QU hosts National 3MT Competition in Qatar

Doha: Qatar University’s (QU) is hosting the first-ever National 3MT (three-minute thesis) Competition in the State of Qatar on Saturday, October 9, 2021 from nine o'clock until ten thirty in the morning.

At the National 3MT Competition, finalists will have three minutes to present the significance of their thesis research to a general audience. Qatar University has successfully conducted the 3MT event at a university level over the past 4 years, and this year, QU is bringing the competition to the national stage. All higher education institutions offering thesis-based graduate programs were invited to participate, and the following universities will be represented at the 2021 National 3MT Finals: Qatar University (host and organizer), Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Al Rayyan International University College, Virginia Commonwealth University-Qatar, Texas A&M University, Qatar, and University of Calgary-Qatar. The 2021 National 3MT Competition is proudly being sponsored by ConocoPhillips Qatar.   

This year’s event is a hybrid event with presentations and judging taking place at QU’s College of Education building in front of delegates representing the participating universities. The larger general audience will be attending via WebEx. The national competition celebrates the growth and diversity in graduate education in Qatar in addition to highlighting the impactful research of some of the country’s brightest graduate students.