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The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition challenges graduate students to present their research and its significance in just three minutes and one slide. The competition cultivates students' academic, presentation, and research communication skills, and celebrates exciting graduate research taking place at Simon Fraser University.

Students in thesis and non-thesis based graduate programs in computing science, engineering science, mechatronics and sustainable energy engineering are invited to participate in the Faculty of Applied Sciences (FAS) heat for a chance to win cash prizes and advance to the SFU Final.

In 2025 the FAS heat will be held in-person, where students will present their research in front of a live audience and panel of judges.

2025 FAS 3MT Heat

Tuesday, March 04, 2025
10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 
ASB 10900, SFU Burnaby Campus | Big Data Hub Presentation Studio 

Prizes:
First Place - $600*
Runner Up - $300*
People's Choice Award - $200

*The top two winners determined by the judge's scoring will advance to the SFU Final to compete for cash prizes and the chance to represent SFU at the Western Regional and National Competitions.

Learn more about the history, rules and eligibility criteria - see 3MT webpage.

Registration

Contestant Registration

Deadline: Friday, February 14

Current FAS graduate students are encouraged to apply to compete in the 2025 3MT Competition.

Register Now

Audience Registration

Deadline: Monday, March 03

Interested in watching the FAS Finalists compete? Attend the event as an audience member!

RSVP Now

Presentation Submission Guidelines

To enter this year’s Faculty of Applied Sciences heat for the SFU Three Minute Thesis Competition, please read the competition rules and requirements and fill out the form below to submit your presentation slide. 

This year’s FAS heat will be held in-person at SFU's Burnaby campus on March 4th, which will require you to submit a presentation slide in advance. Judging will take place by a panel of faculty judges, and the audience will also submit their votes for the People’s Choice Award.

Note that our judging panel will include faculty members; they will be required to report any conflicts of interest and not score presentations of students they are supervising. The judging panel will be announced soon and their bios will be posted on www.sfu.ca/fas-archive/3mt.

Visit the SFU 3MT competition main page:

  • To read the eligibility criteria, competition rules and how the judges will score your presentations.

Download the PowerPoint template:

  • To read the competition rules.
  • To create your title slide as instructed.
  • To create your one slide for the presentation.

By Monday, February 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM PST, please submit the following:

  • The completed title slide and presentation slide using the template provided.
  • A photo of yourself to be used on the FAS/SFU website. Please note that when you submit the photo, you will be giving us permission to post it on the FAS/SFU channels for promotional purposes.
  • If you have any questions, please contact fasgrad@sfu.ca.

Submit Presentation Here

2025 Graduate Student Contestants

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2025 Judges Panel

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Contact Us

If you have questions about the FAS heat of this competition, please contact fasgrad@sfu.ca