Winners of the National Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition 2022 pose with the officials.
Doha: Qatar University (QU) recently organised the National Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition 2022. The competition is an academic competition that challenges Masters and PhD students to present their research within three minutes to the general public.
The 3MT Competition celebrates the discoveries made by graduate students and encourages them to communicate the importance of their research to the broader community. This is a unique opportunity to celebrate Qatar’s graduate students and to highlight the many opportunities for graduate study available here in Qatar.
All higher education institutions based in Qatar that offer thesis-based graduate programmes all participated including Qatar University (hosts and organizer), Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Al Rayyan International University College (ARIU), Virginia Commonwealth University-Qatar (VCU-Q), Texas A&M University, Qatar (TAMU-Q), University of Calgary-Qatar, Oryx Universal College with Liverpool John Moores University, Qatar Finance and Business Academy (QFBA)-Northumbria University and Joan Bin Jassim Joint Command and Staff College.
In his speech on the occasion, Dr. Hassan Rashid Al Derham, President of Qatar University, said: “Today we meet with you at Qatar University at this national competition. We are pleased to host all the participants from various educational institutions in Qatar alongside Qatar University students in this competition. We are always happy to work with these educational institutions for one goal, which is to achieve Qatar National Vision 2030.”
Dr. Al Derham added: “Through the creation of scientific facilities and the growth of graduate programs, Qatar University has worked to build a solid infrastructure and increase the scope of its research. In the university, the culture of scientific inquiry has permeated deeply, and we at Qatar University are collaborating with this trend. This competition is intended to explore and draw eminent students from graduate studies and scientific research, to recognise their potential, and to hone their inductive skills as our partners in Qatar work to develop solutions to the problems we face here in Qatar.”
Todd Creeger, President of ConocoPhillips Qatar, said: “At ConocoPhillips Qatar, we are proud of being the official sponsor of this competition organised by Qatar University. While providing high-quality educational curricula, ConocoPhillips would like to congratulate all the finalists and wish them all the best in this competition.”
The jury for this year’s national competition included Dr. Abdullatif Al Khal, Deputy Chief Medical Officer and Director of the Department of Medical Education at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Dr. Samer Adham, Water Solutions Manager for the Global Water Sustainability Center -ConocoPhillips Qatar, Ibtisam Al Mannai, Executive Director of Finance and Hanan Al Emadi, Qatari broadcaster.
The first and second positions went to Zarwa Khan and Jack Atwal from (TAMU-Q), while Arwa Al Duails from HBKU finished third.
