UTS 3MT Three Minute Thesis 2025

An 80,000-word thesis would take 9 hours to present. Their challenge is to do it in 3 minutes! 

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) celebrates the exciting research conducted by Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) and Professional Doctorate (Research) candidates. It is an international academic competition developed by the University of Queensland to cultivate candidate’s academic, presentation, and research communication skills. 

You are invited to watch the faculty heats' winners battle it out in the UTS 3 Minute Thesis Finals, where you can vote in the People's Choice Award category. 

With just three minutes to give a compelling presentation on their thesis topic and its significance, the 3MT competition encourages research candidates to consolidate their ideas and outline their research discoveries. It challenges them to tell the story of their research to a non-specialist audience: what they are doing, why it matters, and what they hope to achieve ... all in just three minutes!

There are 3 prizes up for grabs. The first-place winner will receive $3,000 and represent UTS at the 2025 Virtual Asia-Pacific Competition against winners from other universities on 15 October 2025.

We welcome the Graduate Research School to the event, which will present its inaugural Higher Degree Research Awards to three winners who have excelled in the practice of Open Research.

Join us and show your support in this exciting and entertaining event.

Meet our judges who will make this difficult decision:

Professor Jua Cilliers is Associate Dean Research of the Faculty of Design and Society at UTS, and Professor of Urban Planning. She previously served as the Head of the School of Built Environment and directed the UTS Green Infrastructure Lab.

Murray Hurps is Director of Entrepreneurship at UTS, where he leads Australia’s largest community of student-launched startups. He is also Managing Director of Startup Muster, the largest survey of the Australian startup ecosystem.

Sarah Kinkel Miller is Deputy Dean of the Graduate Research School who supports our graduate research students to become innovative, adaptable leaders who will shape the futures of their fields.

Michael Gonzalez is the UTS Librarian. He leads a dynamic portfolio encompassing Library Services, Informal Learning, Learner Support, and the Research and Student Experience.