Activities and Events
tad Boot Camp
Come and get some serious writing done at our tad (thesis and dissertation) Boot Camp. The tad Boot Camp is a graduate writing event designed to centralize the various services available across campus to support thesis and dissertation research in one convenient location. The Boot Camp also creates an energetic and productive writing environment intended to help graduate students replace procrastination with productivity!
Our 3-day event consists of tad writing sessions, one-to one writing support, and research consultations with experienced researchers in your field as well as an open writing space for students to work at their own pace, with partners, or in small groups. Graduate students who participate in the Boot Camp are also eligible to apply for the tad Boot Camp award, which is announced annually at the Research Forum. These awards are intended to acknowledge graduate students who produce excellent research out of their participation in the boot camp. So, bring your laptop, a notebook and pen, any research materials or data you have and enjoy hours of graduate writing and research discussions along with other like-minded graduate students.
tadTalks
National 3MT (3 Minute Thesis) Competition
The National 3MT Competition is an academic competition that challenges Masters and PhD students to describe their research within three minutes to a general audience.
The National 3MT Competition celebrates the discoveries made by research students and encourages them to communicate the importance of their research to the broader community. This is an opportunity to celebrate Qatar’s graduate students and showcase the many unique opportunities for graduate study right here in Qatar!
Qatar University has organized the university 3MT for several years, and now we are excited to also host the National 3MT Competition, which brings together all higher education institutions in Qatar that offer thesis-based graduate programs including:
- Qatar University (3MT Competition organizer)
- Doha Institute
- Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU)
- University of Calgary, Qatar
- University of Sussex, Qatar
- HEC Paris-Qatar
- Stenden University, Qatar
- Texas A&M University, Qatar (TAMU-Q)
Event Objectives
Besides the great learning opportunity this event provides to graduates students in Qatar, the National 3MT Competition aims to:
- Celebrate graduate students’ achievements
- Promote graduate programs available in Qatar
- Create awareness of available resources to support graduate students in Qatar
- Encourage and inspire prospective students to join a graduate program in Qatar
- Facilitate and strengthen collaboration among universities
In preparation for the National 3MT Competition, the Office of Graduate Studies offers 3MT coaching workshops available in English and Arabic for all graduate students interested in participating. These sessions are also available in our Blackboard community.
