Three Minute Thesis (3MT)
Find out who won the 2025 University of Auckland 3MT Finals and view photos and videos from the event.
Congratulations to our 2025 UoA winners
Winner: Noah Bunkley (FMHS)
Runner-up: Rebecca O'Leary (Faculty of Arts and Education)
People's Choice: Ross Millar (Faculty of Science)
View our 2025 3MT finalists in action
2025 prizegiving and audience photos
Meet the 2025 finalists
- Caitlin Woods (Liggins Institute)
- Cheng-Huan Lu (Auckland Bioengineering Institute)
- Himashi Rathnayake (Faculty of Engineering and Design)
- Huang Yuan (Business School)
- Kelly Shuttleworth (Auckland Law School)
- Maisha Boteju (Faculty of Science)
- Malinda Sari Sembiring (Business School)
- Mohamed Salman (Faculty of Engineering and Design)
- Noah Bunkley (Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences)
- Patricia Pillay (Faculty of Arts and Education)
- Rebecca O'Leary (Faculty of Arts and Education)
- Ross Millar (Faculty of Science)
- Tori Peters (Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences)
What is the 3MT challenge?
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an academic research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia. It is an exciting, fast-paced event that is held annually in more than 900 universities in 85 countries.
In a 3MT competition, doctoral candidates take up the challenge of sharing the story of their research with a general audience in under three minutes, supported by nothing more than a single, static slide.
The University of Auckland Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition is run by the School of Graduate Studies.