Prince George Campus.
3MT® is a university-wide competition for UNBC Masters and PhD students in which participants present the main idea of their research in 3 minutes or less to a panel of non-specialist judges. The challenge is to present complex research material in an engaging, compelling way, using only one static slide.
As per the requirements to compete, we need to confirm with you that this student is eligible to compete, and presenting does not compromise the students’ research in relation to confidentiality & intellectual property (see description below).
Eligibility
- To participate in 3MT®, you must currently be registered in a Master’s (thesis or research project) or PhD program at UNBC.
- Students registered in degree programs that are strictly course-based are not eligible.
- Each participant’s supervisor must have approved this registration no later than February 28, 2025, confirming that their student has completed substantial progress in research and analysis of their research topic.
- Graduate students at any stage of their program are eligible to participate. Graduate students who have already defended their thesis but have not yet convocated ARE eligible to participate.
- Each participant must consent to have their 3MT® presentation video recorded and shared with the other participants, as well as have the presentation posted online.
- Presentations must be based on research that is directly related to the student’s graduate research.
- Students that participated in previous 3MT® competitions are eligible to participate again, but their presentation must be new for 2025.
- Competitors must attend in person the final event to give their live 3MT® presentation.
- To advance in the competition, winners must also be available to present at the 2025 3MT® Western Regional Finals located in Victoria, BC.
- Presenters must submit their final slide and title of their presentation no later than March 18, 2025 via email to garo@unbc.ca following these guidelines:
- 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).
- PowerPoint slide should be created using an aspect ratio of 16:9.
- No additional electronic media (e.g. sound and video files) are permitted.
Confidentiality and Intellectual Property Guidelines
- The 3MT® presentation must represent the research of the presenter only.
- The presentation of the research will not affect any pre-existing rights regarding its use at all times, prior to, and following the competition except as stated below:
- Due to the nature of the competition, judges, reviewers, staff, or the audience will not be asked to sign non-disclosure statements.
- If your research is being/has been conducted under contract with an outside sponsor, please discuss the related contractual terms of confidentiality and intellectual property with your supervisor before submitting a registration form.
- All public sessions of the competition, including but not limited to oral presentations, are open to the public at large; all these public sessions will be broadcast to interested people through virtual media.
- Any data or information presented or divulged in public sessions should be considered in the public domain.
- If your research includes confidential or culturally sensitive material, you should think very carefully about how you can present this information as it will be considered public domain when you present it. Your supervisor must approve your registration form to compete in the 3MT®.
Registration form