Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Slide

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A single-slide Three Minute Thesis (3MT) layout in 16:9 Beamer, marked on the slide itself as unaffiliated with any university, with a title and one striking visual.

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Document class
beamer [aspectratio=169, 11pt]
Compiles with
pdfLaTeX
Pages in the compiled PDF
2
Bibliography
None
Files
2 files: 1 .tex, 1 image
Packages
  • amsmath
  • amssymb
  • tikz
  • tcolorbox
  • helvet
  • microtype
The preamble of main.tex, from \documentclass to \begin{document}.
\documentclass[aspectratio=169,11pt]{beamer}

% --- Package Loading ---
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{tcolorbox}
\usepackage[scaled]{helvet}
\usepackage{microtype}

% --- TikZ Libraries ---
\usetikzlibrary{positioning, calc, shapes.geometric, backgrounds}

% --- Typography ---
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}

% --- Color Definitions ---
\definecolor{bgdark}{HTML}{0B0F19}
\definecolor{textwhite}{HTML}{F8FAFC}
\definecolor{gold}{HTML}{F59E0B}
\definecolor{cyanaccent}{HTML}{06B6D4}
\definecolor{mutedgray}{HTML}{94A3B8}

% --- Beamer Settings ---
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
\setbeamertemplate{background}{}
\setbeamercolor{background canvas}{bg=bgdark}
\setbeamertemplate{headline}{}
\setbeamertemplate{footline}{}

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What does the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Slide template load?

It uses the beamer class (options: aspectratio=169, 11pt), builds with pdfLaTeX, and loads 6 packages: amsmath, amssymb, tikz, tcolorbox, helvet and microtype.

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