An 80,000-word thesis would take 9 hours to present. Your time limit... 3 minutes!

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an exercise that develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills and supports the development of research students' capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes in a language appropriate to an intelligent but non-specialist audience. The 3MT® hosted by the Graduate School every spring semester. Monetary prizes are awarded to the 1st Place ($1000), 2nd Place ($750), and 3rd Place ($500) presentations selected by a panel of judges. An additional award of the People's Choice ($1000) selected by the audience is also awarded. The 3MT® is sponsored in loving memory of Dr. Gerald Sanders, Chair of the Department of Communications, Miami University, 1981-1992. Donors include Dr. Guorong Jiang and Hongyan Tang. In 2022 the 3MT® was held on February 23, 2022 at 4:30 PM EST in Shideler Hall 152. Interested in learning more about the 3MT®? Email the Graduate School at gradschool@miamioh.edu.

2022 3MT® Competition Winners

First Place

Shiwanka Wanasinghe, Chemistry & Biochemistry

Second Place

Selena Mungur, Political Science

Third Place

Philip O'Dell, Chemical & Biomedical Engineering

People's Choice

Madeline McKinney, Chemical & Biomedical Engineering

Shiwanka Wanasinghe, Chemistry & Biochemistry

2021 3MT® Competition Winners

First Place

Caroline Reges, Biology

Second Place

Obed Dodo, Chemistry & Biochemistry

Third Place

Charles Xie, Chemistry & Biochemistry

People's Choice

Anindita Laz Banti, Architecture and Interior Design

2020 3MT® Competition Winners

2019 3MT® Competition Winners

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2014 3MT® Competition Winners