Games night
You are invited to our social event open to all PhD and Research Master's Candidates. Come along to meet new people, play games and eat pizza!
- Date: 29 September 2026, 5:30pm
- Read more details and register for the GRS Games night
Three Minute Thesis
This entertaining event gives thesis students the chance to present their research to a large audience while competing for a number of generous prizes, with the overall University of Otago Doctoral winner going on to participate in the online Asia-Pacific 3MT ® final. The top three doctoral contestants will be entered in the online Matariki Competition in October.
The competition is open to both thesis master's and doctoral students, who must communicate their research in no more than three minutes, with the help of only one static slide, with the presentation aimed at a non-specialist audience.
Dates
Divisional heats
- Humanities: Monday, 20 July, 10am
- Health Sciences: Wednesday, 22 July, 10am
- Commerce: Thursday, 23 July, 10am
- Sciences: Friday, 24 July, 10am
- Wellington Campus: Wednesday, 29 July,1pm
- Christchurch Campus: Thursday, 30 July, 9am.
Read more about the Three Minute Thesis Competition
Quiz night
Join us for a fun, fast-paced and fully-catered evening designed to celebrate the graduate research community at Otago.
- The 2026 Quiz Night was held on Tuesday 31 March, look out for it again in 2027.