UPEI Faculty of Graduate Studies hosts 3 Minute Thesis competition on March 20

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Winners of UPEI's 2025 3MT competition
Winners of the 2025 3MT competition (left to right) Soroush Izadan, Fairouz Gaballa, and Fatima Imtiaz with Dr. Marva Sweeney-Nixon, Associate Vice-President, Research, and Dean, Graduate Studies. Looking on is Pride, the UPEI mascot.

The UPEI Faculty of Graduate Studies will host the annual UPEI 3MT™ (3 Minute Thesis) competition on Friday, March 20, 2026, from 4:00–6:00 pm at the Fox & Crow, W.A. Murphy Student Centre.

The 3MT™ competition challenges thesis-based master’s and doctoral students to explain their research project to a non-specialist audience in just three minutes. This year’s competition features competitors from a wide range of disciplines including Education, Nursing, Science, Sustainable Design Engineering, and Veterinary Medicine.

Topics will include simulating an emergency department, mapping wildlife risk and exposure in British Columbia, fighting crop disease without synthetic pesticides, the hidden costs of a solar future, and more.

Members of the public are welcome to attend to learn more about the impactful research UPEI graduate students are doing. The top three competitors will win cash prizes, and the first-place winner will represent UPEI at the regional competition, which will be held at Saint Mary’s University on June 5.

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