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FORMAT OF DISSERTATION/THESIS
General guidelines
An established font of 12 Times New Roman and paragraph style must be followed consistently
throughout the thesis.
Type 1½ space throughout the text.
Margins: 38 mm from the left edge of the paper, 25mm from the top, bottom and 25mm right edge for
A4 size paper.
Units and symbols should conform to the international system of units.
Avoid the use of jargon, nouns as adjectives, split infinitives, improper matching of subjects and verbs,
changes of tense in mid-paragraph and redundancy and verbosity. More than a very few errors in
spelling or typography leave an impression of carelessness on the examiners.
Abstract
This section will contain statement of the problem, methods of investigation, major findings and main
conclusion.
Introduction
This Chapter will contain general introduction, scope of the work, objective of the study and chapter
outline.
Literature Review
This Chapter will contain a critical review of the literature, pertinent theory, experiment and the
importance of the chosen problem.
Methodology
This Chapter contains the research methodology of the test methods used (If applicable).
Conclusions
This Chapter contains the major findings and main conclusions.
References
There must be only one reference list for the entire dissertation/thesis in order of citation in
the body of thesis/dissertation. The references list can be in compliance to IEEE
Appendices
This section can contain tables and figures of data that are necessary to show but that are not part of the
dissertation/thesis.
NOTE:- The above guidelines are general in nature and writing style of dissertation/thesis will vary from
department to department and nature of work carried out.
Binding
The student should submit the requisite copies of the thesis in a fully bound form (hard cover) for
evaluation of their thesis.
Minimum 4 copies to be submitted.
Binding should be black colour, typing on the cover and on side silver colour. See sample.