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Cross-faculty postgraduate symposium

The annual symposium showcases postgraduate research at Wits, where students who are on a quest for deeper knowledge and in pursuit of innovative solutions, get the chance to showcase their work.

The 14th Wits Cross-Faculty Postgraduate Symposium competition
6 - 8 September 2023

NCB (New Commerce Building), Braamfontein Campus West)
See you there!

The competition

The symposium gives postgraduate students and their supervisors the opportunity to engage in high-level intellectual research exchanges with colleagues and students across the five Faculties. Students will get to showcase their research in two different forms and will compete for prize money.

There will be two categories for presentations and awards this year:

  • 60-second GradFlash (contestants present their research in 60 seconds!)
  • 10-minute Oral Presentations
Awards

Winners will receive prizes from the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research & Innovation, Prof. Lynn Morris

Oral: Cross-Faculty Competition
  • First Prize - R 10 000
  • Second Prize - R7 000
  • Third Prize - R 5 000
60-second GradFlash: Cross-Faculty Competition
  • First Prize - R 10 000
  • Second Prize - R7 000
  • Third Prize - R 5 000
Deadline for submission

The deadline for the submission of the registration form together with the abstract is 21 July 2023.

The Postgraduate Research, and Development Office will communicate further details of the competition to successful applicants by 4 August 2023. If you have not heard from us by this date, please consider your application unsuccessful.

The successful applicants will develop their abstract to be presented via a 10-minute oral presentation or develop and play a pre-designed presentation via a 60-second gradflash video.

Dates that the categories will compete

06 September 2023: 10 pre-selected Masters students for the Gradflash and 10 pre-selected Masters students for the Oral talks will present

07 September 2023: 10 pre-selected PhD students for the Gradflash and 10 pre-selected PhD students for the Oral talks will present

Judging, rules and eligibility

Judging of Competition

There will be an Abstracts Selection Committee as well as a panel of judges made up of Wits academics.

Rules and Eligibility

  • ONLY registered Wits Masters and PhD candidates (part-time or full-time) in their semi-final and final year are eligible to apply and participate in the competition.
  • These students must also be beyond the approved proposal stage and proof will be required.
  • Registered students who have completed and submitted their research for examination but have not yet graduated are still eligible to participate.
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